People, get to know your CARBS!

gmvanloo

Bumping this! Just started reading The Primal Blueprint and trying to implement some of his ideas.....

Barneystinson

Gah, the OP rubbed me the wrong way and I actually eat in the method as described as beneficial...

Anyway, count me in on the intermittent fasting camp here. Glad to know there are others out there who recognize the benefits of the occasional fast (done properly). I found Brad Pilon's "Eat Stop Eat" and was intrigued and have implemented 22-24 fasts usually 2-3x monthly.

emederos

A) I'm glad to see this thread still alive and kicking and that it's turned into a full-fledged discussion on the issue.

For the Intermittent Fasting camp, i'd advise you take the following into consideration:

Do not make up for an unplanned binge by skipping meals. A lot of people will eat an unplanned crappy meal, feel guilty about it, and then either not eat for the rest of the day, or become extra drastic the next day. Even worse, they might feel like eating junk later in the day, so they don't eat anything at all before that (basically fasting for almost the whole day) thinking that this will prevent fat gain.

This is just wrong. In fact, these two mistakes are worse than the binge itself.

Not eating for a while (starving yourself for 10 hours) before eating a junk meal will put your body in fat storage mode, and you're actually more likely to store the junk in your trunk than if you had not starved yourself. Furthermore, starving yourself is likely to make you eat even more crap because you'll be more hungry than if you had eaten your normal meals.

Skipping meals after an unplanned binge is no better, especially if you decide to starve yourself the day after a binge to "make up for it." This will create a vicious cycle: by starving yourself you'll actually increase the feeling of hunger and you'll have huge junk food cravings. You then might give in to those cravings by bingeing; this will make you feel guilty so you'll once again starve yourself, etc.

After an unplanned cheat, go back to your regular diet immediately. Accept your mistake, live with it, and do your best not to let it happen again. Don't compound a mistake by trying to counter it with another mistake.



Now, I know there are some people who fast for the supposed benefits, and I know that there are people on both sides of the fence. My point: Make sure you're fasting for the right reasons, doing the fast correctly and coming back to a healthy diet, and not to cheat yourself.

hadababyitsagirl

Emederos, is there a specific site or place that you reference the Glycemic Index? I would like to know where the foods that I eat are rated. Thanks

emederos

Emederos, is there a specific site or place that you reference the Glycemic Index? I would like to know where the foods that I eat are rated. Thanks

you could try http://www.glycemicindex.com/ or just use plain ol google-fu to search the food. honestly there's no go-to place for me.

Soon2beskinny73

All very interesting information although I know most of it since being on Atkins for the last nine months The only thing I know is if I go off Atkins I am a complete mess therefore I don't go off of it if I can help it.

It's strange that I NEVER really thought the way I was eating before was affecting my health , I guess I was so used to feeling tired , lethargic and run down that I just thought it was all due to all the excess weight. Well a lot of it was due to all the excess weight I had but as soon as I started eating right and reducing carbs and upping protein I started to feel really good. I have more energy than I ever and I love how I feel now.

The bad carbs were destroying me and I am just glad that I finally admitted to myself that I needed to change. I was in denial for a very long time and I thought as long as I counted my calories and stayed within that range that I would still lose weight and feel great. Boy was I WRONG!! I was either not losing at all or losing very little each week and it was FRUSTRATING. Now I can easily lose between 3-5 lbs. per week.

Glad this thread was started , very good information!!!

tjones7

just bumping so I can read later

July24Lioness

All very interesting information although I know most of it since being on Atkins for the last nine months The only thing I know is if I go off Atkins I am a complete mess therefore I don't go off of it if I can help it.

It's strange that I NEVER really thought the way I was eating before was affecting my health , I guess I was so used to feeling tired , lethargic and run down that I just thought it was all due to all the excess weight. Well a lot of it was due to all the excess weight I had but as soon as I started eating right and reducing carbs and upping protein I started to feel really good. I have more energy than I ever and I love how I feel now.

The bad carbs were destroying me and I am just glad that I finally admitted to myself that I needed to change. I was in denial for a very long time and I thought as long as I counted my calories and stayed within that range that I would still lose weight and feel great. Boy was I WRONG!! I was either not losing at all or losing very little each week and it was FRUSTRATING. Now I can easily lose between 3-5 lbs. per week.

Glad this thread was started , very good information!!!

There are many more people out there like you and me.................

Most people just don't want to make the lifestyle changes that it takes.