Has anyone tried "Your Last Diet"?

Hi everyone -

I'm new here. I've been reading posts for awhile and thought I'd
chime in. First, about Kirstie, I can totally feel her pain! I lost
50 lbs. about 20 years ago and kept it off for 15 years by exercising
and eating smaller meals. But then about 5 years ago I had a neck
surgery and have had a lot of physical problems along the way which
leaves me unable to do my 2 hour workouts like I used to. I just
started doing pilates about two weeks ago and find it's the only
exercise I can possibly do, especially now since I'm recovering from a
broken ankle. sigh

So...having said all that, I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT! I miss my cute
self. I've been reading "Your Last Diet" and have started the program
a few days ago. It seems really interesting to me regarding reducing
and then eliminating sugar. I definitely have that sugar addiction
and to a lesser extent a carb addiction. I get in a trance when I eat
those things and they disappear quickly!

I also really liked the idea of having three meals with no snacks in
between in order to reduce the possibility of grazing. This is
contrary to every other diet I've read about which suggest 5-6 small
meals throughout the day to "maintain an elevated metabolism". I also
like the idea of eating protein with each meal which I have not done,
especially with breakfast.

I'm interested if anyone here has tried this and to hear how they did
on it.

On Wed, 13 May 2009 10:14:42 -0700 (PDT), LauraM wrote:

Hi everyone -

I'm new here. I've been reading posts for awhile and thought I'd
chime in. First, about Kirstie, I can totally feel her pain! I lost
50 lbs. about 20 years ago and kept it off for 15 years by exercising
and eating smaller meals. But then about 5 years ago I had a neck
surgery and have had a lot of physical problems along the way which
leaves me unable to do my 2 hour workouts like I used to.

iT WAS YOUR LOWERED CONSUMPTION NOT YOUR EXERCISE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO
YOUR WEIGHT LOSS THE MOST.

I just
started doing pilates about two weeks ago and find it's the only
exercise I can possibly do, especially now since I'm recovering from a
broken ankle. sigh

So...having said all that, I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT! I miss my cute
self. I've been reading "Your Last Diet" and have started the program
a few days ago. It seems really interesting to me regarding reducing
and then eliminating sugar. I definitely have that sugar addiction
and to a lesser extent a carb addiction. I get in a trance when I eat
those things and they disappear quickly!

I also really liked the idea of having three meals with no snacks in
between in order to reduce the possibility of grazing. This is
contrary to every other diet I've read about which suggest 5-6 small
meals throughout the day to "maintain an elevated metabolism". I also
like the idea of eating protein with each meal which I have not done,
especially with breakfast.

I'm interested if anyone here has tried this and to hear how they did
on it.


--
Don't ever ya(say) I don't love Dr. McIntire. Who the **** else
will pay my bills?

On May 13, 10:14 am, LauraM wrote:
Hi everyone -

I'm new here. I've been reading posts for awhile and thought I'd
chime in. First, about Kirstie, I can totally feel her pain! I lost
50 lbs. about 20 years ago and kept it off for 15 years by exercising
and eating smaller meals. But then about 5 years ago I had a neck
surgery and have had a lot of physical problems along the way which
leaves me unable to do my 2 hour workouts like I used to. I just
started doing pilates about two weeks ago and find it's the only
exercise I can possibly do, especially now since I'm recovering from a
broken ankle. sigh

So...having said all that, I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT! I miss my cute
self. I've been reading "Your Last Diet" and have started the program
a few days ago. It seems really interesting to me regarding reducing
and then eliminating sugar. I definitely have that sugar addiction
and to a lesser extent a carb addiction. I get in a trance when I eat
those things and they disappear quickly!

I also really liked the idea of having three meals with no snacks in
between in order to reduce the possibility of grazing. This is
contrary to every other diet I've read about which suggest 5-6 small
meals throughout the day to "maintain an elevated metabolism". I also
like the idea of eating protein with each meal which I have not done,
especially with breakfast.

