Sat, Jul-26-03, 05:42
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Ex-Patriot
Posts: 3,364
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Plan: CAD-ish
Stats: 232.5/199/168
BF:no/earthly/clue
Progress: 52%
Location: London, UK
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lissame, think of it this way. If you eat only 250 calories less than you burn every day, and you exercise 250 calories worth (about 45 minutes of brisk walking), at the end of one week you will have burned enough to lose one pound of bodyfat. That's the theory, anyway. A lot of times the fat loss doesn't show up on the scale for a while--especially on LC with its many water fluctuations.
The first step with it is to figure out what you need for maintenance. Undereating can be as much of a problem on Atkins as overeating. Doing a quick-n-dirty estimate just with your current weight, your maintenance calories might be in the high 2000s, or even 3000 per day. (Calorie estimate according to the method in Lyle McDonald's book, The Ketogenic Diet.) 500 less than that is still quite a bit of food.
A common mistake people make on Atkins is to eat too little, then their metabolism begins to slow down in compensation, and they stop losing. I don't know if this is happening to you but it might be worth thinking about.
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