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No offense, Moderator One, but were you trying to lose weight? If so your weight loss is here:
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Total caloric intake 1538
I wasn't trying to lose weight. I did lose some obviously but at 5'6 and 130 lbs I am quite satisfied. If I drop to 120 I cant say I would be upset lol but that is not my goal nor was it ever. I began due to my cholesterol problems.
As for weight loss, I have managed to GAIN weight on a high carb diet with as few calories as 800 and as many as 1200.
I developed insulin resistance from all the high carbs I ate and I was CONSTANTLY hungry. I couldn't understand why I was gaining weight. I tried to rationalize it with theories like muscle weighs more than fat etc, but on high carb low fat and plenty of exercise (what I once thought would be healthy that made me sick) I was just hurting myself. Oh I wouldn't gain TONS of weight, but a pound every few months or so managed to creep on while my calories were low, I was getting a good amount of physical activity and I was constantly hungry.
Now I cant stop myself from losing weight, I am eating plenty of calories, but the beautiful thing is, I don't restrict my caloric intake. I physically cannot eat more than that, I am stuffed. If I am ever hungry I will grab something to eat. On high carbohydrates I was always looking to find ways to get in the most amount of foods with the fewest amount of calories and I was never ever satisfied. Eating rice cakes with I cant believe its not butter spray is not very tasty either.
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Go to Subway and see the ad for their new Atkins friendly wraps, however... Bacon, cheese, and egg are not healthier than broccoli, tomatoes, and lettuce.
I have never tried those wraps but I have seen them before.
First of all let me say that I disagree that broccoli, tomatoes and lettuce are necessarily 'healthier' than bacon, cheese and eggs.
I believe ALL of these foods contain different things that are essential in our body. A diet of only broccoli, lettuce and tomatoes and you would develop certain deficiencies, similarly to a diet of only bacon eggs and cheese. Also, keep in mind that bacon and cheese are both minimally processed while vegetables are unprocessed. Bacon, eggs and cheese are certainly healthier than things like poptarts, margarine and cereal and have their place within a normal healthy diet. I am a big fan of vegetables and I add them where I can, but there is no need to discredit other foods. Bacon, for example, is an excellent source of Thiamin, B12 (which cannot be derived from any plant sources), phosphorus and a good source of Zinc, B6, riboflavin, Iron, copper and magnesium. Cheese is an excellent source of calcium, phosphorus, riboflavin, zinc, B12, vitamin A etc.
Eggs I am actually shocked to see you mention, since I find them to be one of the most nutritious foods I eat. They contain the highest quality food protein known. Rich in antioxidants they also contain all essential amino acids histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptoOphan and valine along with 9 additional amino acids, and 15 vitamins and minerals including B6, B12, D, E and A. Eggs also contain biotin, calcium, cephalin and lecithin. Scientists frequently use eggs as a standard for measuring the protein quality of other foods. Protein quality is expressed as biological value which measures the rate of efficiency that protein is used for growth. At 93.7% eggs score higher than any other food. I also purchase free range eggs where flax seed is added to the hens meal so my eggs contain a better ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 with 150mg of Omega 3.
Atkins requires 3 cups of veggies minimum a day. Usually 2 cups of leafy greens and 1 cup of cooked or raw veggies (or more). The majority of your carbohydrates are supposed to come from vegetables and fruits (non sugary in the beginning). Now that you don't have that big bowl of rice, or pasta, you have room for some vegetables to eat with your protein. Instead of steak and a baked potato its steak and broccoli or salad.
I will also inform you that Atkins recommends avoiding meats cured with nitrites, and bacon does have carbs which are counted since its often cured with sugar. Atkins also restricts the amount of cheese you can eat to 3-4oz daily. I see nothing the matter with going to subways for lunch on and eating lettuce and tomato along with chicken breast, cheese, bacon and dressing. That isn't to say that you should eat the same thing every day but I see nothing wrong with that lunch and in my opinion much healthier than pizza or most Chinese food. I have issues with the tortilla and would prefer to eat it all as a salad rather than a wrap, but that's more a personal thing between me and my dislike of soy protein isolate.
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I’ll say again that despite having little or no carbs, pork rinds are not a good diet food. Beer despite only having 2.2 carbs, is not a diet drink. Because they have heard how few “carbs” are in say, pork rinds, many will not hesitate to eat the whole bag. That is not an attack on you. You eat healthy.
Ah, the snackwellization of low carbs.
First off, I am glad to note you think that my eating is healthy, many people following Atkins or other low carbohydrate plans eat similarly to the way I do. Dean Ornish would look at what I ate and get a heart attack halfway through reading it I'm certain. Almost 70% of my calories are coming from fat. That's enough to scare away most people, but hey, it works for me.
