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Interesting. The disdane the people in the article have for lo-carbers is
amazing. -- - Bear Grrrrrrrr : o) 297/277/210 http://home.earthlink.net/~polarbear50/index.html "Lorelei" wrote in message ink.net... http://www.startribune.com/stories/438/4362434.html Lori |
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"Lorelei" wrote in message ink.net... http://www.startribune.com/stories/438/4362434.html Lori "I don't think I've ever seen a diet fad that has had this kind of lasting impact," said J.P. Samuelson, chef-owner of jP American Bistro in Minneapolis. "I'm amazed at how prevalent it is. It's definitely on the radar." -Maybe because it actually works? It really bugs me that low-carb has been bestowed with the label of a 'fad' diet, though I suppose that for a lot of people it will end up being just that. Especially for those who go into it uneducated, and then can't live within the self-imposed and incorrect guidelines of eating 'no' carbs or eating only meat, cheese and eggs. "People are looking for the miracle cure for their own over-consumption. If everyone cut portions, bought higher-quality food, ate more slowly and exercised, then we wouldn't have these fad diets." -And if that had worked for me, I'd never have been motivated to try low-carb - I wouldn't have needed to. In the past, the only way I was ever able to lose weight was to starve myself and be miserable. Even when getting lots of exercise daily. It wasn't a way of eating that I could sustain or live within, so I'd eventually have to go off it and would regain the weight. Attitudes like the above _really_ bug me. For once in my life, I've found something that works, and works well. Lack of control wasn't my issue. I wasn't sitting on my butt eating bonbons when I gained the weight - I wasn't consuming huge portions of anything. I was getting more exercise on my job than most people get who go to the gym daily. I was back and forth across acres of flight line (and always in a hurry - when your skipper's plane goes down during preflight, you're not going to win any points by strolling casually out there to fix it). I was carrying heavy toolboxes and parts (the lightest box we had weighed 24lbs), and going up and down 1- and 2-story aircraft ladders and maintenance stands at full tilt - for up to 12 hours every day, including most weekends. Lunch was often a bowl of soup or sandwich, dinner was often low-fat pasta with no meat (and not in huge portions). Breakfast was usually toast, a bagel, oatmeal or cereal (when I ate breakfast at all). Snacks were usually a bag of pretzels or cup of low-fat yogurt. All supposedly healthy, all low-fat, all in moderate portions - and all high in refined carbs. I also got a lot of 'wet' carbs (and unnecessary calories) in the form of sports drinks, sodas and juices. And I was *still* fat. Not obese by weight, bodyfat or BMI, but still fat (my average weight was between 167 and 175, from age 25 to 35). When I got out of the service, then I became obese. (and you'd be right to note that I wasn't eating a lot of veggies or fruit daily either - which is why I'm so amused whenever someone tells me how 'bad' Atkins is for me, and how unbalanced it is also. Following Atkins helped me get my diet back in balance, where before it was rather hit-and-miss nutrient-wise. I found that after cutting the flour and sugar, vegetables tasted better to me and I actually wanted to eat them rather than doing it because I 'had' to. I also found that I started craving water, when before I didn't like to drink it). Contrast to now, when I have a purely sedentary job...and feel like I'm always eating. I feel like I eat more daily now than I did then, which actually I probably do - the calorie deficit for me is probably coming more from what I'm not drinking now (juices, sports drinks, and soda) rather than what I'm not eating. And I am now *not* fat by weight, BMI or BF percentage. I'm also older now and less active, which means that the weight should have been harder to take off now than it was when I was in my 20's - but it hasn't been. I've also had no trouble keeping it off, and don't expect I will in the future either. I firmly believe that the 'what' (at least for some people) is just as important as the 'how much'. I'll be interested to see the results of the more in-depth study on the pilot research done he http://tinyurl.com/sgk9 .. The fact that a low-carb group ate more calories (300 more per day), and still lost _more_ weight than the low-fat group (at the same level of activity), is quite interesting to me. It will be interesting to see what the results are with a much larger sample group. Sorry for the long rant - but I feel better, *grin*. Telling me to 'eat in moderation', and to eat only low-fat, never did a thing for me in the past. Telling me to watch sugar and starch (and pay less attention to portion size) did - it made weight loss almost as easy now as it was difficult before. The fact that it really can be this simple has been a revelation for me. I feel like the wall I've been shoving against all these years suddenly toppled over with just the push of a finger. And if it's been that way for me, there are others out there who would experience the same - as long as they aren't scared away from it by all the misinformation first. Stargazer |
