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(This is part 4 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It discusses my weight loss journey so far. If you didn’t read part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link. Part 1 also includes links to the rest of the series.)  I took a quick glance at the archives to see if I could discover exactly when I first started doing the Kimkins Diet back in 2007, but I kept it quiet due to the controversy surrounding that plan. I can remember communicating with Jimmy Moore several times back then, as he was doing the Kimkins Diet himself, but I couldn’t find anything I had actually posted to this blog. People were very emphatic back then that you had to eat a certain amount of dietary fat. You had to eat a ton of protein, and you had to get a certain amount of calories, or you were not doing low carb. Because of these self-made dietary restrictions, these same individuals refused to call Kimkins a low carb diet. They insisted it was a glucose-burning diet, even though it...

The masses within the low-carb community tend to stick to about 20 to 35 net carbohydrates per day. The current perspective on Ketosis is that it takes 50 grams or less for most people to maintain that metabolic state. You’d think that asking, “How low is low carb?” would be rather silly. Wouldn’t the obvious answer be less than 50 carbohydrates per day? How Low is Low Carb? Well, maybe…but maybe not. How low is low carb exactly? Like almost anything, it all depends on which low-carb expert you ask, and how much weight you place on their theory and belief. It wasn’t very long ago that the same people who are currently trying to talk us into converting to a low protein, low carb, high-fat lifestyle (for our own good, of course) were preaching something very different. Gluten Exposure Has Resulted in Weight Gain  Understanding where the line is between a low-carb diet and something else is particularly important to me because I’ve recently found myself in the unwelcomed position of...

(This is part 2 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . If you didn’t read part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link.) When I started low carbing in January 2007, the 2002 version of Atkins was considered the bible of low carb dieting. However, even among those who proclaimed you HAD to follow that version by the book, they were using the latest Atkins Nutritionals’ (ANA) recommendations to override the book’s instructions. So if you were not eating a minimum of 20 net carbs per day on Induction and getting the greater majority of those carbs from vegetables (12 to 15 net carbs per day), you were either blasted for not doing Atkins, or you were written off as someone who was playing an I-am-on-a-diet game. You were also counseled to spend the majority of your calories on consuming tremendous amounts of fat. Those calories had to be a minimum of ten times your current weight in order to avoid starvation mode. You had to drink a minimum of eight glasses of pur...

(This is part 3 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It discusses my weight loss journey so far. If you didn’t read part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link. There, you will also find links to the entire series.) In 2007, I was not gluten free, dairy free, or corn free. I didn’t know about the Celiac Disease or other food sensitivities back then, so I was working with what I did know. Looking back now, I can see why a very low carb or no carb diet did not work for me. Untreated Celiac Disease and food sensitivities keep your intestinal tract inflamed. An inflamed digestive system interferes with the way the body absorbs dietary fats and other nutrients. In addition, corn allergies and sensitivities can be especially problematic for low carb dieters because most of the meats, poultry, and fish at the supermarket are contaminated with corn. Plus, many fresh vegetables (including organic varieties) are waxed or gassed. Around this time, there was a rise in ...

It’s a myth that all overweight people have insulin resistance and/or metabolic syndrome. It’s also a myth that everyone’s insulin and blood glucose levels soar into the clouds when they eat carbohydrates. If you have normal blood glucose control, your body’s sensitivity to insulin will quickly take care of the small rise in glucose you get after you eat. In fact, typical folks never see a rise in blood sugar levels much above 120 mg/dl (6.6 mmol/L) – no matter how much starch and sugar they eat. The problem comes for those of us with an abnormal response to the carbohydrates we eat. Reasons for that vary, but taking the necessary steps to correct the problem can often make us feel ill. The Atkins’ Flu, Detoxing from Sugar, and Carbohydrate Withdrawal The first two weeks of a low carb diet can send the body into a tizzy. We’re restricting the body’s first-used fuel source, emptying out glycogen stores, dumping a lot of excess water, and coaxing our liver to begin breaking down stored b...

