Brahma
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Cad
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I'd cook your own chicken and eggs and bacon, get in the habit of cooking whole foods for yourself rather than buying. Then you'll know whats in it.
And eat chicken instead of beef, IMHO.
Burren
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Stop eating red meat for now. Stop eating bacon. If you're eating chicken, is it frozen, processed, or fresh? That matters. I'd cut out the soda - even diet - but that's just me.
And I know you don't want to hear it, but cardio, not lifting, will help you drop weight. HOWEVER, weight is not the end-all be-all. Dropping size and inches in your waist, chest, neck, arms, etc. is more important (IE, fat). Lifting will add muscle, which we know weighs more than fat. So, if you're happy with how you look and you're seeing definition as a result of exercise and eating well, I'd call that a win more than numbers on a scale.
Bottom line; keep up the good work.
Cad
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I dunno I eat chicken or turkey almost every day. I make chicken, black beans, broccoli, green beans, and rice, and mix & match with a bit of the 30-40/calorie serving BBQ sauce on it. Shit is fine.
Then eat eggs another meal (ditch the bacon and have 4-6 eggs) with very light cheese or use the fat free cheese that has like 30 calories/serving.
For a third meal you can do a protein shake or you can do salad.
Eat lite greek yogurt for snacks. Shit is delicious and has good protein.
Khane
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This isn't Atkins by the way, you can probably cut out the Atkins bars because they are just overpriced snacks that don't taste as good as non low-carb snacks. Also, which Atkins bars are you eating because most of them are meant to be meal replacements, not snack bars. And the meal replacement bars are like 350 calories each.
1 table spoon of feta cheese is, well maybe 5 crumbles, you're probably eating a lot more than 1 tablespoon. Same thing with the sunflower seeds.
I put all that into myfitnesspal with very very conservative estimates on the amount you are eating and it's 2819 calories, 37 grams of carbs (which is about right for phase 2) but 23g of sugar. That sugar intake is probably knocking you out of ketosis. I could see a guy of your size still losing weight just fine at 2800 calories so my estimates were probably on the low side and you're probably closer to 3500.
Also, you can't eat a ton of fruit one day and skip the next that's not how low carb diets work. You need to keep your intake correct every day or you'll be knocked out of ketosis because of the extra carb/sugar intake.
EDIT: If you're still interested in Atkins itself you should reboot and start over, the proper way this time:
Phase One List Of Acceptable Foods | Atkins
Brahma
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Yeah, I was up to phase two. Where is the sugar coming from? Jeez.
These bars.
Amazon.com: atkins bars
These bars.
Amazon.com: atkins bars
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People have no idea what measurements are until you actually start measuring them. Both parents cook by eye/taste, so things like butter, oil, sugar, etc. just get thrown in until they think it's right and have no idea the amount of calories they're consuming. I broke it down for my mom one day and I thought she was going to have a conniption fit. But she learned eventually and for nearing 60 she looks great.
Pops on the otherhand... dude complains all the time about his gut but wants to eat the fattiest of meats (talking about eating the fat off the bone) and drink beer every day.
Anyway, Brahma must have an insane amount of muscle on his frame considering his numbers, so you really should just focus on weight loss for now. Don't worry about losing strength in the gym, it will come back once you reach homeostasis.
Pops on the otherhand... dude complains all the time about his gut but wants to eat the fattiest of meats (talking about eating the fat off the bone) and drink beer every day.
Anyway, Brahma must have an insane amount of muscle on his frame considering his numbers, so you really should just focus on weight loss for now. Don't worry about losing strength in the gym, it will come back once you reach homeostasis.
Khane
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Cheese, onions, red bell peppers, all of those things have some sugar that you have to be aware of, but the salad dressing could go either way. Some balsamic dressings have 1g of sugar, some have 4g of sugar per serving. So the sugar might be a bit lower than 23g. But that's why it's important to actually look.
When you're doing the Atkins you don't necessarily have to count calories (still should) but you definitely have to count your carbs and especially sugar. Can't do that very easily when eating out unless you're just eating meat and lettuce or bringing a pocket scale with you everywhere.
Something still seems off though because you should still be losing weight. You sure you aren't fibbing to us about what you're eating? When you said "I ate a lot of fruit yesterday" what's a lot?
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It's really not hard to install myfitnesspal app on your phone and use nutritional info on the packaging of foods of you buy to log what you eat.
Here in the UK everything is labelled either by portion eg 1 chicken breast is X cals Y protein, or by 100g
So if I buy a pack of 800g chicken breasts that contains 4 breasts, then I can work out that 1 chicken breast = 200g of chicken.
Get into the habit of looking at the nutritional info of EVERYTHING you buy:
1 block of feta cheese = 500g and you use 1/4 of the block in homemade salad = scan the barcode and tell MFP that you ate 125g feta cheese.
Here in the UK everything is labelled either by portion eg 1 chicken breast is X cals Y protein, or by 100g
So if I buy a pack of 800g chicken breasts that contains 4 breasts, then I can work out that 1 chicken breast = 200g of chicken.
Get into the habit of looking at the nutritional info of EVERYTHING you buy:
1 block of feta cheese = 500g and you use 1/4 of the block in homemade salad = scan the barcode and tell MFP that you ate 125g feta cheese.
Brahma
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Nah. No reason to BS those giving me advice. That is literally how my meals go.
Lanx
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get this scale if you don't have one already
Amazon.com: Etekcity 11lb/5kg Digital Multifunction Stainless Steel Kitchen Food Scale: Kitchen Dining
Told my friend to get it a while back (gonna order one myself). why? i have a regular digital scale, in fact i think it was a postal scale? it's pretty old, but it's annoying to clean cuz it's plastic, and you know if you cook, food just gets everywhere, so you kinda want easy to clean surfaces and as much stainless steel as possible.
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Discipline, commitment. Shit sucks, but you have to be vigilant. Brahma, youre eating too much, fatty! (dont kick my ass, just kidding) Diet is a diet bro. Keto, adkins, Ossois carb cycling, whatever you do does not mean you can just woof down sides of beef, with a side of bacon for dinner. Through suffering comes great rewards. And you will suffer for a bit. Like others told you here, man, you need to control those portions, learn what the portions are. Learn what is 3oz, 6oz, 10oz, of meat. You need to do this to actually visualize how much calories are in shit. You will be amazed when you actually count that shit up, just how much you are consuming on a daily basis. I know I was. Fuck was I amazed.
You only need to weigh stuff for a little bit until you realize what shit weighs. After that you can ball park it with good sense what shit weighs.
Oh, yeah, and stay away from those meal replacement bars, bro. Eat fresh, eat good shit. Forget about processed crap, even adkins shit is crap.
You only need to weigh stuff for a little bit until you realize what shit weighs. After that you can ball park it with good sense what shit weighs.
Oh, yeah, and stay away from those meal replacement bars, bro. Eat fresh, eat good shit. Forget about processed crap, even adkins shit is crap.
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I eat some of that atkins shit just to have something sweet to eat, but I try and limit it to once a week.
I made some muffins that used sugar alcohols in them, which are a natural laxative apparently. Well, my 5 year old ate about 5 of them. woe unto her garmets.
I made some muffins that used sugar alcohols in them, which are a natural laxative apparently. Well, my 5 year old ate about 5 of them. woe unto her garmets.