Amanda said:
Being that I'm still fairly new to lowcarb (I have done it for about
6
Quoted message said:or so weeks total) I'm wondering about when you started paying
attention to calories.I have started watching them in the past couple weeks and strive to
keep them below 1500.I keep seeing 'calories will count eventually', I'm just wondering
what people feel is the 'eventually'.
My perspective from being on Atkins:
Depends on what you mean by counting carbs. In your case it
means reducing them and in my opinion you are way to early
for that, maybe even a year to early.
1)
Watching cals only to confirm I wasn't overeating - any time
after Induction. I waited a few months then counted for a
couple of weeks and did an average to see if my calories
were in line with a common guideline like 10 calories per
pound of goal.
2)
Watching cals in order to reduce them - so long as you are
certain you're not overeating, then it's potentially only
needed in the last 20-30 pounds.
3)
Watching cals to bust a stall - maybe the 4th thing to try
when you hit a stall by the formal definition from Dr A,
so long as you are certain you're not overeating.