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skinhealth · 03-24-2008, 12:19 AM

Hello everybody - excited for the new challenge!
Thank you Liz for setting this up.

So my new challenge is to carb cycle, do 5 days/week of Callanetics (instead of 3) as well as continue 3 days/week of Tae Bo, increase veggie & water intake, start the Colonix Cleanse, and to be a size 8 by the end of this challenge.

Though I'm losing weight just fine right now, I need to prepare myself for the future when I'm closer to my goal - this is why I want to do carb cycling.

I just entered my usual menu into the website I read about on the Main Board:
fatsecret

It compares it to other people following the same WOE that you are - I entered Atkins even though I'm not strictly following that plan but it's the closest - you can also customize.

So I found out that I'm eating, get this, over 3x's as much fat as a typical Atkins person ( a lot of this is from coconut oil though) and twice as many calories, here's the info:

-------------typical Atkins--------- Me
Food (eaten)----965kcal--------2017kcal
-Fat----------------67.99g---------190.30g
Protein------------56.84g----------67.58g
Carbs--------------30.37g----------17.75g

I've been considering carb cycling - having 2-3 days a week where I:
1) increase carbs
2) decrease fat
3) decrease calories

I'm trying to think of the best way to do this.
I definitely don't want to decrease use of coconut oil because it's so good for me.
What I'm thinking of doing is this, I'd appreciate any feedback:
- adding berries to my Egg Cream - or perhaps doing the Fawn Shake
- a big salad for one of my meals with 3oz. cooked chicken thigh added and Natural Annie's Tuscany salad dressing.
- the Perfect Foods Bar that I had the other day - it's so yummy and low cal, reasonably low in fat, reasonable amount of protein, and only 292 calories - for another meal.

So I entered this into the computer & my fat & calories are still super high & carbs could be higher. I had to tweak it to bring it down by decreasing coconut oil to 2 TBL/day and being strict with portion size of chicken thigh & salad dressing:

-------------typical Atkins--------- Me
Food (eaten)------976kcal------1596kcal
Fat------------------68.42g-------133.46g
Protein-------------56.62g---------60.02g
Carbs---------------31.75g--------40.34g

I really

fat - just not on me so much - I really have no idea how to reduce it further without sacrificing taste - I'm going to have to think about this for a few days.

On another note - I need to go shopping - most of my clothes are getting so big on me now that they're making me look bigger than I am & I have to keep pulling them up!

This happened in the middle of January with the size 14's - now it's the 12's. Size 10 - here I come!

No exercise today - still recovering.
Taco salads & Egg cream for meals.

Will reply to everyone tomorrow or Tuesday - this fat secret thing took longer than expected.

Night night.

03-24-2008, 12:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
skinhealth Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 505 Gallery: skinhealth Stats: sz 14-16/sz 10/sz 6-8; 5'8, med. frame WOE: low carb/whole foods/organic/no sugar Start Date: re-started Thanksgiving 2007	Hello everybody - excited for the new challenge! Thank you Liz for setting this up. So my new challenge is to carb cycle, do 5 days/week of Callanetics (instead of 3) as well as continue 3 days/week of Tae Bo, increase veggie & water intake, start the Colonix Cleanse, and to be a size 8 by the end of this challenge. Though I'm losing weight just fine right now, I need to prepare myself for the future when I'm closer to my goal - this is why I want to do carb cycling. I just entered my usual menu into the website I read about on the Main Board: fatsecret It compares it to other people following the same WOE that you are - I entered Atkins even though I'm not strictly following that plan but it's the closest - you can also customize. So I found out that I'm eating, get this, over 3x's as much fat as a typical Atkins person ( a lot of this is from coconut oil though) and twice as many calories, here's the info: -------------typical Atkins--------- Me Food (eaten)----965kcal--------2017kcal -Fat----------------67.99g---------190.30g Protein------------56.84g----------67.58g Carbs--------------30.37g----------17.75g I've been considering carb cycling - having 2-3 days a week where I: 1) increase carbs 2) decrease fat 3) decrease calories I'm trying to think of the best way to do this. I definitely don't want to decrease use of coconut oil because it's so good for me. What I'm thinking of doing is this, I'd appreciate any feedback: - adding berries to my Egg Cream - or perhaps doing the Fawn Shake - a big salad for one of my meals with 3oz. cooked chicken thigh added and Natural Annie's Tuscany salad dressing. - the Perfect Foods Bar that I had the other day - it's so yummy and low cal, reasonably low in fat, reasonable amount of protein, and only 292 calories - for another meal. So I entered this into the computer & my fat & calories are still super high & carbs could be higher. I had to tweak it to bring it down by decreasing coconut oil to 2 TBL/day and being strict with portion size of chicken thigh & salad dressing: -------------typical Atkins--------- Me Food (eaten)------976kcal------1596kcal Fat------------------68.42g-------133.46g Protein-------------56.62g---------60.02g Carbs---------------31.75g--------40.34g I really fat - just not on me so much - I really have no idea how to reduce it further without sacrificing taste - I'm going to have to think about this for a few days. On another note - I need to go shopping - most of my clothes are getting so big on me now that they're making me look bigger than I am & I have to keep pulling them up! This happened in the middle of January with the size 14's - now it's the 12's. Size 10 - here I come! No exercise today - still recovering. Taco salads & Egg cream for meals. Will reply to everyone tomorrow or Tuesday - this fat secret thing took longer than expected. Night night. __________________ MySpace 50 hours Callanetics (ie. magic) total 4 hours in January 13 hours in February 13.5 hours in March, started adding in some of Super Callanetics 15.5 hours in April 4 hours in May Last edited by skinhealth : 03-24-2008 at 12:32 AM.