Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Cathy: Well said! It's amazing how similar, yet very different all of us are. Humans are curious creatures. Francisco > > I have to agree with Francisco about individual variations being > important. From my pre-op perspective, it makes a tremendous amount > of sense that some people would find them useful and others > wouldn't. Some people find the standard 1200-calorie diet works just > fine for losing their 10%, others needed to " tweak " it, and others > find they can't lose unless they're doing Atkins. > > My body has always seemed to work better on a very high protein > level - my health is better, my blood profiles are better, my pain > levels from arthritis are less. It's also the only way I've ever > successfully lost more than about 25 pounds (even though I couldn't > keep it off long-term, I got down almost 45 lbs. on Atkins a couple > years ago, and plan to go back on it after Orientation to lose my > 10%.) My husband, on the other hand, found that high-protein diets > don't work for him at all. He was miserable on Atkins, lost very > little weight, and felt really miserable. He really needs > a " balanced " meal plan to be able to stick with it and lose. > > So if you feel better and healthier on protein drinks, and you're > still losing, why not go for it? We're not machines. Our bodies > don't have firm specifications that will work the same way for each > person. Use protein drinks as another tool, and do what works the > best for you. > > Cathy C. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Cathy: Well said! It's amazing how similar, yet very different all of us are. Humans are curious creatures. Francisco > > I have to agree with Francisco about individual variations being > important. From my pre-op perspective, it makes a tremendous amount > of sense that some people would find them useful and others > wouldn't. Some people find the standard 1200-calorie diet works just > fine for losing their 10%, others needed to " tweak " it, and others > find they can't lose unless they're doing Atkins. > > My body has always seemed to work better on a very high protein > level - my health is better, my blood profiles are better, my pain > levels from arthritis are less. It's also the only way I've ever > successfully lost more than about 25 pounds (even though I couldn't > keep it off long-term, I got down almost 45 lbs. on Atkins a couple > years ago, and plan to go back on it after Orientation to lose my > 10%.) My husband, on the other hand, found that high-protein diets > don't work for him at all. He was miserable on Atkins, lost very > little weight, and felt really miserable. He really needs > a " balanced " meal plan to be able to stick with it and lose. > > So if you feel better and healthier on protein drinks, and you're > still losing, why not go for it? We're not machines. Our bodies > don't have firm specifications that will work the same way for each > person. Use protein drinks as another tool, and do what works the > best for you. > > Cathy C. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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