rib steak or salmon, she likes zucchini, eggplant or asparagus. She also finds she can have lentils, split peas and kasha( buckwheat groats) without gaining weight. She often has the kasha with cinnamon and a few apple slices.
Donna has been expanding her variety of salads, trying greens such as arugula, watercress and endive, since she started doing Atkins. She told me recently that she particularly appreciates the range of possible food alternatives, compared to the rather repetitive high-starch menu she used to be on. What impresses me the most is that every item in her new eating plan is wholesome, fresh and healthy. Frankly, I defy anyone to propose a tastier and more flexible eating plan-on which you can remain trim and healthy for a lifetime-than the Atkins program.
Dealing With Weight Gain
But even with flexibility and great food, you can come upon a patch of trouble. What if you ' re happily eating away and feeling great, and then suddenly you notice those awful pounds and inches are staging a revival? Since you are in Lifetime Maintenance, I know that you ' ve reached your goal weight. Therefore, you ' re probably no longer in lipolysis, which, by definition, involves an element of fat loss. Newly slim people are no longer trying to shed pounds, and so they don ' t burn fat for fuel most of the time because they ' re above their CCLL.
But here ' s the catch that many people don ' t see: There is very little leeway before you break through your CCLM to the level at which you begin to gain. A typical male of average metabolic resistance may find he has a CCLM of 50 grams. As long as he regularly eats no more than 50 grams of carbs a day he will not lose more weight and become too thin. On the other hand, if he starts consuming 60 grams a day, he ' ll be above his CCLM and will start to regain weight.
At your goal weight, you are, in fact, pretty finely balanced in your carbohydrate intake. Nothing is exact, of course. Life has a way of changing and your weight will, in fact, constantly shift up and down by small increments. The most convenient way to maintain your best weight now is to not ever let that " up " get too far out of hand. If it does, you may find yourself sliding down an uphill path, to coin a phrase.
I recommend that you know your weight-after all, it ' s one aspect of your general health that you can easily keep track of. Getting on the scale at least once a week is a must for successful weight maintenance. When you find that you ' ve gone 5 pounds or more over your maintenance weight or that your clothes are getting tight, you must pul things back on their proper course. And you must do it without delay!
Protect Your Weight Losses
You have invested a lot of effort and psychic energy in the lessons you learned on your weight loss journey. Since you and I both know you have a tendency to put on the pounds, I want you to keep a sharp eye for any resumption of weight gain. Maybe Thanksgiving is coming up, or Christmas, or your birthday, or your spouse ' s birthday, or your vacation. By the time you celebrate any one of those with a bout of unrestrained indulgence, you may find that instead of being 5 pounds overweight you ' re 15 pounds overweight. Instead of waiting, act now!
Don ' t get depressed and give up. Even if you do temporarily get off track, continue to exercise and take your supplements. It ' s crucial that you don ' t surrender all control. Start with Induction
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