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Actually, it is protein and fat. Which is what Palumbo's diet consists of and he does contest prep as well. Gotta' disagree again.
So frustrated with lack of results any help would be much appreciated
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will smith
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I was confused to as I used to eat much less fat but the hormone doctor said it was really important as it doesn't spike insulin levels. The diet i'm on feels very atkinsesque and so i've been very discouraged that the super low carb high protein/fat model hasn't been working for me thus far.
I am prepared to try any sort of diet and am fortunate that i have two months off of work to focus on my health fulltime.
Any other recs would be much appreciated & thank you for everyone's input so far!
I am prepared to try any sort of diet and am fortunate that i have two months off of work to focus on my health fulltime.
Any other recs would be much appreciated & thank you for everyone's input so far!
Tatyana
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I would recommend you calculate your calorie intake, and then work out how many you need, I can link you to some of the stickies, or I can help you sort this, there are a few very easy methods give you pretty good guidelines.
I think what you want to do is to recomposition (or tone) your body, which means taking off the fat and putting on more muscle.
You may not see this as an advantage, but with the PCOS and 'naturally' higher testosterone levels, with the correct training, this should be fairly simple.
Are you doing the leg training every time?
What sort of reps are you doing?
What sort of weight are you using for things like squats?
There is this one thing that most people have to figure out with weight training, which is intensity and varying your workout as your body will adjust (this especially applies to cardio).
It is also important that you train other areas of your body, for example, your back, as it is the other really large muscle group in your body.
When you start to use heavy weight and train with intensity, you create this favourable hormonal balance in your body, you release growth hormone which also helps to burn fat. You also increase you insulin sensitivity, which is important for PCOS.
The more muscle you have, you also increase you insulin sensitivity, as the muscle is the area of the body that stores far more glycogen than the liver.
will smith
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ooh just wrote a long reply & something happened! Alas I joined Fitday would really appreciate some help on trying to work out what my cal intake should be. I am still really struggling to work out why I am not getting any results. My cal breakdown on fitday =Fat 31% Protein 38% carb 30% & a total of 2256 cals.
How tall are you and how much you currently weight?
With 2200+ calories currently I'd gain weight, however, a month ago my weight would have remain the same. Nothing is written in stones. Our metabolism changes. I constantly tweak my macros according to where I am and what my goals are.
Melaina
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Just to throw in a bit of Atkins info since my family went through the Atkins fanatic era.... it can be both. Simply put under 10-20 carbs a day.... now what you make of it is your business.... if your lean towards the south beach plan a bit and focus on lean proteins..... eggs, egg whites, chicken, shellfish, fish and the dark leafy greens then you will hit a high protein, low fat low carb diet..... if you just focus on low carb and sit around eating hot dogs, sausage and cheese all day it's very high fat, low carb.... it's the latter which will give the flabby skinny look and will rebound when you eat carbs because of the extreme high fat intake.... the first one is ideal and if considered should be followed for a period of time and then slowly moving towards south beach which incorporates low quantities of good carbs.
Welcome to EF hon!!!
Welcome to EF hon!!!
