The Banting/LCHF Thread

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I weigh once a week (Friday mornings). I should have measured also, but was too lazy for that. My clothes are the measure, freaking everything is oversized now. Gonna cost me an arm and a leg to replace. I am waiting to stabilise before I will start to mass replace them. People around me just have to except I might look a little funny with my big clothes.
 
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Just completed my required medical for work. Clean bill of health and because I've dropped my weight to within stipulated guidelines I am exempt for 2 years (I had to do it annually in the past).

TBH I've been a bit slack (odd chocolate here, a cold drink there) but I've been a good boy for the past week now.

@SlowInternet: 6.5kgs is awesome!
 
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Jase said:
Just completed my required medical for work. Clean bill of health and because I've dropped my weight to within stipulated guidelines I am exempt for 2 years (I had to do it annually in the past).

TBH I've been a bit slack (odd chocolate here, a cold drink there) but I've been a good boy for the past week now.

@SlowInternet: 6.5kgs is awesome!
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Congrats and well done.
 
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SlowInternet said:
I have only lost 6.5kg in 6 weeks. Was hoping for at least 10kg by now.
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For a decade I used to YO-YO with high carb, low fat calorie restricted (1200 calories per day) dieting. I would lose 10kg's a month giving me 30kg's in 3 months. Felt great and clothes fitted but in no time the weight started coming back due to high carb, high calorie foods....

On LCHF it took me 9 months to lose 26kg's and through learning how fat keeps me full and watching many documentaries on high fat and how bad sugar and carbs are, I have re-trained my brain for this new lifestyle (keyword).

For the first time in my life, since November last year, my weight has stayed constant (fluctuates up and down by a kg or so). That means I have finally found the sweet spot - a sustainable lifestyle which lets me pig out when I feel like it, but on REAL FOOD.

I just wish I had made this life change years ago. I have had 2x DVT\blood clots in my leg in my lifetime and I can;t help wondering if being obese and living on a high-carb diet may have played a part. For the second one, I was drinking a large sugary energy drink every morning when it clotted and both the sugar (inflammation and damage to veins and arteries) and the caffeine (restricting blood vessels) could be liable.

Sorry, I went on a tangent. Bottom line - slow weight loss good and is how this eating plan rolls. It gives you time to adapt to the new eating and learn to live with it for life.
 
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As long as my belt gets a little looser and my weight (on the scale) doesn't go up :)
 
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How often do you guys eat seafood?

Usually I'll buy either canned salmon (still expensive, but not as bad as whole pieces) once or twice a month and make fish cakes with it, or hake fillets and grill them. The hake has pretty much zero fat though, so I end up having to go nuts with butter and cream on the veggies.
 
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swift412 said:
How often do you guys eat seafood?

Usually I'll buy either canned salmon (still expensive, but not as bad as whole pieces) once or twice a month and make fish cakes with it, or hake fillets and grill them. The hake has pretty much zero fat though, so I end up having to go nuts with butter and cream on the veggies.
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i eat fish atleast 3 times a week, tuna mostly fresh and canned but prefer fresh kingclip but tad expensive.
try trout if the salmon is to exp ... exactly the same just farmed in sa
 
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swift412 said:
How often do you guys eat seafood?

Usually I'll buy either canned salmon (still expensive, but not as bad as whole pieces) once or twice a month and make fish cakes with it, or hake fillets and grill them. The hake has pretty much zero fat though, so I end up having to go nuts with butter and cream on the veggies.
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Stop grilling it and fry it in butter
 
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Jase said:
Just completed my required medical for work. Clean bill of health and because I've dropped my weight to within stipulated guidelines I am exempt for 2 years (I had to do it annually in the past).

TBH I've been a bit slack (odd chocolate here, a cold drink there) but I've been a good boy for the past week now.

@SlowInternet: 6.5kgs is awesome!
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Well done with the medical.

Thanks
 
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xcaliber said:
Better slow than fast, otherwise you might be left with extra skin.
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It's better than nothing. At least I can see that my clothes are too big now. Went from size 38 to 36 denim and now even the size 36 is feeling loose.
 
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For the first time, I must say I enjoy being on a diet. Few months ago, I couldn't imagine my dinner plate without rice, potato, pasta, etc. And I hated broccoli as hell!
Hubby says since I started banting, my plates looks so nutritious and exotic and his look boring. :D
 
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Loumina said:
For the first time, I must say I enjoy being on a diet. Few months ago, I couldn't imagine my dinner plate without rice, potato, pasta, etc. And I hated broccoli as hell!
Hubby says since I started banting, my plates looks so nutritious and exotic and his look boring. :D
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feel the same way ... its actually fun eating with this meal plan!
 
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