Atkins Support Group

I have done Atkins in the past but it wasn't explained the same as it is now. I would consider it again but on my food budget and my non veggie eating husband it would be difficult. My sister-in-law has been doing Atkins for 100 days and has lost 74 pounds.. My fear, with anything is gaining it all back.

I tried it this morning....loved it! I didn't even use a tablespoon of pb, so it was only 1 carb. I wonder if I could make a chocolate MIM now!

Those are my favorites. I just use a tablespoon of cocoa powder instead of the cinnamon. They even have the same carb count.

Hello All!

I've been under 20g of net carbs for the past few days. Yesterday I only had 16.6. Is this bad? Do I HAVE to get to the 20g mark? Or is it ok to stay under?

Also, I'm using fatsecret.com to track my food (you can customize it for Atkins) and I am eating a lot of fat. I average about 60% a day of fat, with carbs being about 15% and protein as 25%. Is this ok? The high percentage of fat scares me. I'm not scared of fat, just scared of dangerous amounts of fat.

There is no minimum daily requirement for carbs. If you are eating 20 grams of carbs per day, which is 80 calories, and carbs are 15% of your total calories, that would mean you're only eating a total of 533 calories per day. Are you sure you are eating 15% of your calories as carbs?

IMO, there is nothing wrong with a high percentage of fat as long as you avoid trans fat and try to get as much 'good' fat as possible. I try to eat 70% of calories as fat if I can but that is hard to do so I'm generally where you are at around 60 to 65%.

I was cheering for you as I read your post. I have to tell you and everyone one else on this thread how much I love you all. This is definitely my favorite thread here.

Thanks. It's not like we go to any of the 5438503490586653 posts about low-cal/low-fat diets not working and tell them that they are doing something wrong. Why do people feel it is okay to bash/mock/criticize LCers? It's not like I am dying here. I've had to work just to get to my 20g per day, and some days I can't even make it there. Geez. Should I be stuffing myself with bread, pasta, and rice all day? That's what I did my whole life (even when I was thin) and I was always hungry, and always obsessed with food.

Could it be that some people react differently to certain foods??? *gasp*

I work on a University campus where there are obviously many students. The only nearby break room with snack machines is a student lounge. Anyone can go in it but it is primarily students who are in there, studying, eating, surfing, and game playing.

Over the last several years, before starting low carb, I'd gotten the reputation as being the most frequent non-student snack machine user. Every afternoon, like clockwork, I would walk over there and buy at least one but often multiple snacks because I was hungry, even though I may have eaten lunch only a couple of hours previously.

Since March when I started low carb I have not set foot in the lounge, nor have I felt the need to because I have had close to zero hunger cravings in that time. A student stopped me the other day and asked me where I'd been since she hadn't seen me in the lounge for my afternoon visit in a long time. After that, to test myself, I got some change and walked over to the snack machine and I can say in all honesty that nothing in it appealed to me. Even the cheddar cheese and sour cream Ruffles which were previously a staple of my afternoon snacks didn't look that good and I walked away empty-handed but satisfied.

Hello All!

I've been under 20g of net carbs for the past few days. Yesterday I only had 16.6. Is this bad? Do I HAVE to get to the 20g mark? Or is it ok to stay under?

Also, I'm using fatsecret.com to track my food (you can customize it for Atkins) and I am eating a lot of fat. I average about 60% a day of fat, with carbs being about 15% and protein as 25%. Is this ok? The high percentage of fat scares me. I'm not scared of fat, just scared of dangerous amounts of fat.

There is no minimum daily requirement for carbs. If you are eating 20 grams of carbs per day, which is 80 calories, and carbs are 15% of your total calories, that would mean you're only eating a total of 533 calories per day. Are you sure you are eating 15% of your calories as carbs?

IMO, there is nothing wrong with a high percentage of fat as long as you avoid trans fat and try to get as much 'good' fat as possible. I try to eat 70% of calories as fat if I can but that is hard to do so I'm generally where you are at around 60 to 65%.

Actually, the Atkins rules are for induction 20 NET carbs per day. You really should hit that. Get your veggies in. When you move up to OWL you add 5 more NET carbs. Your fat percentage should be no less than 60% and then the rest would be protein. So you could do 15% carbs, 25% protein, and 60% fat. Not a problem.

Okay...MiM's was a success!

Oh, another Atkins-basher. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/321061-proper-macro-nutrient-balance I just LOVE them. :mad:

This guy is almost not worth talking to. He's one of those that tried it, couldn't commit, failed, and now is an Atkins-hater, because he didn't give the program a chance.