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modern diet and its processed sugars are carbs. Cut it out and you should be half way there.
Everyone will say something different but I bet you these people who are on these diets, their regular meals, if they can choose to eat what they want when they are not on any diet, are full of crap and alcohol.
yep - you end up basically bread-avoidant! Same goes for lots of other things that can trigger over eating for some people. this includes most alcohol!
I do still cheat and hold back some spare calories and have a few rum and diet cokes, or some red wine
It really is simple, and I think we are all a bit guilty of dressing the weight management thing up with various explanations and excuses. We don't need to do a ketotic diet, or a paleo diet or a fasting diet or a cabbage soup diet. We need to understand how our bodies react to what we put in our mouths, how much we put in, and how often we put it in.
Without that, we are on a hiding to nothing.
For example - low carb. Means nothing unless you think about what carbs are, and how some are great, some are terrible. Sugar, bad, fibre good. Flour, not good in excess, brown rice , pretty good.
Vegetables per se - massive amounts of carbs, but all veg is good stuff. So on a low carb diet in it's broadest terms you'd cut down on all your veg and focus on fat and protein. So, what about your colon in all this, and all your minerals? You'll just bung your gut up with a load of undigested meat and increase your risk of bowel cancer. Nah, you need a good dose of beetroot and spinach, sweet pots in there, some fibrous stuff thrown in for good measure. Now you're talking!
My point is - the principle is simple: we just need to eat properly. The wider point that you are making (I think) is that getting an individual to do this isn't always simple.
Branded diets aren't the answer though IMO, not past the short term.
Anyway, whilst I'm on I'll mention my pet hate with diets: TV show diets. There's one at the moment with Tom Kerridge, there have been ones with the Hairy Bikers and others. They all lose weight. Get overweight people on the TV and tell them to do more exercise and eat less and they'll do that. Who wants to be seen as a lazy fatty on national TV?
Miriam has learned about portion control and only has brown rice now... No! She doesn't want to look like a lazy fatty on television! She's not stupid, she knew she was eating too much before the Endemol researcher spotted her in Greggs.
Barry has learned that if he exercises at least three times each week then...No! He knew he was unfit, he's not stupid he didn't do any exercise how could he be fit!?! Barry has an emotional attachment to food that he is unable to manage that he is temporarily displacing with a fear of public humiliation.Once the camera crew has gone and he gets people writing Oy Oy fatty saw you on BBC2 last night, wobble much on his twitter feed he will be back to eating his feelings and on the way to his first heart attack.
Grrrr...
Not only it is good for you, it will also fill a void in. your hunger. If you drink a pint of water before any meals, you will eat less. In a way it is indirect portion control.
It is not going to hurt drinking more water. Your skin will be better, you will be more alert, you are going to feel better generally.
Kinda like women who get into brutal insertions. They can't go back to Mr. Bean after that.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
My energy levels are up and according to the scales, I'm 6lb lighter than I was on Saturday. That could just be down to water loss or failing to factor in a giant shit. I can easily drop a six-pounder some days. Time will tell.
If this works, it'll be the easiest, tastiest diet I've ever been on!
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
Re-reading this thread I was intrigued by the references to inflammation and aches and pains being reduced. Did a bit more reading about low carb and it’s potential benefits for chronic inflammation. I’ve been giving keto a go for the last 3 days...elbow pain has all but gone. I’m pretty mind-blown.
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