JC Der Koenig wrote:
> The concept of "starvation mode" is bogus. She has enough fat to
live off
> of for several months.
>
> --
> Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. --
MFW
>
>
> "Xtile" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:1113176295.d842811e6ce920e73c15de91503b7f3a@teranews...
> > sherry wrote:
> >> "Terra" <[email protected]> wrote in
> >> news:[email protected]:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Awesome start, sherry! I got a little light headed the first
week.
> >>>After the first 3 days I would forget to eat sometimes, lol. When
all
> >>>the stored carbohydrates are used up in the body, it has to switch
> >>>fuels. Once I was in ketosis the light headedness went away. I
just had
> >>>to be sure to eat enough proteins & fats!
> >>>
> >>>Best wishes on your continued success!
> >>>
> >>>Terra
> >>>http://journals.aol.com/terranova0/MyLowCarbJourney/
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks very much, Terra! I feel so good about today, I was
worried about
> >> the whole day at the trade show, people all around eat junk food
all day.
> >> I drank a ton of water, had a 3gm protein drink for lunch, had 2
handsful
> >> of raw sunflower seeds (about 50 total), 8 raw almonds, and
munched on
> >> some pork rinds in between. After the show I went to a surprise
birthday
> >> party and WOW did they put out a spread!! I don't know the carb
counts
> >> of everything yet and was away from my internet access to look 'em
> >> up...but I had 5 of those tiny carrots, 6 bite-size pieces of
> >> cauliflower, 1 cherry tomato, and 3 shrimp (not the huge ones,
about the
> >> size of my pinkie). I didn't have any of the dips or anything
because I
> >> didn't know what was in them. I don't feel like I ate enough
today but
> >> tomorrow will be better, it's steak dinner day! 
> >>
> >> Anyway...I appreciate your experience and hope that mine will go
away
> >> too!
> >>
> >> Sherry
> >> 360/?/195
> >
> > Maybe just me, but it really doesn't seem like you are eating
enough.
There is a prevailing attitude that equates borborygmus with
starvation. Perhaps it is a cultural attitude that complete satiety
through massive consumption is not only normal but sacrosanct. Any
deviation beyond a full stomach is an incomprehensible situation to be
avoided at all costs. Even to the point of having bariatric surgery
performed in order to keep the "full feeling" yet actually reducing
consumption. The rationalization of this approach is inconceivable.
If they were starving themselves by eating 100 grams of cottage cheese
a day before they had artificially self-mutilating stomach volume
reduction surgery, then why aren't they starving themselves now that
they can ONLY eat 100 grams of cottage cheese a day? Pureed New York
strip steak? Yummy.
Portions of the medical community have carved out (NPI) a niche with
this self-agrandizing proposition: "Surgical treatment is medically
necessary because it is the only proven method of achieving long term
weight control for the morbidly obese."1 They go as far as promoting
that self-control as a viable and preferable alternative is a medical
impossibility: "These studies confirm that morbid obesity is a disease,
not a disorder of willpower, as sometimes implied." If this is the
case then Gulags in remote Siberia can become profit centers for weight
loss clinics. They will have achieved their goals through "medical"
intervention and treatment.
The quick fix is the golden rule for most. The concept of
self-discipline is foreign and noxious to their behavior. Every third
post in this newsgroup begs for an cheat, an out, or a ruse in
calculating how many grams of food they should not be eating on the
low-carbohydrate approach. Its all a game in their approach to
maintaining their old habits of stuffing increasing quantities of
"low-carb" food into their gullets.
Then there are the ubiquitous enablers that coddle, cajole and promote
bad eating habits as a way of keeping everyone else fat. They either
perform this public service as a strategy to look skinny in a crowd of
fat folk in denial or perhaps they have a pecuniary interest in driving
up medical costs for an increasingly corpulent society.
Sample newbie posts run the gamut from;
"How many low-carb raisin bagels from AtkinBarfCo should I be eating?",
"Hi. I'm new here at 300/298/140 and I love the LC lifestyle. I
whooshed 2 lbs so far eating 4 kilograms of homemade Deer Jerky
yesterday. Yum.",
"Does anybody have a recipe that you can cut and paste here for LC
pancakes because my ISP's Domain Name Server refuses to connect me to
Google and/or I just heard of the internet and I don't know what a FAQ
is.",
"Please help me as I am a stay-at-home mom that provides an endless
supply of nutrient poor food to my children and it is much too much of
a temptation to not eat all of their french fries. Is there a way to
make mashed cauliflower look/taste/feel like potatoes? I tried my own
recipe on the 3, 7 and 9 year-olds and they locked me in the basement
for a week!"
"My brother tried LC but it was too expensive and his wife wouldn't let
him eat vegetables. She heard from a neighbor that they use pesticides
on them and that they are unhealthy. The $5.00 box of cereal comes
with a pledge of wholesomeness right on the label. There is no such
pledge on the package of Romaine lettuce. Which one whould you trust?"
"Do these pants make me look fat?"
....pyloric valve shut now...sorry for the rant...
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