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Atkins for the Math Challenged
Ok, so I'm not really that math challenged, however, I'm noticing that there are a lot of calculations involved when doing Atkins.
I started doing induction by keep track of my net carbs. That is fairly easy using FitDay. My initial menus made it more complicated as I liked using various veggies to make up my salads. I find weighing my veggies to be more accurate than the smoosh in the measuring cup method but tallying up the little broccoli crown + 1 asparagus spear + 3 slices of cuke, etc. got to be a tad too tedious. So I switched to just having a few veggies that would be easy to measure. Boring but easier.
Then comes the protein. I chose a reasonable portion which is sometimes on the light side stat-wise.
Now on to fats. These vary according to the protein and past experience on low carb diets taught me to add more fat to fish & less to beef. I just used that rationale for fats and logged it in to FitDay.
My results vary day to day. Trying to arrive at that magical breakdown of the correct % of fats, protein & carbs is becoming quite the project. I seem to be spending a lot of time trying to balance things out. Do I really need to do this or is this some dormant anal-retentive accountant gene springing forth?
When I started Induction this week I thought it would be fairly simple: keep those net carbs where they should be, eat only what's on the list and you're good to go. Is it really that simple or do I need to spend all this time juggling FitDay stats/foods?
I started doing induction by keep track of my net carbs. That is fairly easy using FitDay. My initial menus made it more complicated as I liked using various veggies to make up my salads. I find weighing my veggies to be more accurate than the smoosh in the measuring cup method but tallying up the little broccoli crown + 1 asparagus spear + 3 slices of cuke, etc. got to be a tad too tedious. So I switched to just having a few veggies that would be easy to measure. Boring but easier.
Then comes the protein. I chose a reasonable portion which is sometimes on the light side stat-wise.
Now on to fats. These vary according to the protein and past experience on low carb diets taught me to add more fat to fish & less to beef. I just used that rationale for fats and logged it in to FitDay.
My results vary day to day. Trying to arrive at that magical breakdown of the correct % of fats, protein & carbs is becoming quite the project. I seem to be spending a lot of time trying to balance things out. Do I really need to do this or is this some dormant anal-retentive accountant gene springing forth?
When I started Induction this week I thought it would be fairly simple: keep those net carbs where they should be, eat only what's on the list and you're good to go. Is it really that simple or do I need to spend all this time juggling FitDay stats/foods?
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