Wed, Jan-07-04, 10:08
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Registered Member
Posts: 65
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 232/210/180
BF:21/21/14
Progress: 42%
Location: Michigan
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Introduction -Newbie Here
Well this is my first time posting here and I just started Atkins earlier this week. I think its the plan for me due to my diet over the past few years. I was a very strict vegetarian for 4 years and at mainly pasta, rice, ramen and such. Before college (5 years ago) I was only 145 lbs and think I could stand to loose a few then also. Durning college though I did some weight training and worked out quite regularily, but still managed to gain wieght till I hit about 200 lbs when I graduated last May, Over the course of the past few months though I changed my diet back to eating meat and gained another 30 lbs pretty quick.
So anyways here I am at 230 (I would like to get down to 180) lbs trying to do atkins, hopefully correctly. I never was big on sweets so I dont mind giving them up and veggies are no problem. I am worried about how much meat I have been eating though during induction. I eat till I'm satisfied, but still it seems like alot. I really only get carbs from my veggies which I limit to about 2 cups a day (mostly lettuce, some broccoli). So what I'm basically wondering is, during induction we really just eat nothing but meat and eggs, with a few veggies (of course under the 20g carb limit)? I just don't want to gain a bunch of wieght cause I'm eating fatty hamburger all the time and eggs galore. Plus I'm wondering if I don't get enough fat in my diet will that effect the atkins approach? I don't care for butter on my veggies really and not a huge fan of cheese, so I dont know if I'm getting enough fat just through meat.
As a sidenote my goal is to lose 50 lbs by August (my next b-day) if at all possible. Does this sound like an unrealistic goal? I do strength training at least 3 times a week on a quite regular basis for an hour/hour and half with the occasional 45 min cardio along with the diet.
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