Applying the concepts of "Fat Head"-did it work?

I would also like to know! I have just heard of this concept.

Moderation in all things, and you'll be fine.

As long as you also keep your carbs down, it works fabulously!!! happy

This doesn't even matter to me. I have between 170 and 250g carbs a day and haven't seen any negative effects from it. I just aim for my calorie goal and get my activity in. The macro goals (carb/fat/protein) I try to get around my goal area, doesn't always work out but it hasn't hindered me at all.

I don't eat diet versions of food. I just keep to my calorie goal. I have't been doing good with that part lately, but when I keep to my calorie goal, I do well, even though I am eating whole cottage cheese, etc.....

The man in the movie kept his at or near 100g of carbs per day.

As long as you also keep your carbs down, it works fabulously!!! :happy:

Yes, you would probably want to watch your carb intake when eating a high fat diet. When I was losing weight rapidly, I ate all fat-free & low-fat foods, on top of keeping my carbs below 120g. Now that I've been maintaining for over a year, I keep my carbs at 130g and below, and enjoy small portions of full-fat cheeses (1oz servings) from time to time, but still eat FAGE 0% Greek yogurt, & drink skim milk.

He is doing a basic low carb diet and it definitely works but it needs to be a lifestyle change not just a fad diet because you will gain the weight back.

I have been doing this for about 4-5 mos now (and I just watched the movie this wk), just by doing a primal diet, and eating REAL food, just watching the quantity of it.

It works, better than anything else I've done in the past. I try to keep my carbs about 100 gm/day, and get them from the fruit/veggies/dairy that I eat. Believe me, my whole life I'd been doing that low fat/low cal/whole grain thing, and NEVER got to where I am now, until I totally switched things up. Now it's full fat, lots of protein, few carbs, and I've never looked/felt better.

Most people don't realize that often times low fat=extra sugar. Full fat varieties are usually the most natural, least processed versions as well. Remember that fathead wasn't all about avoiding carbs. Instead it was mainly pointing out that you can eat crap if you want, as long as your calories are tracked and controlled based on your goals. I think fathead would have been even better if he had completely disregarded macros and focussed on just calories, as well as taking it to Sperlock who needs to be taken down a peg or two.

The only problem with higher fat is that fat has more calories in smaller amounts of food than carbs and proteins, so it's tough to fill up and stay within a reasonable amount of calories.

eeesh, mine is about double that at 198. I have to watch it tonight.

Compared to the standard diet, that's actually not too bad. The average american eats 300-400 carbs per day.

But yes, 75-100g is generally my sweet-spot (enough that I can still enjoy some fruit, but still lose weight).

This might sound stupid, but does "full fats" and "primal kind of meats" mean .....regular hamburger as opposed to lean or extra lean?? Or should you still eat lean....I have been reading about this concept quite a bit but need to research more as to WHAT foods exactly make a more natural, primal, high fat diet.

I've just watched this and I am low carbing all ready and do use full fat everything. It works for and my diabetes so I am very happy!

Most of the time, the only reason I pick low-fat or fat-free is because the cholesterol is lower, like with cow's milk when I drink that. Otherwise, I don't worry about full-fat versions, because they aren't the staple of my diet, merely a supplement.

I just finished watching Fathead. For the past three years, I've been inadvertently eating a diet that I think the fathead creator would more or less approve. I didn't eat fast food everyday, but I don't think that was the point that the creator was trying to make. Instead, I believe he was trying to present evidence against the lipid hypothesis.

In other words, as long as I maintained an active lifestyle, then I ate with the understanding that:

1) naturally occurring saturated fat is not bad for you. trans fats were avoided whenever possible.

2) starchy carbs should be eaten in moderation (preferably on training days)

3) simple sugars should be avoided whenever possible.

4) My diet was generally based on setting a baseline protein level which generally hovered between 30% - 40% and consisted of natural cuts of meat (lean as well as fatty) and protein shakes accompanied with lots and lots of veggies. On a side note, my Muscle Milk protein shakes have a pretty good amount of saturated fats.

What has been the result of my eating style for the past three years? Well, I can say without hesitation that I've been pretty pleased with my blood test results. This is all personal stuff, but heck, I don't mind...

Triglycerides 57
HDL 67
VLDL 11

Also, my bodyweight has always hovered between 155 and 160 for the past three years despite never ever feeling deprived of food. In fact, with my high protein, moderate fat diet, it hasn't always been easy to eat all of my planned calories on a daily basis. I also feel great and have a lot of energy everyday.

I've been an MFP'er for over three years, but my obsession with nutrition began well before that. For the past several years I've been reading up on as many nutritional sites and books as I could and came up with what I thought was the best plan for me. Personally, I don't think it's any coincidence that the diet plan I came up with bears a close resemblance to the precepts in Fathead. I actually came into watching the movie with a lot of skepticism, thinking it would just be a lot of low-carb dogmatic preachings, but I was happy to see that that wasn't the case at all.

HTH

I will have to check it out