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Here is a list of frequently asked questions about the slow carb diet. Before you even think about posting a question related to SCD please read the book available here. Is Food X ok to eat on SCD? Website with invaluable information Self magazine nutritional data contains very detailed nutritional data on a very wide ar...

I've been browsing the forum and noticed a lot of the same questions being asked. I thought it'd be helpful if a lot of the information that was gathered from several members here on the site was centralized in one place. For simplicity's sake I will try to speak to a lot of the initial and continuing concerns of SCDers ali...

Hey everyone! I just started on the slow-carb diet this week and so far so good! I have been sticking to the plan and feeling really great. I also exercise quite a bit-- going back and forth between hot yoga and cardio/weights. This diet seems very similar to the Adkins diet just from what I have read about it because I ...

Are women finding success with 4 Hour Body? Over at 4-HBTalk we are discussing this and the women are not seeing very good results. Any feedback you can offer? I read about Laura Cox on this site - way to go. She changed things up - no beans at main meals no snacks. Look forward to your replies.

I've had very mixed results recovering from Cheat Day based on what I eat. What are some of the foods that other people have found led to unexpectedly high weight gain water weight retention etc.? Pizza seems particularly bad.

Hello In the first Chapter under "Rapid Fat Loss" Tim doesn't tell you to read the "Damage Control" chapter. So I thought that there was no need to follow them on my weekly cheat day. Is it really necessary?

I made these this morning for breakfast with a side of greens. They taste like potato pancakes and the onion gives them a nice bite. Ingredients 1 can of beans drained and rinsed I used pinto 1 small cooking onion diced 1 whole large egg beaten egg whites added as needed salt and pepper to taste oil to fry I used ...

Dear Ladies Are you happy with your progress on slow-carb? If you are having great success on the slow-carb diet please post a day's worth of food preferably with amounts along with how long you've been slow-carbing starting weight/inches and current weight/inches. I know it would be helpful to me and I suspect oth...

Hey Everyone Checking in after my first month on SCD. I am really shocked at the difference in 4 short weeks. Starting StatsAug 9 2011 Weight 143Lbs L Upper Arm 12 1/4" R Upper Arm 12 1/2" Waist at belly button 34 1/4" Hips 39 3/4" L Thigh 24 1/4" R Thigh 24" TI 147" Current Stats Sept 9 2011 Weight 134Lb...

Tomorrow I'm going to have my first 'cheat day' or 'carb loading' day which apparently are 2 different things. My leptin levels are probably so low that my metabolism has slowed. Plus I've gone god-knows-how-long without bread alcohol and caffeine and I think I've earned it. Everything I read does confirm the 'cheat day' ...

I read a question earlier this week I planned to answer but I can't find it now so I'll answer it here since I've seen a few similar questions. The question was a statement about after being on vacation or having a cheat day or two they were having trouble stopping the cheating. A big part of this is psychological. Here'...

Some little monkeys wanted to give you some Cheat day reminders Only applicable to full Dieters Gone Wild Day After you wake up... and brush your teeth take a cold shower Dry off and get dressed scramble some eggs with in 30 minutes of waking just a little bit later remember your grapefruit juice and if y...

I started slow carb in the beginning on the year and it has certainly put me through a journey. It has changed my views of food forever in some ways for the better and in others for the worse. I started out at about 132 pounds 5'3 woman and was able to get down to 120 something ive only dreamed of for years. I decided ...

I've been doing the slow-carb diet for 10 days now without a cheat day. I look and feel so good I just can't bring myself to ruin all my hard work because I know I will regret it. The book is very specific about NOT skipping the cheat day but I really don't have any cravings for fried food or donuts or whatever. I never th...

im feeling pretty frustrated on the 4hb right now. im sticking to my no cheat days and enjoying my saturday with whatever i want. this is a somewhat typical i may change lunch or dinner around day during the non cheat days breakfast pretty much stays the same every day give or take the bacon 4 eggs and tbsp or 2 ...

Greetings 4 Hour Peeps I had a rough couple days this week. I ended up in a couple situations mostly at work I'm a barista at Starbucks. Yeah I get to stare at pastries 8hrs-a-day 5 days-a-week gnarly. where I found myself VERY hungry and with no slow carb food in sight I dare you to find ONE thing to eat at Starbuck...