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:02:21 GMT, CarbAddict
wrote: From: Bear (Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:43:34 GMT) MsgId: . net Interesting. The disdane the people in the article have for lo-carbers is amazing. Except in JC's case. Thank you for your contribution. |
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:12:39 GMT, "Lorelei"
wrote: http://www.startribune.com/stories/438/4362434.html Lori Low-carbers are ruining it for the bakeries. Oh, boo-hoo. This concept applies to everything. Remember the Tickle Me Elmo craze. Remember the Cabbage Patch craze. Remember this craze. Remember that craze. What happened when all these crazes blew over. Do you whine about your failures or do you persevere and make something better. The way I see it, bakeries have two options. If they want to stay on the black side of the profit margin, that is. They can embrace the trends and try to cater to their customers. Whether they think it's right or not. Or they can buck the trend hoping it will pass over and hopefully stay above water. Either way, you shouldn't whine about other people creating your problems. You choose your own destiny. Of course you should take anything that is written in the Star Tribune with a grain of salt, IMO. |
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article in the Star Tribune
"Bear" wrote in message link.net...
Interesting. The disdane the people in the article have for lo-carbers is amazing. -- - Bear Grrrrrrrr : o) 297/277/210 The article is very condescending. Interestingly, the paper elected to follow the article on their Web site with a link to Smart Carb Choices and Adkins products. I guess it's okay to make fun of it, but still okay to make a little money off it on their web site. I've seen it work for me, and I know this is the first time in my life when I don't finish a meal and obsess over where the next bite of food is coming from , even though I'm stuffed at the time. It's the first time I've stopped eating when I'm satisfied, as opposed to when I simply can't cram another fork full of mashed potatos in my face or I'll pop. I honestly believe that (for me) the carbohydrates litteraly create an imbalance that creates cravings not unlike what an alcoholic must feel. I mean no disrespect to those battling alcoholism, I'v lost one family member to that disease. Please, everyone, keep the faith and hold your head high. My wife and I were watching a show the other day and the dietitian telling about how to eat low-fat was noticeably overweight! I think they have some old-school training to get over. Imagine if researchers had clung to the idea that cancer simply can't be cured or treated. Keep up the good work. Coff Post less, contibute more |
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"Stargazer" wrote in message ...
"People are looking for the miracle cure for their own over-consumption. If everyone cut portions, bought higher-quality food, ate more slowly and exercised, then we wouldn't have these fad diets." It's just good old-fashioned Puritanism, the twin-virtues of hard work (exercise) and self-denial (small portions of awful tasting low-fat food). These dietary Puritans hate low-carb because you don't suffer enough on it. |
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article in the Star Tribune
You'll lose about twenty pounds and then quit.
-- JC Eat less, exercise more. -- "Coff" wrote in message om... "Bear" wrote in message link.net... Interesting. The disdane the people in the article have for lo-carbers is amazing. -- - Bear Grrrrrrrr : o) 297/277/210 The article is very condescending. Interestingly, the paper elected to follow the article on their Web site with a link to Smart Carb Choices and Adkins products. I guess it's okay to make fun of it, but still okay to make a little money off it on their web site. I've seen it work for me, and I know this is the first time in my life when I don't finish a meal and obsess over where the next bite of food is coming from , even though I'm stuffed at the time. It's the first time I've stopped eating when I'm satisfied, as opposed to when I simply can't cram another fork full of mashed potatos in my face or I'll pop. I honestly believe that (for me) the carbohydrates litteraly create an imbalance that creates cravings not unlike what an alcoholic must feel. I mean no disrespect to those battling alcoholism, I'v lost one family member to that disease. Please, everyone, keep the faith and hold your head high. My wife and I were watching a show the other day and the dietitian telling about how to eat low-fat was noticeably overweight! I think they have some old-school training to get over. Imagine if researchers had clung to the idea that cancer simply can't be cured or treated. Keep up the good work. Coff Post less, contibute more |
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