Thu, Apr-17-03, 06:00
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Senior Member
Posts: 150
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Plan: Atkins/testing CAD
Stats: 198/184/145
BF:
Progress: 26%
Location: Kingwood
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I've only been on this plan for a week after being on Atkins for a few months, so I'm not exactly an expert. However, I have been posting my daily meals for the past week. You are welcome to look at the last page of my journal where they are posted.
After being on Atkins I'm a bit burned out on salads right now but if I find myself eating too much at the RM I will defintely start my meals with a salad as the book suggests. Right now I think I'm doing okay. So I'm just making sure that my plate looks right. If I look at the plate in thirds I see 1/3 meat, 1/3 starch or carbs, and 1/3 low carb veggies. I'm finding that my dessert portion is getting smaller each night because my appetite seems to be shrinking along with my waist. I even eat in thirds. I take a bite of veggies, then my carbs, then protein, then back to veggies, etc. Otherwise I would eat my favorites first, of course that is carbs. I measure out what I eat out of curiosity, but its not required.
Although I'm not required to do this either, for me it feels better to just stick to protein only for my 2 CM rather than even trying to add any carbs at all. I found that when I eat protein only I forget about food between my meals, but even a little carbs in veggies I found myself checking the time a lot to see when I could eat again. So I'm going to stick to protein only because I like the freedom of not being focused on food all day. I eat my two CM whether I'm hungry or not because I believe, for me, I need that protein to keep my system from craving carbs. And I also think it stops me from being compulsive at my RM. I believe we all need to find our own balance and accept that we are all a bit different here and there. For now, this is working for me.
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