Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

[n0matter]

I finished my first week on Sunday, a good 10lbs. lighter than my initial weigh-in. However, I've been reading/hearing more and more that consuming more protein than fat may be detrimental to my induction. I'm at about 50/50 right now because I've been sticking to very lean meats. This may also account for my very low energy levels that haven't much improved since last week. At this point, exercise is a major chore and walking is about as much as I can handle. I've also been sweating profusely since Induction began. Is all of this normal?

[BellaCarol]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

why are you eating in such way that you get this ratio?

[n0matter]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

It's not really intentional, I just feel compelled to turn away bacon and other fatty stuff lately. It's like I've lost my appetite for it. I did pour on some extra ranch for my chicken breasts this afternoon and I suppose I could supplement the fat intake with condiments. But the real problem is that I'm just favoring chicken over steak and hamburger all of the sudden.

[BellaCarol]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

well you can eat chicken and fish and still be getting your fat/protein ratio, because chicken and fish still have fat. You can use Olive Oil and mayo to complement your fat intake; now if you are not doing what DANDR says, you are just not doing Atkins.

[n0matter]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

Thanks for the advice. But do you have an answer for the questions I presented in my initial post?

[BellaCarol]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

I dont know if it is normal, I guess a moderator will be here shortly, however as i told you as far as I know the fat / protein ratio is very important. I hope somebody can offer you a better answer than mine

[not2late]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

I finished my first week on Sunday, a good 10lbs. lighter than my initial weigh-in. However, I've been reading/hearing more and more that consuming more protein than fat may be detrimental to my induction. I'm at about 50/50 right now because I've been sticking to very lean meats. This may also account for my very low energy levels that haven't much improved since last week. At this point, exercise is a major chore and walking is about as much as I can handle. I've also been sweating profusely since Induction began. Is all of this normal?

Excessive protein is converted to glucose by your body. Whatever you don't use immediately for energy needs is stored as fat. So, yes, eating excess protein is damaging to your weight loss efforts. If you're not eating your veggies, you aren't doing yourself any favors either.

Also, it's not the protein to carb ratio that gets you into ketosis. According to Dr. Atkins, it's the fat to carb ratio.

[BellaCarol]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

Thanks megs I was not aware of that.

[n0matter]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

Damn. Eating the hamburger, bacon and cheese for lunch was what was keeping me on the proper percentages. Now that I've done some recalculating on fitday, it looks like I'll have to go back to that. Or supplement with mayo, extra ranch, etc. I have, however, maintained a 20 carb or less intake. Do I need to just restart or extend induction? I've probably eating at this ratio for about 3 days now.

[not2late]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

Damn. Eating the hamburger, bacon and cheese for lunch was what was keeping me on the proper percentages. Now that I've done some recalculating on fitday, it looks like I'll have to go back to that. Or supplement with mayo, extra ranch, etc. I have, however, maintained a 20 carb or less intake. Do I need to just restart or extend induction? I've probably eating at this ratio for about 3 days now.

I eat "lean" protein regularly: seafood, fish, chicken, turkey, and certain cuts of pork, etc. If you choose to eat these kinds of proteins, add fat. For example, you grill a chicken breast and have steamed broccoli on the side. Eat the broccoli with hollandaise sauce or with melted butter. Or eat the chicken breast with a flavored mayo or an oil-based sauce. It takes very little added fat to make a meal "high fat".

Be careful about the "extra" ranch dressing. All of those bottled dressings have somewhat misleading labels because the nutritional info is only accurate for the serving size listed on the bottle. If the serving size is 1 tablespoon and 0 carbs, 2 tablespoons can be 0.1 to 0.99 carbs, and so forth. So be sure to count those "extra" carbs in those "extra" servings of mayo and bottled dressings.

No need to restart anything. Just pick up where you left off.

[n0matter]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

Oh, I have been. In fact, I actually rely on some of the carbs in my dressings to push 20 every day. So I'm still good to go? No restarting Induction?

[not2late]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

Actually you don't need to eat 20 everyday. 20 is the upper limit of your carb intake for Induction. Most people eat between 10-15 carbs daily, unless they eat only lettuce (which is the worst thing to eat on that veggie list because it has virtually no fiber, no vitamins and no minerals, in other words, it's a waste of time eating.)

Count all the carbs you eat, including those from foods that you might not think has carbs like eggs, cream, vinegar, lemon juice, herbs, spices, and artificial sweetener. Atkins is a low carb diet, not a no-carb diet.

[n0matter]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

Juices, eggs, sweeteners, etc. all factored in usually put me between 13 and 17/day. I do eat a lot of lettuce, but I try to supplement it with cellery, tomatoe, cucumber, avocado and zuchinni. If anything, I probably over-calculate my carbs just to be safe. I didn't factor in herbs(seasonings) but I don't use many. I got all worried today because I'd been at a near-perfect fat to protein to carb ratio for the first three days using fitday and then discovered after switching to chicken and nixing the bacon in just one meal threw it off completely.

[THIN~BUT~FAT]

Re: Can a higher protein to fat ratio be hurting my Induction?

I find I eat a lot of fish. I prefer fish to meat but I make my fat up by eating cheese and butter. I've cut down on my veggies too as I found the last twice I did Atkins I tended to eat more veggies than anything else.