Fat Fast - began today
O.K. - here I go on the fat fast. So far today I’ve had 1/4 c. heavy
cream in my large cup of coffee and 8 peperonies with 1 oz. of cream
cheese! I was wondering if I could put a lemon slice in my water
with a packet of Splenda? I don’t want to mess this up! Needless to
say, I’m hungry too! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Diane
May 28th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
that for about 3 weeks, then I cut back to 10x my weight. I keep
that up til I stop losing. Then I do it again. Unfortunately I had
stalled for several months before I figured it out! If I did that,
that would mean I would have to eat 2,310 calories a day! I don’t
know if I could get in that many calories! How do you do it?
How do you do it? If I did the 14x my weight, I would have to eat
2,310 calories a day! How do you get that many in?????
Diane
May 31st, 2006 at 4:23 am
So Kristin what your are telling me is to eat more than what they say
to on the Fat Fast diet? Basically stick to what they say to eat,
but just eat more?
Diane
May 31st, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Kirsten - first of all, please let me apologize for spelling your
name wrong! Secondly, thanks for the advice! I need all I can get
on this subject and believe it or not, you and one other individual
are the only ones I’ve had responses to on this subject!
Thanks again!
Diane
May 31st, 2006 at 5:22 pm
Rosie:
Thanks for the encouragement. I just wish my body would get into
gear and lose this weight!!! It’s driving me crazy!
Diane
May 31st, 2006 at 9:42 pm
Penny - yes, this is my second day of it! Here is what has been
forwarded to me on the Fat Fast. There is also a section in the book
on it. Is only for people who are really metabolically resistant:
The Fat Fast
Counterintuitive as it may sound, if you can’t budge the scale on
Induction, a few days on this regimen may well allow you to break
through metabolic resistance.
Certain individuals are so metabolically resistant that only more
intense dietary restrictions prove successful. Once medications,
thyroid problems and candida are brought under control, almost all
overweight people who diligently adhere to the Atkins Nutritional
Approach^(TM)
will lose and keep off weight. But for the small group of people for
whom it does not work, more extreme measures are necessary.
To help these metabolically resistant people, Dr. Atkins has modified
what he calls “the most effective weight-loss eating pattern ever
described.” British researchers Alan Kekwick and Gaston Pawan
developed
it, and Frederick Benoit and his team confirmed its superiority in
burning off fat, compared to an absolute total fast. This extreme
diet
consists of 1,000 calories daily, comprised of 90 percent fat. No
other
weight-loss regimen has matched its ability to burn off stored fat.
Dr.
Atkins modified the Kekwick diet to make it as enjoyable as possible
and
dubbed it the “Fat Fast.” He tried it on scores of patients and found
it
often worked for those who were unable to lose weight in any other
safe,
drug-free way.
The Kekwick diet forces the body into lipolysis so it burns its
stores
of fat. Lipolysis
eliminating almost everything but fat from the diet forces even the
most
resistant body into lipolysis. That explains the 90 percent dietary-
fat
component. Lowering the caloric intake accelerates the need to burn
up
body fat–thus the 1,000-calorie limit.
The Fat Fast is one controlled carb program where you do have to
count
calories. You’ll eat 1,000 calories a day, with 75 percent to 90
percent
comprised of fat. Frequent feedings prevent hunger better than three
meals a day, so you consume five feedings, perhaps one every four
hours,
comprising 200 calories each. Because of the high fat content and
frequent feedings, very few people experience much hunger. The
stumbling
block for some people is the absence of conventional meals. But most
are
willing to stick with it for a few days, even if the food selections
are
unfulfilling.
Caution: The Fat Fast is actually dangerous for anyone who is not
metabolically resistant. For people who lose weight fairly easily,
the
rate of weight loss is too rapid to be safe. But it carries very
little
risk for people who can barely lose on any other regimen.
Step One: Eat Mostly Fat
Begin with five 200-calorie feedings per day and follow for four or
five
days. Each item equals approximately 200 calories:
* one ounce of macadamia nuts or macadamia nut butter
* two ounces of cream cheese or Brie
* one ounce of tuna or chicken salad with two teaspoons of
mayonnaise served in one-quarter of an avocado
* two deviled eggs made with two teaspoons of mayonnaise
* two ounces of sour cream and two tablespoons black or red caviar
* two and a half ounces whipped heavy cream topped with sucralose
zero-calorie syrup
* two ounces of pâté (check label for fat content)
* two egg yolks (hard-boiled) with one tablespoon of mayonnaise
Step Two: Modify the Fat Fast
If increasing the fat-to-carbohydrate ratio and cutting calories
work,
any dietary change in that direction might get the job done. Next,
you
can try four meals a day of roughly 300 calories for a total of 1,200
calories. That should work, too, and what it allows is definitely
more
appealing to the taste buds:
* two ounces of beef chuck (do not drain fat) cooked in two
tablespoons of olive oil
* two scrambled eggs with two strips of nitrate-free bacon
* two tablespoons of full-fat sour cream with a tablespoon of
sugar-free syrup
* one-quarter cup chicken or tuna salad made with two tablespoons
of
mayonnaise
* three ounces of pâté (check label for fat content)
* one-and-a-half ounces of macadamia nuts
Step Three: Return to Induction
Try the 1,200-calorie regimen for a week, then go back to Induction
have to feel that losing weight is hopeless. Sometimes the key to
achieving your goal weight permanently is quite difficult to adhere
to,
but rarely is it simply impossible.
June 1st, 2006 at 2:02 am
Thanks! I hope it works!
June 1st, 2006 at 10:41 am
Rosie:
I wish I could help with the financial aspects of your problems but
I too have had my share of financial problems lately. I bought my
boyfriend a father’s day gift from my daughter (she calls him dad),
and someone got ahold of my debit card numbers. Wiped me clean of
about $1,600.00!!!!!! Needless to say, I have no savings now and am
struggling to make ends meet. I learned a very hard lesson within
10 days!
How long have you been on Atkins? I’m sure the weight will soon
come off. I need as much encouragement as the next person so
believe me when I say you are in my prayers!
Smile :-), we can do this!
Diane
June 2nd, 2006 at 4:33 pm
In the Atkins book there is a precise menu plan that is supposed to break the
plateaus…….I am getting close to trying it….my weight keeps going
up…up…..and away!!!!