ah, thanks for response
Thanks for the response, although some of the information was specific to women, I am sure most also applies to men.
About the achy muscles, I did an analysis of what I have been eating the last few days, and found out that I was getting sometimes as little as 600 calories. Today I am eating a bit more, but what threw me is that I guess due to ketosis kicking in, my appetite dropped. When combined with advise to only eat if hungry and to stop when feeling full and the general full feeling that high protein medium fat diets cause, I simply was not eating much.
If what you said is true about low calorie diets (combo of fat and lean muscle mass weight loss), then I must have been experiencing that despite also eating a low carb high protein diet.(This morning I felt very sore, although insomnia isn't helping).
QUESTION 1 - When on Atkins diet, how many calories should I be consuming? Given that my standard metabolic rate for age/sex/height/build is about 2300-2500 calories, should I eat 2000? 1500? 1000? certainly below that would be unhealthy (as I discovered). If i excersize, should I eat more?
QUESTION 2 - I am only 23, but my dad's side has a history of heart problems, high cholesterol, hypertension, heart disease. My grandfather died of heart failure after years of angina. My father has already had a quadruple bypass, and although he maintains a very healthy lifestyle, he must take beta blockers and stuff to lower cholesterol, blood pressure and heart rate.
Now for the question - Given my family history and an early test showing that I have borderline cholesterol and blood pressure, Is an atkins diet safe for me? Should I modify it to have a lower fat intake? (lean meats (no beef), fat free cheese, egg whites only?)
I want to get healthy, but not kill myself in the process. I hear all these people on Atkins with very high cholesterol, and that scares me. Please Advise.
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