Ratios

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Hi Bee, thank you so much for my ratios. I lost 4,5 kg (= 10 lbs) this

first week... (I am overweight, so thats very very welcome).

My husband couldn't believe his eyes, lol. And you are sort of our

family now Bee, because not a day goes by when I don't tell him: Bee

says.... He is so curious about all I am doing...

Last six months I followed a healthy 1200-1500 cal diet and lost with

lots and lots and lots of efforts 20 lbs (9 kg). So this first weeks

result must be an indication that I'm doing something right. Despite

the die-off and my 'dips' every now and then I feel so happy inside. It

feels like I'm on the right path for the first time in 20 years... but

I dare not tell the world yet, I want to see how things are in the

beginning of October.

I thought I would consume at least 2000-2500 cal per day with this

diet, but that is not at all true. I entered my food into Fitday (and

found the next day a dutch site which does the same thing, thus making

things easier for me, the same foods gave appr. the same ratios in both

sites) and found out that I consume between 1000 and 1300 cal, with all

the fat I eat...

I eat more or less my ratio of proteins, only half my carbs and not

near my amount of fat (I should eat 175 - 245), appr. 110.

So I will take an effort to increase my good fats intake, although I

feel a little bit afraid of that, after a life of 'forbidden fats'. And

the intake of fat sometimes is too much. Last night I couldn't eat the

rest of my wild salmon baked in olive oil, I couldn't take any more fat

in my mouth...

Should I take an effort to increase my carbs also?

The good news is: my worst die-off symptoms seem to have left me, no

more headache, less pain, less brainfog, but I'm still very tired and

sleep a lot. I take more vit. C and that helps. I also take P5P and L-

tryptophan (as I read about and instantly knew I needed on a site you

recommend: http://www.biblelife.org/vitamins4me.htm )

Since I take those last two it gave such a relief. I feel far less

depressed, more balanced. Both pills enhance the making of serotonine.

Thanks Bee, for all the good information you share with us!

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>>, your ratios are: 70 grams protein; 175-245 grams fat, and 56

grams carbs. But you do not translate grams to quantities of food to

eat. The easiest way to see where you stand, is to go to fitday.com

and enter the foods you ate yesterday and see what your totals are in

grams of protein, fat and carbs. Then increase or decrease foods to

come a close as you can to the ratios (give or take 10%).<<

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> this is the ratio i should have at 5ft 9in.

> fat 188-263

> carb 60

> protein 75

> i'm at the max for fats and carb i always stay at my allowable 60 but for

protein i'm usually at about 130 i try to stay at my allowed 75 but i get so

hungry that i end up eating more protein to feel full. it seems like i'm always

hungry. i'm gaining a lot of weight and i've never been overweight i don't

crave carbs i'm the toal opposite i crave meat and eggs. any advice?

+++Hi Colleen. There is a period of time you will experience more hunger when

your body is still " trying to " switch over from running on carbs/sugars to

running on good fats. Once the switch is made, you won't have such hunger

pangs, nor the extra weight.

Both the anticipation of carbohydrates and the actual eating of them cause our

bodies to secrete the hormone insulin which deposits both fatty acids and

glucose in fat tissue and it keeps those calories trapped in fat tissue once

they get there.

As long as we respond to carbohydrates by secreting more insulin, we continue to

move nutrients from our bloodstream in expectation of the arrival of more, so we

remain hungry or at least not fulfilled.

During this transition the body is expecting to deal with glucose but there is

none coming in the diet, and so there is still too much insulin in the

circulation. The liver will not give up its glycogen (storage form of glucose)

due to high insulin in circulation, which would help to stabilize blood sugar if

it were released, and our blood sugar drops. Even if we eat fat and protein, the

insulin will serve to store those nutrients rather than allow them to be used

for fuel.

In other words insulin induces hunger and prevents satiety, even though fats

easily satiate the appetite once your body switches over, but that takes time.

Once your body changes over, and doesn't secrete insulin as an automatic

response so you won't feel so hungry, and your weight will decrease.

My reference is about obesity, but the principles of changing over from

carbs/glucose to good fats is the same:

http://zerocarbforlife.com/Hunger.html

It is okay to eat more protein as long as you intake enough fats, and consuming

188 grams of fat is good!

All the best, Bee