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    Calories vs. Carbs

    According to my BMR I should consume 1800 calories to maintain, which means if I want to lose I need to either burn or cut back around 300 calories a day. Along with walking, I have been starting to count calories and have ben aiming for 1500 a day. I'm still counting carbs of course. The good Doctor's book does not say anything about counting calories. Am I wrong to count them? Thanks! - Jen
    Began the Journey 9/24/07

    Height: 5'4
    Starting Weight: 190
    Current Weight: 165 - 3/21/08
    Goal Weight: 140 June 30, 2008



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    Re: Calories vs. Carbs

    It's not quite as cut and dry. BMR describes what you would burn doing absolutely nothing at all. You should do the Benedict Harris formula to figure out what you are using up with your daily life (me, working at a computer, use an additional 1.2 times my BMR of 1430, for instance - which is 1730ish. To lose I need to eat less than that). Once you know what you are really burning daily, you go down from there, typically 300 to 500 calorie a day deficit depending on how much you have to lose. That leaves many people on this board eating exactly at their BMR or just a little over.




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      Re: Calories vs. Carbs

      Its generally during induction that its said "Dont count calories" but as everyone around here will say

      Dr A said, dont count calories NOT calories dont count

      Whats your AMR at, with your exercise and eveything included.... as i understand it you should always eat at your BMR or slightly above, but not up to your AMR...

      I'm sure you'll get some better responses, i struggle with my calories so cant really answer for you.
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        Re: Calories vs. Carbs

        Nice! I will google for the Benedict Harris formula.
        Thanks a lot!
        Began the Journey 9/24/07

        Height: 5'4
        Starting Weight: 190
        Current Weight: 165 - 3/21/08
        Goal Weight: 140 June 30, 2008



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        • #5
          Re: Calories vs. Carbs

          I'm on extended Induction, and I don't count calories. Because of the amount of protein and fat in my diet, my appetite is self-regulating. I simply eat until I am full and wait until I'm hungry to eat again. I do check my Ketostix fairly regularly to see if I'm still turning purple (in lipolysis), but other than that I believe the book when it says that you will naturally reduce your caloric intake by being fuller longer on less food.
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            Re: Calories vs. Carbs

            Fair enough Lish, if that works for you, GREAT!

            You may find further down the line you need to change something up though!
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            • #7
              Re: Calories vs. Carbs

              I would just say that for the early pounds (first 50 of 100) you can just about eat as much as you want provided you keep the carbs very low. However, the lower you get weight wise the more you have to ask yourself: is that enough? Ok, I'm not hungry I will stop. Not always the easiest thing to do. And I have found that I can actually be satisfied when necessary with as little as about 1200 calories.

              LC works but at some point you may have to work on only eating enough. "All you want" won't work for most of us. I don't count calories, but I do "ballpark it" and work at controlling the amount I eat. LC works beautifully but not perfectly.
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              • #8
                Re: Calories vs. Carbs

                Originally posted by JayNo
                Nice! I will google for the Benedict Harris formula.
                Thanks a lot!
                Here is a link to find BMR and Harris Benedict Equation...

                http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/


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