Yea i tried the "i'm doing a lifestyle change" thing with my family and every week or so they ask "how's your diet going....i mean your 'lifestyle change' " (using finger quotes and everything, very dramatic). Lets just say that's getting old really quick. I just switched to telling people that "I was having stomach issues so i decided to cut gluten out for a while and i got a ton better, and even sometimes heavy starches like rice and potatoes bring the issues back, so i just try and keep those to a minimum. But I feel so much better now." This usually ends the conversation because they don't feel like talking about my digestive issues

I like the menthol cigarettes line. - stealing that.

Lets face it...If everyone did a low carb/healthy diet...Would MFP exist?

All those that do it...KNOW IT WORKS....And thats all that counts..

And to the doubters out there....Well?

Funny that no one talked to me when I was 40 lbs overweight and said, "you are not healthy, you are killing yourself - you need to do something"
But once you start living healthy and losing weight, the negative naysayers jump right in.

That's pretty interesting Mike. Turn the tables around on them. Next negative remark say, "Where was your concern when I was 40lbs overweight?" If that doesn't shut them up, I don't know what would.

I've not had this problem, oddly. Most people want to know what I'm doing and have gone on to try it for themselves- 3 people so far in my workplace, 2 family members, and more who've made small changes like switching out margarine for butter, that kind of thing. My difficulty is that I work (broadly) in a health policy context, meaning people in my larger department are responsible for "healthy eating" initiatives- you know exactly the kind of thing they say. They are nothing to do with the team I work in, but sit just four "pods" away from me.

Without really meaning to I'm quietly instigating a growing rebellion against our organisation's own advice. I wish I could say it feels good, but it doesn't. The anti-fat mindset is so entrenched I wouldn't be surprised if I got hauled in and told off by senior management if they knew what I was telling people. Never mind that I've lost 88lbs and beaten depression. *sigh*

Im fortunate enough to have an Endocrinologist who is a full-on supporter of eliminating foods based on allergy/reaction tests. She believes in it fully... Even if it lights up as a sensitivity but not a full-blown reaction, she will recommend either limitation or full-on outright elimination.

My insulin resistance thankfully hasnt flared up in about 10 years thanks to an aggressive dietary reconstruction. Combined with medications (I used to take four prescriptions, Im now down to three for the last month!), and my willingness to comply (she never anticipated my full compliance and admitted that to me, LOL), I dropped 64lbs. The fact Ive maintained the last two months doesnt surprise her, and it doesnt upset me in the least bit.

I do get the typical bitter comments from family, but I dont listen to them, in fact when someone of them get downright spiteful about it giving me their two-cents about it, I add them to my food elimination list. I simply dont talk with them anymore and avoid them because I dont need their negative mouths.

When my mother calls and asks 'Why are you avoiding me? Stop being a stranger" - I tell her the naked truth: Youre too damn negative and I dont need someone like you in my life if you continue to badger me about the GOOD THINGS Im doing. Your opinions do not matter to me when you get negative and nasty. So, if you cant be legitimately supportive, then I dont need you around me unless you can say something nice. "

I have very very very very low tolerance for people like my mother, regardless of relation.

Im just glad that I dont get crap at work. I work with all women at the office and EVERYONE is working with each other to eat healthy, lose weight, etc... it feels AWESOME to know that I can openly and freely discuss what Im doing without the bulls*** of someone telling me off.

The first time they asked me legitimately, why I dont eat breads/grains/pastas/rice and such, all I had to do was flip over my bottom lip to show them the kankar sores and open wounds I have that are almost healed. The reactions on their faces are PRICELESS.. "BREAD STUFF DOES THAT TO YOU??!?!?!" No one gives me grief, in fact they are all interested in the meals I prepare that dont use the typical american-starchy sides... they even find my foods delicious too!

I've given up on using the "P" word (paleo) and using terms like "low carb" instead I explain to people that i've given up processed food, flour, I have a gluten intolerance and also cut sugar because I didn't want to become diebetic. I also tell them that i'm "careful" about my protein sources and just leave it at that. My experience is that it's a more readily accepted explanation.

OMG you are killing yourself if you don't starve - you will have a heart attack.
yes there are individuals that are anorexic. but they are not eating the volume of food we are for sure.
I have started incorporating some ESE IF. Mostly because I was noticing that I just wasn't hungry for some meals.
I often end up at 1200cal (not cause I'm stopping myself), and don't eat my calories back - and often have hardcore workouts.
I'm not crashing like everyone predicts, I'm not eating away at my muscle like everyone predicts.
w.e.
yes I stopped posting in the regular forums or reading them - they drive me crazy with all their expertise.

haa ha haa - just had to read the "other" thread. Good thing you punched out. Clearly under eating by the few hundred calories you specified, you probably gave yourself cancer and don't know it. what tremendous idiots. I love the "I'm getting my degree in nutrition so I know everything". (no you know the same crap they continue to sell everyone else). And there are few doctors that I consider experts in nutrition anyway.

I just bought Well Fed. I haven't cooked from it yet - but it came very highly recommended by people in this forum. Very user friendly and the dishes look great. They aren't simple "cook a piece of meat" recipes (so I'll really have to actually cook it would seem)

Has anybody here read Gary Taubes - Why We Get Fat And What to Do It ?

Has anybody here read Gary Taubes - Why We Get Fat And What to Do It ?

I just finished it. It's a nice, quick version of Good Calories, Bad Calories.

I have Well Fed and have been slowly working my way through it. This weekend I tried the Sheperd's pie recipe. Out of 6 servings, I only managed to have 2. The boyfriend ate the rest of it. Other favorites of mine from the book include: Meatza, Italian Sausage spice mix, Olive Oil Mayo, Ranch Dressing, Mashed cauliflower (the best mashed cauliflower recipe I've tried, and I've tried quite a few of them) and Sunshine sauce. The next ones I want to try are probably Chocolate chili and the zucchini noodle dish.

yeah that was interesting over there, I want to go nuts on them all but then I'd be no better so I aborted that mission! I know, I am apparently on deaths door because I am averaging 200-300 less calories a day than them! not because of the years I lived with obesity!

thanks I'll look that one up online - I do better planning my week when I have a few recipe ideas! I am addicted to the egg muffins....best things ever!

There are days I cant eat more than 1000 calories... I make whole-food choices all the time, I do the cooking all the time and I know the specialists working on my case are perfectly aware that there are days I cant eat more than 900-1000 because of the types of food choices I am making. And, they have no problem with that. It happens on the days I rest from the gym. Im sorry but Im not forcing myself to eat more if Im full to the point of being sick. Aint happenin'!

The days I do workout, I am more careful, and I tend to make sure I net 1200 calories by supplementing with a protein smoothie (Ill add wildberries to it, plenty of ice and it becomes almost like ice-cream!)....

Some people will sit on such a high-horse bearing the 'mighty-than-thou' attitude and Im one of the people who will pull a Bart Simpson and knock them off from behind... lol