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Here's a sample day: http://bit.ly/j6AcG4 As you can see, I'm both way overbudget on protein and way underbudget on total calories, given that ...
The tricky thing with actual measurements is that I suspect you're not a 6'5" 260 pound male, so 1/4 cup of beans may work for you but would ...
Nutritional Ratios?
I've been searching the site for this but haven't found a definitive answer. What is a good Carb / Protein / Fat ratio to use with a slow carb diet? I don't like resorting to calorie counting but ...
Re: Not eating enough?:
Looks like we're not going to get an answer on this one. But if it's any help, I calculated the WeightWatchers points for a full day's food and di...
Re: You know you're losing weight when...
I'm looking forward to the day I can no longer balance my dinner on my belly.
Re: 30 min breakfast... after waking up or after getting up?
I am right there with you. I can't imagine doing without those 30 minutes of drifting awake. When I force myself out of bed, I take 30 minutes to wake up, but I do it while knocking things over an...
Not eating enough?
As I sit here on day 30 of my first month, eating my umptillianth bowl of chicken breast and black beans, I wonder yet again why it is I'm only losing about a pound a week when everyone else is ha...
Re: Going to bed hungry and other random questions:
Update: I don't know if cause and effect happens this fast, but yesterday I worked out (bench press, pull-ups), skipped the wine, drank extra wate...
As I was reading that, I kind of suspected he's not giving up the wine because he loves it too much. That's been my rationale, too.
Breakfast: 1 egg + 3 egg whites, braised spinach with garlic and pepper Mid-morning snack: 1 cup of beans Lunch: chicken breast (or can of tuna), ...
Re: How to last longer!
Kegels. They're not just for woman anymore. Seriously! I once dated an escort who told me this was his trick for having multiple orgasms throughout the day. I won't get into the precise technique...
Going to bed hungry and other random questions
I'm on my 4th week and I haven't seen NEARLY the amazing results I've been reading from most of you, despite my obsessive perfectionism to the LCD plan in the book. But I have seen *some* small ch...
Re: No beans for breakfast..is this super naughty?
I've actually eliminated beans from my breakfast as a fine-tuning mechanism because I wasn't losing anything. It hasn't made a huge difference, but I have seen SOME difference (good) since losing ...
Zero-carb Vanilla Cinnamon Pancakes
This challenge will teach you how to make zero-carb pancakes for breakfast. These delicious pancakes taste close to real pancakes, just without the...
End of Week 2: Getting Frustrated and Depressed
I'm committed to doing this for 30 days, at a minimum, but I have to admit I'm getting really disillusioned. In 2 weeks I've lost a total of about 2.5 pounds. My BF is EXACTLY the same as when I s...
Re: first 5 days- no progress
I'm in pretty much the same boat, but I'll give it a shot. As I understand it, on slow-carb you also eliminate soy, yogurt (including kefir, which is PACKED I mean PACKED!! with sugar and simple ...
Re: Can cheat "day" start the night before?
I agree. I consider a "day" to be defined as that period between primary sleep episodes. In other words, my 8 hours of sleep used to be from 10am to 6pm, so my "day" went throu...
Re: What I ate today!
Wow! Nicely done! Some of my favorite foods there. I'm only on my 2nd week but on my first cheat day I ended up taking a "short" nap and sleeping through 4 good hours of eating! Pissed m...