I've switched to the dark side

Thought I'd try low-carb eating for a while to see how it goes. So far so
good. I used to wrestle with my appetite all day long, and now its not even
a factor -- I'm barely hungry at all. I doubt that I am eating much more
Calorie-wise then I was before, and am probably eating less.

I've lost six pounds in the last five days. Water weight, yup, I know.

I realize the switch-over is a risk. If lc eating doesn't work out for me,
I'll take the hit and go back to counting calories.

On another note, I've moved my exercise from last thing in the evening to
first thing in the morning. It makes a big difference because now I don't
"run out of time" (and not exercise) at the end of the day.

em wrote:
Thought I'd try low-carb eating for a while to see how it goes. So far
so good. I used to wrestle with my appetite all day long, and now its
not even a factor -- I'm barely hungry at all. I doubt that I am eating
much more Calorie-wise then I was before, and am probably eating less.

I've lost six pounds in the last five days. Water weight, yup, I know.

I realize the switch-over is a risk.

Risk of what?

If lc eating doesn't work out for
me, I'll take the hit and go back to counting calories.

On another note, I've moved my exercise from last thing in the evening
to first thing in the morning. It makes a big difference because now I
don't "run out of time" (and not exercise) at the end of the day.

"Bill Eitner" wrote in message
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em wrote:
Thought I'd try low-carb eating for a while to see how it goes. So far so
good. I used to wrestle with my appetite all day long, and now its not
even a factor -- I'm barely hungry at all. I doubt that I am eating much
more Calorie-wise then I was before, and am probably eating less.

I've lost six pounds in the last five days. Water weight, yup, I know.

I realize the switch-over is a risk.

Risk of what?

The risk of failure, such as gaining weight instead of losing.

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:11:28 -0700, em wrote:

"Bill Eitner" wrote in message
.. .
em wrote:
Thought I'd try low-carb eating for a while to see how it goes. So far so
good. I used to wrestle with my appetite all day long, and now its not
even a factor -- I'm barely hungry at all. I doubt that I am eating much
more Calorie-wise then I was before, and am probably eating less.

I've lost six pounds in the last five days. Water weight, yup, I know.

I realize the switch-over is a risk.

Risk of what?

The risk of failure, such as gaining weight instead of losing.


I gained approximately 8-10 lbs on low carb, over the period of about
3 years. At the time I ate, more or less, as much as I wanted.

i

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:36:48 -0700, em wrote:

Thought I'd try low-carb eating for a while to see how it goes. So far so
good. I used to wrestle with my appetite all day long, and now its not even
a factor -- I'm barely hungry at all. I doubt that I am eating much more
Calorie-wise then I was before, and am probably eating less.

I've lost six pounds in the last five days. Water weight, yup, I know.

I realize the switch-over is a risk. If lc eating doesn't work out for me,
I'll take the hit and go back to counting calories.

On another note, I've moved my exercise from last thing in the evening to
first thing in the morning. It makes a big difference because now I don't
"run out of time" (and not exercise) at the end of the day.

You know, one never knows how something will go until one tries.
That's one of the reasons I'm trying it now for my body transformation
challenge. Both to see if I can, and to see what happens.

I'm not planning to do this for very long, since my normal way of
eating is not high in carbs, but this may kick start some fat burning,
and I'd be good with that.

The thing I'd say, is that if, at some point, you decide it is not
working for you, transition back to carbs slowly, so you can keep as
much of your losses as possible. And if possible, keep the starchy
carbs for after workouts. That's when your body can most use them, as
opposed to store them.

--
Cynthia
262/235/152

"Ignoramus13334" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:11:28 -0700, em wrote:

"Bill Eitner" wrote in message
.. .
em wrote:
Thought I'd try low-carb eating for a while to see how it goes. So far
so
good. I used to wrestle with my appetite all day long, and now its not
even a factor -- I'm barely hungry at all. I doubt that I am eating
much
more Calorie-wise then I was before, and am probably eating less.

