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Counting Carbs and Calories?
I ate low carb based on the Atkins plan for about 2 years, just counting
carbs and had good results. I went off for about 2 years (started again 4 weeks ago), and now some of the info I've been reading says you should count calories as well as carbs. I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is counting calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie count be? I can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Sofia 173/161/130 |
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Counting Carbs and Calories?
Someplace_Else wrote:
I ate low carb based on the Atkins plan for about 2 years, just counting carbs and had good results. I went off for about 2 years (started again 4 weeks ago), and now some of the info I've been reading says you should count calories as well as carbs. I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is counting calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie count be? I can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day. I lower my calorie count as my weight go down. Let's face it, for me at 250 pounds, I could gorge out on a 2000 calorie diet and lose happily, but at 175 pounds 2000 calories is gonna make me gain. The less you weigh, the less calories you need to lose/maintain. jmo Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Sofia 173/161/130 -- The post you just read, unless otherwise noted, is strictly my opinion and experience. Please interpret accordingly. |
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Counting Carbs and Calories?
"Someplace_Else" wrote in message ... I ate low carb based on the Atkins plan for about 2 years, just counting carbs and had good results. I went off for about 2 years (started again 4 weeks ago), and now some of the info I've been reading says you should count calories as well as carbs. I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is counting calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie count be? I can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Sofia 173/161/130 I count calories... not only to make sure that I don't eat too much, but also to make sure that I eat enough. I should be eating around 1500 calories a day, no less than 1200. When I first started counting calories as well as carbs, I found out that many of my standard daily meals were providing me with less than a thousand calories a day! I believe this to be unhealthy. And this, by the way, is why I consider any kind of "appetite suppressant" to be dangerous - even if the ingredients themselves are safe (which has often proved not to be the case). Counting calories may not be necessary for most people. I think, though, the more information you have about what you put into your body, the better equipped you are to deal with changes in weight loss/gain/maintenance. |
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Counting Carbs and Calories?
If you are one of those (few, I think) lucky people for whom low-carbing
reduces appetite sufficiently to lose all you need without calorie-counting then you don't need to count calories. In other words, by all means do what works for you! doug On 5/21/04 12:00 AM, in article , "Someplace_Else" wrote: I ate low carb based on the Atkins plan for about 2 years, just counting carbs and had good results. I went off for about 2 years (started again 4 weeks ago), and now some of the info I've been reading says you should count calories as well as carbs. I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is counting calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie count be? I can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Sofia 173/161/130 |
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Counting Carbs and Calories?
"Someplace_Else" wrote:
I ate low carb based on the Atkins plan for about 2 years, just counting carbs and had good results. I went off for about 2 years (started again 4 weeks ago), and now some of the info I've been reading says you should count calories as well as carbs. I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is counting calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie count be? I can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Sofia 173/161/130 For now I'm counting carbs and TRACKING calories (and everything else). I'm not trying to limit myself in calories--but my calorie counts do give me a good idea when my eating has increased or decreased. Cutting carbs was enough to reduce my caloric intake to 1600-1900 (for a 350 lb man). I actually vary from 800 calories to 2500 in a single day. I don't care about the variance--just the average over weeks is important. I see it as an important feedback system for me. It was the best way for me to confirm how Atkins had curbed my appetite beyond very subjective and inaccurate judgements. Eventually I may reach a point where I'm not losing or maybe not losing as fast as I want. WIthout knowing the calorie history of my body any change I try to make would be wild ass guesses. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) 350/292/May-288/200 Atkins since Jan 12, 2004 OWL-40 carbs/day (CCLL=50-60) |
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If you can continue to lose without counting, do so. When you no longer can
or when it becomes hit-and-miss, start counting. A good place to set calories initially is about 10x bodyweight (1610 for you). Go with that as long as you lose, if you're not losing, start notching down 1x until you start losing again. Someplace_Else wrote: :: I ate low carb based on the Atkins plan for about 2 years, just :: counting carbs and had good results. I went off for about 2 years :: (started again 4 weeks ago), and now some of the info I've been :: reading says you should count calories as well as carbs. :: :: I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is :: counting calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie :: count be? I can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day. :: :: Any input would be appreciated. :: :: Thanks, :: :: Sofia :: 173/161/130 |
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Someplace_Else wrote:
I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is counting calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie count be? I can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day. People with a lot of weight to lose can often just count carbs and not bother about calories. Most folks with less than about 50 pounds to lose usually have to keep an eye on calories as well, especially if they're trying to stay at 20g/day for an extended period, because not eating that extra serving or two of vegetables usually means padding the meals with fattier foods. Most people can lose weight eating about 10 times their number of current weight (pounds) in daily calories. Some can go as high as 12 times and still lose, and some need to drop to about 8 times to lose. I needed to drop under 10 to lose, but can maintain at 14-16. 168/125/125 LC since 2/18/97 maintaining since 3/17/99 -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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Counting Carbs and Calories?
"Someplace_Else" wrote in message ...
I ate low carb based on the Atkins plan for about 2 years, just counting carbs and had good results. I went off for about 2 years (started again 4 weeks ago), and now some of the info I've been reading says you should count calories as well as carbs. I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is counting calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie count be? I can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Sofia 173/161/130 Counting calories is neither needed nor is it even remotely useful as a yardstick to predict weight gain or loss. TC |
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tcomeau wrote:
:: "Someplace_Else" wrote in message :: ... ::: I ate low carb based on the Atkins plan for about 2 years, just ::: counting ::: carbs and had good results. I went off for about 2 years (started ::: again 4 ::: weeks ago), and now some of the info I've been reading says you ::: should count ::: calories as well as carbs. ::: ::: I'm sure that would be effective as well, but my question is: Is ::: counting ::: calories really necessary? If so what should your calorie count ::: be? I ::: can't imagine eating 1400 cal's and 30 carbs a day. ::: ::: Any input would be appreciated. ::: ::: Thanks, ::: ::: Sofia ::: 173/161/130 :: :: Counting calories is neither needed nor is it even remotely useful as :: a yardstick to predict weight gain or loss. Nonsense. |
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