hey, what's up guys? sean nalewanyj here,seannal.com, bodytransformationtruth.com with a bit of a different video for you today.i just got back from the grocery store, about to head over to the gym here. but i was standingthere and had this big pile of groceries and thought why don’t i just grab the cameraand show you guys what i eat throughout a typical day right now. i'm actually just finishingup a 10-week cutting phase. i dropped about diet food, 15 pounds over that time. i wasn't actuallyintending to lose that much initially. my original plan was maybe to go about 8 poundsor so down. but as i got leaner and leaner, i decided it might be a good idea to justtake it a bit further and get some professional pictures done for my website when i am fairlylean. that’s something that i've never done before. that's going to be on tuesday. so,i'm starting a water cut tomorrow for the next three days just to really dry out beforethose photos. but i thought i would sh...

hey, what's up guys? sean nalewanyj here,seannal.com, bodytransformationtruth.com with a bit of a different video for you today.i just got back from the grocery store, about to head over to the gym here. but i was standingthere and had this big pile of groceries and thought why don’t i just grab the cameraand show you guys what i eat throughout a typical day right now. i'm actually just finishingup a 10-week cutting phase. i dropped about 15 pounds over that time. i wasn't actuallyintending to lose that much initially. my original plan was maybe to go about 8 poundsor so down. but as i got leaner and leaner, i decided it might be a good idea to justtake it a bit further and get some professional pictures done for my website when i am fairlylean. that’s something that i've never done before. that's going to be on tuesday. so,i'm starting a water cut tomorrow for the next three days just to really dry out beforethose photos. but i thought i would show you what...

hey, what's up guys? sean nalewanyj here,seannal.com, bodytransformationtruth.com with a bit of a different video for you today.i just got back from the grocery store, about to head over to the gym here. but i was standingthere and had this big pile of groceries and thought why don’t i just grab the cameraand show you guys what i eat throughout a typical day right now. i'm actually just finishingup a 10-week cutting phase. i dropped about 15 pounds over that time. i wasn't actuallyintending to lose that much initially. my original plan was maybe to go about 8 poundsor so down. but as i got leaner and leaner, i decided it might be a good idea to justtake it a bit further and get some professional pictures done for my website when i am fairlylean. that’s something that i've never done before. that's going to be on tuesday. so,i'm starting a water cut tomorrow for the next three days just to really dry out beforethose photos. but i thought i would show you what...

hey, what's up guys? sean nalewanyj here,seannal.com, bodytransformationtruth.com with a bit of a different video for you today.i just got back from the grocery store, about to head over to the gym here. but i was standingthere and had this big pile of groceries and thought why don’t i just grab the cameraand show you guys what i eat throughout a typical day right now. i'm actually just finishingup a 10-week cutting phase. i dropped about 15 pounds over that time. i wasn't actuallyintending to lose that much initially. my original plan was maybe to go about 8 poundsor so down. but as i got leaner and leaner, i decided it might be a good idea to justtake it a bit further and get some professional pictures done for my website when i am fairlylean. that’s something that i've never done before. that's going to be on tuesday. so,i'm starting a water cut tomorrow for the next three days just to really dry out beforethose photos. but i thought i would show you what...

hey, what's up guys? sean nalewanyj here,seannal.com, bodytransformationtruth.com with a bit of a different video for you today.i just got back from the grocery store, about to head over to the gym here. but i was standingthere and had this big pile of groceries and thought why don’t i just grab the cameraand show you guys what i eat throughout a typical day right now. i'm actually just finishingup a 10-week cutting phase. i dropped about 15 pounds over that time. i wasn't actuallyintending to lose that much initially. my original plan was maybe to go about 8 poundsor so down. but as i got leaner and leaner, i decided it might be a good idea to justtake it a bit further and get some professional pictures done for my website when i am fairlylean. that’s something that i've never done before. that's going to be on tuesday. so,i'm starting a water cut tomorrow for the next three days just to really dry out beforethose photos. but i thought i would show you what...

what's up, guys? jeff cavaliere, athleanx.com. i'm going to take you behind the scenes today.we've done it a few times before. one of the questions is, 'jeff, what do youtake for your supplementation? what are you exactly taking from morning until night?' well, i figured, i'll open up my cabinetsfor you, and i'm going to show you why that's important in just a second. we'll come backand point to that. but i actually take my vitamins and i'm goingto tell you where i take them throughout the day and why. and then i have my workout supplementationas well. a lot of you guys will probably have something that looks somewhat similar to this,and that's a lot of bottles. now, i take a lot of these things for a lotof different reasons some of which are insurance policy because i can tell you guys that even though i eat extremely healthy and admittedly,i am one of the healthiest eaters out there, i still feel there's certain things that i'mnot g...