 Re: would eating more than the 60% fat were supposed have a largely negative effect? | |
Largely negative effect... nope. The 65-5-30 percentages are approximately what Dr. Atkins' recommended for the Duke experiment, but they are not written in stone. Did you follow all the Rules of Induction? Drank water, took vitamin supplements, exercised? Are you satisfied with your foods? If the answer is yes, then you're doing fine. If however you are hungry soon after a meal (hunger is not signaled only by a growling stomach, but it could also be by fatigue, dizziness, etc.), you might try adding a little more protein.
Did any "Induction flu" symptoms bother you? Any positive changes you've noticed?
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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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