Thu, Apr-02-09, 06:52
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Plan: Atkins/lowering cals
Stats: 187/143.6/135
BF:35.2/ 20%/20%
Progress: 83%
Location: Lafayette, IN
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What's a girl to do? Advice please
I need some help and I'm really hoping that someone wiser than I can answer some questions.
First some history:
In May I will enter my 5th year on Atkins. It was actually prescribed by my doctor for severe issues with Cholesterol/triglycerides and has helped immensely.
My Stats show a start weight of 187, but at my highest I was 205. 205 lbs to 187 was done with low fat.
I exercise 3 days a week of Les Mills RPM or Reebok indoor cycle class. Two days of weight lifting. Generally 2-3 days of swimming a week.
I'm 5'4" tall, female and 43 years old.
The lowest weight I have achieved doing Atkins was 127, but I couldn't maintain that. I was able to maintain my weight at 135 for about 2 1/2 years and then last year I had a gain that I can't get rid of.
I have tweaked just about everything - increased and decreased fats, calories, exercise etc.
I went back to the basics and tried Atkins 72 without success.
I decided to take an honest look at my foods and I'm eating a lot of calories and about 80 grams of carb a day. For example yesterday I had
2,761 calories
71% fat
11% carb
18% protein
I subscribe to Oxygen magazine. They have a 21 day diet in their magazine with the foods all laid out for you - what and when to eat. The problem is that the calories are very low (they don't recommend you continue this for longer than the 21 days) 1,100 to 1,300 a day. The carbs, however, are around 135 grams a day. Oxygen is a huge proponent of whole foods and absolutely nothing in the plan is junk. It is all fruit, veggies, and meat (mainly fish and chicken).
Does anyone think that I'd see a huge gain if I tried this? Would it benefit me at all?
Please help I need to shake things up somehow. I'd really love to lose another 20 lbs, but at this rate I keep gaining.
Barb
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