Fri, Nov-22-02, 10:36
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Senior Member
Posts: 148
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Plan: South Beach
Stats: 125/125/125
BF:
Progress: 59%
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Thanks for your response, Karen. I've been giving this some thought today, and am now leaning toward simply modifying Atkins just a bit, using beef, butter, cream, cheese, and other saturated fats "sparingly", and keeping the base of the diet protein in the form of poultry and fish, unsaturated fats and more veggies.
Here's what I have in mind:
Never: Sweets, white bread, white rice, regular pastas, potatoes
Sometimes: Red meat, butter, cream, and other saturated fats
Occasionally: Nuts
Daily: Lots of low-starch veggies and unsaturated fats (olive oil), and moderate amounts of protein the form of chicken and fish.
Then, once I'm ready to go to maintenance, add back starches in the form of legumes, starchy veggies, whole grains, and brown rice.
The idea here is to limit starches AND saturated fats. Does this make sense? Is there a program like this out there? Or should I just stick with what I know and make a few adjustments? And the real kicker...can I actually do Atkins without the butter, cream & cheese???
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