I get those. It is when the fat in my back flops over the bra...yuck!

Oh yeah - I remember trying to jog, and feeling the back-fat jiggling. That was when I knew I HAD to do something.

I have been tracking my calories at fitday and see that my fats are normally between 70 and 75% of intake, protein normally around 36-38% and 2% carbs. Is that where I want to be? You seem to know so much about this....have read a lot of your posts.

:) jillinmo

Okay, if your fats are at 70%, your proteins are at 36%, and your carbs are at 2%, that totals up to 108%. Something's gotta be wrong with those numbers.

Lets do this another way: how many GRAMS of fat, protein, carbs?

I was going by memory so it wasn't exact.....here is what I actually ate today:

Average Calories
source grams cals %total
Total: 1138

Fat: 83 751 67%
Sat: 41 366 32%
Poly: 6 53 5%
Mono: 25 226 20%
Carbs: 8 20 2%
Fiber: 3 0 0%
Protein: 89 356 32%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

so that's 67% Fats
2% Carbs
32% Protein

I see that this doesn't equal 100% but I am pasting this directly from my fitday report....could they maybe round up a percent? Who knows..

Should I stay around here?
Yesterday my fat intake was higher

Okay - NOW we're cooking!
Fitday DOES round. That's fine. I just wanted to see the ballpark.

Your ratios are in a PERFECT ballpark. But your calories are insanely low. Like, just over HALF what they probably should be.

So, now I start asking questions, and I'm gonna switch to my journal so folks can get back to their regularly scheduled thread.
:)

Thanks for the info. I have been trying to increase my calories but I seem to be staying around 1000 or so. I also am purchasing a bodylastic system off of ebay. the resistance bands....do you know anything about them? I thought it would be good for weight training. Thanks for all of your help. Seeing your photos is inspiration, lemme tell ya! thanks again and I'm sure I will be harrassing you more for help! :D
jillinmo

I don't know anything about resistance bands, but I'm sure there are others here who do, and I'm sure there are books and internet sites with helpful info.

I don't think you should FORCE FEED yourself extra calories, but keeping your cals so low for extended periods of time will tend to drop your metabolic rate and slow weight loss.

Now, it looks like you've just started Atkins - your appetite will come back up a bit on it's own after induction, so no worries.

And harrass away!

Good luck

- Built

inches lost
 

I've lost 12 pounds, and 12 1/2 inches. I focus more on the inches myself. I want to get smaller, that is the whole point. The scale can fluxuate with water weight etc, but your tape measure is your friend.