On Oct 10, 2:00*am, PB wrote:

Kidding. Exercise is gonna make or break me anyways. I'll vary my
eating and stop eating at night. Drinks lots of water.

Now, eating fruits, veggies, chicken, some eggs, whole wheat toast,
diet protein shakes, and granola bars.

My brother, who used to be a pretty decent wrestler, once told me
"water will make you hard." And he was right. Water, or more
loosely, any hydrating fluids (diet soda does count here, I've found;
the diuretic effect of the caffeine seems less prevalent) are GREAT
for you, especially if you're dieting. The body needs water to break
fat down, and it costs nothing in terms of nutrition, so why not?

Thanks for advice anyways though, makes sense. Don't know why low carb
diet is so popular.

Calories are calories as you say, but healthy carbs are needed so....
wtf ?

I believe they're popular because they're popular. Like any fad, some
underinformed person gets ahold of information that seems reliable to
them, and without doing a lot of fact-finding, they just accept it and
promote it themselves. Then, through positive feedback, everybody's
onboard, until somebody starts knocking it, or another fad takes over.

It's not that they don't work, it just seems completely counter-
intuitive to opt for a radical change in dietary makeup, when the
effects are no different than simply balancing out portions in a
balanced diet. It doesn't hurt to bump up your portions of "good"
carbs (ie. starches and long-energy foods) and protein, because there
IS a benefit in calories. With carbs/protein, you're getting 4
kilocal/g, versus 7 kilocal/g for fat. They're less efficient at
packing energy, so your body gets less net energy, and you're more
likely to fall into deficit.

All that said, though, it just seems like a lot of people pick a diet
and THEN learn what it's about. Which is silly.