On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:31 AM, littlelissa23 <littlelissa23@yahoo.com> wrote:
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.
Although a lowish carb diet suits me, I absolutely agree with you. I first came to low carb throught the Heller's books and, although they all about low carbing, they were very quick to stress that, when it comes to what we eat, there is no one-size-fits-all and that low carbing would definitely NOT suit everyone.
I think the problem is that people become so desperate to lose weight that they 'buy into' whatever diet they're currently on and if it doesn't work, blame themselves. This, of course, is what the diet industry relies on. Most studies show that, of everyone who successfully loses weight on a calorie restriced diet, only 4% keep the weight of for at least a year. People fail time and time again and yet keep throwing more and more money atdoing exactly the same thing. In fact most keep putting on even more weight due to the rebound effect.
I've been Fast5ing for about 20 months now. This is the first way of eating that's actually let me listen to my body and decide for myself what foods seem to agree with me and what don't. I've changed what I eat over that time. I'm not as low carb as I used to be, but have found grains don't seem to suit me. I was a low carb total carnivore when I started out on Fast5, now I'm veering towards more of a raw food diet. This has given me the freedom to experiment with food and eat what I think my body wants, rather than what the latest diet craze is saying I should eat.
I have no more weight to lose (my weights been stable at about 110 pounds for a while now) and, although I may experiment with what I eat, I don't see me ever giving up the Fast5 way of eating.
Cheers
Kirsteen
I think the problem is that people become so desperate to lose weight that they 'buy into' whatever diet they're currently on and if it doesn't work, blame themselves. This, of course, is what the diet industry relies on. Most studies show that, of everyone who successfully loses weight on a calorie restriced diet, only 4% keep the weight of for at least a year. People fail time and time again and yet keep throwing more and more money atdoing exactly the same thing. In fact most keep putting on even more weight due to the rebound effect.
I've been Fast5ing for about 20 months now. This is the first way of eating that's actually let me listen to my body and decide for myself what foods seem to agree with me and what don't. I've changed what I eat over that time. I'm not as low carb as I used to be, but have found grains don't seem to suit me. I was a low carb total carnivore when I started out on Fast5, now I'm veering towards more of a raw food diet. This has given me the freedom to experiment with food and eat what I think my body wants, rather than what the latest diet craze is saying I should eat.
I have no more weight to lose (my weights been stable at about 110 pounds for a while now) and, although I may experiment with what I eat, I don't see me ever giving up the Fast5 way of eating.
Cheers
Kirsteen
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