And place your face 5 â 10 inches away from the steam. Do not, I repeat, do NOT place your face incredibly close, because you risk burning or causing your skin to swell. Do five 2-minute steaming sessions and allow your face to breath for a few moments in between each session. Same goes for your Con Air steamer, minus the towel.
Dr Atkins claims you can expect to lose 6-10lb in the first two weeks of Induction, which should slow to 1-3lb a week once you enter the Ongoing Weight Loss Phase. During Pre-maintenance, you can expect to lose 1lb a week at most.
A woman with more than 50 pounds to lose who is a slow loser might do away with only 4 pounds (or less) in the first two weeks of Induction. Her male counterpart might lose 8 pounds. A woman and a man with 20- to 50-pound weight loss goal in this category might lose 3 and 6 pounds, respectively. Finally, women and men with modest weight loss goals who are slow losers might lose only 2 and 4 pounds, respectively, or only 1 and 2 pounds a week. While you may not consider this pace anything to write home about, if you understand that your results in the first two weeks are predictive of very gradual weight loss, you can be prepared for this pattern.