Sometimes this thread may be confusing to me bc my real name is Angela, too. So if I respond to something not addressed to me, just disregard
Skaminto says:
"Hope you are able to take in enough food at this level. Fat is quite caloric and I find it harder to keep my calories in the diet range when I incorporate a lot of it."
My response:Yes, it is difficult and I am hungry. That is something I struggle w/ (should I just eat if I'm hungry or figure no pain no gain). But having said that, it is much easier to feel fulfilled w/ less calories eating higher fat than on low fat/low cal. Thats also why I said 1500 since that is a reasonable, realistic # for me since it leaves me hungry, yet not starving. Interestingly, when I did the fatfast last week, I was not hardly hungry at all and I'm finding that I'm having much more difficulty the last few days. On the flipside 1200 cals would produce a better weight loss. My BMR is somewhere around 1350 + 300 calories expended for exercise = 1650 to maintain. To lose a pound a week I would need not to consume more than 1150 a day. (I know I'm not supposed to count cals on Atkins but I'm just sharing my thoughts).
Re veggies: I probably am not getting enough veggies and (no yelling at me
) I am inclined to cut them out for a while except for 2 cups of lettuce a day. The first Atkins book suggested NO veggies for 2 weeks (I think) and most people I know had better results w/ that.
Anyway here is yesterdays food/activity:
bkfst: 1 strip bacon -0- (cal 50)
2 eggs -1- (200)
snack: 3 oz pate -3- (200)
1/2 oz cream cheese -1- (50)
Lunch: egg salad -2- (250)
lettuce -1-, blue chze -1- (100)
5 mini slices pepperoni -1- (50)
snack: fried ps (80)
14 mini slices peperoni -1- (140)
Dinner: 4 oz beef chuck w/ small stalk celery -2- (400)
1 stalk celery w/ 1/2 oz cream cheese -1- (50)
Cal: 1,570
Carbs: 14 or 15
Activities:
40 min spinning class (AM)
12 min/ 1 mile jog (PM)
Today will be mostly the same:
bkfst:2 sausage patties -2- (190)
lettuce -1-, blue chze -1- (100)
14 mini slices pepperoni -1- (140)
Lunch: 1/2 lb pulled pork (Cals?! say..400?)
snack:2 oz tuna + mayo -1- (220)
Dinner: 4 oz beef chuck w/ small stalk celery -2- (400)
Probably will have snack but will have to be small since already at 1450 cals!
Also, I have started running at night in addition to my cardio & weights in the AM (just a mile or two) so I think it will be interesting to see if that has any addl' affect. If nothing else it keeps me outta the fridge for 15 min or so!