tried to prove low carb no good.

Hi all. Embarrassed to admit I went on a low carb diet over a week ago to
prove to my sister she was on the wrong track.

So for a week I've been abusing a low carb diet written by a certain doctor,
doing everything I can to sabotage it.

I've been eating 4x honey cured bacon and 2 eggs every day. (heaven!) Either
tined tuna or 2x chicken pieces with this lovely salad my wife came up with
(lots of sweet corn! Yum) And STUFFING my self with as much salad and meat
as I can at dinner! (Life just gets better and better)(And lots of salt!)

Just to make sure it didn't work I've been breaking the rules and eating
lots of cashew nuts :-) and I'd die without at least a cup of cold milk
every day.

Yesterday I made a special effort and had two FULL lunches!!! he he he!!!.

I haven't however, eaten any spuds or carb foods. I really miss my muesli
for breakfast and someone please throw me a chocolate bar or a plate of
ice-cream with chocolate topping.



Consequence? Having purchased digital scales to track my weight gain, in
spite of my best efforts to wreck the diet, I've lost 2.9 kg (6.6lb) in just
over a week. I should, at this rate, hit my target weight in just three and
a half weeks.

It took me four miserable months of dieting last year to loose 17lb. :-(



This diet is awesome. And ridiculously delicious.

Cheers

Glen

Anyone want to bet on how long this lasts? I'll put $10 in that he won't
make it past week 3.


Glen Sayers wrote:
:: Hi all. Embarrassed to admit I went on a low carb diet over a week
:: ago to prove to my sister she was on the wrong track.
::
:: So for a week I've been abusing a low carb diet written by a certain
:: doctor, doing everything I can to sabotage it.
::
:: I've been eating 4x honey cured bacon and 2 eggs every day.
:: (heaven!) Either tined tuna or 2x chicken pieces with this lovely
:: salad my wife came up with (lots of sweet corn! Yum) And STUFFING my
:: self with as much salad and meat as I can at dinner! (Life just gets
:: better and better)(And lots of salt!)
::
:: Just to make sure it didn't work I've been breaking the rules and
:: eating lots of cashew nuts :-) and I'd die without at least a cup of
:: cold milk every day.
::
:: Yesterday I made a special effort and had two FULL lunches!!! he he
:: he!!!.
::
:: I haven't however, eaten any spuds or carb foods. I really miss my
:: muesli for breakfast and someone please throw me a chocolate bar or
:: a plate of ice-cream with chocolate topping.
::
::
::
:: Consequence? Having purchased digital scales to track my weight
:: gain, in spite of my best efforts to wreck the diet, I've lost 2.9
:: kg (6.6lb) in just over a week. I should, at this rate, hit my
:: target weight in just three and a half weeks.
::
:: It took me four miserable months of dieting last year to loose 17lb.
:: :-(
::
::
::
:: This diet is awesome. And ridiculously delicious.
::
:: Cheers
::
:: Glen

"Glen Sayers" wrote in message
news:1107548873.178122@ftpsrv1...
Hi all. Embarrassed to admit I went on a low carb diet over a week ago to
prove to my sister she was on the wrong track.

So for a week I've been abusing a low carb diet written by a certain
doctor,
doing everything I can to sabotage it.

It actually works much better if you actually follow the diet as written...
you're going to get a lot of flack, I suspect!

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/4.5/6 Weight 95/78/72Kg
1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

If you are very obese, you may actually lose some weight, despite your
efforts to the contrary.

"Glen Sayers" wrote in message
news:1107548873.178122@ftpsrv1...
Hi all. Embarrassed to admit I went on a low carb diet over a week ago to
prove to my sister she was on the wrong track.

So for a week I've been abusing a low carb diet written by a certain
doctor,
doing everything I can to sabotage it.

I've been eating 4x honey cured bacon and 2 eggs every day. (heaven!)
Either
tined tuna or 2x chicken pieces with this lovely salad my wife came up
with
(lots of sweet corn! Yum) And STUFFING my self with as much salad and meat
as I can at dinner! (Life just gets better and better)(And lots of salt!)

Just to make sure it didn't work I've been breaking the rules and eating
lots of cashew nuts :-) and I'd die without at least a cup of cold milk
every day.

Yesterday I made a special effort and had two FULL lunches!!! he he he!!!.

I haven't however, eaten any spuds or carb foods. I really miss my muesli
for breakfast and someone please throw me a chocolate bar or a plate of
ice-cream with chocolate topping.



