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I know this is considered blasphamy on this board ... BUT if your calorie
intake is more then the number of calories that you are burning .... then you WILL gain weight ... even as wonderful as the Atkins diet is ... it still must conform to natural law ... if you calculate the calories you consume and compare them to the calories you are burning ... what do you get? Just a thought ... Okay ... everybody tell me how wrong I am ... LOL "Nuclear_Girl" wrote in message om... Hi, I've been on the low-carb/Atkins diet for about 8 months now. I've lost ~60 lbs. I've lost a lot of inches. Lately, I've been getting discouraged because I've not really lost, but have gained a few pounds. I don't eat any bread, pasta, potatoes, starches. I drink around 80 oz of water a day. I'm trying to get into exercising. I've started walking 20 minutes on the treadmill and do sit-ups. I've really looked hard at what I've been eating and don't see where any hidden carbs could be. I have had CF Diet Coke and sometimes C Diet Coke, but only after I've had my water minimum of 64-80 oz a day. Has anyone had experience with aspertame causing a slow down? How about caffiene? I was reading on the Atkins website about too much protein. How much is too much??? Any response would be helpful. Thank you. DKN |
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On 20 Feb 2004, Nuclear_Girl wrote:
Hi, I've been on the low-carb/Atkins diet for about 8 months now. I've lost ~60 lbs. I've lost a lot of inches. Lately, I've been getting discouraged because I've not really lost, but have gained a few pounds. I don't eat any bread, pasta, potatoes, starches. I drink around 80 oz of water a day. I'm trying to get into exercising. I've started walking 20 minutes on the treadmill and do sit-ups. I've really looked hard at what I've been eating and don't see where any hidden carbs could be. I have had CF Diet Coke and sometimes C Diet Coke, but only after I've had my water minimum of 64-80 oz a day. Has anyone had experience with aspertame causing a slow down? How about caffiene? I was reading on the Atkins website about too much protein. How much is too much??? Any response would be helpful. Thank you. Those things are possible, but a more basic question: are you still eating the same number of calories you were when you were hauling 60 more lbs around? As you lose weight, your caloric needs decrease and you have to adjust according. In addition, for most people, weight loss slows as you approach your goal. How close are you to your goal? Also, since you say you're doing Atkins, have you found your ccl yet? How many carbs a day are you eating? I'd worry about those things before I started micromanaging on the caffeine or aspartame, esp. if you were losing while using them before. Martha -- Begin where you are - but don't end there. |
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"John" wrote in message ... I know this is considered blasphamy on this board ... BUT if your calorie intake is more then the number of calories that you are burning .... then you WILL gain weight ... even as wonderful as the Atkins diet is ... it still must conform to natural law ... if you calculate the calories you consume and compare them to the calories you are burning ... what do you get? Just a thought ... Okay ... everybody tell me how wrong I am ... LOL Not me, I think you're right. It's hard, IMO, to get too much protein per se, but calories are like gas put into an infinitely expandable tank, they either get burned or stored. Intake is limited on a low carb diet because ou get satisfied more quickly but it still counts. The OP should either cut the total food intake or, much better, increase the exercise. |
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"John" wrote in message
I know this is considered blasphamy on this board ... BUT if your calorie intake is more then the number of calories that you are burning .... then you WILL gain weight ... snip Where did you get that idea? Almost everyone who has been on a low carb weight loss diet for any length of time knows this. -- Jeri 265/189/120 Atkins since 11/5/01 "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." --Henry Ford |
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In article , stargazer40
@hotmail.com says... Where did you get that idea? Almost everyone who has been on a low carb weight loss diet for any length of time knows this. -- Jeri 265/189/120 Atkins since 11/5/01 "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." --Henry Ford And the book (DANDR), at least the editions I have all say that calories DO count. I never did have the impression that they didn't. -- 370/300/270 Single malt scotch is awesome (NO it does NOT have carbs as DON'T vodka, gin, rum, bourbon, etc generally) Malt can be made low carb through the judicious use of yeast. Low carb beer? Uh...yeah. Read the books. You can have more than eggs for breakfast. Yes calories do count. Ketosticks are not neccessary to lose weight. Email: Actually my feet are big not medium. |
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Anthony,
The Protein Power formulas are correct for the first three weeks of a low carb diet, before your metabolism adjusts to a fat burning state. After that, the research cited in Lyle MacDonald's book, The Ketogenic Diet, suggests you need less protein because the body doesn't need to create as much glucose to support the brain. If you are doing a lot of lifting you might need more than the average person, but most people aren't lifting that much. The other benefit of cutting protein down to what you really need is that it often gets rid of the bad breath that low carbers mistakenly attribute to ketones. It really is ammonia byproducts of protein breakdown. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "Anthony" wrote in message ... "Jenny" wrote in message ... Anthony, It is very easy to get too much protein on a low carb diet and it is a problem beyond its additional calories. My trainer, and also the book Protein Power, suggest 1 g of protein for every lb of lean body mass. In my case that means about 160g protein a day, and frankly I don't find it very easy to get this much into me! |
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:55:01 -0600, "Susan S"
wrote: Just a thought........muscle weighs more than fat, so with you "getting into" exercise you may just be turning into some muscle. Don't be too hard on yourself just yet. And although diet drinks can slow you down, if you're only having one, and only after you've had your water, I wouldn't think this would be too big a problem either. No it would not be. I only have a couple diet pepsis a week and having them does not interfere with my weight loss any. |
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"Susan S" wrote in message ...
Just a thought........muscle weighs more than fat, so with you "getting into" exercise you may just be turning into some muscle. Don't be too hard on yourself just yet. Good advice. And although diet drinks can slow you down, if you're only having one, and only after you've had your water, I wouldn't think this would be too big a problem either. I seriously doubt that diet soda messes with weight loss, and will until/unless there is good clinical evidence of it. Susan "Nuclear_Girl" wrote in message om... Hi, I've been on the low-carb/Atkins diet for about 8 months now. I've lost ~60 lbs. I've lost a lot of inches. Lately, I've been getting discouraged because I've not really lost, but have gained a few pounds. I don't eat any bread, pasta, potatoes, starches. I drink around 80 oz of water a day. I'm trying to get into exercising. I've started walking 20 minutes on the treadmill and do sit-ups. I've really looked hard at what I've been eating and don't see where any hidden carbs could be. I have had CF Diet Coke and sometimes C Diet Coke, but only after I've had my water minimum of 64-80 oz a day. Has anyone had experience with aspertame causing a slow down? How about caffiene? I was reading on the Atkins website about too much protein. How much is too much??? Any response would be helpful. Thank you. I doubt that very many people eat too much protein (or too little). Unlike carbs, your body craves just the amount of protein it needs. Eat too much of it and steak can go from a favorite food to completely unappealing. You're doing great. Just remember to eat lots of leafy green veggies. DKN --Bryan 198/149/155 |
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