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I am a vegetarian and I have been on the Atkins Diet for around 5 days so far. I am around 16stone and I wish to loose about 2 1/2 to get back to a comfortable weight, but nothing is happening whatsoever.

So far I feel quite lethargic. I am eating quality low carb foods, I have been vegetarian for 26 years, so its no problem to eat 'boring salads' as others call it, as its something I readily enjoy. Heres my usual days food -

Breakfast - Four egg ommlete with cheese, quorn pieces.
Lunch - salad with spinach, onion, cheese, cucumber, mixed seeds (sunflower, pumpkin, sesame)
Dinner - same again, (mixed salad) or quorn sausages / pieces, cauliflower, broccoli, kale.

Any snacks are a handful of seeds, piece of cucumber,

I take vitamin supplements on a regular basis as well as Omega 6/9 oils, again in vegetarian form.

I am exercising every day despite the lethargy, riding my road bike about 6miles of fairly intense riding (rather hilly where I live)

So far I have gained 1lb! What on earth is going wrong? I never actually feel hungry which is really good, but my body is not liking something that is going on here. All I can think is that the excessive protein from the eggs is actually building muscle mass and making me heavier, although I dont look thinner.

Any help gratefully accepted as my morale is dropping, not my weight...

Martin