The ratios for induction are 65/30/5.
Don't over think it! I know that's tough to do and you want it all to be right and as exact as possible, but over thinking it does exactly what just happened to you....
Right?
Okay. First off, you can hit 65/30/5 with 100 calories or 3000 calories. It's not tough to do. If you're using fitday, plug a meal into it
before you eat and play with it a bit (amounts) to hit the percentages. It's an easy way to start to learn what an Atkins meal looks like.
If you're eating chicken- plug in 6oz chicken. Then add the olive oil you cooked it in and the veggies you're planning to eat. Look at where you're at, then add in the butter for your veggies/cheese/mayo and tweak it a bit to figure out where it needs to go.
As for BMR- I know you're going to get a lot of conflicting advice here, but it's not something I paid a whole lot of attention to. Falls into that over-thinking thing for me again. If you're hungry- eat. If you're not hungry- don't eat. If it's been more than 3-4 hours and you're still not hungry- grab a little snack to keep the old metabolism going. I've never been one to push calories just so I could hit a random number that truly doesn't have much to do with my personal lifestyle/body type/activity level
. Be careful to not eat under 1200-1300 calories a day as a habit, but sometimes you're going to be happy with 800 calories. Other's you're going to feel ravenous and need to eat 2000+ and *all* of it is "right" and "okay". Just don't stay artificially low in the name of "dieting", because you can and will do damage to your metabolism and slow yourself down. Eat when you're hungry. Don't eat when you're not hungry. Let it be mostly that simple!
If you're working out 4 times a week (well done btw), depending on what you're doing (and you're doing some weight training too, riiiiiiiiight???), you can afford to eat a bit more, and you're going to need to. Working out will increase your appetite- so beware. I'm notorious for out-eating my
. *grr*
This isn't a race, Casey. Give yourself time to figure out how this is going to work for you. If you hit a spot where the scale OR measuring tape isn't moving for
4 weeks, then look at what you're eating and throw out an SOS so we can all take a peek. As it stands, you're doing JUST FINE!
