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Date Posted: 20:26:10 07/17/02 Wed
Author: Sherry
Subject: Kim
In reply to: kim 's message, "doctors advice??????" on 11:41:30 07/17/02 Wed

I would definitely ignore that advice. How much do you weigh? If you don't want to tell me that is fine, but I got the feeling when we talked earlier that you were at least as heavy as I am (at 229) If I multiply my weight by 12 calories (per pound) I come out to about twice the amount of calories that your doctor said to eat.

I am supposed to eat between 2400 to 2700 calories a day to LOSE weight. If you weigh more than me, you should be eating more. The thing of it is I can never eat that much in a day, but when I got close, I actually started losing again after a long stall.

What I am saying is that if you lower your caloric intake that much you will put your body in starvation mode, you will be hungry probably all the time, and you will NOT lose weight. Your metabolism slows down and becomes more thrifty the less you eat.

The 100 grams of protein might be good advice. Match that with about 100 grams of fat a day and keep the carbs to way under 50. Keep your caloric intake up, and your excercise levels. Eat small meals many times in a day including (most importantly) breakfast.

You've lost 18 pounds. That is a LOT of weight. Why would you want to give up now? So it slowed down a little, well that is to be expected.

I've kept a record of my weight loss from the beginning. If it will help you I can detail some of the ups and downs for you. You may be following a similar pattern. Started the diet 3/27/00 at 278 Dropped to 264.5 by 4/7 then sat still for 4 days. Then went up by a pound. (then cheated and gained back 3.5 pounds.) on 4/17 went back on Atkins lost back to 264.5 then gained a half pound then lost a pound and a half then lost a quarter pound then gained about a pound. Weighed 264 on 4/27/00. (so essentially I didn't lose more than a half a pound in about a month there).

But then hormones were on my side and I started losing again so that by 5/8 I was down to 259.

Then I started gaining again. peaked again at 262 on 6/5/00 then started losing again so that by 6/24/00 I was down to 250. (with a few losses and gains in between).

What I'm trying to say to you is that it isn't always a straight downward road whether you are cheating or not. My chart looks like a mountain range, but the highest peak (the Mount Everest of it all) is before I started Atkins.

I was 282 pounds about a half a month before I started Atkins. Lost four pounds before Atkins and a total of 53 (to 57) in the years and months since.

Most of it came off at the beginning, but not necessarily at the very beginning. It took about three months to lose 29 pounds. You've lost 18 in only a month. Give yourself a break. You will continue to lose, you just can't expect it all at once. Your body needs a chance to get used to the idea.

Most doctors have been conditioned to believe that high carb is a good idea. There are still very few of them out there who really understand the mechanism's behind what high carb does to us.

If you want to really understand some things read "Protein Power". That (to me) was a fascinating book. Particularly the part about the ancient Egyptians and how unhealthy they were based on the food they ate. The VERY foods that are recommended in the food pyramid put out by the FDA. AND the most natural source of those foods is what the Egyptians ate, but it didn't make them any healthier than the average American is today.

Doctors get really nervous when you tell them you are eating a lot of fat and very little carbs. They still think fat causes heart disease. It doesn't.

Protein Power explains that heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, all the modern diseases are CAUSED by high carb diets. The fact that your blood pressure has lowered by your recent diet should tell you something right there. Why argue with success?

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doctor? -- kim, 04:41:04 07/18/02 Thu
- My doctor is a General Practicioner who also specializes in sports medicine. He understands how healthy the diet is and is very supportive. Maybe you can look for a doctor like that. (NT) -- Kel, 05:03:40 07/18/02 Thu