Clint,

Glad to see you're doing so great on the low-carb
diet. I experienced the same thing when I started
eating that way. I ate as much as I wanted and even
had to punch a couple extra holes in my belt! I lost
tons of fat and felt great. However, after a few
months, I started gaining fat again. Maybe my body
became better at storing fat (thyroid or leptin
down-regulation because of the low carbs) or maybe I
started eating more calories without noticing -- most
likely both. My advice to you is to keep an eye on
your waistline and, if you notice you're gaining fat
again, tone down the fat and calories accordingly.
After the first few months, if you keep eating many
calories you'll gain fat even if you take in close to
no carbs.

Miguel

--- clint michels <clintmichels23@...> escribió:

>
> ok, id like go against the grain a little bit here
> and get some info from you folks. ive been doing the
> atkins diet ( <20 per day) for the last month. i
> have to say it works alot better then just doing
> what mentzer says is the "optimal" diet plan.
>
> now before any of you start replying to this post
> id like you to at least read his book "the new
> atkins revolution". it goes in to great detail about
> why atkins is so successfull . also he gives
> multiple upon multiple examples and case studies.
>
> now keep in mind i was overweight (around 30%)
> when i started, and ive been dropping a couple lbs
> every 2-3 days. and i can assure you its not muscle.
> but i can usually eat as much as i want as long as i
> stay in the induction phase. also i havent even
> "burnt out" like so many of these body builders
> state when they go on low carb. ( the reason they
> crash is because their calories are too low
>
> the 3 main reason that atkins works so well ill
> list.
>
> 1. you can eat as much as you want as long as your
> carbs are low. in his book dr. atkins states this
> isnt a true statement, but that leads me to reason
> #2.
>
> 2. with your carb levels stable from all the fat
> and protien, youll have about 0 cravings. which can
> present a small problem since you need above
> adequate calories to maintain muscle mass. to
> rememdy this i add lots of fatty oils to my low carb
> protien shakes, and i love using no carb manaise on
> all my meet ( tastes delicious, make sure you play
> around with foods to keep your appetite up)
>
> 3. your body eats pure fat up as long as you stay
> in the state of keytosis. also there are multiple
> health benefits such as lowering hypertention, and
> keeping you bad cholesterol. down.
>
> although mentzer developed the system of hit
> extremely well, i dont think he looked at the diet
> objectively enough. ill be posting more on this in
> the future. im hoping this sparks some interesting
> discussion as this board has been very sparse as of
> late.
>
>
> "Somebody should tell us right at the start of out
> lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to
> the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say.
> Whatever it is you want to do, do it now! There are
> only so many tomorrows." -----MICHAEL LANDON

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