50 lbs in 4 months! = Easy

Thank you Thank you so so much!!!!!. After reading your post I realized that I had wanted to watch that movie especially after watching Supersize me. I thought after watching that movie (Supersize Me) and countless others I had given into the "man" for far too long and decided to go raw vegan.....bad bad bad idea, I am not hating on the raw vegans at all but i ate all day and could not eat more han 700 calories. I had some serious sugar buzzes and i though that the energy problem would be solved by this...wrong. I finally observed my eating habits next to my energy level and realized that after eating a carby meal I was absolute toast. no pun intended. I decided to go low fat low carb....can you say feeling blue plus serious cravings....so I finally decided to watch fathead not really knowing what it was about, I even laughed when he laid out what he wanted to do, i thought it was a joke...then I watched the whole thing, twice, and did my own common sense reasoning and also did some research. This guy was onto something so my husband ( type 2 diabetic) and I who lived a carb centered diet decided to just do the high protien, high fat, low carb thing- and wow I can already say that in two days my husband has already lost weight and so did I. I guess it is wise to use common sense and listen to your body. IEat things in thier simplist of form and don't eat stuff that has been modified- if you take something out hat was originally supposed to be there you have to replace it with something synthetic-

Love, Peace, and Bacon Grease

Fat Head is a great movie, and should be watched by anyone that is trying to loose weight. I always knew that Low Carb was the way to go from when I did Atkins back in 2003ish, but was constantly bashed for it being unhealthy. I fell off the wagon and gained most of the weight back over several years, and am now back on a low carb high fat diet and loving it.

While my weight loss hasn't been dramatic this time, I am loosing inches and just plain feel better. My wife who was suffering from what was diagnosed as a slipped disc in her back has also been completely cured after the first 2 months (which doctors wanted her to have major back surgery) by reducing the inflammation made worse by eating grains.

I'm not going back to any other way of eating for life. I may not always been perfect in the future, but the bulk of my eating will be low carb high fat.

Everything you say is true!!

In the middle of May I wanted to slim down by 50lbs, got to 220 (my heaviest yet), and needed a change. So I started running, and eating right.

While I never kept track of my calories in the first part, I lost a quick 15lbs in two weeks. After that, it's been 2-3lbs a week.

I ate bread, I eat carbs, I eat basically whatever I want (even SOME fast food), and I've lost 25lbs in 2.5 months!!

Like you, I do workout alot...and while I don't burn as many calories as you, I do burn quite a bit when running and doing P90X.

Sticking to one "diet" never did anyone any good in my opinion....diets end, then you go back to where you were. If you just eat right then you're golden!

Just finished watching the movie. Thanks for the tip. It gave me a lot to think about!

Good for you!

And I love Drum & Bugle Corps! My daughter was in a military band while in high school, so we traveled around a lot to events & such. I miss the excitement!

congrats! and i don't think people are hating when they say not to expect rapid weight loss. i think they just don't want you to get discouraged if it doesn't happen. but obviously you did it! great job!

Ok, so today is the day I am starting my lower carb diet. I am saying lower carb because I am aiming for 100 carbs per day. I am not a big meat eater, so I am very scared. lol Both red meat and pork have a laxitive effect on me, so I'm hoping that this way of eating will actually help me. I will document every bite I take and try to note how I feel each day. I have a wierd work schedule, so I have a hard time not hitting the vending machine at 2 am when I'm so tired and not feeling the healthy food I have packed. I just need to suck it up and stick to it.
We will see . . . . .

Nice!! Congrats on your loss! I watched Fathead (twice) and loved it as well. I can't stop telling people about it. So far I've lost 32 lbs (since June 9th) by eating delicious, fatty food. I agree, it's easy! Also, I just noticed that we're practically neighbors! (Murfreesboro here)

Congrats on your weight loss..fabulous!! I'm off to watch the movie and hope it will be a huge inspiration for me.I'm going to share your story with someone close to me that is not on this MFP and hopefully get them to join..

Congrats on your weight loss! I will have to put that movie on my list.