In the book for slow carb diet 1 it says no white bread at all is wheat bread ok?? I LOVE bread! NO bread is very tough!

I go to them when I need a "filler" food... ya know something to plump up a meal and make it more hearty while still being "paleo/slow carb". But I have a sneaking suspicion that if I was to cut beans out i.e my beloved kidney and black beans etc I would be losing fat faster. Could they be the tipping point to me losing...

A couple of the people in my support group who are doing slow carb or low carb have told me that when they do have something very sugary or carby as on cheat days that they get some pretty icky things going on. They've reported feeling shaky or anxious after eating something sugary. One told me that her heart would race ...

I arrived at day 30 today and I feel amazing. I have lost 8 lbs. 5 being the past week finally and 6.75 inches 1 off both thighs 1/4 off both arms 2.75 off waist and 1.5 off hips. I have adjusted the diet to fit me a little better over the past 30 days. I cut way back on the beans and I only eat them at one mea...

This Still all seems like a lot of Hocus Pocus to me.... but I have been doing it for a week and a half preparing for my second Cheat/Binge day and I have already lost over Ten Lbs. But I am afraid that my body will become conditioned to this predictable cycle and I will no Longer benefit from this diet and Cheat Day wil...

This is my second time around the first time seemed like cake compared to this time. I have tried over and over and can't seem to stick to it for very long. It's very discouraging I know it's ultimately up to ME to make the change....but for people who have struggled then eventually stuck to it what made the difference?? ...

Hello everyone. I have been on and off the SCD since 2008 when my husband and I discovered it on Mr. Ferris's blog. It has always worked wonders for both of us. If I got off like I usually do around the holidays I could count on taking weight off again consistently as long as I stuck to the diet and was working out some. ...

i discovered that I feel 100 better the day after binge day if I eat 100-200gr prunes depending on body size as my last snack on binge day. Tim suggest using caffeine as a mild laxative but that doesn't work for me. I hate feeling bloated and sluggish post binge day and prunes have seemed to fix that problem. They elimi...

For all the 9-5ers out there it's extremely challenging to eat the perfectly balanced meals outlined in the book. To make things worse our office is stocked with all kinds of snacks chips candy soda you name it. It's driving me mad teasing me every moment. Also every time I go out for lunch with coworkers I have to e...

I'm nervous and feeling a little bamboozled. Just finished a cheat day that I honestly looked forward to all week but then I woke up this morning feeling like I didn't really need it and was enjoying the diet so far...but I felt like it was part of the plan so I should stick with it. I'm not doing supplements and only got...

And then continue through 8pm on Saturday? So like you cheat on Friday night by going out etc. and then cheat on Saturday DAY and then after dinner on Saturday night around 7pm or so you go back to clean? Could be a bad idea throwing sleep in the middle of it all but what do you think?

So I went to a sushi restaurant today my favorite and was able to indulge in all the yummy goodness by only asking them to wrap my roll in cucumber instead of rice. That's right! Apparently it's called Kanisu and as long as they're willing to make it you are able to order ANY roll kanisu style. I'm so happy now that I h...

I was on the 4 hour body quest but I suppose I wasnt too consistent or committed. I saw the weight loss but but I plateau after cheat day. This time around I'm heading for a weekend trip with a couple of my boyfriend's friends. I want to feel good about myself around them cos I don't want them to think that my boyfriend is a...

Water retention can be a major problem for some when on SCD. With our cheat days we can retain a LOT of water weight as our glycogen levels are replenished- each gram of carbohydrate holds onto 4 grams of water and each gram of salt can hold onto a pound of water. So it's no wonder that we end up looking and feeling bloat...

This is not a question but a report First I like to call it "FREE DAY" because it's not "cheating" if it's specifically prescribed by the slow carb program. Second knowing that I only have to eat in a restricted way for six days at a time and on the seventh day that an escape from the restriction is coming has a HUGE...

