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Hi all,
This has been so interesting, it's a bit long and maybe confusing, but so worth the read !!
Monday I wrote in and asked about this "good" carb debate. A few wrote back with their opinions.
I have been following Atkins for a year, and have lost 65 pounds. I still would like to lose another 25-30 lbs.
I happened to get ahold of the South Beach Diet book and read it. It started me worrying about the supposedly "ill" effects of the high fat, high protien diet I am on. Even though I understand that the book is written to SELL, in a style that will make me believe that THEIR diet is the ONLY healthy diet, ...... I still thought, ok let me try this a bit.
I went shopping Monday, and spent what seemed like hours reading labels, choosing wheat over enriched, high fiber, etc.
I have always weighed myself, each morning and night, then recorded it on a monthly calendar that I print out. I like doing this, it shows me exactly how I'm doing each day. Here are my results of the 5 days of my own version of this "combination" diet:
Monday I started out with an a.m. wieght of 1 lb higher then the previous week, and a p.m. weight of 1/2 lb higher. i continued comparing to the previous week's weight as follows:
tuesday: a.m. weight 1 lb lower
p.m. weight 2.5 lb higher
wednesday: a.m. weight 1/5 lb higher
p.m. wieght 2.5 lb higher
thursday: a.m. weight 1/5 lb higher
p.m. weight 3 lb higher
TODAY Friday: a.m. weight 3.5 pounds higher.
(1-19-07)
Does anyone besides me see a pattern? my a.m. weights remained somewhat close at first, while my p.m. weights were higher each time. to finalize with me wieghing in this a.m. 3.5 pounds more than last week. And that took only 4 days.
I also found that in order to keep my fiber content high, and when including this "good" carb stuff, that my total carbs were well over a hundred, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. My total calories vs carbs was also interesting to follow, in my opinion. ( thank You FITDAY website, helps me keep an itemized track of things )
Monday my total calories was 1206 with 130 carbs.
Tuesday my calories was 1545 with 127 carbs.
Wednesday while my calories were much lower at 1159 my total carbs was a whopping 159 !!!
seeing myself weigh 2.5 and 3 lbs higher then the week before by this point of only 2 days, was enough for me to make my Thursday's total calories 1248 and my carbs a much better 17.
But I see the damage was already done. in 4 days, doing this 'experiment' I ended up gaining 3.5 pounds over the previous week.
Well ! needless to say, I'LL NOT BE STAYING WITH THIS EXPERIMENT !!
But, it was interesting I'm sure you'll all agree. I'm not worried, I'm sure the weight will drop right back off. Perhaps a modified version of this diet will help me "maintain" my desired wieght once I acheive that, but for sure, South Beach is NOT the diet for me:
ATKINS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Theresa
This has been so interesting, it's a bit long and maybe confusing, but so worth the read !!
Monday I wrote in and asked about this "good" carb debate. A few wrote back with their opinions.
I have been following Atkins for a year, and have lost 65 pounds. I still would like to lose another 25-30 lbs.
I happened to get ahold of the South Beach Diet book and read it. It started me worrying about the supposedly "ill" effects of the high fat, high protien diet I am on. Even though I understand that the book is written to SELL, in a style that will make me believe that THEIR diet is the ONLY healthy diet, ...... I still thought, ok let me try this a bit.
I went shopping Monday, and spent what seemed like hours reading labels, choosing wheat over enriched, high fiber, etc.
I have always weighed myself, each morning and night, then recorded it on a monthly calendar that I print out. I like doing this, it shows me exactly how I'm doing each day. Here are my results of the 5 days of my own version of this "combination" diet:
Monday I started out with an a.m. wieght of 1 lb higher then the previous week, and a p.m. weight of 1/2 lb higher. i continued comparing to the previous week's weight as follows:
tuesday: a.m. weight 1 lb lower
p.m. weight 2.5 lb higher
wednesday: a.m. weight 1/5 lb higher
p.m. wieght 2.5 lb higher
thursday: a.m. weight 1/5 lb higher
p.m. weight 3 lb higher
TODAY Friday: a.m. weight 3.5 pounds higher.
(1-19-07)
Does anyone besides me see a pattern? my a.m. weights remained somewhat close at first, while my p.m. weights were higher each time. to finalize with me wieghing in this a.m. 3.5 pounds more than last week. And that took only 4 days.
I also found that in order to keep my fiber content high, and when including this "good" carb stuff, that my total carbs were well over a hundred, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. My total calories vs carbs was also interesting to follow, in my opinion. ( thank You FITDAY website, helps me keep an itemized track of things )
Monday my total calories was 1206 with 130 carbs.
Tuesday my calories was 1545 with 127 carbs.
Wednesday while my calories were much lower at 1159 my total carbs was a whopping 159 !!!
seeing myself weigh 2.5 and 3 lbs higher then the week before by this point of only 2 days, was enough for me to make my Thursday's total calories 1248 and my carbs a much better 17.
But I see the damage was already done. in 4 days, doing this 'experiment' I ended up gaining 3.5 pounds over the previous week.
Well ! needless to say, I'LL NOT BE STAYING WITH THIS EXPERIMENT !!
But, it was interesting I'm sure you'll all agree. I'm not worried, I'm sure the weight will drop right back off. Perhaps a modified version of this diet will help me "maintain" my desired wieght once I acheive that, but for sure, South Beach is NOT the diet for me:
ATKINS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Theresa
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