Thu, Aug-14-03, 16:27
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,440
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Plan: low cal, low carb
Stats: 196/145/140
BF:23%
Progress: 91%
Location: Coolum Beach, Australia
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Hi Aleka,
My diet history (recent) was: I had gradually gained weight and was up to 89 kilos (195)..I took a drug (Redux) for a couple of months which suppresses appetite and lost 15 k (about 36 lbs). Then I went off them and switched to a low GI eating diet...no further loss for 8 months. So I then decided to try Atkins and have been on the induction for 6 weeks.I lost 2 k more at 2 weeks, and then nothing further. I exercise with aerobics 4 times a week (have been doing this for a year). My clothes are not looser and there is no change in measurements after 6 weeks. SO I decided to look at some other ideas...my reading in the body-building threads in this forum led me to looking at the ideal calorie range to lose weight on a LC diet..the recommendation from that indicated that I should increase my protein and keep my calories within a particular range. At the same time, I read that weight lifting is better than cardio for building muscle and fat loss, so I am just beginning this...but for weight lifting, one must raise carbs slightly, to over 20 (probably better at 40) and make sure protein levels are up. I prefer to get my fats from poly and monounsaturated sources rather than saturated fats due to the health benefits, but am not avoiding saturated fats...Fitday so far is tracking me at over 50% from the good oils, around 1400 calories, and a 73/22/5
or thereabouts ratio of fat/prot/carbs. I have been on strictly this only a matter of days so it is too early to say if this will do anything other than maintain current weight...Aleka, normally for me to lose weight I have to consume about 900 cal's, so for me, this is NOT calorie-counting!!! I now await to see if adding weight lifting achieves any fat loss.
It is great that not counting calories etc is working well for you and may that continue. I would be interested to see if
this still holds when your weight is within 10 lbs of goal, or if you get into a huge stall pattern as I have...if you do, it will be because you are finally consuming more calories than you are using for your body weight, and you would need to increase exercise and/or drop calories a bit. There is a difference for some people whose metabolisms have adapted to years of low cal dieting so that Atkins, while allowing one to eat more calories and feel fuller, doesn't necessarily mean weight loss for these folks..particularly at lower weight levels such as we've been discussing here. One of the problems is generalizing...as we all know, what works for one person will not always work for another.
Cheers,
Val
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