I'm interested if anyone here has tried this and to hear how they did
on it.

LauraM,

Good luck with your diet. YLD is a good book, and has helped many.
I'm an Atkin's kid myself, but mainly because that's the first book I
read. In any case, I've found it doesn't matter really all that much
what you eat, just cut out Sugar, White Flour, White Rice and reduce
your carbs to the fullest extent. It really helped me to use a
calorie counting program to see where the carbs actually are. I use
LoseIt! for the iPhone now, but also have used http://caloriecount.about.com.

-A

On Wed, 13 May 2009 22:29:42 -0700 (PDT), Atticus wrote:

Good luck with your diet. YLD is a good book, and has helped many.
I'm an Atkin's kid myself, but mainly because that's the first book I
read. In any case, I've found it doesn't matter really all that much
what you eat,

This out to be good.

just cut out Sugar, White Flour, White Rice and reduce
your carbs to the fullest extent.

I thought it didn't matter what you eat?

It really helped me to use a
calorie counting program to see where the carbs actually are. I use

heh

spammer.
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On May 13, 10:14*pm, LauraM wrote:
Hi everyone -

I'm new here. *I've been reading posts for awhile and thought I'd
chime in. *First, about Kirstie, I can totally feel her pain! *I lost
50 lbs. about 20 years ago and kept it off for 15 years by exercising
and eating smaller meals. *But then about 5 years ago I had a neck
surgery and have had a lot of physical problems along the way which
leaves me unable to do my 2 hour workouts like I used to. *I just
started doing pilates about two weeks ago and find it's the only
exercise I can possibly do, especially now since I'm recovering from a
broken ankle. *sigh

So...having said all that, I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT! * I miss my cute
self. *I've been reading "Your Last Diet" and have started the program
a few days ago. *It seems really interesting to me regarding reducing
and then eliminating sugar. *I definitely have that sugar addiction
and to a lesser extent a carb addiction. *I get in a trance when I eat
those things and they disappear quickly!

I also really liked the idea of having three meals with no snacks in
between in order to reduce the possibility of grazing. *This is
contrary to every other diet I've read about which suggest 5-6 small
meals throughout the day to "maintain an elevated metabolism". *I also
like the idea of eating protein with each meal which I have not done,
especially with breakfast.

I'm interested if anyone here has tried this and to hear how they did
on it.

On May 13, 10:29*pm, Atticus wrote:
On May 13, 10:14 am, LauraM wrote:





Hi everyone -

I'm new here. *I've been reading posts for awhile and thought I'd
chime in. *First, about Kirstie, I can totally feel her pain! *I lost
50 lbs. about 20 years ago and kept it off for 15 years by exercising
and eating smaller meals. *But then about 5 years ago I had a neck
surgery and have had a lot of physical problems along the way which
leaves me unable to do my 2 hour workouts like I used to. *I just
started doing pilates about two weeks ago and find it's the only
exercise I can possibly do, especially now since I'm recovering from a
broken ankle. *sigh

So...having said all that, I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT! * I miss my cute
self. *I've been reading "Your Last Diet" and have started the program
a few days ago. *It seems really interesting to me regarding reducing
and then eliminating sugar. *I definitely have that sugar addiction
and to a lesser extent a carb addiction. *I get in a trance when I eat
those things and they disappear quickly!

I also really liked the idea of having three meals with no snacks in
between in order to reduce the possibility of grazing. *This is
contrary to every other diet I've read about which suggest 5-6 small
meals throughout the day to "maintain an elevated metabolism". *I also
like the idea of eating protein with each meal which I have not done,
especially with breakfast.

I'm interested if anyone here has tried this and to hear how they did
on it.

