happyelf

Giddyup715
Losing weight is always a good thing when you have fatty liver and elevated enzymes-but, you're right, how you do it can impact your health. (loved the pun)
Before starting ANY diet regime I'd check w/your dr to make sure it is beneficial to your health--esp w/raised liver enzymes.
Drs usually do advocate losing weight to help fatty liver-but to do it in a way that will not deprive your body the much needed nutrients to keep the engine running smoothly. I was told not to eliminate anything totally or drastically cut back on carbs, b/c the body needs them--just not as many as we usually eat daily. Usually the Atkins diet is for lifestyle change--once you go off it you gain the weight back--so unless you're prepared to eat that way the rest of your life--I wouldn't do it. I did a 1200 cal a day diet-and didn't deprive myself. I didn't stick to exactly 1200cals a day-but close enough and felt good doing it. I ate small snacks/meals totalling 6x a day to keep the metabolism up--and it really was amazing how much that helped!! I lost 35 lbs in a fairly short period of time, but I didn[t crash diet either. A trick I learned was to eat a piece of fruit abt 15 mins before dinner-it curbed my appetite and gave me the little sugar fix I craved during the day. BTW-I'm not a big one for exercise, so I never parked in the close parking spots--I always parked out when at the store or at work--that way I got walking excercise--it adds up. Just my $.02 worth.
the elf