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Date Posted: 19:59:35 05/29/02 Wed
Author: Sherry
Subject: Hey Maha
In reply to: maha 's message, "Re: rules" on 13:53:39 05/28/02 Tue

My comment about rules was not that we should make rules for ourselves, but that most of us do whether we realize it or not.

We set up for ourselves certain expectations and if those expectations are too high, then we don't allow ourselves to feel good about the progress we have made. This gets so discouraging (if practiced on a regular basis) that it can cause us to give up and just feel bad. Rather than to celebrate the progress we have made.

I'm not sure what diet everyone else here is on, I think some are on Protein Power, most are probably on Atkins, and then there are several others like CAD or CALP.

Atkins says to eat 20 grams of carbs a day (max) for two weeks. After that you increase carbs by five gram increments until you find the point where you are no longer able to lose weight. Then back off from that point. His plan is a little more complicated than that, but that is the first part anyway.

Protein Power starts you at about 30 grams. I'm not sure of all the "rules" for that plan, but I don't see it as much different from Atkins.

CAD (Carbohydrate Addict's Diet) allows you one high carb meal per day, and two low carb meals. You must eat the high carb meal (or anything you want) within an hour.

CALP is a modification of CAD, and I believe has other rules about eating a big salad first or something. I really don't know much about that plan.

It is practically impossible to eat "no carbs" in a day since even cheese has a few.

It is also difficult to eat both low fat and low carb. Not particularly effective either. Believe it or not fat HELPS you to lose weight. And without the carbs, is not dangerous. High fat and high carb is terrible for you, but high fat, low carb is not.

Fat is a very good appetite suppressant. Getting the sugars and starches out of your system and leaving out fat too, makes for some pretty bland food choices.

My situation is that I gained weight up to a very high number (282) went on Atkins and lost 50 pounds. Then for about a year and a half have pretty much stalled or gone up and down due to several factors. Getting bored, not always eating low carb is one big factor, but I found that even when I was seriously sticking to the diet, I sometimes gained weight. And sometimes when I had been seriously sticking to the diet but "blew it" and had a really big cheat in the middle of it all that I lost weight the next day.

This has been sort of a mystery to me for some time, but recently I figured out what was causing my problem. It seems that I was not consuming enough calories for my weight, and was putting myself into starvation mode, my metabolism was slowing and I was unable to drop weight.

After a few days of counting calories (just to see how many I was eating, not to limit them) I found out how little I was eating (about 1300 to 1400 a day). Not nearly enough. A person should eat about 12 calories per pound weighed per day. IF the amount they consume drops more than a thousand calories below maintenance level (15 to 16 calories a day per pound weighed) then the body goes into a lower metabolic rate to conserve and hang ON to fat.

When I found this out, I increased my calories for a few days, while sticking to low carb, and dropped an additional five pounds (after being stuck and unable to lose below a certain weight for over a year and a half).

Eating MORE food, and eating breakfast were the triggers. It is just really hard for me to do. I'm not used to consuming 2000 calories or more a day, and that is what I determined I needed to do.

I read that dieters who eat breakfast lose weight faster and more than those who don't. I don't know if it is true or not. I've never been a breakfast eater and did manage to drop the initial fifty.

But when I stalled and was unable to lose more, I decided it was worth trying. So have been trying to make sure that I eat something every morning. And I have been trying to eat more in calories, but haven't been counting them and suspect (because of the variations in the scale) that particular "rule" is not one I am following very well.

I guess I need to start counting calories again just to be sure. I'm certain I'm blowing it in that regard, but like I said, we can't be too extreme about our rules or we give up entirely.

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Re: Hey Maha -- Hi Sherry, 01:27:06 05/31/02 Fri
- Maha -- Sherry, 07:40:31 05/31/02 Fri