I believe I look at food differently than the way a lot of people do. Until the 1960s or 70s the focus of the US was making sure people got adequate nutrition. There was a lot of talk about the need for food with specific vitamins to prevent various diseases, the importance of people getting enough protein and children drinking enough milk, etc.
At some point in the 60's or 70's it seems that this country shifted to the idea that we were all more than adequately nourished and what we needed to do was to focus on avoiding certain foods that they decided could hurt us. Instead of looking at foods to see what we could get out of them, many people starting focusing on foods to see if they had things that we thought were bad for us (too much salt, fat, etc.) and if they didn't we assumed they were healthy and okay to eat. This explains why someone can look at a bag of empty calorie tortilla chips and think that they are healthy because they are low in salt and fat.
Since I began low carbing, I began seriously thinking about the foods I ate/avoided and my views on this have changed. I don't look at what I should avoid from my diet as much as I look at what am I getting out of the foods I am eating... protein, fiber, vitamins etc. I am pretty conscious of what I eat and I try I eat and I try and eat mostly foods that make a positive contribution to my health and well-being (which also includes pleasure), rather than focusing just on the fact that the foods don't cause problems (or so you are told).
Following a low carbohydrate plan is simply a way of eating. Following a vegetarian plan or a low fat plan are also ways of eating. There are good choices which tend to be (at least in my opinion) nutritious, unprocessed or minimally processed whole foods, and poorer choices nutritionally (highly processed, refined junk foods with tons of added chemicals, hydrogenated oils or sprayed on vitamins and devoid of nutrients on their own) to make.
People are usually surprised to know that pork rinds are better for you than say, crackers (not that either one should considered a 'health food').
On a container of plain pork rinds the ingredients are Pork rinds and salt. That's it! No freaky chemicals, no partially hydrogenated oils, just simple and easy.
Serving size 1oz
Calories 130
Total Fat 4g
Saturated Fat 1.5g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 160mg
Total Carbohydrate <1g
Dietary Fiber 0g
Protein 23g
Pork rinds seem to be a moderate source of fat, a decent source of protein and not too high in sodium. They are also a pretty versatile food that many people can enjoy as an occasional snack.
Compare that to what most people would consider a 'healthy' snack of reduced fat wheat thins.
Serving size 1oz
Calories 130
Total Fat 4g
Saturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 260mg
Total Carbohydrate 21g
Dietary Fiber 1g
Protein 2g
Ingredients: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, DEFATTED WHEAT GERM, SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, MALT SYRUP, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), VEGETABLE COLORS (ANNATTO EXTRACT, TURMERIC OLEORESIN), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR.
Are pork rinds very nutritious? eh, not really but having them once in a while as a snack seems to be fine and certainly better than those wheat thins. There are plenty of worse things people can eat than pork rinds. Portion control is of course a factor, but how many people on low fat diets think reduced fat wheat thins are actually a healthy snack and watch their portion size of 1oz. Foods that are rich in protein and/or fat tend to be very satiating while foods that are high in highly processed refined flours and sugars will give you an instant insulin spike and cause you to become hungrier sooner.
Keep in mind these are foods that are 'allowed' on your plan that help make it livable for people without going off plan or 'cheating' which in the early phases might be difficult for some people. Its just extra variety. Oh, pork rinds may not be the 'ideal' snack, celery with a nut butter might be more nutritious, but cravings, variety and enjoyment in what you eat are all factors that need to be considered and overall pork rinds aren't really that bad for you to have as an occasional snack.
Atkins says not to gorge and eat until satisfied, that doesn't mean eat 5 bags of pork rinds, and due to the satiating effect, you are usually satisfied with a smaller amount anyway and can find you don't need or cant eat as many as you would think.
Alcohol intake should be limited. The liver will turn alcohol into ketones, but it will burn that before it will burn fat. While alcohol consumption is allowed, it should be limited. Having a couple of beers on the weekends is fine, a glass of red wine with dinner is okay. This is a way of eating that people will follow for the rest of their lives. There is nothing wrong with alcohol in moderation. People should be able to enjoy what they eat and have variety in their food choices.
People who find the need to drink a keg have a much larger problem than the amount of carbs in a beer or 2.
Too much water can cause an electrolyte imbalance but that is usually the case when someone consumes large amounts of water in a short period of time like 3 liters of water in 20 minutes or so. I drink 4-7 liters of water daily and have no fears about overhydration.
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People get upset with that symbol. Tough. It is accurate. Please quote me where I point out Dr. Atkins weight when he died. 
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