Sun, May-02-04, 05:12
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Plan: prev atkins, now NHE
Stats: 174/140/133
BF:
Progress: 83%
Location: London UK
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I too need to keep fat under control because I have no gall bladder. I got out my calculator. for the last stretch:
fat is 9cals per gram, carbs are 3.74 cals per gram and protein is 4 cals per gram.
the Dr Eades recommend at least 70g of protein for someone with my lbm (100lb) so that is only 280 cals for the protein aspects. (you then have to add the cals that come from the attached fat like egg yolks and invisible fat in meat). I try to eat about 100 - 120 g protein to keep up the calories. so that is 400 - 480 calories from the pure protein in protein foods.
well, that leaves me with having eaten 160 cals for the carbs and, say 440 cals for the protein, = 600 cals.
that would mean eating 100g fat each day (which is about 3.5oz) and it is tough to eat that much fat, even though some of it will be found in the protein foods. It would mean getting 60% of mycalories from fat.
I eat more carbs than you, keeping to under 50g, but my loss is very very slow now, I am trying to lose the last 10lb, having lost 30 already. Maybe I should try going back to 20g.
I try to make sure that all my protein is fatty, as that fools the eye, but I try to avoid the bad fats: eg, I concentrate on omega 3 eggs, lots of oily fish, visible fat on grass fed organic meats, organic cheeses etc. That provides about 50g of fat, leaving the rest to be found from pouring on olive oil, including avocados and nuts in salads.
eating that much protein really decreases the appetite, making it difficult to eat 1500 calories. I'm not happy about such an unbalanced diet in the long run, but am hoping it will be OK in the short term.
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