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The headaches and dizzy spells you mention are likely from rapid sodium and electrolyte losses that happen in the first week or two (before your b...
Re: What's your cheat day regimen?
I just tend to use the damage control techniques, which are simple and don't spoil the delight of indulging in favorite foods. If I have a cheat day (which is normally once every 7-10 days, somet...
Re: varying dgw?
I tended to only have a belated cheat day whenever I reached or surpassed goals. I went 17 days without a cheat day in December- and I lost 6lbs in that time, before that it was every 7-14 days. ...
Still 140lbs, but gained 5.25lbs after yesterday, hoping it'll come off in the next couple of days as usual! I'm happy with a 5lb gain over a 10lbs...
Wouldn't you just lose more muscle on a 90% fat diet? I did that back in the summer, it's called the Atkins Fat Fast. Very similar go fasting - I ...
Re: Down 12 lbs in 2 weeks but not too many inches?
As long as you are eating enough protein and aren't skimping on the legumes, no you are not losing muscle. When you shift to a lower carbohydrate and un-processed diet you lose a bunch of water ...
Thank you @FloridaMike, for your reassuring and positive reply. I agree, we have to look forward positively and do what's best for us.
Thank you for being open about your issues, it shows that we are not afraid to admit who we are, and that we may have a problem too, because admit...
@Icandoit thank you for the wisdom, I am going to try and hardest not to correlate being thin with being happy, because it is just not the case. T...
I totally agree, I think Occams would be a great place to start. The only thing that is stopping me is myself, worrying about the fat gain as well...
Well there's no way I could leave, is there? I will never lose the drive and the will to 'change myself', so I know I couldn't stop doing SCD, n...
Control how you live your life. You are right- it does not matter that you are now trying to lose some weight, because you have your life back! SC...
Wow, thank you for your reply. I can relate to being surrounded by obese people- for most of my life I have controlled my emotions through food, a...
Hmm according to this site http://www.eslowcarbdiet.com/ the water chestnuts are apparently not okay ?! :S They are allowed on Atkins induction ph...
I threw out my scale, feel like I've been missing reality for over 2 years..
The last 30 months of my life my weight has never been stable for any period of time whatsoever. The reasons for this start with the obvious one that I am still growing. I am not 18 for another 31...
Wow I never eat either of those! I still tend to stick with legumes and green vegetables, red peppers and water chestnuts occasionally too
Re: the last mile
Yes.
How'd Saturday go this week?
I just ate a couple of slices of white toast with Nutella LOL.
Great news! You can still have cheat days , remember that the calorie theory is incorrect.
Re: ArcticHacker: GOAL!
Wow, you look awesome! 15% body is amazing Being in a -35 degrees climate obviously helps keep the fat down . You should be proud to have such a great mesomorph figure, I would kill right now t...
Re: Intermittent fasting
It's best to fast before cheat days rather than after, the whole point of cheat days are to boost your leptin and metabolic rate than have downshifted throughout the week. Fasting for 18 hours be...
Woo well done Cathie! You'll get ot that goal in no time at all, hope you're enjoying it and aren't using sweetenrs or sugar in your coffee anymor...
Re: Refried Beans
I eat half a can of spicy Old El Paso with dinner almost every night and my body fat is 9.4%
Re: protein shake
Protein shake- please don't unless you make a steak and egg shake or something Sweeteners are your downfall- avoid at all costs. Whey+casein are dairy protein sources which are also not allowed o...
Re: Which protein shake?
You really don't need shakes- lay off them as much as possible because the sweeteners/dairy in them will stall you- your body is no fool and will know whenever you eat something sweet or something...
If you want to increase muscle mass as well as decrease fat, you should stop doing all cardio, only do the strength training and eat 1800-2000 cal...
Gaining muscle+ Reactive eating.
I have not been active on the site as much in the past few weeks, but I have been spying a lot. I have been eating a LOT more recently, I've been coming up to anywhere between 2000 and 2700 ca...
The only way to keep your body in complete fat-burning mode is by cutting out legumes entirely and sticking to only green veggies as well as prote...
Re: Is it ok to substitute beans with lentils?
Lentils are the safest legumes for most people because they won't cause gas problems or blood sugar fluctuations like other beans might when you consume too many of them. With lentils you can con...
Re: Diet Coke consumption - over time or all at once?
You should avoid Diet Coke consumption completely during the week , the sweeteners and fake ingredients in it make you actually gain weight, or at the very least make your body hold onto fat cells...
Thai is great as well, add them to a Thai red curry and the lentils soak up all the flavour
Just remember to drink grapefruit juice and do some damage control before you eat, you won't want blood sugar spiking too rapidly.
Re: Fasting after cheat day?
You'll get better results if you IF before your cheat day, that way the carbs can be soaked up by your muscles and liver as glycogen more, so less gets stored as fat. Also you'll experience more ...
I ate a tub of Belgian Choc Haigon Daz and half a tub Ben and Jerrys Fossil Fuel, and about a hundred other treats yesterday.
Re: Hi, I'm JamesZmSun
Hello James, welcome to the site. Feel free to ask questions, good luck!
It contains caffeine too which also aids in the 'gastric emptying'
Re: carbs. carbs. carbs.
Carbs are best kept in the 50-75g range on SCD, to just avoid going into full ketosis but still burn body fat for energy on a daily basis. You are probably eating too many beans.1/2-3/4 cup a day...
Re: Confused about grapefruit juice
The life-extending effects of naringenin in grapefruit juice on caffeine is only true on cheat days. Yes, grapefruit juice does have awesome fat-loss/fat-blocking properties , but the point of SC...
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