Losing Weight with Starscream

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by goalie204

down here to the lowest ive been in a while, still wanna get lower, but its nice to see the results come, even if they're coming slower than i'd like. It's been over a month since i've been doing atkins (modified for what i can do) - it's the longest i've ever stuck to a new eating plan.

The nice thing about the new atkins is that its not like the old one where its just high protein, on this new one you are supposed to eat like 6 cups of salad greens and 2 cups of the right cooked vegetables a day, plus the good fats like olive oil etc, although i've been enjoying some cheese and cream cheese too, and even whipped cream with splenda! And too much protein can actually hinder fat loss. Amazing book the new one is. I recommend it to anyone that wants to try this, or if its something you're not interested in, it's just a good read, and you'll learn a lot. Anyway, not going to lie - this is easy, effective, and awesome muahaha.

Question:
Since I've been on a plateau for about a month now, would it be feasible to follow the Atkins for about two to three weeks in order to shake things up and then revert back to my regular diet (which is just a scaled back bit of everything)?

[kgoings]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Question:
Since I've been on a plateau for about a month now, would it be feasible to follow the Atkins for about two to three weeks in order to shake things up and then revert back to my regular diet (which is just a scaled back bit of everything)?

Mayo Clinic says reassess your habits. Increase your workouts.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/wei...lateau/MY01152

Try counting your calories for a day or two (best a week) and see what your average is. And then calculate what your caloric intake should be for your desired weight. At first when losing weight cutting back on what you eat helps allot..but from past experience you'll need to cut back again before you get to your goal weight.

Atkins might work too, but I think in the long run, try to find a way to either increase your workouts a bit or decrease your calories...or both.

Keep at it!

[goalie204]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Question:
Since I've been on a plateau for about a month now, would it be feasible to follow the Atkins for about two to three weeks in order to shake things up and then revert back to my regular diet (which is just a scaled back bit of everything)?

I'm not a doctor, but there could be many reasons for a plateau, and sure you could do atkins for 2 weeks, but going off it and starting to eat the **** that is absolute garbage for you ie bread, pasta, sugar is just going to make you gain it back. I'm not a doctor tho, but i'm doing this for life.

The best thing about this is never hungry between meals, and 0 cravings

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by goalie204

I'm not a doctor, but there could be many reasons for a plateau, and sure you could do atkins for 2 weeks, but going off it and starting to eat the **** that is absolute garbage for you ie bread, pasta, sugar is just going to make you gain it back. I'm not a doctor tho, but i'm doing this for life.

The best thing about this is never hungry between meals, and 0 cravings

I wouldn't call it garbage or ****, just not what is perscribed for the Atkins diet. But that's my question. If I only do it for two weeks and then go back to my low portioning/lower fat content diet, will it reverse the effects of the two weeks on the Atkins?

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Starscream

I wouldn't call it garbage or ****, just not what is perscribed for the Atkins diet. But that's my question. If I only do it for two weeks and then go back to my low portioning/lower fat content diet, will it reverse the effects of the two weeks on the Atkins?

Andy, I think you'd just get lots of extra fat from the meats that will get stored as fat because your body is running on the carbs you take in.
Meaning you'd put on mass and gain weight.
At least that's how I understand it.
You have to eliminate carbs, or severely restrict them for your body to start using your fat stores, then you can run on that for a long time.
That's a wildly pared down explanation of what Atkins does.