MrsSPA
Tue, Mar-26-02, 17:50
Hi Everyone,
I started my first challenge yesterday. I've been lurking about here for the past few days and figured I might as well post!!
I'm 32 years old and have struggled with my weight all my life. I have had the BFL book since it first came out back in 1999 and I did some of the exercising once, but then quit. I have done WW, Atkins and just about every other diet known to man. My DH and I have been doing Atkins off and on since November. I recently saw a friend I hadn't seen in awhile and she looks FABULOUS. I asked what she was doing and she said BFL. So I drug the ol' book out again and got motivated!! I really would like to try to get pregnant within the next year or so but not at this weight.
I have done pretty well yesterday and today, but as far as the eating goes, do I need to be overly concerned with numbers (as in fat, carb and protein grams) or more concerned with portions? I've read a lot here and on other forums and I see people talking about 1 protein gram for every 1 pound of LBM, etc. I guess I want to stick with the book pretty closely (if that is what works the best) for this first challenge and the book doesn't go into detailed numbers. I'm one of those who can over analyze ANYTHING so maybe I need to just keep it simple.
I guess what I'm asking is, if I have a portion of protein and a portion of carb, do they need to be equal (or close to equal) grams of each? Like if it's 25 protein should I find something that is 25 carbs to go with it?
To tell you the truth, after being on Atkins I'm kind of freaked out about adding carbs. I think most of mine will be added in the form of fruits instead of rice or grains most of the time anyway, because fruit is what I missed the most on Atkins.
The other question is, do I have to count the carbs in the vegetables that go with two of the six meals a day? Should I be going for lower carb veggies?
I just got some Myoplex that I ordered from Netrition. I had already ordered it when I started reading around and learning that I should have gotten Myoplex lite since I want to burn more fat. But as long as I'm staying under a certain number of calories a day does it matter which one I use? The Lite kinda scares me because it has soy protein in it and so far everything I've ever tasted with soy is icky to me.
Okay I guess that's it. Didn't mean for it to be a book! I appreciate all the help and info I've gotten here so far and I look forward to posting more and getting to know you all!
I started my first challenge yesterday. I've been lurking about here for the past few days and figured I might as well post!!
I'm 32 years old and have struggled with my weight all my life. I have had the BFL book since it first came out back in 1999 and I did some of the exercising once, but then quit. I have done WW, Atkins and just about every other diet known to man. My DH and I have been doing Atkins off and on since November. I recently saw a friend I hadn't seen in awhile and she looks FABULOUS. I asked what she was doing and she said BFL. So I drug the ol' book out again and got motivated!! I really would like to try to get pregnant within the next year or so but not at this weight.
I have done pretty well yesterday and today, but as far as the eating goes, do I need to be overly concerned with numbers (as in fat, carb and protein grams) or more concerned with portions? I've read a lot here and on other forums and I see people talking about 1 protein gram for every 1 pound of LBM, etc. I guess I want to stick with the book pretty closely (if that is what works the best) for this first challenge and the book doesn't go into detailed numbers. I'm one of those who can over analyze ANYTHING so maybe I need to just keep it simple.
I guess what I'm asking is, if I have a portion of protein and a portion of carb, do they need to be equal (or close to equal) grams of each? Like if it's 25 protein should I find something that is 25 carbs to go with it?
To tell you the truth, after being on Atkins I'm kind of freaked out about adding carbs. I think most of mine will be added in the form of fruits instead of rice or grains most of the time anyway, because fruit is what I missed the most on Atkins.
The other question is, do I have to count the carbs in the vegetables that go with two of the six meals a day? Should I be going for lower carb veggies?
I just got some Myoplex that I ordered from Netrition. I had already ordered it when I started reading around and learning that I should have gotten Myoplex lite since I want to burn more fat. But as long as I'm staying under a certain number of calories a day does it matter which one I use? The Lite kinda scares me because it has soy protein in it and so far everything I've ever tasted with soy is icky to me.
Okay I guess that's it. Didn't mean for it to be a book! I appreciate all the help and info I've gotten here so far and I look forward to posting more and getting to know you all!