Sun, Aug-18-02, 04:22
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,483
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 197/184/145
BF:45%/32%/22%
Progress: 25%
Location: South Eastern Ontario
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Atkins has a very strict Induction program for 2 weeks, with a strict list of allowable foods. For the first 2 weeks you are limited to 20 carbs after subtracting fiber.
PP starts you off at 30 grams of carbs per day, with a much more flexible choice of foods. There is an introduction period like Induction, but less rigid.
After that, both plans are similar. You start increasing your effective carbs (ECC = actual carbs minus fiber) by 5 grams per week until you reach the point where you don't lose weight anymore. That determines your critical carb level..below it you lose, above it you maintain status quo or gain.
Finding your critical carb level is tricky. After induction/introduction you will have many periods where you don't lose weight, (but may be losing inches) It's hard to figure out if you have reached a critical level, or if you are just in a natural resting point.
On both plans, actually, on pretty well every "diet" or lifetime eating plan, it is natural and normal to get into phases where nothing happens. It's your body adjusting and trying to figure out what's going on and how to react to it.
The science behind both plans is the same. The rules and procedures are what's a little different. Both plans, as well as the other LC plans work.
For more info on plan comparisons. look at the upper right side of your screen for a link called "Which low carb plan is right for me"
Hope this helps.
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