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Originally Posted by Slidesdownmountains  I shocked myself by logging all of my foods into Sparkpeople the other day and to my horror, although the carbs were pretty darned good - net carb intake of 34g for the day - my fat intake was 164g!!!!!!!!
I know we aren't counting calories, but the amount of fat made me feel sick! I have been doing atkins on and off since New Years, and I'd say about 8 months out of twelve over the last 5 years and I'd never realised this before! Clearly my love of cheese has taken over! |
If that much fat made you sick (btw, how many calories are you consuming?), you probably overate, which is not something you should do on Atkins. We should only eat to satisfy our hunger, without getting full/stuffed.
Cheese is limited during Induction (from your profile info, I assume you are/were doing Induction).
It might sound harsh, but using Alli in order to minimize (or so you think) the damage of your bad eating habits is not very different from making yourself purge after a binge.
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Anyhow, I have cut down on fat and started taking Alli (orlistat) which blocks about 1/4 fat absorption, and for which you need to keep to a reasonably low fat diet to avoid som...ahem....unpleasant side effects. Since last Thursday, I have lost 4lbs and feel pretty positive and energetic.
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So, if you stopped overeating fat, why did you start to also take Alli? By the way, there is no low fat version of Atkins. There is a low fat, low carb diet whose creator says it's derived from Atkins, but it has a different name. And check the side effects of Alli too. What you lost is probably water, not fat and you are messing up your electrolyte balance and vitamin absorption, to name only a few problems.
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I understand that fat isn't the enemy but even in the Atkins book it said that subjects following a lowfat+ lowcarb diet had the best results of all.
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Compared to what dietary approach? Can you tell me the page number in DANDR please?
If you want to experiment with low carb and Alli, at least do yourself a favor and tell your doctor what you are doing.