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Krob - 22 May 2007 02:40 GMT
I quit eating a low carb diet, my energy droppes and I became a
grouch, Yes eating a total low carb diet leads to insane weight loss.
Really,
it works. But, eating nothing but protein leads to massive weight
gains, when carbs begin cycling back into your diet. I found this out
the hard way

The disadvantages of the low carb diet are far greater than the
positives it creates.

You will lose weight when you go low carb, but what happens to your
metabolism when you start eating carbohydrated laden food?

You gain twice the weight back!

I am not kidding listen when you deprive your body of carbs it
begins looking for a new source to nourish your body. The new source
it finds is your fat cells.

But, your glycemic index is greatly affected when you begin cutting
carbs out of your diet. So, when you begin eating carbs again. Your
body quickly begins storing this new found energy source. Which, is
why anyone who has ever gone a carb depletion diet usually gains
all the weight back and more.

Advantages of low carb diets:
Quick weight loss.

Disadvantages:
Slower metabolism, kidneys are slowly harmed, low energy,
crabbiness.

Cutting carbs out of your diet is a sure fire way to begin losing
weight. But, recycling carbs back into your diet every 2-3 days is
the optimal way to lose weight.

Cycling carbs allows a source of energy for your body.

Plus, your body's metabolism never goes into hunger mode. A body in
hunger mode will always and reliably search out a new food source,
usually your fat cells. But, what happens when their is no fat
cells to feed your body?

You body begins attacking muscle cells and uses your muscles as its
new energy source.

I would suggest and though I am not a doctor and you should always
consult your doctor before beginning a new diet. I suggest cycling
in complex carbs every 2-3 days with your breakfast and lunch.

Cycling carbs always gives your metabolism a boost and gives your
body a energy source.

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Jeri - 22 May 2007 12:09 GMT
> I quit eating a low carb diet, my energy droppes and I became a
> grouch, Yes eating a total low carb diet leads to insane weight loss.
> Really,
> it works. But, eating nothing but protein leads to massive weight
> gains, when carbs begin cycling back into your diet. I found this out
> the hard way

If you ate nothing but protein you weren't doing low carb right.

> The disadvantages of the low carb diet are far greater than the
> positives it creates.
>
> You will lose weight when you go low carb, but what happens to your
> metabolism when you start eating carbohydrated laden food?
> You gain twice the weight back!

Low carb isn't a quick fix, it's a way of life. Obviously if you go back to
eating how you did before you lost weight you'll gain weight back just like
if you go back to eating the same way you did before losing weight on a low
calorie diet. The whole point isn't to just lose the weight. It's to change
your eating and exercise habits for a lifetime so you can maintain that
weight loss.

Learn how to low carb correctly and it is a diet that many (but not all) can
stick to for the rest of their lives.

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"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because
thorns have roses."  ~Ziggy~

musikgal - 22 May 2007 19:50 GMT
My experience has been totally contrary to your summation.    I have
been on the Rosedale diet, off and on, for about 18 months now.  What
I really like about it is that when I go off of it, I don't regain
every single pound I lost.   In fact, all the weight stays off for a
couple of weeks, then it begins to creep back on as I get further and
further away from leptin sensitivity.   But I never ever get all the
way back to where I started from with this plan.   After a few weeks
of stupid eating, I actually miss the WOE, and I will return to it.
So like a financial chart, I find myself "treding down", reaching new
low weights and never really returning to the previous high.   It is
slow going, but it is so much easier (and healtierh too IMO) than
calorie restriction and constant hunger and exhaustion, as I
experience with low fat diets.

I firmly believe that there needs to be different diet strategies for
different bodies.   So while this one does wonders for me, it might
not be suited to the next person.   I know people who are successful
with low fat diets.  Very Sucessful.  But they don't work for me.   It
is 1 harder for me to lose the weight, much more slow to "kick in" and
slow going thereafter.  2, I feel lousy on it 3 is is far less
permanent than with this plan.

I hasten to add that other low carb plans didn't work for me.
Atkins, Protein Power, etc I failed at.  I believe it was the "bad"
fat allowance and the fact that processed meats were also allowed.
One very good plan that worked well as long as I could stand to be on
it was Fat Flush.  However, the food choices were so limited and so
bland and tasteless that I decided I'd rather be fat.   Also I did
still have to battle constant hunger on it.   On Rosedale, the excess
appetite really does go away.

BTW, Most low-fat dieters that I know (and low-fat adherents who are
not overweight too) have *awful* skin.  What's up with that?
Ignoramus584 - 22 May 2007 20:27 GMT
My "low carb" experience has been as follows. I adopted it 3 years ago
at normal weight after losing 48 lbs. I do not feel any need to get
off low carb, so dire consequences of getting off low carbing do not
worry me too much. (and getting off any diet means gaining weight)

During these three years, I gained approximately 7 to 10 lbs
(depending on how you count), which I am trying to lose by eating
less.

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Cubit - 22 May 2007 20:46 GMT
I have been "low card," since the Republicans blocked funding of internet
poker.  It really pissed me off.
 
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