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This is a lie. What structured low carb diet "says fruits and veggies aren't good, but pork rinds are"? I'd love to know. My initial experience with low carb back in the day was that I saw a vast increase in my vegetable consumption...and I'm far from a fan of pork rinds.

Almost every human being in the history of existence has been on a restricted diet consisting of a limited amount of food options, eaten regularly across the entirety of their lives. This whole idea that humans need incredible variety, and indeed even historically have access to immense variety, is a first world myth.

Umm, no. I've lost over 100 lbs. I lost the first 40 or so almost 4 years ago, low carbing, and made the switch. That 40 is still off. I wish people would stop pushing this lie that if you lose eating a specific diet that you'll automatically, like magic, gain weight if you eat in a different way later. The only reason…

And, at what point do you imagine the risk for "cardiac events and death" occur? As I never advocated aggressively cutting to the point in starvation when the body would begin to consume vital organs and muscle tissue in order to survive.

I'm well aware of the process. And the fact that this literally has nothing to do with what I said.

Extremely effective for some people. It was for me. If it wasn't for my massive sweet tooth, low carbing would be my natural way of eating at this point; doing it off and on for years literally killed my cravings for almost all high carb foods. I have never gained weight while low carbing, and that's without counting…

Wait, are you serious? You do realize that I am not talking about starvation, right? The vital tissues, including cardiac, will be catabolized in actual starvation, but that none of my posts are even remotely referencing starvation?

I'm aware of the process of muscle building. I never said it was "easy". I'm saying the fear mongering often associated with weight loss regarding muscle loss is often overblown and treated as a permanent condition. It's plausible that somebody would take a more aggressive cut, sacrifice muscle, and then turn around and do…

I love the implication that muscle lost during weight loss can't be, you know, replenished. It's quite possible that somebody could take the approach of losing more aggressively, and once at whatever weight/BMI/bodyfat percentage goal they have, moving into a muscle building phase to reclaim what was lost, and potentially…

Truth. Right here lies truth.

So. Much. This.

I imagine probably about as successful as the long term rate of calorie counting. Abysmal. But I would love to see some concrete numbers.

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I'd eat the hell out of that sammich. And under no delusion that it's a big ole calorie bomb just because it's classified as "healthy". But I'd be satisfied for at least half the day. Making that 721 calories well worth it and still leaving plenty to eat later in the day without having to count a single calorie.

OH! So they just repackaged the old "3 Day Diet" into the "Military Diet"? Lawd. The hungriest I've ever been in my life was trying to get through that diet.

Yes. I don't use calorie counting to lose weight. I rely more on intermittent fasting, but in the past limiting my carbohydrates greatly allowed for me to lose lots of weight without the need to count, weigh or log. If I eliminated all low density/high calorie convenience foods and snacks, especially in the way of sweets,…

It's interesting that I have actual experience with long term famine response, in the form of purposeful fasting (e.g. zero calories), and have never run into any of the big, bad danger zones that people claim happen if you consume under 1200 calories for more than a couple days (including supposed widespread, debilitating…

That's interesting. Are you diabetic? Because I, with potentially the biggest sweet tooth of anybody I know, never crave sweets or "naughty" stuff when I'm genuinely hungry. Those things are almost exclusively wants and typically have nothing to do with real, genuine hunger. Funny how different we all are.

That sounds awesome. I need to stop by your house for dinner!

Yes, I'm quite sure. Since churches have been doing the Daniel Fast for eons and that was just released in 2010. The person I quoted suggested that it's practice roots in a "marketing gimmick" used to "sell a diet book". Which is preposterous considering that it's a religious practice that is done in most places without…

What in the world does this have to do with the Daniel fast? It's a practice based off one of the older books of the bible. It's not a "diet book".

Suppose that depends on how you define "handful".

They don't seem to be anywhere near out of business. http://www.qsrmagazine.com/reports/qsr50-2013-top-50-chart Besides potatoes I've seen string beans, corn, mixed veggies, creamed spinach, salad and soup with veg. That's not bad for fast food. If the OP must eat there instead of cooking they'd have a standard veg…

There are a handful of protestant denominations that observe Lent. I've been to dozens of churches in my life, and am currently a member of a non-denominational church, and almost none of them observe it. Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians and Anglicans are I believe the bigger protestant denominations that still observe…

Yeah, so as much as I enjoy BM, why are you relying on it? You could be making this kind of food at home, and for way cheaper. Seriously roasted chicken with two sides is an incredibly cheap meal to make and one that can be easily bulk cooked packed away for several additional meals.

Do you live in the NE? They've got close to 500 stores but it's still mainly a NE chain. I just checked and we've got over two dozen of them in the NYC/NJ transit area alone, and a bunch more in CT. Also have BM frozen dinners and sides in lots of supermarkets here in the city.