Sun, Jul-20-03, 15:46
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaillean
If someone is sitting down and eating a 12 oz steak for dinner, after having half a pound of bacon and eggs at breakfast and 2 hamburger patties for lunch, portion control may be an issue.
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I think you've got it exactly right. Protein usually comes along with a fair amount of fat, which is (for me) what keeps me from overdoing it. As I said in another thread, I think Atkins was counting on both the appetite-suppression effect of ketosis, as well as the satiety effect of fat, to "automatically" limit his patients' protein intake.
IMO if one is consistently losing on Atkins, then there's no need to worry about the protein. However, it should be looked at as one potential cause of a stall.
Emily
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