I've lost six pounds in the last five days. Water weight, yup, I know.

I realize the switch-over is a risk.

Risk of what?

The risk of failure, such as gaining weight instead of losing.


I gained approximately 8-10 lbs on low carb, over the period of about
3 years. At the time I ate, more or less, as much as I wanted.

That's scarey! But that's not your whole story, is it? I thought you were at
or close to goal weight. Did you not accomplish the loss on lc?

I gained (on average) about five pounds a year for twenty years, and ended
up a hundred pounds overweight. I am, right now, about half-way there.
(298/249/200-ish).

If I gain ten pounds doing lc, or fail to lose over a period of time, or --
find that lc is just hard for me to live with, I'll go back to low-cal. This
was the "risk" I was talking about in my original post.

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:50:51 -0700, em wrote:

"Ignoramus13334" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:11:28 -0700, em wrote:

"Bill Eitner" wrote in message
.. .
em wrote:
Thought I'd try low-carb eating for a while to see how it goes. So far
so
good. I used to wrestle with my appetite all day long, and now its not
even a factor -- I'm barely hungry at all. I doubt that I am eating
much
more Calorie-wise then I was before, and am probably eating less.

I've lost six pounds in the last five days. Water weight, yup, I know.

I realize the switch-over is a risk.

Risk of what?

The risk of failure, such as gaining weight instead of losing.


I gained approximately 8-10 lbs on low carb, over the period of about
3 years. At the time I ate, more or less, as much as I wanted.

That's scarey! But that's not your whole story, is it? I thought you were at
or close to goal weight. Did you not accomplish the loss on lc?

I was at goal weight, yes, now I am at about 6-7 lbs above goal
(normal weight).

I lost weight 4 years ago, by simply eating less food.

i

Much Power on the Dark Side

[shhhh hoooo shhhhh hoooo]

"em" wrote in message ...
Thought I'd try low-carb eating for a while to see how it goes. So far so
good. I used to wrestle with my appetite all day long, and now its not
even a factor -- I'm barely hungry at all. I doubt that I am eating much
more Calorie-wise then I was before, and am probably eating less.

I've lost six pounds in the last five days. Water weight, yup, I know.

I realize the switch-over is a risk. If lc eating doesn't work out for me,
I'll take the hit and go back to counting calories.

On another note, I've moved my exercise from last thing in the evening to
first thing in the morning. It makes a big difference because now I don't
"run out of time" (and not exercise) at the end of the day.

"em" wrote in message ...

"Bill Eitner" wrote in message
.. .
em wrote:
Thought I'd try low-carb eating for a while to see how it goes. So far
so good. I used to wrestle with my appetite all day long, and now its
not even a factor -- I'm barely hungry at all. I doubt that I am eating
much more Calorie-wise then I was before, and am probably eating less.

I've lost six pounds in the last five days. Water weight, yup, I know.

I realize the switch-over is a risk.

Risk of what?

The risk of failure, such as gaining weight instead of losing.

Why would you gain weight simply by switching to low carb? If you are
counting calories, and are eating less calories than you burn, you can't
gain weight.

On Jul 19, 9:29 am, Ignoramus13334 ignoramus13...@NOSPAM.
13334.invalid wrote:
I gained approximately 8-10 lbs on low carb, over the period of about
3 years. At the time I ate, more or less, as much as I wanted.

I gained a little even though I didn't eat nearly as much as I wanted
or needed. My marathon time blew up by more than a half hour, and I my
definition diminished to the point of my abs almost covering up. My
weight didn't change much though. The diet simply wasted muscle and
put on fat.

I reversed all of that by switching to what works: very low fat,
decent protein, and plenty of carbs, with overall reasonable calories.
After the better part of a year, I'm leaner and I have more muscle.

Conventional fatty low carbing is completely the wrong thing if you
want to gain and maintain that nearly perfect athletic body. It's
insane bull****.