Fat and mondo calories- cant be a good thing

[MotherOfGizmo]

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According to the online calculator, you only weigh 123.2 at 5'4" that's pretty much a good weight! I'd be too skinny at 123.2 and I'm the same height as you! How much weight are you trying to lose?

[2big4mysize]

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many folk don't know that 56Kg is about 125 pounds andthink you are bigger
Eat enough food at each meal with someof your veggie carbs, some protein andsome fat to satisfy your hunger each time you eat and soon your ketones will get high enough that your appetite will besupressed and you could even have a 800 cal day too and not be hungry.
I can remember when I started at 313 I was having close to 4000 cals worth of food and losing but that was the amount I needed to satisfy my hunger then and i'm am very glad i didn't know it was that many cals till months later when i discovered fitday.com by then my food intake had dropped dramatically I wasn't hungry all day and pounds were flying off.
learn your hunger and what it takes to satisfy it when you eat and you will have a very healthy brake to apply to your eatingfor the rest of your life. Happy low carbing

[2big4mysize]

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oops sorry MOG you type faster then me

[Savannah]

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My calorie intake for the day is 1100 which is not too low or too high, i feel comfortable about that number and know now to watch the butter and mayo. CAn you suggest other less calorie dense but high fat foods that i could eat instead?


I will leave you for now though as im hitting tha pavement in -5 degree temp to run. I need my head read and brain amputated. Hope in two weeks ill be saying this madness was worth it.

[Piasabird]

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2Big has lost an enormus amount of weight and kept it off. Heidi has been sucessful in her weight loss and at keeping it off. I'd listen to their advice.

On the other hand, you've got some calorie counters who aren't losing right now, most likely because they've messed up their metabolism from only eating 900 calories a day, even with a doctor's approval.

And then there are those who seem to be yo-yo dieters. Again, they cut their calories low, lose the weight quickly, but can't seem to keep it off for the long haul.

Eat to satisfy your physical hunger. Lose the weight slowly, make it a lifestyle change and you'll be fine. I remember seeing these statistics somewhere, 9 out of 10 dieters will regain their weight within 1 year of losing it. Out of those, 2 out of 3 will regain their weight within 3-5 years. But the ones who slow slow and steady and make lifestyle changes keep their weight off.

So, unless you want to count calories the rest of your life, you need to learn to listen to your body. That's only common sense ........ no matter what weight loss plan you're doing.

[2big4mysize]

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actually don't worry about your cal intake focus on your hunger with the running it that is new to you you will add some fluid weight initially so make friends with that tape measure.

Eat spme of your veggie carbs some of your protein and some of your fat at each meal if you have a high fat cut of meat you don't need added fat if you have a lean cut you do.

Just get in those 3 cups of vegies and some protein and fat and stop when your hunger is satisfied and you should be getting smaller and healthier. Since you are so close to goal weight you will need to move to OWl after your induction too.

[cleochatra]

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Actually, while people are assuming I'm not losing because of calorie counting, I'm actually not losing because I haven't been counting calories.

Just wanted to make sure we're all clear on that!

[MotherOfGizmo]

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Then you must be having to force yourself to overeat? Because you very clearly said that it is difficult for you to eat more than 900 calories a day. Now I'm getting confused.

[Savannah]

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Cleo


COnfused by last post , did you mean that you are not losing becasue your not counting calories?

I do need to eat until im full thats very true, but as i mentioned previously, for those who have suffered eating disorders it can be virtually impossible to gauge this natural reaction. It just doesnt exist in me. Atkins im hoping with the rich meal plans will help me to realise when i m full, until then calories help me keep track of what and how much.

This is sucha subjective subject calorie watching works for some, and others i know lose more without watching those pesky numbers. For those with less to lose though i strongly believr that you have to watch that number as your size decreases so does your BMR and your need for calories.

[atkinsagain]

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Actually, while people are assuming I'm not losing because of calorie counting, I'm actually not losing because I haven't been counting calories.

Just wanted to make sure we're all clear on that!

I thought earlier you said you had to work very hard to get more than 900 calories in a day. Is counting calories something you just recently decided to do and that's how you figured out you were eating too much mayo? I think you said you were eating close to 1000 calories a day in mayo alone, which would be close to 3/4 of a cup a day.

[2big4mysize]

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try doing what Dr Atkins advices eat part of what you think you need to eat at that meal and stop if you get hungry eat some more. you can graze all day long on Atkins or just eat 3 meals with snacks if you need them. Since you have no idea of your hunger use the chapter 12 blood sugar symptom list to help you know if you are hungry eating or blood sugar spike eating. Do you deal with a treatment team foryour eating disorder?


i remember when I was stalled out back in 2003 and i posted my foods and amounts for the day at the request of one of our super mods and she replied what did you have for dinner to go with that and i replied that was the whole day cause I wasn't hungry. Days later it was twice that amount because i was hungry that day.

[wannabethintoo]

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Actually, while people are assuming I'm not losing because of calorie counting, I'm actually not losing because I haven't been counting calories.

Just wanted to make sure we're all clear on that!

Yeah, me too. I'm doing so much exercising and eating more than I should be eating because I'm hungry. So I'm feeding my hunger but not losing weight.

[2big4mysize]

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hey Cleo can you start a new topic about your eating so folk can concentrate on Savahan andher issues. I go to reply to her last post and cause all y'all type faster then me there are several posts about your eating up btween her reply and the next person talking to her

[wannabethintoo]

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hey Cleo can you start a new topic about your eating so folk can concentrate on Savahan andher issues. I go to reply to her last post and cause all y'all type faster then me there are several posts about your eating up btween her reply and the next person talking to her

You should quote the post that you are replying to.

[wannabethintoo]

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Cleo's comments are part of this discussion.