Low-carb diets support thread

Mojisola

TheonlyGayeinthevillage wrote: »

BTW, did anyone see that programme on telly the other night about a professor looking into various diet plans and working out if and how they work? Her conclusion was that if you use more calories than you take in, you will loose weight.

I thought the programme was very disappointing. There is lots of evidence about low carb eating which she didn't mention at all and it's very tedious to see the "calories in/calories out" theory still being promoted. The body is a dynamic system which is constantly adjusting itself - not a machine that operates in only one way.

Have a look back at some of Ted's references, particularly Gary Taubes' lecture - http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=taubes&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#

DaisyClaire

Well day three is almost over for me and my sickness and loo dashing has vanished (woohoo)

mazzers

Humph, as soon as my back is turned this thread goes mad, three, or is it four? pages in one day..

Glad to see spirits are higher :j

Started back properly yesterday as i did some cooking and it makes such a difference, was lovely coming home to moussaka and salad, and have got a muffin with a cuppa now.. mmmm

Wish i could get those davinci syrups from a shop as delivery is expensive from LC megastore, bet they are a real treat with those pancakes, i must get some

I've been putting my smear off for eight years, and am on yearly recall, so made the effort a couple of weeks ago and was not as bad as i thought it would be, alias wear a long skirt that can be hoiked up to hide your fat bits and cover (most of) your modesty, thats what i did and was ok, a real weight off my mind that its done, but.. the only available nurse was a friend of mine.. double :eek:

Ah well, as she said, she's seen half the towns :rotfl::rotfl:

sweetserendipity

Why does this talk of smear tests make me want to cross my legs?! :rotfl:

Good to see you mazzers - where have you been hiding today??

I'm definitely going to meal-plan next week (yes, I'll send you the list alias :rolleyes: ) as I think it will help keep me motivated & hopefully keep an eye on the spending as well. I know it's been said before but I think I do spend more on low-carb foods, especially as I don't want the family eating all the stuff that's good for me but not good for them if they're still eating bread, pasta, rice, spuds etc, so I'm buying different things for them. Phew, did that just make sense?!

pilly, I lost 4lbs last week & lost the plot not long after BUT I'm gonna be good from Monday - if I don't I'll have alias to answer to :eek:

Have started reading the IPD book & I really like it so far. I've laughed at it but it's also made my eyes a bit watery at times as I recognise myself in them Definitely worth a read if you are a big girl like me!! Oh, & voluptuous is just another word for fat apparently - I described myself as a voluptous size 18 earlier in this thread so that's me told!! :rotfl:

mazzers

I work every saturday sweet.

bloody 'ell 4lbs last week, thats brill.

sweetserendipity

mazzers wrote: »

bloody 'ell 4lbs last week, thats brill.

All put back on since Tuesday :shhh: Bl00dy low-carb!! Could have been the Baileys that done it guv!! :rolleyes:

DaisyClaire

Why am I not supposed to have alcohol on Atkins induction phase?

Only its sort of a timeless tradtion in my house to have a booze up on a Saturday night........so ive had a vodka and 'zero coke'....better go to bed before I drink myself silly and ruin it.

mazzers

DaisyClaire wrote: »

Why am I not supposed to have alcohol on Atkins induction phase?

Only its sort of a timeless tradtion in my house to have a booze up on a Saturday night........so ive had a vodka and 'zero coke'....better go to bed before I drink myself silly and ruin it.

Its not just on induction, its best to avoid alcohol altogether :eek:

If this is as impossible for you as it is for me then you can have the odd tipple but you will lose at a slower pace because the body will burn the alcohol as fuel first, then carbs, then fat. So the more you drink, the less you lose.

sweetserendipity

Good morning all

Another day, another lb on

Methinks I need to get that IPD book finished pronto

aliasojo

Lol sweet, I just haven't weighed. I suspect I'm 7 - 8 lbs on by now.