Keto

Don't know anything about the efficacy of the diet. But every book on keto in my library is checked out. And that's a lot of books. Must be working for someone.

 

Moddy, this is basically what I’ve been doing through Hopkins. Lost 50 pounds in 2016, and 50 pounds so far in 2018 (since mid-June).

I sort of got stupid in 2017 and don’t want to talk about that part too much. Well, actually, it is important. I found 2016 so easy, got down to 206, and then a LOT of work travel combined with a lot of bad choices, and I was close to 270 in March. What I’m working on now is what is truly the difficult part of weight management: making the necessary changes to KEEP IT OFF during the maintenance phase. So, that was the very important lesson from 2017’s stupidity.

It’s not Atkins if you do it right. You are allowed to eat healthy carbs.

I can show you a place where you can mail order meals (I have absolutely NO financial interest in this - no direct marketing crap).

And - two things:

1) Many of the meals are pastas. You can still get your Italian fix.

2) The meals are not frozen nor refrigerated. Stored at room temp. Which means lots of good things: highly portable; easy, I mean EASY for bachelors; and when ready for dinner, since they’re not frozen, all you do is microwave it for ONE minute, and presto, dinner is served!

PM if you want to discuss more. I can give you a couple of the pasta meals when you swing through here to see if you like the stuff. I find them damn tasty. I swear, it’s made the losing weight part easy - and the hard part is then keeping it off.

Regards,
VB

 

And then if you sign up 6 people....

 

No, seriously, none of that.

 

These diets generally work to get the weight off.

Trouble with these diets - Atkins, South Beach, etc. - is keeping the weight off.

Late add: I think you'll have better longterm outcomes by eating a little less and moving a little more.

 

Yep. That requires changes in habits. Education on what to eat as you ease into the maintenance phase. Portion sizes. Exhibiting self control. Watching alcohol intake (that was a major boo boo for me in 2017 - I drank a couple of drinks per day, but it was only around the 8th week out of 9 that I asked myself: hmm, wonder how many calories are in these? And it turned out to be 600 to 800 calories per drink. No wonder that I gained 20 pounds on that trip). Watching what you stuff into your pie hole.

One thing that I strongly advise people to consider and practice is mindfulness. Being aware of what you are doing, and practicing mindfulness eating.

Anyway, good luck everyone. Feel free to ask questions.

I’ve learned a lot about this subject and even participated in Hopkins research studies.

But as Az hints at, the key is followthrough.

 

Good job. It might slow down a bit, but hell, even 2 pounds a week is great. Don’t be discouraged if it slows a bit. Keep going!

 

My brother-in-law has a lot of digestive issues (crohns, colitis, etc.), so he tries just about every big diet fad known to man. His take is that it's great to lose weight, but you need to find a way to manage your diet once you're down to your target weight. It's so restrictive that it's nearly impossible to make it a "lifestyle," but it will shed you some pounds rather well.