isnt it not the calories

[missjam]

so i know 3500 extra calories more than your body needs equals one pound of fat gain... so im wondering if calories do count on atkins... ive heard people eating as much fatty foods as they want on here and restricting carbs... but how does this make sense... i know about ketosis but if we are still consuming huge huge amounts of calories arent we going to gain?

 

[jenki2]

Also I eat what I want and its normally around 1600 Cals a day

Added to that the appetite suppression I dont think anyone would be gorging fat all day everyday. Its certainly not recommended xx

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[Leanne1]

You can't gain weight without the presence of insulin. Insulin is a hormone released when you eat carbs (and protein in lesser amounts). It would be very hard to gain weight eating a high fat diet.

You know what the mad thing is? I inject insulin four times every day and still lose weight! Lol.

 

[Jim]

I never bothered counting calories, I have no idea how many I consume per day, never needed to worry as I was losing

 

[Chookieboo]

If you eat excess fat, you won't gain weight, but you won't lose it either. An explanation on where the excess fat goes is here The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. » Thermodynamics and the metabolic advantage Scroll down to the addendum. It's a bit complicated, but it explains it better than I can.

 

[Jim]

Hmmm, I eat a lot of fat myself

 

[NekoZombie]

I wonder is this is the reason I didn't loose weight in Weeks 1 and 2? Too many calories from cheese I shouldn't wonder...

 

[Leanne1]

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[Lizelard]

so is the lack of insulin ketosis??? cos i'm on day 8 and mi little ole stick turned a lovely shade of deep pink and i had a little silent whoop of joy in the staff toilet today

 

[Lizelard]

Whoo hoo i'm eating myself (and theres a lot to go at) long may it continue!! x

 

[ClaireCat]

Without insulin what is holding the fat in our fat cells? Jimmy Moore

Haha! Thats how I read that! I had to double check! im an idiot! lol! Felt so confused for a minute! lol!

 

[Chookieboo]

J2BLUE, it's great to see another person as big a Taubes fan as me!! I'm still reading the Diet Delusion (its a hefty tome and not something you can really skim through so its taking a while!) and have ordered Why We Get Fat from Amazon (I really hope it arrives today!). I'm doing a lot of reading on this subject at the moment as I'm finding it fascinating, hence the link I found. No more time to post this morning, got to go to work now, but I'll be back here soon!

 

[Leanne1]

Hey, what happened to my post????

 

[Leanne1]

I went out after posting and then this morning it was gone! How strange.