Comments on: Diet and weight loss

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:48:58 +0000

I was already struggling with regaining some of my lost weight during my time in Nantucket, but moving has resulted in A LOT less time on the bike, and the resulting time in the car results in odd side trips through fast food drive thru lanes and even more struggles. Got to get the nutrition side of the equation.

Site looks good.

By: Greg Hinson

Greg Hinson — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:05:08 +0000

You’re absolutely right. In fact, we generally use the word “diet” to mean a temporary change in our eating habits with the goal of losing weight. It’s a lifestyle change.

The reason why people lose weight quickly on the high protein, low carb diets like South Beach and Artkins and The Zone is because these diets still turn out to be low calorie diets. Fewer calories = weight loss. But eating a higher percentage of your calories in the form of protein makes you feel full, and therefore, it is easier to follow the diet than a typical low-calorie, high-carb/low-fat diet.

Good job!

By: Ackboater

Ackboater — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:59:57 +0000

I started the South Beach Diet on April 1 of this year. On April 1, I weighed 198 pounds. Today, April 23, I weigh 185. I lost ten pounds on the first week of the diet. I read somewhere that the first 10 pounds or so you lose very quickly because it is mostly water weight. The next pounds are more difficult to lose because it is stored fat. Anyway, this diet really works. My goal is to weigh 170. I lost all the weight without doing any exercise whatsoever. The problem with this and any diet is that they don’t work. You can do it for a few months but eventually, you break and go back to your old eating habits and gain all the weight back plus some. You have to make a drastic lifestyle change and stick to it for it to work. Don’t kid yourself.