Weight loss

here's the USDA food pyramid that's been promoted not only in the US but across Europe and many other countries as well

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notice the recommended servings in brackets (6-11 servings of carbs as the base of the pyramid)!!!

and therein lies the cause of weight gain and obesity
 
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D3nz said:
Since I was almost done with my 4 weeks of paleo, I thought I'd jump on the ketogenic diet bandwagon on Saturday and yep, the scale is moving downwards again. The only thing is I hate the meals. I added some chicken to my diet and I have to eat as fast as I can just to get those meals down. I'm gonna try and finish 2 weeks and then do carb cycling with paleo foods. I enjoyed eating the paleo way.
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What don't you enjoy?
 
D3nz said:
Since I was almost done with my 4 weeks of paleo, I thought I'd jump on the ketogenic diet bandwagon on Saturday and yep, the scale is moving downwards again. The only thing is I hate the meals. I added some chicken to my diet and I have to eat as fast as I can just to get those meals down. I'm gonna try and finish 2 weeks and then do carb cycling with paleo foods. I enjoyed eating the paleo way.
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I'm doing something like the paleo diet but I'm not following a diet/plan per se, just cutting out all the saturated fats, junk, starch etc but I am having smallish quantities of baby potatos / brown rice from time to time with a nice curry or lean mince etc I'm also not counting carbs/kjs really, I didn't want this to be an OCD/check everything thing but more a lifestyle change. -15kg since April so, it's clearly doing it's thing.

Once I hit my goal rate I'll still eat what I'm eating now but I'll have the odd burger and packet of crisps from time to time.
 
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D3nz said:
Since I was almost done with my 4 weeks of paleo, I thought I'd jump on the ketogenic diet bandwagon on Saturday and yep, the scale is moving downwards again. The only thing is I hate the meals. I added some chicken to my diet and I have to eat as fast as I can just to get those meals down. I'm gonna try and finish 2 weeks and then do carb cycling with paleo foods. I enjoyed eating the paleo way.
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Thought of giving keto a shot myself. But finding a decent meat substitute is effing difficult.
 
Randhir said:
What don't you enjoy?
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The chicken and the cream and having mayonnaise everyday and having eggs without a veg curry to disguise the taste. I'm scared to add soya because of the carb content. I can see this way of eating definitely leads to weight loss, but the meals are too rich for me.
 
D3nz said:
The chicken and the cream and having mayonnaise everyday and having eggs without a veg curry to disguise the taste. I'm scared to add soya because of the carb content. I can see this way of eating definitely leads to weight loss, but the meals are too rich for me.
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Then cut out the rich things like cream and so on, surely?
 
nihilist said:
I'm doing something like the paleo diet but I'm not following a diet/plan per se, just cutting out all the saturated fats, junk, starch etc but I am having smallish quantities of baby potatos / brown rice from time to time with a nice curry or lean mince etc I'm also not counting carbs/kjs really, I didn't want this to be an OCD/check everything thing but more a lifestyle change. -15kg since April so, it's clearly doing it's thing.

Once I hit my goal rate I'll still eat what I'm eating now but I'll have the odd burger and packet of crisps from time to time.
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overall not a bad approach, just leave the saturated fats in, they're good for you
 
nihilist said:
I'm doing something like the paleo diet but I'm not following a diet/plan per se, just cutting out all the saturated fats, junk, starch etc but I am having smallish quantities of baby potatos / brown rice from time to time with a nice curry or lean mince etc I'm also not counting carbs/kjs really, I didn't want this to be an OCD/check everything thing but more a lifestyle change. -15kg since April so, it's clearly doing it's thing.

Once I hit my goal rate I'll still eat what I'm eating now but I'll have the odd burger and packet of crisps from time to time.
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Great going on the 15kg. Did you hit any plateaus during that time?
 
ShaunSA said:
Thought of giving keto a shot myself. But finding a decent meat substitute is effing difficult.
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The traditional Fry's sausage has about 3 grams carb content, but I don't want to stuff up this diet since it's clearly working, so I'm saving it for when I can't take chicken and eggs anymore.
 
D3nz said:
The chicken and the cream and having mayonnaise everyday and having eggs without a veg curry to disguise the taste. I'm scared to add soya because of the carb content. I can see this way of eating definitely leads to weight loss, but the meals are too rich for me.
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You don't like chicken? Meat in general or just chicken? Also, regarding eggs, do you not enjoy scrambled eggs/omelettes either?
 
Ol' Mean Bastid said:
what people fail to understand bio, is that often when they go on a kJ restricted diet it's not the kJ restriction that's actually working, but it's that in the kJ restriction they have cut back on the refined carbs as well and that's actually what is causing the weight loss
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Can't argue with that as I haven't done the research you have. I'll stick to my system, as it works, even though possibly for the wrong reason.

Since three years ago I've removed sugar, sweets, deserts and breads mostly from my diet anyway.

Where does pasta and noodles fit in with refined carbs?
 
D3nz said:
I did mention last week I'm a vegetarian and you went eeeuw :p
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I have some cake in my fridge, which I am not going to eat since I am working for weight loss. I will probably go find a street kid and give it to him/her.

Guys, I also have this one problem with me - I sweat a lot, even taking a simple 10 minute walk I will start sweating. I always assumed this was because I was unfit/fat but could it mean something more than that?
 
D3nz said:
I did mention last week I'm a vegetarian and you went eeeuw :p
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Haha, sorry, forgot that was you.. I try to forget when people say they don't eat meat.

How do you feel after reincorporating meat into your diet by the way?
 
biometrics said:
Can't argue with that as I haven't done the research you have. I'll stick to my system, as it works, even though possibly for the wrong reason.

Since three years ago I've removed sugar, sweets, deserts and breads mostly from my diet anyway.

Where does pasta and noodles fit in with refined carbs?
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pasta can be anywhere up to 75% carbs, I should imagine noodles will be similar
 
D3nz said:
The traditional Fry's sausage has about 3 grams carb content, but I don't want to stuff up this diet since it's clearly working, so I'm saving it for when I can't take chicken and eggs anymore.
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Not really a big fan of soya with the exception of soya prawns and Fry's spicy burger.

I tried tofu once. It was :sick:
 
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