Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

[tmn]

Howdy,

I'm using FitDay to track my meals (great tool!). I'm stunned by the amount of fat I'm taking in, though. When all is said and done today, I'll have 75/21/4 . I can't locate the ratios we're shooting for.

Breakfast:
2 scrambled eggs in 2 tbsp olive oil
3 cups coffee with approx 1.5 fl oz cream (I think)
Water, water, and more water

Lunch:
2 cups mixed lettuce (yes, sprinkled with carrots)
1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1.5 ounce ham
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp milled flaxseed (for fiber, I need LOTS of fiber!)
More water

Dinner will be:
5 oz. salmon
1 cup cauliflower
And still more water

Also, I take in at least 2 servings of Metamucil because of my need for fiber. I also take a couple Aleve nightly as well as two potassium supplements, a multi-vitamin, a couple calcium with D, and a couple glucosamine.

Breakfast rarely varies unless I need more fiber in which I'll eat a bowl of All-bran with diluted cream. Lunch is usually this salad with the "meat" being ham, tuna, or turkey. Dinners are some form of protein and vegetable. Snacks, if any, are eggs, celery sticks with cream cheese, or other vegetables.

Your opinions, please. Especially about the amount of fat I took in! It seems terribly high, even for Atkins!

[dream]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

We're shooting for 65% fat / 5% carbs / 30% protein.

[Elizellen]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

hi Tmn
Welcome to our ADBB family

You could lower that fat ratio by having a little less of the olive oil - maybe see how the numbers would have been if you had only used one tablespoonful instead of 2? It is sometimes surprising how little change is needed to shift the numbers.

With all that fibre I am glad you are drinking lots of water!!

Did you check what ingredients are in the Allbran? I looked online and found this

Ingredients
Wholewheat, Wheatbran (21%), Sugar, Salt, Barley Malt Flavouring, Honey, Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12.

at http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/products/product.asp?id=4

If this is the product you are eating it is not an induction-legal product because of the whole wheat, sugar and honey!

We are allowed to have a tablespoonful or so of bran, flax or psyllium husks under the rules of Induction to cure constipation, but not one of those processed products with added no-no's as above

12. If you are constipated, mix a tablespoon or more of psyllium husks in a cup or more of water and drink daily. Or mix ground flaxseed into a shake or sprinkle wheat bran on a salad or vegetables.

[tmn]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

Thank you, Dream. Even 65% is an eye-opener.

[dream]

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I know what you mean. I keep feeling guilty about eating all that fat. We've had the "low fat diets" pounded into our heads for so long.

But I'm loving eating like this and actually losing weight!

[tmn]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

Hi Elizellen,

Looks like cutting olive oil down and maybe adding more protein like chicken to get the fat ratio closer to 65%.

Constipation is quite an issue with me, even with additional fiber. I haven't been solid Atkins through the induction for this reason alone; admittedly, I get really torn on this. Apples and pineapples are so hard to give up as is cereal like All Bran or oatmeal. I'll have to think this one through more...

[tmn]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

Dream,

Amazing, isn't it?? A few years ago, people were watching me eat fatty foods and couldn't figure out how I was losing. Probably thought I was bulimic. heh heh!

Do you remember Covert Bailey from the 1980s? He was my low-fat guru for so long, even though I kept gaining weight! ugh!!

[dream]

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That one doesn't sound familiar. In the 80's I think I was shuffling my Richard Simmons' Deal-A-Meal cards... lol!

[tmn]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

That one doesn't sound familiar. In the 80's I think I was shuffling my Richard Simmons' Deal-A-Meal cards... lol!

LOL!

Amazing, isn't it? I've had so many diet books that were so motivating but the diets themselves just didn't work!

[dream]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

You know.. nothing has worked for me except low carb. Another thing I did way back when was probably my own version of low carb. A very unhealthy version but amazingly it worked. I think I ate more hot dogs and cottage cheese than anybody can imagine, lost about 25 pounds and probably didn't touch a vegetable.

I'm so thankful I really took the time to figure out Atkins.

We're gonna make it, tmn!

[tmn]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

You know.. nothing has worked for me except low carb. Another thing I did way back when was probably my own version of low carb. A very unhealthy version but amazingly it worked. I think I ate more hot dogs and cottage cheese than anybody can imagine, lost about 25 pounds and probably didn't touch a vegetable.

I'm so thankful I really took the time to figure out Atkins.

We're gonna make it, tmn!

Oh, geez!! Remember back in the '70s when we were eating hamburger patties, cottage cheese, and maybe a saltine?? We had it more right then than we realized! LOL!!

Man, are you bringing back some memories!

Yep, we're going to do it, by gummy!

[dream]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

Oh, geez!! Remember back in the '70s when we were eating hamburger patties, cottage cheese, and maybe a saltine?? We had it more right then than we realized! LOL!!

Man, are you bringing back some memories!

Yep, we're going to do it, by gummy!

OMG.. you are triggering my memory now too. The book I had and the reason I did no veggies....

Dr. Stillman's Quick Weight Loss Diet?.. if that's not the name, it was close. He's the one that used to say no carbs at all. No carb, low fat - not even any oils. It was just lean meat, cheese, and eggs I think.

Can you imagine how unhealthy that was?? LOL

[tmn]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

OMG.. you are triggering my memory now too. The book I had and the reason I did no veggies....

Dr. Stillman's Quick Weight Loss Diet?.. if that's not the name, it was close. He's the one that used to say no carbs at all. No carb, low fat - not even any oils. It was just lean meat, cheese, and eggs I think.

Can you imagine how unhealthy that was?? LOL

Holy smokes! NONE?? Oh man, what did we do to ourselves back then?? "Stillman"... that rings a bell.

My sister and I were talking a bit ago. I was telling her how our mom was on WW way back when and how the amount of food she ate was nuts! LOTS of meat and veggies (IIRC), so much that she had a hard time eating it all. And she still lost a lot of weight!

Crazy memories!

[gonnabskinny]

Re: Fat/Protein/Carb Ratio?

Terry, one observation from looking at your daily intake, is there is not enough veggies. Do not take the 2 cups of salad and one cup of other veggies as being literal. Of your 20 net carbs (not less) you need 12-15 of those net carbs to be from veggies during induction.

I know, I know. The book says 2 cups of salad and one cup of other veggies and it also says 12-15 net carbs. Those do not necessarily equate. This is acknowleded on the atkins website! Count the carbs, not the cups!