Low-carb High-Protein Diet.
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LandonsBaby
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"I also agree that it is not as simple as calories eaten/burned/reduced equals weight loss. That is the popular theory but it does not seem to actually work that way for many people."
She didn't like my suggestion that you have to reduce your calories to lose fat. You know what is really funny? Most of the people who disagree with me are all extrememly overweight. Hmm..
She didn't like my suggestion that you have to reduce your calories to lose fat. You know what is really funny? Most of the people who disagree with me are all extrememly overweight. Hmm..
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Without knowing all the scientific background, and certainly not being a proponent of low carb myself, I believe it works because your body goes into ketosis, which causes a higher fat loss than just based on the number of calories consumed (they start to have less to do with each other as the body burns fat differently in ketosis or something to this effect). Problem is, as soon as carbs are re-introduced, the body no longer metabolises the carbs efficiently. I believe that is the theory and why they believe the calories arent the be all end all to weight loss.
foxy89
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This is the last thing i will say about atkins!....Calorie deficeit are a SMALL factor of losing weight in a low carb lifestyle..low carb dieting doesn't mean you can eat like a pig(or shove meat down your throat all day)However you are NEVER to be hungry,atkins says if your hungry you should eat(i know when i was low fat/"balanced dieting" i was always very hungry, i became obsessive about food because i was HUNGRY...but my calories wouldn't allow for more food)!!!...what atkins does is you have a caloric "advantage" (its explained in the atkins book to great length and detail including what studies have been done to PROVE this.) by caloric advantage i mean this a person on a high carb diet can eat (for example):2000 cals and break even or maybe even gain whereas me on a 2000 cal and low carb diet would lose. because my body is burning my actual fat whereas you body would be keeping the fat and burning glucose...i hate to sound "preachy"...i just like to clarify so that no passer by gets the wrong idea of low-carb....Best Wishes to EVERYONE 
The problem is indeed when you introduce any carbs whatsoever. You gain back every ounce and then some. At that point the calories will be against you and you'll put on weight easier than the numbers would suggest. So would I want to go low carb forever? Ick! And with the fear of putting it all back on, it hardly seems worth it to me. I have read studies that apple shaped people do better (lose and keep weight off easier) on low carb, but not necessarily no carb. Who knows what the damage is from being in ketosis like this and missing out on a whole food group of nutrients, so I would be really leary about this approach. But agreed you can eat more on this than on a diet based on calorie counting, as long as you're totally strict. I would think there are studies to back this up (in other words, studies that have controlled for the number of calories).
LandonsBaby
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I've never seen atkins work long term. Ever. Who wants to put in all that hard work and then go right back where they were. Thats no fun.
At first this is the case.
There's no evidence suggesting a long term metabolic advantage though.
And I've successfully run low carb diets on myself and clients, and reintroduced them just fine. It's the individuals running a muck who really haven't a clue about nutrition that screw things up.
Yea, eat low cal low carbs for a while and then reintroduce them moronically and you're going to see a backlash. This is what most do. And this is why you've got the carbs = evil mentality in that cultish circle.
I will say that some are going to experience optimal results on a low carb approach. Insulin resistance can be a bitch. But that's certainly not everyone, like most of the low-carb asshats would like you to believe.
This is the last thing i will say about atkins!....Calorie deficeit are a SMALL factor of losing weight in a low carb lifestyle..low carb dieting doesn't mean you can eat like a pig(or shove meat down your throat all day)However you are NEVER to be hungry,atkins says if your hungry you should eat(i know when i was low fat/"balanced dieting" i was always very hungry, i became obsessive about food because i was HUNGRY...but my calories wouldn't allow for more food)!!!...what atkins does is you have a caloric "advantage" (its explained in the atkins book to great length and detail including what studies have been done to PROVE this.) by caloric advantage i mean this a person on a high carb diet can eat (for example):2000 cals and break even or maybe even gain whereas me on a 2000 cal and low carb diet would lose. because my body is burning my actual fat whereas you body would be keeping the fat and burning glucose...i hate to sound "preachy"...i just like to clarify so that no passer by gets the wrong idea of low-carb....Best Wishes to EVERYONE
I missed this post.
It's a funny one.
Please show me evidence of this metabolic advantage.
foxy89
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visit sugarfeeshelia.com shes been doing atkins for over 7yrs and visit low carb forums u will hear of women who have been doing it sucessfully for over 20yrs.
foxy89
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Like i said before READ THE BOOK and dr.atkins will show u through very detailed answers, i have no need nor ANY desire to persuade u to living my lifestyle "to each his own" however like i said before i want passers by to know the Truth.
What an icky lifestyle though! Once you take off your weight on calorie counting you can eat higher, at your maintenance level, which is often over 2000 calories per day. That's plenty, and you get to have yummy carbs too, like candy and bread. Not in excess, but average portions on a regular basis (especially if you keep exercising).
I've read the book silly one.
I don't take the words of those who have a monetary influence on the things they say as gospel.
I actually do research.
Obviously you do not.
foxy89
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atkins is low carb not NO CARB we dont need to "INTRODUCE carbs" we already have them,and people you regain it back have "reintroduced"..white and bleached flours i have no plan to EVER do that!...if and when i do want rice again i will eat brown.
foxy89
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whatever gets u through the night..TATA
LandonsBaby
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Steve, I think every one of her posts relates to atkins. She's obviously in love with it and isn't going to let anyone change her mind.