Sat, Mar-17-12, 09:27
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Senior Member
Posts: 128
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Plan: Low Carbish
Stats: 169/152/135
BF:
Progress: 50%
Location: Oxnard, CA
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I absolutely do track my calories/carbs. At age 72 I have battled to get a significant loss (need to drop about 30). I have found that I can lost if I stay at or under 1200 cals/day. I keep my carbs at about 80 or less and pretty much stick to CAD/CALP. I am only 5'2" and don't exercise a lot, maybe 3xwk. I can go over 1200 cals. for a day or two but then have to drop down. I don't care what they say about starvation mode, it isn't true! Now if I was young and very active I could go up, yes, but that isn't for me. Get to know yourself. Take the Medifast diet for instance. 80-100 carbs a day and 800-1000 calories a day. Often I follow a JUDD week and it works. But, yes, if you aren't losing, track it. Teri's menus were my inspiration to be honest and maybe if you track for a bit you can then stop when you feel in charge. If you weight more then eat more for awhile, but if you weigh less then try staying at 1500/day and see what happens. I used Medifast as an example because they are geared to people who are very overweight. For me it isn't can I keep it off, it's can I even lose it. Everyone's different. I have discovered that huge amounts of fat won't work. I am beginning to feel better eating this way and I am losing as well. I've read the posts here for a long time and have tried pure LC but can't stay on it because I don't fee that great.
Last edited by SuzeQ : Sat, Mar-17-12 at 09:32.
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