Wed, Mar-13-02, 12:07
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Senior Member
Posts: 341
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 223/209/200
BF:
Progress: 61%
Location: Coastal Northwest US
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tread carefully with caution
If you really want to feel hungry, pop a few raging lunatic pills (better known as jelly beans) and call me in the morning.
Actually, I do think there may be a place for fast sugars, and definitely chocolate, to start a roaring fire every once in a while. But, this is the path many have taken and lost their way. Finding yourself back in tip-top weight plus a few pounds is not what you want. For the adventurer, though, a challenge. Can you use the chocolate (which is known to speed metabolism) or sugar to make yourself feel hungry, yet not allow it to send you into a spiral shaped binge?
I know there have been folks that report stall breaking results by the induction of carbs (mostly I've seen it in relation to chocolate containing carbs).
Back to the point, though, this disinterest in food is just a phase, but a good indicator that you could use a change in level or variety. Even Doc Atkins says you may want to take a break for a short period, and increase carbs modestly (say 25 to 30 rather than 20) to give you more variety of vegie and other carbs. Hey, and nobody says you gotta eat the whole apple, banana, bunch of grapes. During this period, I went through about 5 days where I ate 6 to 8 grapes (6 to 8 carbs) a day. This was extremely pleasing. I would split a banana 70-30 with my daughter once in a while. With my 30, I sliced a 1/8 inch sliver off every 2 or 3 minutes. I viewed it as a feast. Other days I ate a whole pigful of macadamias and almonds.
For the purist, just go ahead and skip the meal, as colinjn says.
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