hey cott hows it going

[malleefarmer]

off topic i know

im about to embark off to the unknown
world of dieting back from holidays
beaching surfing fishing new year new
attitude.

got the goodies from supermarket im
away.

funny alot of guys around here have done
atkins for a month then sort of a
modified low carb diet and kept the
intial wieght loss with a few more
veggies and fruit than reccommended so
sort of a 85% atkins diet if that makes
sense.

wish me luck might even post a b4 and
after mug shot

[cottonpicken]

Going pretty good,on holidays now so just sort of
in the maintence stage of atkins,keeping carbs
around 100 grams a day,like what you where
describing,very easy to do,dont have major
hunger feelings so dont know if my body can
access ketones on demand now or whats going
on???experment in progress i guess.

Good luck,the first part is by far the hardest,keep
us posted on how your doing.

[Burbert]

Didn't Dr. Atkins die of a massive heart
attack, after sweating gravy most of his
life????????

[sumdumguy]

Guess I have to shove my fingers down my
throat cause I just ate a pan of home-made
cinnamon buns baked with whipping cream - too
gooey. Should I purge mysel, Cott? I am so
embare assed.

[cottonpicken]

Lol,hell no,you miss read me,if you want to shoot
heroin in your arm i could give a shit,its your own
free will,just dont tax me for it,get it yet?

[SASKFARMER3]

Christmas and Disney were tough to stay on maintenance but did and that is what is surprising. Watch what you eat and how much proportion size you take.
Hell in my hay day could have eaten the big steak at the Keg and had a pitcher of beer with a desert on the side and still went out and partied with a pizza for late snack.

[malleefarmer]

so you cant really eat as much as you
want then think i misunderstood that not
that i am gorging myself

im on day 2 scambled eggs for breakfast
salad and cold cuts for lunch
tonight fish asparagus cheese and
alittle dressing plus salad drinking
plenty of water

no beer milk wine or coke etc and no
sugar but i am still having black coffee
or tea no sugar or is that a no no?

done all the reading but its abit
conflicting at times with what the
atkins purists say

[Hopperbin]

Mallee you have better access to fresh veggies and fruit. In Canada easy to get into the rut of pasta and bread and potatoes. Myself I am also trying to reduce the carbs now just as experiment, but the extra vodka and water seems to counter the benefits. I like the idea of having ribeye on the barbee tonight and not worry of the extra fat in the meat it tastes so good plus I will be a hero to my daughter lol. I will try to wear it off on the snowmobile.

[malleefarmer]

vodka is actual quite healthy

[cottonpicken]

Absolutly no fruit,and only a few leafy
vegatables,and non that grow in the ground,even
tomatoes have more carbs than you think.

You loose more by eating more,especially eating
a big breakfast,your body starts burning fat,i made
this mistake myself in the begining and my body
went into starvation mode and started using
calories more efficently along with other metobolic
functions,when i adjusted and ate more i lost
more,the laws of thermodinamics do not apply in
the conventional sense.

Eggs are about the best thing in the world for
you,condiments are such a small count in carbs
and such a bonus in eating i dont count to hard on
them,mayonasise is o and encouraged.

The best thing you can do is know how many
carbs are in a food as soon as you look at it takes
time and study but you need to do it.

The jury seems to be out when it comes to
fibre,latest news i know of is that it will spike
insulin,which is the enemy,but the new atkins
uses it as a minus net carbs bla,bla,bla to
technical to get into right now,i will later if you
want me to.

Coffee is fine and diet drinks,some suggest an
insulin spike with artificial sweeteners in
anticipation of a sugar dose about to hit the blood
stream,but ime and many others believe this to be
untrue.

I supplement with omega
3,potassium,calcium,magnesium and
salt,technical stuff i can describe later if anyone is
interested.