 Re: Losing too much weight and getting emaciated | |
If you want to stop your weight loss, you will have to increase your carbohydrate intake above your CCLL. You said you are now eating 50 carbs. Are those net carbs or total carbs? Are you on OWL Rung 7? You should move up faster on the Carbohydrate Ladder, consume more carbs and find your CCLL and then CCLM.
Exercise is a mandatory part of Atkins and you shouldn't skip it. Anything you do above your normal activity level can be considered exercise---go for a bike ride or for a walk, go hiking, jog, play a sport... The exercise does not only help people lose weight, but also improves their overall health, so you may look less "emaciated and tired".
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"The truth is that temptation lurks everywhere, unless you deny yourself a social and working life and the attendant pleasures of eating out. I believe that the best way to overcome temptation is not with willpower, which is so often in short supply, but with our brain power, a potentially unlimited resource.
Imagine that you're doing great, losing weight, feeling better than ever, thrilled with yourself, hearing compliments from friends and acquaintances---and then it happens! Despite all your good intentions, you're mightily tempted by a food you're not supposed to have. What to do? I'll tell you this: You'd better have a strategy ready!"
(Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, Chapter 19)
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