ATkins

I am introduced to Atkins by a lecturer during lecture. We were studying about the human digestive system which includes the metabolism of food, fasting and starving state. Their mechanism and etc.

WE were also told to do a mini group assignment about Atkins. Thus, I'm sure it works. The magic is, when you have excess carb in your body, it's converted into glycogen and fats (the extra pound you've been carrying around). Atkins manipulate science to work for your body. Too little food can cause your body to go into starvation state where your metabolism slowed down and started to cannibalize your body. This is very dangerous. in extreme cases, heart tissues can be cannibalized too.

Atkins get our body into the fasting state. This is in between the feeding and starving state. So your body go into Ketosis and utilize its fats cells for energy.

I'm upset. I think most people are too used to scale. As a Science student, I knew it so well that scale is the least accurate indicator. But I couldn't help but take it so seriously. Perhaps that is the only measurement available to me. This scale number is so exact in your face. It has a psychological effect.

I have to admit that I can't help but feel a little demoralized by my number. IT's still 67.5kg. I'm not losing. I read about troubleshooting weight lost stalling. I'm thinking
1) I got myself into starvation state? When I have morning lecture (day 4 and 5) . The time between my breakfast and lunch is slightly more than 6 hours.

2) My soya milk latte? Though the label stated carb. Perhaps, in ATkins term, it's supposed to mean more. It's soya! I was not really sure about this. Because according to Atkins phase 1 recipes, Soy powder is included.

Anyway, I'll stop my soya intake. This is my rare golden opportunity for induction. Please let my get this over quickly. A little sacrifice at the beginning won't hurt. I don't want stupid food to spoil my whole induction.

I think I'm a little obsessive now. I'm a little stressed to lose pounds. I have target weight in mind. That's y i'm stress. But people from the Atkins community is telling my that we shouldn't have a target weight because Atkins is not about losing pounds. It's about losing fats , losing inches. Inches!. I do feel my tummy getting a little flatter. But this doesn't really provide a explicit indication.

I will still continue with my induction. Hopefully, I can be my weight at 66kg soon.

God bless.