Dear everyone but especially LauraCox PLEASE help! I did this for 90 days April-June but only lost about 8 lbs some body fat but I need to lost more weight. I've had 3 kids and have been doing boot camp/weight training for 1 hour 3 x per week for a year plus some jogging maybe 30 min 3 times a week also. I really n...

So I started today and then went online researched even more and a lot of woman mostly on youtube concluded that 4 hour body losing weight didnt work. well alot of them were over 30 which i guess i dont have to worry but just wondering does it work for woman too? any sucess stories?

Ever since reading Martin's blog post last week here fkarounditis I've had to restrain myself quite a bit from answering some questions---out of fear of being---'too harsh'. Even in every day life unrelated to health I know a few of my answers in the past may have been harsh so I apologize. But more so I apologize fo...

I've been on SCD for a few of weeks now. I was feeling rather tired and drained at the beginning - so tried a couple of days on 4 meals per day instead of 3 - this just pushed my weight up so I went back to 3 - but I did manage to go from 88kg to 85kg in the first 11 days! However I have stayed at that weight for over a wee...

I'm at Week 10.5 I'm doing 10 day cycles between Cheat Days now. I weighed and measured myself this morning. I am at 131.4 lbs and 16.4 BF. Apparently compared to Week 9 I am up 1.2 lbs but down about an inch in tape measurements and down 1.3 in BF. And I am also dealing with my TOM so I'm bloated. No matter how buff I...

Today I officially made the 30 day mark on the plan. As I am finishing up my fifth week I wanted to reply and add some encouragement because the last two weeks I have been discouraged but now am excited again. I understand that Tim says the program kicks in for women between week 4 and 5. I am a 52 year old women 5'1"....

Two days from now will be my four-month anniversary since I started the SCD. I have lost 45 pounds. None of my old clothes fit and at a recent work function one of my bosses who I do not see regularly made a joke about me living at the gym. I have not gone to the gym a single time since I started the diet. My weight lo...

What has everyone found to be the most effective way of holding yourself accountable to you goals?

Hello my fellow SCD teammates Long story short I started at 215lbs and I am now 183lbs. I followed the diet pretty strictly and went nuts on my cheat day. 700am wake up 710 am- protein shake in the shower standard process SP complete diary free shake and morning vitamins 1200pm 2 chicken breasts 2 cups of...

Hey everyone! I managed to stick to SCD without any cheating on non-cheat days for 4 weeks. Then I just became so annoyed by the fact that I can't have dinner at my friends/family because it's almost never SCD-friendly it feels pretty ungrateful not being able to take a single bite of what they cooked up for you. Add to t...

Check it out! Dr Davis author of Wheat Belly was asking for stories of healing from women over 50 so I sent mine and he has it featured on the Wheat Belly blog site today. Way cool!! http//www.wheatbellyblog.com/2011/12/gretchens-cheat-day/

Second week in a row that it takes me 3 full days to get down to my pre-cheat day weight mon tues wednes This morning finally down to 279 again. I have been pushing water like crazy 1.5-2 gallons a day. But what I wonder is how long it takes most of you to get over the cheat day weight? Can we make this faster? Afteral...

Ok today I'd like to share a very little story with you. My friend and me love gum. Especially 5 gum. So in 5 gum is no sugar contained and I always felt free to take one or two a day. Recently I really did often read that the "fake-sugar" is far more worse than the real one and that it can cause no further weight loss....

Hey guys! I am Doug from Finland! First of all let me tell you that I love this forum! I have been on the SCD for a month and it has been awesome! Let me also tell you a bit about my journey to being fit for the first time in my life I started getting back in shape around march! I had no idea about the SCD back then. I h...

Just thought it would be cool to have the ability to have a public or private visual food diary feature on this site. Idea from http//4hourpeople.com/question/673

so i've been on the scd for a couple months i've lost 10 pounds so far. besides looking forward to cheat day one of the things that helps me get through weeks where i have particularly strong cravings is writing about all the foods i wish i could have ... and then telling them off! the blog is called don't let me eat t...

Hi everyone I am now 16 days into the slow carb diet but I want to speed things up. I am planning on starting Occam's Protocol however I have some questions before doing so. I hope someone may be able to shed some light on these and help me out 1 I have read a lot on this site that people do not recommend protein shake...