Lowcarbing for decades?

"Ignoramus19260" wrote in message
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Do you know of anyone who lowcarbed for decades, to maintain weight?

How about that Atkins dude?


How did it affect them?


He died.

Ignoramus19260 intoned :


What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it for
a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
could live a long life on a radical diet.


Low carb is only a "radical" diet in comparison to the extreme high carb
diet the Department of Agriculture has recently indoctrinated us with.

Restricting sugars and starches while eating healthy vegetables and
meats was normal for most of history. I lost 65lbs and am keeping it off
while eating more high vitamin vegetables than I ever have before.

I never feel more than a healthy appetite stimulating hunger, unless I
foolishly eat too many (50+) carbs at a restaurant.

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Ignoramus19260 intoned :


What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it for
a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
could live a long life on a radical diet.


Low carb is only a "radical" diet in comparison to the extreme high carb
diet the Department of Agriculture has recently indoctrinated us with.

Restricting sugars and starches while eating healthy vegetables and
meats was normal for most of history. I lost 65lbs and am keeping it off
while eating more high vitamin vegetables than I ever have before.

I never feel more than a healthy appetite stimulating hunger, unless I
foolishly eat too many (50+) carbs at a restaurant.

--
Sam-I-Am
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the
conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any
talent for abstract, positive thinking. - Albert Einstein

What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it for
a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
could live a long life on a radical diet.


How is it radical? What do you need in those carby foods that you can't get
elsewhere?

LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it for
a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
could live a long life on a radical diet.


How is it radical? What do you need in those carby foods that you can't get
elsewhere?

LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/181/140
& hubby- 6' 310/198/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

The Paleolithic Diet people make a good case that it is the agriculturally
based diet of the last 10,000 years that is the "radical" way of eating.

http://www.earth360.com/diet_paleodiet_balzer.html

I find low carb to be similar to Paleo.

Cubit


"Ignoramus19260" wrote in message
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Do you know of anyone who lowcarbed for decades, to maintain weight?
How did it affect them?

The reason for my question is that I lost my weight on a moderately
low carb diet. Think 150 carbs per day and calorie controlled. 25% of
calories from carbs. Nowadays I still eat about 150 carbs, and
exercise quite a bit. Most of these carbs come from raw vegetables.
Sometimes I eat hot cereal, either oat bran or a bunch of boiled whole
grains (Lithuanian hot cereal, wheat, peas, oats, in original form).

Yet, I find myself moderately hungry and thinking too much about food.

I recently experimented with lowering my carbs further, specifically
dropping one slice of sourdough bread in the morning and reducing
other carbs a bit.

It did help in blunting the sense of hunger and interest in food.

What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it for
a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
could live a long life on a radical diet.

I am not trying here to bash lowcarbers, not at all, I want to
understand what works and what does not, very long term.

i

The Paleolithic Diet people make a good case that it is the agriculturally
based diet of the last 10,000 years that is the "radical" way of eating.

http://www.earth360.com/diet_paleodiet_balzer.html

I find low carb to be similar to Paleo.

Cubit


"Ignoramus19260" wrote in message
...
Do you know of anyone who lowcarbed for decades, to maintain weight?
How did it affect them?

The reason for my question is that I lost my weight on a moderately
low carb diet. Think 150 carbs per day and calorie controlled. 25% of
calories from carbs. Nowadays I still eat about 150 carbs, and
exercise quite a bit. Most of these carbs come from raw vegetables.
Sometimes I eat hot cereal, either oat bran or a bunch of boiled whole
grains (Lithuanian hot cereal, wheat, peas, oats, in original form).

Yet, I find myself moderately hungry and thinking too much about food.

I recently experimented with lowering my carbs further, specifically
dropping one slice of sourdough bread in the morning and reducing
other carbs a bit.

It did help in blunting the sense of hunger and interest in food.

What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it for
a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
could live a long life on a radical diet.

I am not trying here to bash lowcarbers, not at all, I want to
understand what works and what does not, very long term.

i

The Paleolithic Diet people make a good case that it is the agriculturally
based diet of the last 10,000 years that is the "radical" way of eating.

http://www.earth360.com/diet_paleodiet_balzer.html

I find low carb to be similar to Paleo.

Cubit


"Ignoramus19260" wrote in message
...
Do you know of anyone who lowcarbed for decades, to maintain weight?
How did it affect them?

The reason for my question is that I lost my weight on a moderately
low carb diet. Think 150 carbs per day and calorie controlled. 25% of
calories from carbs. Nowadays I still eat about 150 carbs, and
exercise quite a bit. Most of these carbs come from raw vegetables.
Sometimes I eat hot cereal, either oat bran or a bunch of boiled whole
grains (Lithuanian hot cereal, wheat, peas, oats, in original form).

Yet, I find myself moderately hungry and thinking too much about food.

I recently experimented with lowering my carbs further, specifically
dropping one slice of sourdough bread in the morning and reducing
other carbs a bit.

It did help in blunting the sense of hunger and interest in food.

What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it for
a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
could live a long life on a radical diet.

I am not trying here to bash lowcarbers, not at all, I want to
understand what works and what does not, very long term.

i

Ignoramus19260 wrote:
Do you know of anyone who lowcarbed for decades, to maintain weight?
How did it affect them?

The reason for my question is that I lost my weight on a moderately
low carb diet. Think 150 carbs per day and calorie controlled. 25% of
calories from carbs. Nowadays I still eat about 150 carbs, and
exercise quite a bit. Most of these carbs come from raw vegetables.
Sometimes I eat hot cereal, either oat bran or a bunch of boiled whole
grains (Lithuanian hot cereal, wheat, peas, oats, in original form).

Yet, I find myself moderately hungry and thinking too much about food.

I recently experimented with lowering my carbs further, specifically
dropping one slice of sourdough bread in the morning and reducing
other carbs a bit.

It did help in blunting the sense of hunger and interest in food.

What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it for
a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
could live a long life on a radical diet.

I am not trying here to bash lowcarbers, not at all, I want to
understand what works and what does not, very long term.

i

Does this work out to 2400 cal per day?

150 carbs = 600 cal
25% carbs means the total calories would be about 2400.

Jim

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On 19 Jul 2004 20:20:31 GMT, Ignoramus19260
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What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it for
a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
could live a long life on a radical diet.

Hi Ig,

The question (to me) is: Who gets to define "radical"?
This is sort of like the "eat a balanced diet" comments that people
make. Who gets to define balanced?

I purport that eating low-carb is balanced and reasonable. Eating
high carb is unbalanced and radical.

PoohBear