Wed, Jan-23-08, 11:32
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,328
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Plan: vLC/GF,CF,SF
Stats: 197/136/150
BF:
Progress: 130%
Location: Alberta
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Protein Power allows you to choose which foods to include as long as you start with less than 40g net carbs per day and no more than 15g per meal. That's why I like PP (and my mug of coffee each morning), but Atkins' induction list has a lot of merit - clean real foods help you lose faster and cause fewer cravings and allergic reactions.
In my early days on PP I had a "Butterfinger Frosty" shake every day, made with ice, water, 2T heavy cream, 2T peanut butter, + 1-2 scoops chocolate protein powder. Yummy, but it never kept me satisfied as long as eggs & sausage/bacon. And legumes (PB) and too much dairy and whey cause my sinuses to stuff up, so I can only breathe freely if I keep my cream down to a total of 2T per day (but I want it in my coffee) and protein powder to an occasional treat. Too much dairy makes me want more dairy, and in my experience, anything that I have an unnatural attraction to, or leaves me hungry 2 hrs later (after a 400+ calorie meal), contains something that I can't tolerate without symptoms (sinus problems, weight gain, joint pain, headaches, rashes, itching, etc.). In my junkfood days I didn't notice these things because I was semi-comatose from the sugar. But the more I refine my diet, the more I notice which foods make me feel fantastic and which make me feel slightly to majorly "off". Removing sugar, gluten, soy and most dairy from my diet got me off 2 inhalers + decongestants & antihistimines every single day (and I never felt fantastic when I took all those things).
Last edited by deirdra : Wed, Jan-23-08 at 11:51.
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