Re: What I like about low carb

Cubit said:

I'm glad things are going well for you.

Did you see 60 minutes Sunday? They had a rebroadcast on a two year old
story of folks who went to Durham for a fruit and rice, 1200 calorie
diet.
In the update, all but one of the folks interviewed had regained their
weight. They quoted a statistic of 95% (or was it 96%?) regaining after
significant weight loss.

On a fruit and rice diet, I think I'd easily regain all my weight.
There's no protein.

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Bob in CT
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Ignoramus13667 wrote:
:: In article <[email hidden]>, Cubit
:: wrote:
::: I'm glad things are going well for you.
::
:: Thanks.
::
::: Did you see 60 minutes Sunday?
::
:: I do not watch TV.
::
::: They had a rebroadcast on a two year old story of folks who went to
::: Durham for a fruit and rice, 1200 calorie diet. In the update, all
::: but one of the folks interviewed had regained their weight.
::
:: out of how many?
::
::: They
::: quoted a statistic of 95% (or was it 96%?) regaining after
::: significant weight loss.
::
:: Very impressive. I could keep my weight off on a reduced calorie diet
:: (still 50% fat, much more than those Durham guys), for almost a year
:: after weight loss, but, it was a struggle to some extent. This new
:: diet, is no longer a struggle.
::
:: What is the LC success rate? Not very high, also, I bet.
::
:: I am still going to check whether my health deteriorates on it in any
:: way on this diet, but, so far, there is no indication of that. Maybe
:: I will splurge and order a $30 blood lipid test that is available
:: from our drugstore. I do not know if 2 months is enough to time see
:: meaningful changes, or I should wait longer.

Wait longer. I'd say at least 6 months...even though, with stable weight
there should be less reason to wait, really. But letting thing settle down
& reach a steady state can't be a bad idea.

The 95 or 96% number is typical for all low-fat/low-cal diets.

TC

"Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

I'm glad things are going well for you.

Did you see 60 minutes Sunday? They had a rebroadcast on a two year old
story of folks who went to Durham for a fruit and rice, 1200 calorie diet.
In the update, all but one of the folks interviewed had regained their
weight. They quoted a statistic of 95% (or was it 96%?) regaining after
significant weight loss.

"Ignoramus6334" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I am not on LC to lose weight, but to not regain weight and to not be
hungry. What I like about it, so far:

I can eat as much as I want.

I do not gain weight while eating as much as I want.

I eat yummy foods. I love eating fat.

I am not going hungry.

My morning blood sugar went down from 90-91 to 75, and is stable
throughout the day.

My knees, inexplicably, no longer hurt after running.

It is quite difficult for me to become physically tired now.

I feel like a normal person and, after I overeat, I am simply not
hungry for quite a while.

I am not counting anything, carbs, calories, etc etc. I am on paleo,
so it works out to perhaps 60 carbs per day, maybe even less.

So far, LC is a blessing to me, no less. I would love to take a blood
test and see what my lipid panel is like.

Thank you to all people who posted here, and who convinced me that LC
is not a dangerous fad and who made helpful suggestions to me
personally. Cubit, Jenny, amongst others.

i