Wed, Oct-08-03, 22:08
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Resident Loud Mouth
Posts: 8,495
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Plan: Retrying
Stats: 239.2/150.6/120
BF:
Progress: 74%
Location: Wyoming
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On average people can expect to lose 10% of the weight they need to on induction, and 5% each month after that. This is an average, some lose faster and some lose slower.
You have a total of 30 pounds you want to lose. You have already lost 6, which means you have lost around 20%. Not only are you not losing slow, you are losing very fast. If your body fat is already low, and you are just trying to push it lower into the athletic range, then your loss will be even slower and more tied in with your exercise.
With the cardio, lifting weights, and getting mroe protien you are probably also adding muscle. Make sure you are eating enough calories to support that.
Things that are important to remember:
Atkins is a way of life to reach better health and a healthy weight, it is not a crash diet.
Atkins is not a high protien diet. It is an adiquet protien, low carb, high fat diet. While in induction around 60-70% of your calories should come from fat. As you increase your carb levels you decrease your fat, keeping calories and protien about the same. (most people lkower calories as thier body doesn't need as many the smaller it gets.)
Make sure to measure, especially with heavy weight lifting. As you lose fat you are probably also gaining muscle. In the last 5 weeks I have lost all of 2 pounds total, and the scale has been jumping around like crazy. If I have been measuring right though I have gone from almost 28% body fat to around 24% body fat. Measure everywhere, and be sure to get your current body fat checked. It is much better to shoot for a healthy body fat and good muscle tone then it is to worry about the scale.
Remember no one but you see's the number on the scale. Everyone will be able to see six pack abs, or smaller jeans though.
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