LauraM,

Good luck with your diet. *YLD is a good book, and has helped many.
I'm an Atkin's kid myself, but mainly because that's the first book I
read. *In any case, I've found it doesn't matter really all that much
what you eat, just cut out Sugar, White Flour, White Rice and reduce
your carbs to the fullest extent. *It really helped me to use a
calorie counting program to see where the carbs actually are. *I use
LoseIt! for the iPhone now, but also have usedhttp://caloriecount.about.com.

-A- Hide quoted text -

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I don't know why someone said you're a spammer. I swear these groups
are strange.

I'm really liking how I'm feeling without so much sugar and have
learned alot about insulin and glucose levels. Since your're an
Atkins guy you probably know this.....what are the daily recommended
allowances for carbs on Atkins?

Thanks for the link to count calories. I saved it on my desktop.

LauraM wrote:

I don't know why someone said you're a spammer. *I swear these groups
are strange.

Atticus has a short history on ASDLC and pitched a
product with a URL. When I read the message the
possibility occured to me. Based on that there's no way
I was going to follow the URL. If someone who has a
long posting history posts a URL I may well follow it, but
not a new poster or a low rate poster. S/he also gave a
URL with no partial quotes of its contents - I don't care
how long or good your posting history is I'm unlikely to
follow a URL without a quote of its contents to help tell me
if following the link is going to be worth it.

It may have been a knee jerk reaction but the reason behind
it is very clear. No cautious or experienced reader would
follow such a link unless they already knew the site from
other sources. I've used about.com before but without a
partial quote as a sample, not gonna happen anyways.

... *Since your're an
Atkins guy you probably know this.....what are the daily recommended
allowances for carbs on Atkins?

Atkins is a process that uses the reactions of your own
body (detecting ketonuria) to discover a fully customized
carb count. It's not one number that works for everyone,
it's a starting point that works for 99+% then a process
to discover the level that works best for your own body.

Because it's fully customized like that it works for a higher
percentage of people who do follow the directions than any
one-size-fits-all plan can. Because it's fully customized
like that a low percentage of people do actually follow the
directions. I think that's why newer plans that have
become popular aren't as customized - It's hard to get
people to follow directions and even harder to write
directions that will be easily understood by large numbers.
So newer plans do variations on the one-size-fits-all method.

On May 14, 9:29*am, Doug Freyburger wrote:
LauraM wrote:

I don't know why someone said you're a spammer. *I swear these groups
are strange.

Atticus has a short history on ASDLC and pitched a
product with a URL. *When I read the message the
possibility occured to me. *Based on that there's no way
I was going to follow the URL. *If someone who has a
long posting history posts a URL I may well follow it, but
not a new poster or a low rate poster. *S/he also gave a
URL with no partial quotes of its contents - I don't care
how long or good your posting history is I'm unlikely to
follow a URL without a quote of its contents to help tell me
if following the link is going to be worth it.

It may have been a knee jerk reaction but the reason behind
it is very clear. *No cautious or experienced reader would
follow such a link unless they already knew the site from
other sources. *I've used about.com before but without a
partial quote as a sample, not gonna happen anyways.

... *Since your're an
Atkins guy you probably know this.....what are the daily recommended
allowances for carbs on Atkins?

Atkins is a process that uses the reactions of your own
body (detecting ketonuria) to discover a fully customized
carb count. *It's not one number that works for everyone,
it's a starting point that works for 99+% then a process
to discover the level that works best for your own body.

Because it's fully customized like that it works for a higher
percentage of people who do follow the directions than any
one-size-fits-all plan can. *Because it's fully customized
like that a low percentage of people do actually follow the
directions. *I think that's why newer plans that have
become popular aren't as customized - It's hard to get
people to follow directions and even harder to write
directions that will be easily understood by large numbers.
So newer plans do variations on the one-size-fits-all method.

Do you mean that because there's more work involved in figuring out
what works best for you (fully customized), not as many people
actually do it? Nothing good in life comes without work. "Your Last
Diet" seems to be very sensible and I like that I feel like I'm
understanding more about how our bodies process what we eat.

