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It does for me. Once I eliminated them and sugar the weight started coming off . I didn’t overeat before either. I’m following my doctors weight plan and we will slowly introduce wheat back into my diet but in a very limited way permanently.
Of course you lost weight. You eliminated an entire food group. Your caloric intake dropped dramatically to the point where you were in a caloric deficit. I know people that can’t lose weight eating salads because they are consuming more calories than they are burning.
There is a safety factor. If I was a single woman there is no way I’d hike trails or walk through forests alone. Luckily I have a partner and can enjoy all these activities in nature on an almost daily basis.
I do, but the trails and forests are in suburban parks. Plus being a six-foot-tall woman, I've never been afraid like that, even working in NYC all my life People don't tend to choose women of my stature for their victims.
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The key to our amazing brain size is cooking - which is also our bane - the source of our obesity. But since the BRAIN demands to be fed, no amount of will power will defeat it, in the long run.
But 100% unprocessed raw food diet is contrasurvival, so the happy medium is based on finding your own balance of raw versus cooked / processed diet.
The advent of cooking was the way to get far more nutrients than possible with a raw diet.
And the concentration of nutrients, via modern processing, have produced meals that can provide a whole day’s worth of calories in one serving.
Conversely, replacing processed food with unprocessed, raw foods (uncooked) will reverse the trend.
FWIW - Ketogenic diets may help those who need to curb appetite, since the high fat intake dulls the appetite. Imagine eating a half a stick of butter... Yikes. Shudder.
I like butter, so wouldn't be a problem for me. I mean, I don't just grab a stick out of the fridge, but I cook with it. If I didn't know anything about nutrition I'd use more than I do because yum. I'll leave the raw hamburgers, steaks, and pork chops to you. I do like sushi, but that's about the only raw meat I'd go for.
Of course you lost weight. You eliminated an entire food group. Your caloric intake dropped dramatically to the point where you were in a caloric deficit. I know people that can’t lose weight eating salads because they are consuming more calories than they are burning.
Well, just look at restaurant salads. Lots of 1,000 to 1,500 calorie restaurant salads. They taste pretty good too, but yeah, not so good for the waistline.
Of course you lost weight. You eliminated an entire food group. Your caloric intake dropped dramatically to the point where you were in a caloric deficit. I know people that can’t lose weight eating salads because they are consuming more calories than they are burning.
Well, that's half the battle. It has helped me to lose weight and keep it off. I have a long "Things I Almost Never Eat" list- fried, creamed, most processed, over-sweetened, starchy white (white bread, potatoes, rice, pasta). I eat meat once a week. I do it to maintain healthy cholesterol and a1c levels but it helps with weight management, too. Imagine the effect on the population if they stopped buying Hostess, Little Debbies, 7-Up, Tater Tots and the like.
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Well, just look at restaurant salads. Lots of 1,000 to 1,500 calorie restaurant salads. They taste pretty good too, but yeah, not so good for the waistline.
Ans don't forget the ones that come in a hollowed-out round loaf of bread or a giant fried taco! And to make things worse, the only true vegetables in most of them are iceberg lettuce and a few shreds of carrot.
Well, just look at restaurant salads. Lots of 1,000 to 1,500 calorie restaurant salads. They taste pretty good too, but yeah, not so good for the waistline.
Yep you got that right. The only salads that don’t have a lot of calories are the ones with nothing in them and we all know how those taste.
Well, that's half the battle. It has helped me to lose weight and keep it off. I have a long "Things I Almost Never Eat" list- fried, creamed, most processed, over-sweetened, starchy white (white bread, potatoes, rice, pasta). I eat meat once a week. I do it to maintain healthy cholesterol and a1c levels but it helps with weight management, too. Imagine the effect on the population if they stopped buying Hostess, Little Debbies, 7-Up, Tater Tots and the like.
Ans don't forget the ones that come in a hollowed-out round loaf of bread or a giant fried taco! And to make things worse, the only true vegetables in most of them are iceberg lettuce and a few shreds of carrot.
And that’s great you lost weight by cutting out certain foods. The problem is too many people cut out say carbs and then proclaim that all carbs are bad and no one should eat them because they cause obesity.
Of course you lost weight. You eliminated an entire food group. Your caloric intake dropped dramatically to the point where you were in a caloric deficit. I know people that can’t lose weight eating salads because they are consuming more calories than they are burning.
Actually not totally. I wasn’t eating a huge amount of calories in the first place it was the content. However if you want to contradict my doctor and myself to prove your point have at it. It really doesn’t matter. All that matters is what works for me as a lifestyle.
And that’s great you lost weight by cutting out certain foods. The problem is too many people cut out say carbs and then proclaim that all carbs are bad and no one should eat them because they cause obesity.
I don’t disagree however what the issue is how some people process it that can contribute to obesity. I will not be cutting carbs out for life but i have to be very careful and limit them. Meanwhile my skinny husband can stuff his face with carbs and never puts weight on.
Different metabolisms and different ways our bodies process The same amounts of carbs and calories.
I don’t disagree however what the issue is how some people process it that can contribute to obesity. I will not be cutting carbs out for life but i have to be very careful and limit them. Meanwhile my skinny husband can stuff his face with carbs and never puts weight on.
Different metabolisms and different ways our bodies process The same amounts of carbs and calories.
High or low metabolism you cannot get around the fact that you need to be in a caloric deficit to lose weight.
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