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Hey there everyone! This seems like a great site - so much useful information and a nice mechanism for support. Thanks to all who have developed this over the years - and compiled so much info for newbies like me to review.
Anyway, I'm a 36 year old guy... started the diet on Monday morning. I'm going traditional Atkins - clean induction. Just got the ketostyx yesterday - and I think purple is my new favorite color. I'm at the moderate end of the continuum on the color scale - and I'm happy with that. I've been, by my count anyway, averaging about 19-21 carbs a day and about 85 - 95 fl oz of water. What I can't believe is how fast it is working... although I know it'll slow down somewhat as time goes on. I'd been working out pretty hard for the past 3 weeks or so (and occasionally before that) and was a bit frustrated at my lack of progress weight wise. I began at about 250 and was still at about 248 even after 3 weeks of this pretty rigorous routine.
Well, as I said, I started the diet on Monday - at roughly 248 pounds - and today weighed in at about 238. I've worked out twice... and as I said I push myself pretty hard. My typical routine is 30 minutes on the elliptical (usually burn about 400 calories) and then 35 minutes jogging / running a hill program (incline from 2.5 - 7.
on the treadmill at about 5 MPH. I burn another 400-450 calories there. Then I lift weights for about 40 minutes.
I'm also happy with how good I feel. I had a bit of a headache yesterday but today I feel absolutely great. I'm not having too much trouble with the restrictive induction diet yet - so I may try to stay on it for awhile as long as the weight keeps coming off. Anyway, nice to meet you all... I'll be around here pretty regularly for awhile.
Anyway, I'm a 36 year old guy... started the diet on Monday morning. I'm going traditional Atkins - clean induction. Just got the ketostyx yesterday - and I think purple is my new favorite color. I'm at the moderate end of the continuum on the color scale - and I'm happy with that. I've been, by my count anyway, averaging about 19-21 carbs a day and about 85 - 95 fl oz of water. What I can't believe is how fast it is working... although I know it'll slow down somewhat as time goes on. I'd been working out pretty hard for the past 3 weeks or so (and occasionally before that) and was a bit frustrated at my lack of progress weight wise. I began at about 250 and was still at about 248 even after 3 weeks of this pretty rigorous routine.
Well, as I said, I started the diet on Monday - at roughly 248 pounds - and today weighed in at about 238. I've worked out twice... and as I said I push myself pretty hard. My typical routine is 30 minutes on the elliptical (usually burn about 400 calories) and then 35 minutes jogging / running a hill program (incline from 2.5 - 7.
on the treadmill at about 5 MPH. I burn another 400-450 calories there. Then I lift weights for about 40 minutes.I'm also happy with how good I feel. I had a bit of a headache yesterday but today I feel absolutely great. I'm not having too much trouble with the restrictive induction diet yet - so I may try to stay on it for awhile as long as the weight keeps coming off. Anyway, nice to meet you all... I'll be around here pretty regularly for awhile.
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