Anyone on one of those no-carb diets?

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

10/27/2003 02:11:32 PM · #1

ust wondering. It seems everyone is on it these days. Of course I ask this while I'm chomping down on a baked potato. heh

So any luck with it? What are you eating today?

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

10/27/2003 02:21:05 PM · #2

My parents have been on it since the start of this year, with no side-effects and have lost about 3 or 4 stone each.

edit: 3/4 stone = 42/56 lbs

Message edited by author 2003-10-27 14:34:16.

jab119

10/27/2003 02:23:12 PM · #3

just be careful on a no carb diet. it will work for some people but it will hurt others.

my best advise is to think smarter when eating. NO French fries...they are your worst enemy. Cut the fried foods , cut back on mayonnaise and cheese.

Soft drinks should be cut WAY back, same goes for the booze.

I lost 40lbs in 8 months eating better and exercising. I did look at the fat content when buying food and selected the items with the least amount of fat (in grams of fat).

I ate some instant oatmeal for break fast ( I hate the stuff), then I would have a banana about 1 hour to 30 minutes before lunch.
I would eat a SMALLER portion lunch than I normally eat.
I would have a smaller portion dinner than normal.

I got a bike and started out riding 5 miles a day for a few weeks, 3 to 4 days a week. then upped it to 10 miles, then to 20 and finally I was doing 25 miles a day 3 to 5 times a week.

On Fridays I would have a huge honking desert somewhere as my treat for all the hard work I did. Then I would ride about 30 miles on Saturday.

I have not really ridden my bike in about a year and have kept the weight off just by watching what I eat.

Good Luck

James

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

10/27/2003 02:28:54 PM · #4

Hey Jab... I'm in Houston too.... where o you ride?

I'min the gym like 5 days a week again (I say "again" because I was AWOL for a while there). It's time to get back in shape. I lift hard but always steered away from cardio. I'm starting cardio again... I'm hating the stair climber. Much rather run at Memorial Park.

ellamay

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

10/27/2003 02:34:50 PM · #5

I tried atkins for about 2 weeks, got VERY sick, friend of mine had kidney failure. For me ended up triggering gall bladder attacks, most pain ever been in. I would be VERY careful. South Beach is similar, but more moderate, i would recommend that one much more so, my mom and dad both lost 10-15 lbs and within fairly short period of time.

kavamama

Panasonic DMC-FZ10

10/27/2003 02:50:41 PM · #6

The No Grain Diet

I have been following (more or less, not religiously) since the end of May and have lost 25 lbs. No ill effects, I'm in better shape, lower BP, pulse rate, etc. Makes more nutritious sence than some of the fads out there, too. Break that carb addiction!

jab119

10/27/2003 02:59:45 PM · #7

Im not far from the Galeria area. I work right at 610 between Woodway and Post Oak. I normally would ride my bike along Braes Bayou from Fondren or Hillcroft into the Med Center/ Zoo area and back. Im not much into weights, and have not had time for the bike lately.

James

Originally posted by bamaster:

Spork99

OM System OM-1

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

10/27/2003 03:19:51 PM · #8

Everyone I know that went on the Atkins or similar no-carb diets, lost a lot of weight at the beginning, but as soon as they started phasing some carbs back in, they gained back every pound and then some.

My Mother-in-Law did Atkins and is now quite plump. She lost about 15lb to begin with and has gained that back plus another 15-20lb.

I lost about 50lb myself, just by exercise and portion control. I still eat anything I want, I just don't "supersize" my portions.

langdon

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

10/27/2003 03:22:49 PM · #9

My girlfriend goes on it and off it every other two weeks.

I find it highly annoying, and worthless to boot. If you're going to go on it, you gotta stay on it for results, otherwise you're just killing yourself a little quicker. :)

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

10/27/2003 03:24:49 PM · #10

My sister did the Atkins and lost over 50 pounds. Right now she is on the maintenance phase or whatever it is called. I'm waiting to see what happens when she eats carbs again.

I did Weight Watchers (online, no meetings) for like 4 months and lost around 30 pounds. I have now kept it off for 9 months, and am starting it again (today as a matter of fact) to lose the rest of what I want to.

I agree -- portion control, healthy food, and exercise is your best combo.

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

10/27/2003 03:25:54 PM · #11

Originally posted by langdon:

hahaha. For Sunday lunch at my mom's, Kelly has to bring her own food, because Mom refuses to cook especially for her since there are 15 or so others of us NOT doing Atkins.

Sonifo

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

10/27/2003 03:36:09 PM · #12

Just exercise and eat good foods. Don't go out to eat all the time. Learn to cook. Did I say exercise! You don't have to run or ride your bike for 10 miles at once. I read somewhere that if you exercise 3 times a day for 10 minutes that it is as good as 30 minutes all at once.