Consequence? Having purchased digital scales to track my weight gain, in
spite of my best efforts to wreck the diet, I've lost 2.9 kg (6.6lb) in
just
over a week. I should, at this rate, hit my target weight in just three
and
a half weeks.

It took me four miserable months of dieting last year to loose 17lb. :-(



This diet is awesome. And ridiculously delicious.

Cheers

Glen

Ahh come on guys and girls.
I'll take on that challenge. Hootenanny

PS
I don't follow the "eat all the fat you can" message my sister was
preaching. That I refuse to do and his book certainly doesn't seem to preach
that. Don't know where she got that idea. Blah!

With regards to being obese, I'm afraid I'm not in that field. Due to last
years diet and a new mountain bike my BMI is 23.8.
However I originally lost weight because I was walking along the road
laughing at all the "overweight people" and caught my reflection in a shop
window and suddenly thought "B****Y H**L. It's me they are talking about.
Further to that, I have a 9 month old daughter and I don't want her turning
10 and finding her 55 year old dad is too fat to go water skiing, body
surfing, bike riding etc!
Also, once I get a handle on this died I can hopefully help my sister get
back on track.
Thus my very serious goal is 140lb. about 14 to go.

Cheers



"Perdu" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:23:18 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
Cried out loud... :

Anyone want to bet on how long this lasts? I'll put $10 in that he
won't
make it past week 3.


Yep. Agree. A classic.
Best Regards,

Steve

Tout est per·du fors l'hon·neur

hi, welcome to the group.

since you're already been bashed a few times, i'll try to be
supportive. however:

(1) honey cured bacon is not low carb
(2) who is this doctor - do you mean Atkins? if you are, read the
book!
(3) you're not supposed to stuff yourself regardless of what diet
you're on. low carb makes certain people feel more satiated for
longer, it's not a licence to stuff, remember that!!!!
(4) milk is not low carb - you either have to limit the volume you
drink (btw it's 5g carb per 100ml on full fat) or you'll have to
replace it with Hood's milk like the low carbers in US do, or you have
to just say it out loud "I am a fake low carber!"
(5) read the ASDLC FAQ, you'll find some useful tips and recipes (not
that you cook), and links to success stories
(6) do you exercise? you didn't say.

meanwhile, have a nice weekend.

cheers,
ada

Glen Sayers wrote:
Hi all. Embarrassed to admit I went on a low carb diet over a week
ago to
prove to my sister she was on the wrong track.

So for a week I've been abusing a low carb diet written by a certain
doctor,
doing everything I can to sabotage it.

I've been eating 4x honey cured bacon and 2 eggs every day. (heaven!)
Either
tined tuna or 2x chicken pieces with this lovely salad my wife came
up with
(lots of sweet corn! Yum) And STUFFING my self with as much salad and
meat
as I can at dinner! (Life just gets better and better)(And lots of
salt!)

Just to make sure it didn't work I've been breaking the rules and
eating
lots of cashew nuts :-) and I'd die without at least a cup of cold
milk
every day.

Yesterday I made a special effort and had two FULL lunches!!! he he
he!!!.

I haven't however, eaten any spuds or carb foods. I really miss my
muesli
for breakfast and someone please throw me a chocolate bar or a plate
of
ice-cream with chocolate topping.



Consequence? Having purchased digital scales to track my weight gain,
in
spite of my best efforts to wreck the diet, I've lost 2.9 kg (6.6lb)
in just
over a week. I should, at this rate, hit my target weight in just
three and
a half weeks.

It took me four miserable months of dieting last year to loose 17lb.
:-(



This diet is awesome. And ridiculously delicious.

Cheers

Glen

Well, you might not be doing it by the book, but you seem to be
having fun and are losing, so I'm on your side. Go for it.

Just plan on spending lots of time on that mountain bike! It will be
the difference between success and failure. And also, give yourself
a little more time to reach goal. A pound a month will get you there
and the path is a lot smoother.

ps: I've heard that some folks consider the word "bloody' to be
vulgar, but being an american, I have no concept of it as anything but
a simple adjective.




PJ









On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 15:42:10 +1300, "Glen Sayers"
wrote:

Ahh come on guys and girls.
I'll take on that challenge. Hootenanny

PS
I don't follow the "eat all the fat you can" message my sister was
preaching. That I refuse to do and his book certainly doesn't seem to preach
that. Don't know where she got that idea. Blah!