I'm keeping a journal for every meal and also writing everything down
including the protein and carb contents. I googled the Atkins diet
and one url said that starting at 20 grams of carbs isn't the best
idea because of the likelihood of not staying on it. They suggest
starting at 80 grams or even higher and then gradually reducing it.
That makes sense to me. Even though Your Last Diet doesn't really
speak about the number of carbs, I am trying to control the number.

It's been a few days now and I haven't had any processed sugar.
Yeah! Only from fresh raspberries and blackberries which I mash and
put on top of a mini wheat bagel in the morning, which I have
alongside my Metrx Whey Protein drink.

It's a way of life, not a diet. I used to live that and I'm trying to
get back to it. I feel like an addict going through withdrawal!

"LauraM" wrote in message
...
On May 14, 9:29 am, Doug Freyburger wrote:
LauraM wrote:

I don't know why someone said you're a spammer. I swear these groups
are strange.

Atticus has a short history on ASDLC and pitched a
product with a URL. When I read the message the
possibility occured to me. Based on that there's no way
I was going to follow the URL. If someone who has a
long posting history posts a URL I may well follow it, but
not a new poster or a low rate poster. S/he also gave a
URL with no partial quotes of its contents - I don't care
how long or good your posting history is I'm unlikely to
follow a URL without a quote of its contents to help tell me
if following the link is going to be worth it.

It may have been a knee jerk reaction but the reason behind
it is very clear. No cautious or experienced reader would
follow such a link unless they already knew the site from
other sources. I've used about.com before but without a
partial quote as a sample, not gonna happen anyways.

... Since your're an
Atkins guy you probably know this.....what are the daily recommended
allowances for carbs on Atkins?

Atkins is a process that uses the reactions of your own
body (detecting ketonuria) to discover a fully customized
carb count. It's not one number that works for everyone,
it's a starting point that works for 99+% then a process
to discover the level that works best for your own body.

Because it's fully customized like that it works for a higher
percentage of people who do follow the directions than any
one-size-fits-all plan can. Because it's fully customized
like that a low percentage of people do actually follow the
directions. I think that's why newer plans that have
become popular aren't as customized - It's hard to get
people to follow directions and even harder to write
directions that will be easily understood by large numbers.
So newer plans do variations on the one-size-fits-all method.

Do you mean that because there's more work involved in figuring out
what works best for you (fully customized), not as many people
actually do it? Nothing good in life comes without work. "Your Last
Diet" seems to be very sensible and I like that I feel like I'm
understanding more about how our bodies process what we eat.

I'm keeping a journal for every meal and also writing everything down
including the protein and carb contents. I googled the Atkins diet
and one url said that starting at 20 grams of carbs isn't the best
idea because of the likelihood of not staying on it. They suggest
starting at 80 grams or even higher and then gradually reducing it.
That makes sense to me. Even though Your Last Diet doesn't really
speak about the number of carbs, I am trying to control the number.

It's been a few days now and I haven't had any processed sugar.
Yeah! Only from fresh raspberries and blackberries which I mash and
put on top of a mini wheat bagel in the morning, which I have
alongside my Metrx Whey Protein drink.

It's a way of life, not a diet. I used to live that and I'm trying to
get back to it. I feel like an addict going through withdrawal!


Laura, I know what you mean. I have started LC and the withdrawals were
strong at first. Now I have more energy than I have had in a long time. I'm
62 years old and doing the LC thing is the best plan for me and my body. I'm
at 40 grams of carbs a day, and that is what my body lets me know works
best. Very slow in losing, but I feel sooo much better.
Good luck with YLD. Sounds like that is the best for you

Peaches

On Thu, 14 May 2009 08:24:18 -0700 (PDT), LauraM wrote:

I don't know why someone said you're a spammer. I swear these groups
are strange.

What's strange is that you can't detect a spammer. Then, you're headed
down a known path of failure on this "Last Diet" crap so questioning
your mental acuity is spot on.
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http://tinyurl.com/5gt7