AFwife - I have a question for you
 

Your loss has been amazing!! 90 lbs in 6 months? I was curious about your fat percentage....I've noticed in several posts that you keep your fats on the higher end. Mind sharing your fat/protein/carb ratio, as well as your daily caloric intake? I've been keeping my fat % around 70 and am pleased with my loss since starting in February, but I sure wouldnt mind boosting it up a bit. Thanks!

WOW a post just for me. :lol: Don't I feel special. :)

My fat % is usually in around 80-90%.....sometimes higher sometimes lower.

I stay at 20-30g's.

I don't usually use Fitday anymore. I got tired of going in there to punch in what I eat all the time. I just use it now to track my weight loss.

But I did keep track on April 29th here is what is said:

Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 4178
Fat: 378 3401 81%
Sat: 74 665 16%
Poly: 87 780 19%
Mono: 196 1767 42%
Carbs: 27 56 1%
Fiber: 13 0 0%
Protein: 181 722 17%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%


Hope this helps ya some.

I eat like this all the time, but I exercise too so I am burning alot of it off aswell.

Good luck to ya. You're doing great.

I inputed what I've eaten today and what I'll have for dinner and got this....just thought you'd like to know.....

Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 4602
Fat: 409 3679 80%
Sat: 100 900 20%
Poly: 30 266 6%
Mono: 251 2255 49%
Carbs: 28 87 2%
Fiber: 7 0 0%
Protein: 208 832 18%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

is the 4602 the number of calories you are eating??

Yes it is.

Alot huh?

ok, nevermind I guess it is, and you are burning that off with exercise I suppose. You're lucky, I dont think that I could lose on that many calories. I've kept mine around 1500, but I will focus more on my percentages now and see what happens. Thanks for your help!

ok one more question...what and how much are you eating to get to that many calories? And what kind of exercise do you do and how often? sorry for all the questions, but I am more amazed now after seeing the calories you eat AND the fact that you have lost so much so fast!!! :eek: :D

Much luck to you.

Remember exercising plays a big role in this WOL.

:)

Let me go back into Fitday and copy and past what I've been eating I'll be back.

The numbers of each aren't copying and pasting sorry. But I eat 2 of the meats all the time...2 chickens, etc......and I use 1 cup of oil to fry them in.


Cheese, Mozzarella,

Nuts, macadamia nuts, dry roasted, with salt added

Pecans

Ground beef, lean, cooked

Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, fried

Broccoli, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt

Peanut oil

Olive oil

For exercise I do aerobics, bellydancing and stepper. I workout 5 days a week.

Holy Calories!!!!! I feel like I am about to explode just trying to reach 1800. For me it feels like I have taken on a full time job just trying to figure out how and where to cram in extra calories. I wish I could eat like that with ease! Your weight loss speaks volumes though!! You are doing such an awesome job!

Thanks Elsah,

I freaked at first when I saw how much I was eating but it's half of what I ate before Atkins so...not bad I think. And when I log in my activites for the day it says I've burned off at least 3000 of it. So it comes out to at the end of the day as if I did only have about 1500 calories to eat.

I averaged 10 pounds a month till I started exercising in March. I use to hate exercising now, bring it on. :lol:

Have a nice day.

I've been considering upping my calorie intake. At 253lbs, I've been taking in about 2200/day, but according to some figures, that's putting me into starvation mode, because I burn 700-1000 calories per day just through exercise.

I think next week I'll try 3000/day and see how it effects my overall loss.

Yesterday i barely cranked out 2000 cals. I keep my carbs under 40. And now that I'm exercising, I am hungry more often. I guess I gotta go back to those 6 small meals a day and maybe that way I'll up my calories.

Yes I think that if your exercising extra calories is a must. Before I ate less calories while exercising and always got so hungry in the middle of the night.

I feel better now that I eat more and it looks like a little on the plate but when you calculate, it's alot.