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Date Posted: 14:52:39 06/09/04 Wed
Author: tracy
Subject: Re: Annemarie
In reply to: 's message, "Re: Annemarie" on 21:02:54 06/05/04 Sat

Hi Anne,
Well, I've more or less figured out that you don't have to stay in ketosis to lose weight on this diet. If Atkins is correct, then diets like the "carboholics" diet wouldn't work. You eat carbs everyday on that diet. It does come down to not mixing carbs with fats. If you eat carbs, you must eat everything with that meal low in fat. Then you must wait at least 2 hours (I wait longer because my digestion is slow) before eating anything with fats.

Suzanne Somers does not believe in mixing fruits with anything. But again, I think it doesn't really have a great impact either way. Just make sure if you have your fruit smoothie in the morning that it has low fat yogurt, etc. And then wait at least the two hours before doing the no carb diet. Suzanne also has a list of "funky foods" that you aren't supposed to eat because they have fat AND carbs. An example would be nuts. I think that's crazy. A serving of almonds has 5 grams of carbs for 28 pieces. It has 3 grams of fiber. The fiber pretty much guarantees little or no insulin response, so why deprive yourself of something that is so good for you? I eat half the serving (12 almonds) and I've had no problems yet.

If I've blathered on, and haven't really helped you, let me know. There is no set "diet" per se, just looking at all the diets together and seeing what makes sense. I wouldn't follow JUST Suzanne Somers, nor would I follow JUST Atkins or the Carboholics diet.

Combined, they let you know that you don't have to be in constant ketosis (which I really don't think is good anyway) and you don't have to deprive yourself.

If you have any other questions, let me know.

Breakfast:
Fruit smoothie, made with low or no fat yogurt, low fat milk, and fruit.
Decaf coffee or tea or water (I haven't had any problems with regular coffee, but everyone is different)

Wait AT LEAST two hours

Lunch:
Grilled chicken salad with eggs, bacon bits, cheese, ham, turkey and ranch dressing
bite sized celery in a bowl to munch

Snack:
handful of nuts

Dinner:
Grilled chicken breasts (skin on or off)
Cauliflower cut in small pieces with a little butter, salt and pepper
Frozen green beans with a smidge of slivered almonds thrown in and seasoning

Snack on veggies all day, cheese, homemade soup... things like that.

I've also found a good icecream bar made by Carb Options. They have 8 grams of carbs but they have 5 grams of fiber, so it only makes it 3 net carbs. I don't eat anything like this right after dinner, in case it DOES have an impact. But 2 hours after dinner, I really enjoy one of these. I don't do it everyday though, just in case.

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