Re: Re: Fat % and CR.....

[Guest guest]

Ok thanks for your stats. Go slow on the weight loss. The best way to lose is slowly.

As Jeff said: we’re all individuals.

The best CR diet is the one you can stay on, not the one you wish you could stay on.

From: buddhamom67 <doctaras@...>

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Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:13:49 -0000

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Subject: [ ] Re: Fat % and CR.....

Female, turning 40 next week! 5'1 " 120 pounds.....lost about 20

pounds over the past year with my CR attempts. But, as I said,

whenever my fat content drops below 30-35%, I feel cranky and hungry

all the time. Can stand to lose a little more, for sure, I'm petite,

and put on weight after my kiddos were born four years ago. I walk

briskly about 7 hours per week total.

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> How much do you weigh? How tall are you? Are you male or female?

How old?

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> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:48:14 -0000

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> Subject: [ ] Fat % and CR.....

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> I have been working for months trying to develop a CR regimen I can

> stick to.....I have found that I need to increase the fat content

of my

> diet much more than many health experts recommend. In particular, I

> have been reading the work of people like Ornish, Furhman and

> McDougall....who recommend ultra-low fat diets.....What they say

makes

> sense.....However, when I try to drop my calories (to around 1500-

1600,

> not starting with anything extreme), I find I am too hungry and

tense,

> unless I add a good bit of fat to the diet. I have been using a

> regimen for a few weeks that is around 1550 kcal, and it's working

for

> me, I can stick to it and don't feel hungry or preoccupied with

food.

> However, when I look at the composition of the diet, it is 35% fat,

15%

> protein, and 50% carbohydrate, on average. The fats are all from

nuts,

> seeds, and a smidge of olive oil for cooking. Most of the diet is

> vegetables, legumes and oatmeal (I'm vegan, so no animal

> fat/products). My question, would

> I be compromising my health if I eat this way over the long haul?

Is

> 35% fat too much, in the context of an othewise healthy diet? Has

> anyone else found that they need to increase fat to increase

satiety?

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[Guest guest]

What i have found with most people, is not that the

" lower fat " doesn't work, per see, as that is not what

is causing the bloating, gas, etc, its the very high

fiber and volume than comes along with the lower fat,

if it is done right.

The other issue, with hunger, is you have to also

think about it " per calorie " as the calorie density of

a lower fat diet is much lower than a higher fat diet,

as long as it is unprocessed and unrefined carbs.And

the volume is so much greater so you may be filling up

sooner but on less total calories. Eventually, as you

and your body gets more accustomed to lower fat,

higher volume, you can eat more volume and calories

and will be less hungry afterwards.

So, when you compare your intake on a per calorie

basis, you may find you are getting hungrier sooner,

but if you were to eat again, and total your total

calories you would find you are eating less calories

than someone on a higher fat intake.

And remember, all of this is a process that takes

time. I remember I also used to eat lots of more

frequent meals but now have become very accustomed to

2 or 3 meals a day with no problem. But, you have to

find what works for you, as long as you are " hitting

all the numbers " .

If you haven't done so yet, you might want to enter

your regime into Fitday or the CRON-O-Meter and see

how it comes out.

Regards

Jeff