I think you're talking to me so:
I'm at 8% of body fat at the moment. I eat a lot 3500 - 5000 cal a day.
Month should be plenty to lose your weight.
1. It depends on how I feel usually I need to eat more carbs every few days.
If I'm just starting to feel shaky and stressed out I eat more carbs in the
evening. I prefer to be slightly undercarbed most of the time
2. Starchy staff (potatoes, starchy veggies) work best for me. I cannot
stand fruits except small amounts (half an apple every few days)
3. I think lowering my fat intake (below 75%)  and upping protein resulted
in drastic body fat loss. I lost my middle body fat without decrease in
bodyweight.
I prefer to stay within 50-75% of calories from fat and below 5% from carbs,
rest - protein. I also vary my cal intake on a daily basis.

But... it works for me and it took me a while to figure it out but it may
completely not work for you. IMO 1400 cals is too low. Being on a very high
fat diet my calorie intake was lower (around 2500 cals) and I was gaining
weight. Your other health problems may interfere with your weight loss.I
also read (any researches?) than women need more carbs than man.

Paul Sand



>From: Judy Genova <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [P-F] Informal Poll
>Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 17:38:20 EDT
>
>I'd be curious to know how many paleo eaters need to "carbo load" .  Here
>are
>my questions:
>
>1. How long can you go on just protein, veggies and fat before you feel
>like
>you need to eat fruit or some other starchier food.
>
>2.  For those of you who do need to load up, do you just do fruits, or do
>you
>include some grain products?
>
>3.  Some of you on this list mentioned that you have had more success in
>lowering bodyfat by upping carbs, and lowering protein & fat ratios.  What
>carbs are you including to get your desired results? Someone recently
>mentioned an 8% bodyfat result.  Can you be specific about how you eat?
>
>I'm asking because I want to loose 5-8 pounds quickly (my 25th high school
>reunion is one month away, and I can't seem to budge my weight, nor keep up
>my energy if I omit fruits & nuts.  Sometimes, I just don't want any more
>PROTEIN, if you know what I mean.) I eat about 1400 calories per day.  I
>can't do a ketogenic diet.  It screws up my thyroid, and I feel like I'm
>going to die.
>
>I know the obvious answer is to exercise more.  But in addition to that, I
>was hoping to get some dietary feedback from the list.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Judy Genova, cavegirl

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