This past month on a lower fat Stillman/Dukan plan has been eye-opening and successful. After 8 months of being stuck around 170, I have lost 8.5 pounds and my 160 goal is so very close. Another two pounds gone this week. Now 161 and have been for a few days. Where I use to be stuck at 166 every morning, I am now stuck at 166 before bed every night. And with some off-plan pounds lost before starting Stillman, I have lost 14 pounds in 33 days. Btw, my scale only works in half pounds; showing tenths of a pound would trigger my OCD tendencies, this is more than enough scale obsession as it is.
This week I stayed low fat and lower calorie mostly following plan, but added a few salads for dinners (a bit of Dukan Cruise phase thrown in, but really to combat boredom). I also added Chia Seed Gel to non-fat cottage cheese and yogurt, which increased fiber and decreased calories from dairy. I have no idea whatsoever if that had anything to do with the additional two pounds lost, but it sure is interesting stuff once you learn to cover-up the gray color
Stats for this week were: 1,185 calories, 40 carbs (25 net carbs) 48g fat (36%), 138g protein.
So guess what works for my old post-menopausal body...lower fat and counting calories...what a concept!
Since I am so committed for health reasons to follow a primal lifestyle, I look forward to incorporating both approaches from now on. Adding back the non-starchy green vegetables, but not loading them up with butter and coconut oil. Adding back the low sugar berries without heavy cream. Adding small amounts of fats to proteins to make them a tad more palatable. Not exactly revolutionary.
Dr. Phinney (who btw is a researcher, not a clinician) and his Nutritional Ketosis acolytes can push their fat levels to 80%, but this diet plan has shown that I need to move the fat meter in the other direction. An extremely useful experiment this month, and I will come back to this thread in a flash if I can’t maintain on my lower fat Primal plan. All the best to everyone who wants to try Stillman/Dukan...it is well worth finding out how
your own body responds to these plans.
Previous weeks: post # 90, 145, & 167.
Later thought to check my measurements, since March and with increased power water aerobics in the summer months, my arms are down .5", waist down .5", abs at naval, down 1" and thighs down .5". Can't tease out what may have been due to the weight loss this month, but I do feel "thinner", which is Pooh's goal in my signature and is a "good thing"
I was back to the same stuck scale weight at 166 even for days (11 of the past 19 days). After changing the batteries last week, I assume the scale is working fine. I usually bounce up and down in a 4 pound range, so this is usual for me too. 
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