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I did Adkin's diet in the mid 70's. In the summer of 1973 I was 17 and lost 30 pounds and grew 4". When I walked out of school the end of my Junior year I was 195 and 5'6". When I walked in my Senior year, I was 165 and 5'10". When I got married in 78 I was 165 and 6'0" (after starving in bachelorhood!)

Last March, I started the "Heart Healthy Diet" (very similar to Adkin's diet) and lost 40 pounds by October.

It was so much easier to loose 20 or 30 pounds when I was young! I see High School football players at church, and they eat the same as when the worked out but now it's with 2 kids and a mortgage and they inflate like the Graf Zeppelin!

Ivan
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
Well, been on it for 10 days. In full Ketosis have lost 12 pounds......getting tired of fats and protein. NEED donuts and snickers bars :( Need recipe for KETO po boys (hero's for you yankees).
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I've been on the paleo for several years, and my neighbor has been on it for three months or so, he lost about fifty so far. He misses beans.....I cheat now, since I'm holding at 155. Sometimes I carb up and it does give me a lot of energy the next day. The paleo diet is the oldest fad diet ever...some 35000 years.:D
 
I'm on the Montpellier Diet, myself.

That's the one where you eat enough to feed a small town in Vermont.
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Ketosis?

CAJUNLAWYER said:
Well, been on it for 10 days. In full Ketosis have lost 12 pounds......getting tired of fats and protein. NEED donuts and snickers bars :( Need recipe for KETO po boys (hero's for you yankees).
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Wow, Ketosis sounds bad to me, a diabetic, but I didn't realize that was the goal of some diets. It would be good if I could get into Ketosis by reducing carbs, but usually I get it from donuts and snickers and.......
 
My problem being a type 2 diabetic is that I love bread and potatoes. I'll eat the veggies the wife cooks but think my taste buds have gone south. If I can't taste it as it seems as though it tastes flat. Even the mild spices they put on food here in the south don't do anything for me. Frank
 
I quit smoking last April and gained about 15 lbs. I've been on Keto since Thanksgiving and lost about 15 lbs. I want to lose another 30 to 40 lbs. but I'm not concerned about how fast I loose it. I'm in my late 60s and I know it's harder to lose as you get older. I really don't miss much of the sugary/starchy **** I used to eat. One thing I like about it is I eat about as much as I want. If I was on one of those count calorie diets where I was hungry all the time I know I wouldn't stay on it long.
I was missing pizza but we found a low carb crust recipe for homemade that's good. I'll have to find a way to eat burgers when grill season gets here. I've had burgers on a plate with no bun but they don't taste the same.
Read the label on your beer can, most are really high in carbs except for some of the lights that taste like water. I'm really not much of a drinker anymore so it doesn't bother me much. Liquor doesn't have carbs if you need alcohol.
One thing that bothers me trying to track my weight is my bathroom scales vary 2 to 4 lbs from one time to the next so I'm not really sure how much I've lost. I researched bathroom scales the other day and every one has reviews that complain about the same thing. I guess you just have to be content with a downward trend.
 
Keto, Paleo, Atkins ALL work and will work even faster when combined with some good exercise. As I get older I try to watch carbs, especially the group of "white death", flour, sugar, rice, potatoes, and refined carbs.
But as always, less calories in, more weight off.
 
brigeton said:
I quit smoking last April and gained about 15 lbs. I've been on Keto since Thanksgiving and lost about 15 lbs. I want to lose another 30 to 40 lbs. but I'm not concerned about how fast I loose it. I'm in my late 60s and I know it's harder to lose as you get older. I really don't miss much of the sugary/starchy **** I used to eat. One thing I like about it is I eat about as much as I want. If I was on one of those count calorie diets where I was hungry all the time I know I wouldn't stay on it long.
I was missing pizza but we found a low carb crust recipe for homemade that's good. I'll have to find a way to eat burgers when grill season gets here. I've had burgers on a plate with no bun but they don't taste the same.
Read the label on your beer can, most are really high in carbs except for some of the lights that taste like water. I'm really not much of a drinker anymore so it doesn't bother me much. Liquor doesn't have carbs if you need alcohol.
One thing that bothers me trying to track my weight is my bathroom scales vary 2 to 4 lbs from one time to the next so I'm not really sure how much I've lost. I researched bathroom scales the other day and every one has reviews that complain about the same thing. I guess you just have to be content with a downward trend.
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The key to the scale is make sure it is on a flat and level surface (some floor tiles aren't) and to weigh yourself at the same time everyday. I can check my weight 10x in one day and I'll get 10 different readings
 
Keto for me: 350lbs in college, now a stealth 207, 6'5"

Caj, thank me latter for this:

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Expensive, but you are an attorney:)
 
Low carb diets can be safe and effective. But I wouldn't take it past 3 weeks.

