This article said I must be brain dead as I have not had 190 carb grams a day for over a year +. What do you think?Calories count

Atkins 9/09/02 (5'11") Male
275 / 213 / Goal 190(-)(?)

Correction to this topic. My brain may be playing tricks on me. That should have been 130 carb grams per day. Not 190. Sorry

Atkins 9/09/02 (5'11") Male
275 / 213 / Goal 190(-)(?)

Don't worry, that is what ketones are for. Your brain eventually gets about 75% of it's energy from them, the rest comes from glucose that is created from proteins by gluconeogenisis.

Started Atkins on 9/20/03
235-->188; 150 goal

LOL, Ushie, I guess all of us are brain dead then, and there must be thousands of other brain dead LC'ers out there! You'd have thought someone would have noticed all the zombies before now



BC
172/108/108--5'2"
Zone since 4/98

rotfl Brenda, zombies!

Kameron
198/186.6/155 16/16/10 size goal

i always wanted to be a zombie... its like halloween all year!

Sarah
159/151/135

without the candy.... of course

Sarah
159/151/135

LOL@Sarah!



BC
172/108/108--5'2"
Zone since 4/98

Suffering from squash rot for over 5 years now!

(yet, somehow, still able to run a courtroom. LOL!)

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160+)
Maintaining nicely (110 +/-)
~~ Couch Fauxtato for Life, Redhead until further notice! ~~

Gee whiz, I'm sure glad they decided to tell us.

(and Maggie - maybe that's the secret of your sucess???)
Connie

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well, i agree that the article makes some strong statements/assumptions ... but what do you think about the emphasis on watching calories? do you all think this is something that we should also be monitoring more closely?
low carb (atkins) + controlled calories = better results?

Atkins since 1/6/04
152/145/130

The article does make a good point, though--that overeating low-carb products is just as bad as overeating any other kind of junk food or calorie source. I worry about the proliferation of "low-carb" labels on all sorts of snacks.

Atkins helps me monitor my consumption in a simple way, by eliminating food groups. No sugar, no flour, no starch. Period. Pretty easy to remember. But I know I'm getting plenty of calories from the full-fat salad dressing, mayonnaise, cream in my coffee, etc. And that could easily carry me over the limit for my body. Nothing is easy after all!

Barb L.
Started Atkins January 2003
162/137/130

I agree Barb. I am a faithful Fitday user and I do monitor my caloric intake as well as my carb. To a certain extent I also watch my fat intake. I try to input a full day of food in the morning and that way I can see how my planned eating adds up. This way I can make adjustments to portions before I actually eat it. It has worked well for me.

I also agree, and have posted here before about it, with Barb's concern over low carb products. Substituting one processed food for another low carb processed foods is just not going to get me the results I want...which is to be healthier.

Started Atkins 10/27/03
182/150/142

I refuse to count another calorie!!! I am doing nicely just like I have been for the last 9 months counting carbs (AKINS) and "that's my story and I'm sticking to it" and.... "if it ain't broke don't fix it". My take on it.
Satisfied!
Mary

If your life is free of failures, your're not taking enough risks -- Unknown

Wow! THAT explains a lot of things! LOL!!

Didn't know I was brain-dead, and here I've been walking around and stuff all this time. What was I thinking?

Oh, obviously - NOTHING - I'm BRAIN-DEAD!

Char

Being "over the hill" is much better than being under it....