Love the typo! Atkins products are snakes-in-the-grass (or diet). I got suckered in by them when I first went low carb.

I don't understand why you need a between-meal snack. I "needed" one when I was eating too many carbs, but not now. According to Dr. Bernstein, you need at least 4 hours between meals to allow your BG to go down. I'm pretty sure that's true for non-diabetics, also.

I go about 5 hours without food between breakfast & lunch, then usually 18 hours before the next breakfast. Sometimes I eat a snack if I'm hungrier than usual in the evening. Last night I was & had a can of sardines with mayo.

Absolute, 22% BF is the absolute (heh heh) lowest you can go, as a female, and not be in the unhealthy range.

If yours is currently 36% (which, even if the doctor used calipers all over your body, may not be accurate; there is NO 100% accurate way of measuring body fat) you do need to lose fat and build muscle. But, as you are at an very acceptable BMI, even staying at your same weight, getting more exercise, but not going nuts, and staying with zero cheats on a LCHF way of eating can lower your body fat significantly, as it's truly the only way of eating that allows you to use, on a consistent basis, your body fat as fuel.

So, stay the same weight, lose BF, you are gaining muscle.

If you don't mind my asking, what is your age? The reason I ask is that, as we age, our healthy levels of body fat increase. At my age, 65, I'm already at an acceptable level, at over 30%. I want to get down to 25. But if I level off at anything under 30%, I'll be happy.

From what I've read, the normal and healthy range for all ages combined is between 24-31%. Below that is female body builder range.

Hahahahah Sorry need to read before I post.

I did Dr. Bernstein for 8 months dropped all the weight down to my goal weight. When done maintained for about a year then it 15lbs decided to attach itself back on. Dr. B is definitely not LCHF in anyway - it is low calorie period no fat. It works but 800 cals a day is not enough when you are a busy person.

I can go at least 6 hours without eating I usually only eat when I'm hungry that being said I think you have to eat to loose to take the weight off and not starve yourself to take the weight off.

I get exactly what you are saying. I am 59. I needed to do more reading. I think my lowest BF was 28% but that was 10 years ago. I really would like to get under 30% that's when I know I feel my best. Just have to keep working at it

You must have misread his advice - he doesn't advise no fat, not even low fat. Nor does he advise 800 calories a day. Below is a quote from his book that I found on-line: http://www.diabetes-book.com/protein-fat/

There is a Dr Stanley Bernstein in Canada who runs weight loss clinics. He sometimes gets confused with Dr Richard Bernstein who wrote "The Diabetes Solution". Very different people and very different plans.

Jean

Never heard of him. I guess AbsoluteN knew about him, but not the "real" Dr. B.

I just took a look at the wiki article on S. Bernstein; good thing one of his sons is a lawyer.

Holy cow. That guy does need a lawyer.

Absolute, "our" Dr Bernstein is in his 80's, and has outlived by about 40 years his life expectancy, when he was dx'ed with T1 diabetes as a child.

He's followed a LCHF plan his entire life. And there are plenty of people who are T1D, and the parents of kids with it, who worship the ground he walks on, because of the improvement in health from following his WOE.