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Old Sun, Aug-18-02, 12:29
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yvette yvette is offline
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Plan: atkins
Stats: 150/147/120
BF:
Progress: 10%
Location: mass
Angry Just call me myrtle...

Well Im 3 weeks into Atkins...with maybe a 1 lb loss. Im trying not to get too discouraged. I dont know what im doing wrong. My last 2 days menu consisted of:
b-sausage patty w/slc cheese
snck-2oz nuts (counted carbs) pork rinds and sour cream
crab salad w/mayo 1 oz cheese and salad greens
d-salad w/grilled chick olives (4) and sour cream
1 decaf w/cream
WATER LOTS OF IT


DAY 2
B-egg w/2oz cream cheese
L-salad w/chicken, cheese (1oz) ranch,
d-crab (4oz) w/ butter...2 chicken wings
1/2 low carb candy bar (PMS) lol 1 gr carbs
2 cups decaf w/cream

Am I a turtle or am i doing something wrong?
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Old Wed, Nov-13-02, 14:32
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RCFletcher RCFletcher is offline
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Posts: 6,068
 
Plan: Food Combining
Stats: 220/175/154 Male 5feet5inches
BF:?/27.5%/19.6%
Progress: 68%
Location: Newcastle UK
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Hi yvette or is that Myrtle

I can't believe 53 people read your posting and not even 1 even said hello. I'm a real turtle (or tortoise as we call them here).

I'm well and truly stuck at one weight.

I read your diet. It looks OK to me. How are you now? Have you lost any more weight. Maybe you should try excercise (that's rich comming from me I can tell you )

Best wishes,

Robert the tortoise
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Old Wed, Nov-13-02, 14:42
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lkonzelman lkonzelman is offline
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 273/182/160 Female 5' 4"
BF:
Progress: 81%
Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
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Hi Yvette -

Sorry things are going so slow for you. You may want to cut out the low carb bars and the nuts - both are known to stall weightloss for people then see how you do.

FYI - sticking to your WOE now really proves how well you are going to do here.

All the best...
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Old Sun, Nov-17-02, 09:28
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Sherry B Sherry B is offline
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 282/220/166
BF:36.9%/28.6%/23%
Progress: 53%
Location: Santa Rosa California
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to me looks pretty high in fat. Sure, Atkins says you can have lots of fat, but you really need to look at how much you are eating. It was like every part of your meals had either cream, sour cream, or butter.

Remember that fat has 9 calories per gram whereas protein has 4 and carbs have 4.

I would calculate and see how many total calories you ate during all of that, at your weight, you may be consuming way too many calories.

Remember that calories DO count. The only way anyone loses weight (even those on Atkins or any other low carb diet) is to create a deficit between how many calories you consume and how many you burn.

If you are a lighter person you cannot consume as many calories as someone who is heavier. If you have a high fat to muscle ratio, then you cannot consume as many calories as someone who is more muscular. If you are sedentary and don't work out or do cardio, you cannot burn as many calories as you would if you were more active.

Low carb isn't a "magic" plan, it is still based on calories in vs calories out. Because protein is muscle sparing and not eating carbs doesn't spike insulin so much it can seem to work faster than other diets, but it still matters whether you have created a deficit or not.
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