With regards to being obese, I'm afraid I'm not in that field. Due to last
years diet and a new mountain bike my BMI is 23.8.
However I originally lost weight because I was walking along the road
laughing at all the "overweight people" and caught my reflection in a shop
window and suddenly thought "B****Y H**L. It's me they are talking about.
Further to that, I have a 9 month old daughter and I don't want her turning
10 and finding her 55 year old dad is too fat to go water skiing, body
surfing, bike riding etc!
Also, once I get a handle on this died I can hopefully help my sister get
back on track.
Thus my very serious goal is 140lb. about 14 to go.

Cheers



"Perdu" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:23:18 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
Cried out loud... :

Anyone want to bet on how long this lasts? I'll put $10 in that he
won't
make it past week 3.


Yep. Agree. A classic.
Best Regards,

Steve

Tout est per·du fors l'hon·neur

Hmmm

Just read my posts from yesterday. I see I wrote "I'm a jackass, listen to
me spout" When what I meant to write was "I didn't think this diet works -
but it does. Now I look forward to taking it a lot more seriously and
watching the effects."

However........ It is a pretty cool/fun diet to be on compared to the low
calorie diet I self imposed last year. And please don't under estimate the
importance I place on the reasons I've given. Particularly my daughter.
Unfortunately I know I'm at the age where weight is going to be an ongoing
issue every year. How quickly time flies.


"PJx" wrote in message
...

Well, you might not be doing it by the book, but you seem to be
having fun and are losing, so I'm on your side. Go for it.

Just plan on spending lots of time on that mountain bike! It will be
the difference between success and failure. And also, give yourself
a little more time to reach goal. A pound a month will get you there
and the path is a lot smoother.

ps: I've heard that some folks consider the word "bloody' to be
vulgar, but being an american, I have no concept of it as anything but
a simple adjective.




PJ









On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 15:42:10 +1300, "Glen Sayers"
wrote:

Ahh come on guys and girls.
I'll take on that challenge. Hootenanny

PS
I don't follow the "eat all the fat you can" message my sister was
preaching. That I refuse to do and his book certainly doesn't seem to
preach
that. Don't know where she got that idea. Blah!

With regards to being obese, I'm afraid I'm not in that field. Due to
last
years diet and a new mountain bike my BMI is 23.8.
However I originally lost weight because I was walking along the road
laughing at all the "overweight people" and caught my reflection in a
shop
window and suddenly thought "B****Y H**L. It's me they are talking about.
Further to that, I have a 9 month old daughter and I don't want her
turning
10 and finding her 55 year old dad is too fat to go water skiing, body
surfing, bike riding etc!
Also, once I get a handle on this died I can hopefully help my sister get
back on track.
Thus my very serious goal is 140lb. about 14 to go.

Cheers



"Perdu" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:23:18 -0500, "Roger Zoul"

Cried out loud... :

Anyone want to bet on how long this lasts? I'll put $10 in that he
won't
make it past week 3.


Yep. Agree. A classic.
Best Regards,

Steve

Tout est per·du fors l'hon·neur

"Glen Sayers" wrote in message
news:1107629056.318984@ftpsrv1...
Hmmm

Just read my posts from yesterday. I see I wrote "I'm a jackass, listen to
me spout" When what I meant to write was "I didn't think this diet works -
but it does. Now I look forward to taking it a lot more seriously and
watching the effects."

However........ It is a pretty cool/fun diet to be on compared to the low
calorie diet I self imposed last year. And please don't under estimate the
importance I place on the reasons I've given. Particularly my daughter.
Unfortunately I know I'm at the age where weight is going to be an ongoing
issue every year. How quickly time flies.

I've found it a great diet too - maybe it would be fairer to say that I'm
enjoying this new way of eating, I'm the same age as you and want to get the
weight off and keep it off before I hit that nasty-looking "reduce calories
by 20% or get fatter" thing that age throws at you.

It's heresy, but I skipped induction, and moved straight to OWL; that's
because I have almost no cravings for carbs, and dropped pretty well
everything non-veggie without a problem. If you still feel like you'd love
pasta/potatoes/bread etc, you might like to think about doing the 2 week
induction stint, the purpose of which is to break your body's dependence on
carbs.

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/4.5/6 Weight 95/78/72Kg
1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

Ignoramus30020 wrote:

On 5 Feb 2005 06:15:19 -0800, AM wrote:

(3) you're not supposed to stuff yourself regardless of what diet
you're on. low carb makes certain people feel more satiated for
longer, it's not a licence to stuff, remember that!!!!


He may be thinking that he is stuffing himself because of the feeling
of satiety, but in fact it is more likely that he is eating a normal
quantity of food.

i

fair point. i agree with you satiation might feel like stuffing after that 4
months long diet he had last year.