On Apr 29, 5:48 pm, Doug Freyburger wrote:
Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:

I understand how that all-or-nothing approach helps people, but it intimidates
and discourages me. My goal in life is not to be the kind of eater who avoids
carbs at all costs.

For some people specific foods or foods over some glycemic load do have
to be avoided at all costs or they get driven off the plan.

For some people they can eat anything on occasion and not get driven off
the plan.

Thinking you fall in one class or the other is just a guess. It's
something that has to be tried and learned for certain by experiment.
And it's not just binary on or off. There are shades of gray in between
that may need to be learned.


I agree completely. It also makes a big difference where you are in
terms of a plan like Atkins. If you're only a month into it and have
50lbs more to lose it's a lot different than if you're at goal weight
and in maintenance. In the first instance, you have a lot to lose,
(no pun) in terms of screwing up the whole thing. In the latter case,
you know how your body reacts and a few days or a week of eating the
wrong stuff you can likely recover from without a long term screw-
up. An example for me personally is when I'm traveling on vacation.
If I'm in Paris or Italy, while I still choose a lot of LC type food,
I'm also not going to deny myself some delicious desserts, some
lasagna, and pizza.

I think we are all on the same page here on this one.