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Originally Posted by cerild  Hi everyone,
I'm new to the site but have been doing Atkins for just over 2months and have recently progressed into OWL - woop  | Good for you for moving to OWL!  Quote: |
Also, I love going to the gym most days aswell and am concerned my weight loss is merely due to simple maths ie, I'm burning more than I eat!
| You may have a metabolic advantage of a few hundred calories, a decreased appetite and a more stable blood sugar, but at the end of the day if you burn (from all sources, not only exercise) less than get in, the net result will be weight gain. So Atkins does not defy math or physics or any other science. Quote: |
Do you think I need to increase my calories? If so, how? And also will this affect the rate at which I lose weight, because I'm happy with the rate I'm losing at now. On the other hand, as I start adding in more foods, I don't want to gain simply because my body isn't used to the additional calories?
| Can you post your current menu, including quantities for everything?
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