Questions about Stillmans and Fat Fast

Can anyone tell me what Stillmans is and where I can info on it?

What about the Fat Fast in DANDR - anyone who has tried please post some feedback

Thanks!

[katrinaanne]

I haven't tried them yet, but there is a Stillmans challenge group on the challenge thread with the rules ect.... Hope that helps.

[giJ]

Originally posted by oceanblue
What about the Fat Fast in DANDR - anyone who has tried please post some feedback

I happened to be reading about the Fat Fast today on the Atkins Center website. Now, ASSUMING they haven't changed it since DANDR (and let's be real... the Atkins Center does randomly change things), the fat fast is pretty simple. Well, it's rules are simple. Sounds more than a little difficult to me.

1. 1000 calories/day
2. 5 small meals day (200 calories/meal)
3. 90% of your calories come from fat
-- basically, the breakdown becomes: 20 g fat and 5 g protein (or carbs, I suppose) per meal

It was designed for people who are metabolically resistant.

HTH!
giJ

[Lise]

Dr. Atkins' Fat Fast


The answers to all these questions are basically that

A. Calories are limited to 1,000 a day

B. Fat must be between 75-90 grams/day of this 1,000 calories

C. Carbohydrates should be limited to 10 grams

Okay, here is the Fat Fast from DANDR:

The Kekwick diet forces the body into lipolysis so it burns its stores of fat. Lipolysis cannot take place if there is a significant source of glucose. Since all carbohydrates and some protein convert to energy by way of glucose, eliminating almost everything but fat from the diet forces even the most resistant body into lipolysis. That explains the 90 percent dietary-fat component. Lowering the caloric intake accelerates the need to burn up body fat—thus the 1,000-calorie limit.

The Fat Fast is one controlled carb program where you do have to count calories. You'll eat 1,000 calories a day, with 75 percent to 90 percent comprised of fat. Frequent feedings prevent hunger better than three meals a day, so you consume five feedings, perhaps one every four hours, comprising 200 calories each. Because of the high fat content and frequent feedings, very few people experience much hunger. The stumbling block for some people is the absence of conventional meals. But most are willing to stick with it for a few days, even if the food selections are unfulfilling.

Caution: The Fat Fast is actually dangerous for anyone who is not metabolically resistant. For people who lose weight fairly easily, the rate of weight loss is too rapid to be safe. But it carries very little risk for people who can barely lose on any other regimen.

Step One: Eat Mostly Fat
Begin with five 200-calorie feedings per day and follow for four or five days. Each item equals approximately 200 calories:

one ounce of macadamia nuts or macadamia nut butter
two ounces of cream cheese or Brie
one ounce of tuna or chicken salad with two teaspoons of mayonnaise served in one-quarter of an avocado
two deviled eggs made with two teaspoons of mayonnaise
two ounces of sour cream and two tablespoons black or red caviar
two and a half ounces whipped heavy cream topped with sucralose zero-calorie syrup
two ounces of pâté (check label for fat content)
two egg yolks (hard-boiled) with one tablespoon of mayonnaise

Step Two: Modify the Fat Fast
If increasing the fat-to-carbohydrate ratio and cutting calories work, any dietary change in that direction might get the job done. Next, you can try four meals a day of roughly 300 calories for a total of 1,200 calories. That should work, too, and what it allows is definitely more appealing to the taste buds:

two ounces of beef chuck (do not drain fat) cooked in two tablespoons of olive oil
two scrambled eggs with two strips of nitrate-free bacon
two tablespoons of full-fat sour cream with a tablespoon of sugar-free syrup
one-quarter cup chicken or tuna salad made with two tablespoons of mayonnaise
three ounces of pâté (check label for fat content)
one-and-a-half ounces of macadamia nuts

Step Three: Return to Induction
Try the 1,200-calorie regimen for a week, then go back to Induction. Or simply follow the concept of increasing the ratio of fat to protein. No one should have to feel that losing weight is hopeless. Sometimes the key to achieving your goal weight permanently is quite difficult to adhere to, but rarely is it simply impossible.


Hope this helps
Lise

Thanks for all the helpful info.!
Has anyone tried either of these planS and if so, what were your results?

Thanks!

[Lise]

Oceanblue I went on the fat fast eating only yochee for 7 days. I lost 10 lbs. The problem is that when I went off the fast I increased my carbs too quickly. I just didn't know. I gained back 6 of the lbs. I got them off on induction but it took a little longer. I am considering trying the fat fast again but this time I will slowly add back other foods and carbs. Say a salad the first day then maybe a salad and some beans the next day until my carbs total 20.

Hope this helps

Lise