Exactly. Buying the Atkins book has helped me tremendously. Well, actually,
reading it has. Once you understand that your body burns carbs before fat,
you're 90% there. There's a section in the book for people having a hard
time losing weight even on the suggested Atkins diet/people on a plateau. I
read it, and it made sense. If I'm restricting my carb intake and also lower
my protein by eating 75-90% carbs, the body has no choice but to burn the
fat.
So, the mad scientist that I am, I decided to try the fat-fast for the
recommended 5 days before going back to induction level carbs. I had solid
weight loss on induction, around 2 lbs a week after 3 weeks of hovering
around 162, but I wanted to try it anyway.
And what can I say, i'm amazed. 1,000 calories a day, 75% to 90% of which is
fat. In two days I went from 158 to 155. 2 days later I'm at 153. My waist
is down nearly an inch. For some reason I'm not very hungry at all. Even on
my Atkins induction diet, I was only eating 1200-1500 calories a day.
Simply put, the fat-fast works and it's true that while eating more
substantially more fat, you will lose weight, primarily fat. I'm not going
to stay on it after today, because 5 days is enough, I'm happy with my
regular weight loss on induction, and I want to resume weight-training. The
diet is not that enjoyable either, but then again Atkins advises to only do
the fat-fast for 4-5 days tops.
FYI, I was on a 1200 calorie diet before I tried Atkins again. I ate 1 or 2
baked potatoes a day as well as other foods but kept my calories down to
1200. In two weeks I went from 172 to 172. :-)
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Roger Zoul said:[email hidden] wrote:
:: After 6 weeks on Atkins (induction levels) I've gone from 172 to 153
:: lbs.
::
:: Since Thursday I've been doing the fat-fast as well as walking 3
:: miles a day. Basically I have 2 oz of cream cheese, salad, macademia
:: nuts, and egg yolks. Since Thursday I've gone from 158 to 153. Not
:: the most fun "diet" but it helped me break my plateau (I was hanging
:: around 160 for several weeks). Isn't it amazing, that the more fat
:: you eat compared to carbs, the MORE fat you lose?
If you eat enough fat, you won't lose weight.
Do you understand what you just did?
You've just been told that this person ate a very high fat diet for a
period of time and lost weight. You respond by saying that if they eat
enough fat they won't lose weight.
The fact that they succeeded in losing weight by eating a very high fat
diet for a period of time cannot be negated simply because you will it
so or because of your opinionated "logic".
You cannot negate a fact just because you think it ought to be.
The very fact that they lost weight on a very high fat diet should make
it clear to you that dietary fat does NOT EQUATE to fat gain simply
because you think it ought to.
Time to rethink your beliefs. Fat does not make fat. Carbs do.
TC
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:: In six weeks:
::
:: Weight: 172 lbs to 153 lbs
:: Waist: 37.5" to just under 35"
::
:: I'm going to get off the fat-fast on Monday because I really want to
:: continue my weight-training.
