[fast5] Update

Hi everyone, I've been at this for a few months now and I wanted to let you know how I'm doing. It's been a lot of trial and error for me but I've reached my goals.

Firstly, I've read countless times on this board that nearly everyone here advocates a low carb diet. I have found for myself, with my weight training and running that I absolutely cannot eat low carb. It doesn't work for me AT ALL. It was pretty frustrating that I'd actually bought into that for so long and if I hadn't, I would've gotten to my goal sooner.

What does work for me however, is a low fat whole grains based diet. I open my eating window at 3pm and I'll have a hearty bowl of whole grain cereal with soy milk, whole wheat pitas stuffed with hummus and spinach or natural peanut butter and a protein shake with some glutamine. Then I'll have some low-fat yogurt and some popcorn. By this time, I'm easily satisfied until dinner where I'll cook some lean meat/fish and have a huge portion of veggies. I'm not eating fruit because it doesn't seem to benefit me in any way. For a while I did "low carb" and ate only veggies and fruits as my carbs and found I was spinning my wheels. I was still soft and jiggly with no muscle and had no energy for my workouts. Now, I eat my meals and workout about 8pm with TONS of energy.

It wasn't until I centered my diet around whole grains that I could put on mass and cut body fat. I started out here at about 140 pounds and I'm down to 115. Not only that, I'm not starving while I'm fasting. The hunger is easily manageable with my high intake of bulky low glycemic carbs.

I'm not saying this is for everyone but it's definitely healthy for me. I've also read dozens of research articles on studies done by universities that demonstrate the huge benefits of a whole grain diet.

Hate to be so in your face in refuting the rampant low carb dogma that's everywhere these days but I wanted to share that I'm living proof that low carb isn't the be all that ends all for everyone.

Thanks for listening.

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