Congrats on that loss but I'm still not sure how you did it (G) "A bit of walking" must have been
miles in the Sahara Desert!
The following is only some of _MY_ CONJECTURE - take it for that!!!
Re: Atkins. I don't know if there is science altho, some in the medical profession are not convinced
it was as bad as they thought. But I think the real basis for it is that people are "addicted" to
carbs and that carbs trigger binges (I can drink WATER to that) and that is what leads to much weight-
gain. So that chocolate cookie leads to another and them maybe a piece of chocolate cake. A
sweetened breakfast cereal wears off quickly, leading to a drop in blood sugar which a mid-morning
donut "fixes" which wears off to lead to another donut. A fast food burger is accompanied by super-
sized fries and the sweet soda or malt. Etc, etc. Folks just overdo the carbs, maybe unconsciously.
So "sweaing" off them or really limiting them helps with that "addiction" and breaks it. It might
also be possible that blood lipids improve on Atkins (supposedly) because folks are getting more
natural fats and not the baked-good's transfats??? We all should probably be eating more nuts
(portion control, folks) and their healthy oils.
Fats are more filling as are proteins. I think the newer Atkins pushes less FATS and more protein
making it potentially healthier??? So that folks eat less overall calories leading to weight loss.
I recall in reading Atkins (4 years ago so I don't know version) that who could argue with eating
steaks and eggs and bacon and cream, etc. You know, frankly, I got real tired of it except the
cheese (G). He pushed that concept though - of filling oneself with steak and eggs which does or
did fit the American food attitude - BEEF! So that was definitely part consumer SALEMENSHIP to
sell the diet.
I know Doc's frowned on the entire ketosis idea since, I think, diabetics, suffer from that. I am
not sure that there is anything in the literature that says ketosis without "disease" is necessarily
bad but it clearly is considered unusual. They also say it stresses the kidneys but normal kidneys
probably have the ability to handle it. Calcium loss is also supposedly an affect????
Just my quick take-CONJECTURE on it (do not try this at home, children
(g))
Let us know what you learn.
ray miller said:Did a WI this morning and was disappointed to learn I stayed the same. did a few WI's and thought
this isn't right - wait. Had a cup of coffee. Walked around a bit. updated Fitday with last nights
excesses. Had what Ray once referred to as a "bottom woosh".
Did my weekly WI again and I'm down 2 to 205 🙂
Nearly ruined it the past two days. On Friday we had some friends round. I made lasagne and drank
too many glasses of wine and ate a couple of pieces of chocolate orange. Not too bad but I needed
to count a few exercise points to even things up. Last night we went next door to fix their
computer (had two viruses) and discuss their upcoming holiday in Goa. We took the leftover lasagne
with some spaghetti squash and salad, then topped it off with some wine, and cheese and biscuits. I
could have done with a few more exercise points but unfortunately I didn't do any 🙁 oops.
The Gym on Friday was great. I'm learning new stuff all the time and really get a kick out of it.
Also borrowed three Atkins books from next door, so I'm gonna read up on what Atkins really says.
It sounds like the usual commercial pseudo-science to me so far. But I know that low-carb can work
so I'm keeping an open mind. Maybe the first few chapters are the commercial intro and the real
science comes later.
Ray
