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Originally Posted by ElleH
I don't watch my calories at all, not in the limiting sense. As a matter of fact I'm eating more calories now high-fatting than I was on traditional Atkins. I averaged 13-1500 then.
Some days I eat less, some days more, but my average intake over the last few weeks is about 1700 cals per day (ranging from 1200 to 2500 over the course of a week)--and still losing on that. Interesting that that is about 12 times my weight!!! Limiting calories leads to binging for me. Some days I eat less b/c I'm not very hungry, but I never tell myself "I can only have XXXX calories." That doesn't allow me to follow my appetite and if I don't eat more on plan food on those "hungry days," I will binge.
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Yes, watching and limiting are 2 different birds,
I meant that you are mindful of them; you are able to eat to appetite (if I do that, I overeat), so your high cal days are balanced by low cal days. The trouble starts when your (that's the collective "your", not you specifically, Elle) high cal days continue for weeks on end, with no low cal days, ha.
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Originally Posted by Elle
Interesting that that is about 12 times my weight!!!
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Now how about that!
Seems like your body is one of the few that can do both chemistry AND algebra.
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I try to stay out of the whole "how much protein do you need" argument. I know that I cannot eat 100g of protein a day continue to lose body fat on my current level of activity, which is something I feel I can sustain for life. And since I don't seriously weight-train (and never will again, I imagine) I try to just stay out of it for those who do.
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Even the experts aren't clear on how much protein we need. There seems to be a consensus that weight trainers should eat more, but how much more? My Guru (
) recently published an article about that, which I'll post up.
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Originally Posted by Elle
Well, I am just a gimpy old woman...
My left wrist is in a brace, I can hardly walk on my right knee, and my low-back hurts.
I think I'm going to go back to what I was doing (once all this pain goes away) aka Vedral method and more emphasis on straight-leg exercises that don't bother my knees (plus my one set of 12 squats). Those extra squats and heavier dumb bells and the ball did me in, I think. And I don't think I overdid it, I just have some arthritis issues, I think. I know the difference between muscle soreness (that is actually kinda pleasant) and the "bone on bone pain" that comes with arthritis (not pleasant!).
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Sorry to hear you're having a flare-up! Do you take high dose fish oil? There's some research that shows it can help immensely with inflammatory Stuff. Also, I've heard that chondroiten/MSM can help, too.
Even though you can't lift heavy, it's good for you to continue with some form of resistance training. Higher rep/lower weight work may not be so wonderful for building muscle, but it will get blood flowing and help with your joints, providing you do a moderate program (meaning 3 times a week or so, not every day.)
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Thanks so much for all your time and attention, Dane!!!
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Anytime! I learned a lot from the boards, so it's good to be able to "pay it back".