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How much did you weigh five weeks ago?

It works better the other way around. Eat your carbs late in the evening, but not during the day. Greater weight loss and hormonal cha... [Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011] - PubMed - NCBI Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Oct;19(10):2006-14. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.48. Epub 2011 Apr 7. Greater weight...

Sorry you got sick! Re atkins bars - return them. They're total crap - loaded with all kinds of nonsense like soy and sugar alcohols. Net carbs is bs - you count total carbs. Ditch the bars.

I'm enjoying reading your discoveries as you work through this process.

You'll find your appetite is down for a few days. It'll come back up so you might as well enjoy the strong deficit you're running - you'll forgive my wording, but you're still aaahh... juicy enough to not risk any health problems from going this low.

McDonald's is fine - get a Big Xtra with cheese, and don't eat the bun. I had that every day for lunch when I did Atkins.

Instead of worrying about the "calories burned" part, how about this: figure out what maintenance is. Then reduce your calories by no more than about 20%. Most non-obese, reasonably-active people maintain on about 15 times their bodyweight in pounds. To diet, about 20% less than this works out...

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I'm with Logman on most of his points, but I disagree on the tiny feedings - you may feel more comfortable doing three or four meals with no snacks whatsoever. First two weeks on Atkins: 20g of total carbohydrate (including fiber) a day. Week 3: 25g a day. Week 4; 30g a day. Continue, week...

Sorry - I just noticed this question. I should clarify - really, whenever you begin eating for the day is "break-FAST"; what I should have said is to postpone it. The longer you can hold off, the longer you extend the fast and there are many advantages to doing so. For one, many people find...

Sounds like a nice facility. I'm kinda lucky being a chick - as long as there's a cage, I can train. I don't need dumbells that go heavier than 50 lbs and I never run out of plates. Hubby has more trouble - kinda hard for a guy to max out on dumbbell rows when the heaviest ones are only 90 or...

Yeah - that's what "feed efficiency" means. ;)

It's per pound lean mass, not per pound bodyweight. You really don't need that much protein - you'd be surprised but it's true - at least in a surplus. Most of us eat way more protein than we truly "need", but it's cheap insurance against losing nitrogen. I personally eat a lot more protein than...

Oh dear. You really can't handle a decent argument. That's a damned shame. When I last hiked the Chief, a little old lady was also hiking her way up. She wasn't RUNNING up mind you, but she made it up. I'm hardly an endurance bunny. I barely do any cardio - but I've made my way up it a few...

It's more like relief. Why not? Please get a proper hormone panel run. How come? Most of the successful former-fatties I've interacted with have done swimmingly on a low carb diet. It works best for satiety with the obese. See, I think it's because they haven't learned how to eat in a way...

Nutcracker, please do homework 1 in my sig and report back.

Please read homework 1 in my sig, and put your diet into fitday so we can get some context.

I didn't put words in your mouth - you might have meant insulin resistant, but you said insulin sensitive: Don't sweat it - I'm dyslexic sometimes myself. As an aside, it's cruel that such a difficult-to-spell word would have been selected to describe those of us who jumble our letters...

The Y on Burrard, and several community centres in Vancouver.

I apologize, but I beg to differ on a few points. I agree with a few though: Butter is a very healthy fat, as is olive oil. I eat both. Olive oil is monounsaturated and doesn't mind some heat, but isn't recommended for frying. Butter is better for frying - I use it to fry steaks, eggs, seafood...