[Magdalen] 21.5 stone...ugh

[Sally Davies]

Well, I'm for both approaches, but not necessarily every day. Two strict
days of BOTH low carb AND low calorie meals per week, suffices. One has to
be careful on the other days but need not be too concerned about the "diet
rules" or an occasional special treat.

South African has gone "Banting" crazy under the influence of Professor Tim
Noakes, who was a household name as a sports scientist before he decided to
take on the Establishment regarding diet and health.

I don't like eating that way well enough to keep it up indefinitely but can
usually manage it for my two "diet days".

I've actually come to appreciate my diet days, especially if I can achieve
a state of running on ketone bodies rather than accumulated glycogen/sugar
stores. It is this (apparently) that confers the many health benefits over
and above weight loss, that were featured in the original research behind
this way of life.

People think it's nuts but it works for me and nothing else ever has!!

There are some fantastic recipes (calorie controlled) in the Fast Diet
Cookbook:

http://www.amazon.com/The-FastDiet-Cookbook-Delicious-Calorie-Controlled/dp/1476749868

...though these days, despite having bought the above, I most just eat fish
and salad on diet days while fasting completely for as long as I reasonably
can.

To lose weight steadily, you have to show some discipline on the other days
as well but once you're down to the goal weight it's not hard to stay
there. It might be easier for men to lose weight on any eating plan than it
is for us women.

Sally D



On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Seriously, try the Weight Watchers Men's program.  It's based on points
> and
> > there are lots of free points.  Dawn lost over 70 pounds on it.
>
> I probably will do this; I've lost weight (the same 25 pounds a couple
> of times) on WW and value the way they inform and encourage. It does
> work. We had a very good WW leader run a group at our office when I
> worked in Lansing, Michigan. I wonder if WW has some different
> "flavors" of plans, like one that's reduced-carb. One thing that has
> helped me procrastinate on starting a program is the ongoing fight
> between the calories-in-calories-out approach (classic WW) and the
> sugar-and-carbs-are-the-problem approach. Sure wish they'd meet in an
> arena and have a research smackdown so we know what's really the right
> way to go.
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>