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Rapid weight loss is frequently temporary weight loss.
Sure, and it’s no surprise when people end their “diet” and return to the lifestyle choice of eating the same foods that made them obese in the first place.
Lost 73 pounds ten years ago on low carb (<60 g a day) and have kept a normal BMI since by living a low-carb lifestyle. Forget about promoting it though, most folks and even doctors will tell you it’s unhealthy.
True, what you say!
I still eat some non-wheat carbs: brown rice, potatoes (without butter & sour cream) and other lesser known carbs such as quinoa, lentils, barley. And beans. Lots of veggies, some fruits, seafood, eggs, white-meat poultry! It's not a diet. It's a sustainable lifestyle.
Sadly, not too many Western-trained doctors know a goodly amount about nutrition. It's not emphasized in med school. And many patients don't want to change their diets permanently. Hence the growing popularity of weight loss medications.
I still eat some non-wheat carbs: brown rice, potatoes (without butter & sour cream) and other lesser known carbs such as quinoa, lentils, barley. And beans. Lots of veggies, some fruits, seafood, eggs, white-meat poultry! It's not a diet. It's a sustainable lifestyle.
Sadly, not too many Western-trained doctors know a goodly amount about nutrition. It's not emphasized in med school. And many patients don't want to change their diets permanently. Hence the growing popularity of weight loss medications.
Fun fact, ice cream has a lower Glycemic Index than brown race or potatoes.
I'm down about 16 pounds since the beginning of January. What really jump started it for me was doing the Cabbage Soup Diet for a week in mid February. It made me more mindful of the fat and protein that I had in my diet - calories do matter even on Keto. It made me realize how much butter, cheese and processed foods had creeped into my diet.
The Cabbage Soup diet is not a long term diet by any means. In fact, you are only supposed to do it for a week and then wait at least two weeks before you do it again.
It's a diet that's been around for a long time, it's nothing new. There are some weird rules concerning what you can eat on the various days - like one day you can eat cabbage soup and up to 8 bananas and more skim milk than you would ever want. That day was not my fave to say the least. There's another day when you can have a baked potato. And on day 5 & 6 you can enjoy eating meat. At any rate, I thought I'd toss this one out there in case you think your body needs a "reset".
I'm down about 16 pounds since the beginning of January. What really jump started it for me was doing the Cabbage Soup Diet for a week in mid February. It made me more mindful of the fat and protein that I had in my diet - calories do matter even on Keto. It made me realize how much butter, cheese and processed foods had creeped into my diet.
The Cabbage Soup diet is not a long term diet by any means. In fact, you are only supposed to do it for a week and then wait at least two weeks before you do it again.
It's a diet that's been around for a long time, it's nothing new. There are some weird rules concerning what you can eat on the various days - like one day you can eat cabbage soup and up to 8 bananas and more skim milk than you would ever want. That day was not my fave to say the least. There's another day when you can have a baked potato. And on day 5 & 6 you can enjoy eating meat. At any rate, I thought I'd toss this one out there in case you think your body needs a "reset".
I'm not a big fan of fad diets, since people generally just put the weight back on when they stop. You lost 16lbs in 2.5 months, assuming that is all fat (some will be water, and even muscle), is like 6.5lbs a month, or 1/5 a lb a day, which translates to a calorie deficit per day of 750.
Cabbage soup is a very low calorie food, as soon as you begin eating again, you will erase this calorie deficit, and maybe even go into a surplus.
I'd suggest being very vigilant as you go back on your normal eating routine.
I'm not a big fan of fad diets, since people generally just put the weight back on when they stop. You lost 16lbs in 2.5 months, assuming that is all fat (some will be water, and even muscle), is like 6.5lbs a month, or 1/5 a lb a day, which translates to a calorie deficit per day of 750.
Cabbage soup is a very low calorie food, as soon as you begin eating again, you will erase this calorie deficit, and maybe even go into a surplus.
I'd suggest being very vigilant as you go back on your normal eating routine.
I've upped my exercise and reduced the calories that I'm eating. My fasting blood sugar was prediabetic, it isn't now. When you get your blood sugar into normal range your body changes.
It was the mindless - a little cheese on this and that, a handful of nuts there, butter on things that didn't need butter plus the addition of processed foods into my diet that I have gotten a handle on.
I can tell you that I notice that I'm lighter on my morning walks. It's nice not hefting those 16 pounds uphill!
And, trust me, I don't want them back.
I've upped my exercise and reduced the calories that I'm eating. My fasting blood sugar was prediabetic, it isn't now. When you get your blood sugar into normal range your body changes.
It was the mindless - a little cheese on this and that, a handful of nuts there, butter on things that didn't need butter plus the addition of processed foods into my diet that I have gotten a handle on.
I can tell you that I notice that I'm lighter on my morning walks. It's nice not hefting those 16 pounds uphill!
And, trust me, I don't want them back.
Practicing mindful eating would probably be better than resurrecting a fad diet that was briefly popular 40 years ago.
Practicing mindful eating would probably be better than resurrecting a fad diet that was briefly popular 40 years ago.
It was literally a week of the Cabbage Diet. I'm not saying people should eat like that all the time.
We're entering mid March and I'm back on it again - just for this week. I actually find it a lot more sensible than fasting. You're eating vegetables and fruits and towards the end you add in simply prepared lean meat - steak, chicken, eggs, fish.
I actually like the soup and I make some delicious leafy green salads, I don't mind snacking on carrots and celery so it works for me. YMMV, of course.
I am 61 and weigh what I did as a senior in High School. I practice 16/8 intermittent fasting and an avoid white foods: pasta, rice, bread, potatoes, crackers, etc.
16/8 is eating within an 8 hour window, then nothing but black coffee, tea or water for 16 hours. It works, slowly, about 1/2 lb a week and it’s sustainable.
I initially lost 14 lbs and now just do it as a lifestyle to maintain my weight.
I still drink beer and wine without weight gain.
Just to add some insight to a comment above, nuts, cheese and berries along with butter are good for you. Sugar and carbs are the bad guys. Eat lots of fiber too, it counteracts carbs because they will absorb slower.
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