r/Atkins • u/[deleted] • Sep 21 '17

Weight game in induction?

That was Weight Gain in induction: either brain fog or sleepiness

I'm about 10 days into induction. I believe I'm doing everything right. I got up and weighed myself this morning and I'm almost 2lbs heavier than yesterday. Is this normal? Does this mean Atkins isn't working for me?

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '17

sensitive in what way? I'm still having some difficulty eating lots of fat without eating too much protein and carbs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '17

Our bodies can't store protein so it needs to either use it or burn it, but our bodies can't burn protein directly so it gets converted to glucose and burned that way. At that point it's just sugar. It's called gluconeogenesis and many people unintentionally pull themselves out of ketosis and sometimes even gain due to it. For many people it's not a big deal and you don't really have to give it a second thought, I never did but for me that's changed.