Another thing that is really bad, SUGAR! Don't eat alot of it. When you exercise your body burns the fat unless you eat a lot of sugar then your body is working hard to burn the sugar. And the fat stays.

Drink lots of water!

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

10/27/2003 03:38:13 PM · #13

Tony, if you want to continue your Sex Symbol mode you must do some suffering...otherwise, coconut oil on the bod at the beach will just draw flies.
The South Beach Diet is moderate, but the pain is to CUT WAAY BACK on the Margaritas...not easy for me as we live only a few miles from Tequila, Mexico. Diet perserverance, portion control and exercise are the holy trinity of weight loss. Why don't you post a "Before" photo of your young bod [brace yourselves Girls !].

Pedro

Nikon D200

10/27/2003 03:46:53 PM · #14

keeping your carbs low always makes good sense. Eliminating them does not. Your body is an incredibly efficient machine, and if you eliminate them completely, it will find a way around it. It's a phenomenon often referred to as Glycogen Sparing through a process called Gluconeogenesis. Basically what it means is if you have no external source of carbs (food), it will manufacture glucose (the basic usable form of carbs) via other sources. so (as a few people have referred to in this thread) when you re-introduce carbs, your body is overly efficient at storing them, most easily as fat.

lots of carbs = increased blood sugar = more insulin from your pancreas. Insulin's primary job is to lower blood sugar, and the most efficient storage place is in fat stores. In fact, carbs turn into bodyfat faster than fat turns into bodyfat. figure that one out.

as an interesting aside, fat also satiates your appetite better than most other foods, so a little fat in the diet can be a good thing.

For 15+ years, i've been eating low carb, high protein, moderate fat. I've played with lots of other strategies (I refuse to call them diets) and this has been the best one. If only i'd have been smart enough to give it a cool name and write abook about it...

Pedro

kinks

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

Olympus 17.5-45mm f/3.5-5.6

10/27/2003 04:02:40 PM · #15

do not think about eating.
if you are busy with sth more interesting, then is no time for eating.
One day you are old enough and nobody care how you luck like.

a real story
one chinese girl, who have been lived in estonia 2 years, asked: "why all estonian girls are so slim?"
answer is: "do not eat at all!"
it helps, tried diet.

10/27/2003 04:08:12 PM · #16

I think I'll go on an All Broccoli Diet just to be different. Hot chicks never were attracted to me for my whole body, just my butt. In some third world countries my buttocks has been accused of causing coast to coast rioting and lottery playing. I have to have A4 Gov't clearance in Zimbabwe if I plan on tucking in my shirt.

Maybe the Broccoli Diet will make me so buff the hotties will look at me in the eyes for once. It ain't easy being an internatinal butt star.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

10/27/2003 04:13:43 PM · #17

Enough talk, Tony...post the International Butt Star photograph. The international females are waiting.

Pedro

Nikon D200

10/27/2003 04:17:03 PM · #18

Originally posted by bamaster:

weren't you Al Pacino's butt double once?

10/27/2003 04:21:27 PM · #19

Originally posted by JEM:

Enough talk, Tony...post the International Butt Star photograph. The international females are waiting.

Sorry, my butt and I have been incognito for about six months now. Through a complete accident I flexed my butt while a bus of nuns, during their Day O' Silence, passed by. Eighteen nuns were expelled for shouting out "Ai Chiwawa!" at me. The papers coined me the Silent Killer. Somehow, I fail to see how I am not the victim here.

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

10/27/2003 04:33:22 PM · #20

Tony, your have been wronged - in public. The ACLU is waiting for your call and are prepared to take action against the local Diocese for major damages.

KarenB

Canon EOS-70D

10/27/2003 04:34:53 PM · #21

I did the South Beach Diet for almost 2 weeks. Because Phase I has no carbs (or very little), I had zero energy, and woke one night with excruciating pain in my legs, arms and neck. I could tell it was not pulled muscles. It felt hot, and traveled. I immediately took a vitamin, and ate a banana, drank a lot of water, and had toast. (All at 2AM). Since then I have only done my own program. Low fat, smaller/reasonable portions, balanced with some carbs (whole grains), mostly fruits and veggies, and protein - all unprocessed foods (when possible). And I exercise. I am up to about 6 miles walking per week, and swimming laps for about 20 minutes per week.
I am proud to say I have lost 16 pounds since Aug. 25th!
My parents are still doing the SBDiet, and they are losing weight, and seem healthy. It is just not for everyone. They don't exercise as vigorously as I do ... perhaps that is the difference.

Message edited by author 2003-10-27 16:36:11.

10/27/2003 04:42:27 PM · #22

Karen, you young folks have a certain ration of suffering to endure! When you pass 60 your body says "What the hell, now I'm gonna enjoy myself".

Tony needs a kind word from all of us so please say something encouraging to him...we can only imagine the stress of being an International Butt Star and causing riots in Zimbabwe, and the paparazzi in Houston are terrible.