When you starve your body of carbs, you starve it of protein. I.e., your body metabolizes the protein for energy. Leaving little protein for body maintenance. Is that weight you are losing coming from your heiny, or from your liver, heart, lungs?

Disclaimer: I am a biologist. I am not a doctor; this is not medical advice. You are fully responsible for any damage or death from listening to what I say.
 
Gamecock said:
Low carb diets can be safe and effective. But I wouldn't take it past 3 weeks.

When you starve your body of carbs, you starve it of protein. I.e., your body metabolizes the protein for energy. Leaving little protein for body maintenance. Is that weight you are losing coming from your heiny, or from your liver, heart, lungs?

Disclaimer: I am a biologist. I am not a doctor; this is not medical advice. You are fully responsible for any damage or death from listening to what I say.
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That's not what my doctor says. He's been doing it for 15 years or more. I guess he used to be pretty fat before I knew him.
You are not starving your body of protein as you are eating a lot of meat. Your body get's its energy from fat instead of sugars and starches.
My doctor says I have a fatty liver and it will fix that.
It's supposed to be good for people with high blood sugar also.
 
Keep at it.

During 2018 is slowly over a few months slipped into a veto diet; partly to loose weight and partly to relieve an auto immune inflammation issues.

Mid-May I went completely Keto. It is the best thing I've done in years. I'm now down a little over 60 pounds. My joints are pain free and I'm medication free. My blog pressure has dropped and I no longer need to to take blood pressure pills.

Slowly dropping starchy carbs out of my diet made it easy to stick to a keto diet life style. I don't miss the carbs.

I've never been a big beer drinker. Thankfully whiskey is Keto friendly.

This is a snapshot of a normal Keto dinner: steak, salad, veggies and a small glass of dry red wine. I don't miss the potato and bread one bit. I don't feel deprived or like I'm "dieting" one bit.

Oh and I've got really good at selecting perfect avocados.

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Gamecock said:
Low carb diets can be safe and effective. But I wouldn't take it past 3 weeks.

When you starve your body of carbs, you starve it of protein. I.e., your body metabolizes the protein for energy. Leaving little protein for body maintenance. Is that weight you are losing coming from your heiny, or from your liver, heart, lungs?

Disclaimer: I am a biologist. I am not a doctor; this is not medical advice. You are fully responsible for any damage or death from listening to what I say.
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Low carb doesn't mean no carb; it does mean no fried food, no processed carbs; etc. plenty of carbs in a lot of vegetables. That said, most of us who go these plans already have plenty of carbs stored around our waists for the body to feed from.
 
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brigeton said:
I quit smoking last April...
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Bravo! That's great!

brigeton said:
I'm in my late 60s and I know it's harder to lose as you get older. I've had burgers on a plate with no bun but they don't taste the same.
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I don't eat a lot of meat, but I do love a good cheeseburger now and then. Try this for your next burger-without-a-bun:

Use the ground beef or ground chuck that's 96% lean. Or even ground turkey. Prepare the meat as you normally do, and make it any size you wish. I usually make mine in half-pound patties, and it'll lose some of that as it cooks. When it's almost done, lay half a slice of your favorite cheese on it and let it melt.

Then eat the bunless burger with some cole slaw and maybe some vegetarian grillin' beans. You might even apply a little (very little) of your favorite steak sauce to the burger. Or some onion. It helps to give the thing some flavor, as the 96% lean stuff might dry out a bit while cooking.

It's filling, and it's simple. There's no sense in overcomplicating a meal (or a diet).

Also, a good exercise program will help keep that weight off.
 
I've been on it for about four months. I've lost about 20 pounds but, more importantly, my blood sugar is normal. I was on 1000 mg of Metformin before I started. None for me now. And I haven't found it particularly difficult to maintain even though I have a killer sweet tooth. My wife has been on it for over a year. She lost almost 40 pounds and her numbers are those of a 30-year-old though she is somewhat older than that. 😁
 
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