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(This is part 6 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 this series.) At one time or another, most dieters get caught up in the desire of wanting to lose weight fast. That actually worked to my advantage because Lyle McDonald originally created his Rapid Fat Loss Plan (a whole foods PSMF Diet) to deal with crash diets safely. While McDonald’s focus is on bodybuilding, muscle retention, and metabolism, maintaining muscle mass during dieting is to everyone’s benefit – quick weight loss or not. The Kimkins fiasco brought the protein content of a low carb diet into the limelight. Dr. Eades’ did have recommendations for low carbers to shoot for. He talked about large, medium, and small servings of protein (five, four or three ounces) at each meal depending upon how much you currently weigh, getting 35 grams of carbohy

(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 lim

sample vegetarian weight loss meal plan although this weight loss plan is more on the vegetarian side, it still requires much planning like any other diets. we know that the main goal of weight loss diets (even vegetarian diets for weight loss) is about lowering your caloric intakeã³eating lesser general motors diet, calories than you burn in order to lose weight. to give a clearer picture, an average person consumes 1200 to 1500 calories per day but a person who is into a vegetarian weight loss diet only consumes around 400 calories per meal and for a snack or two around 100 calories. below is a sample of what a meal plan for this diet looks like. breakfast the golden rule in this vegetarian weight loss diet plan is to never skip meals and this starts right by eating breakfast. time and time again, it has been emphasized that breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it boosts your metabolism and starts up your energy for the day. you can make a smoothie tha

There is a lot of confusion these days about metabolism. It seems to be a scapegoat that people like to blame when weight loss doesn’t happen easily. If they’re following a low carb diet and struggling to succeed, then they believe that all of those years of eating carbohydrates must have destroyed their metabolism and made them fat. On the other side of the argument are those who oppose low carb dieting. These people claim that carbohydrate restriction will permanently alter your metabolism, but what’s the truth? Will eating carbohydrates or following a low carb diet ruin your metabolism – or not? What is Metabolism? Low carb dieters generally do not like to hear about the energy equation. Dr. Atkins told us that we no longer need to worry about calories, so most people believe the energy equation isn’t applicable to them. Calories don’t matter, they say. Dr. Eades has tried to set the record straight, but far too many people still do not want to go outside and drag the equation bac

(This is part 7 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It explains the path I have traveled in 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.) My diet break obviously refilled my glycogen stores, since I was eating more carbohydrates, but that wasn’t a surprise. I was okay with the eight-pound weight regain because everything happened exactly as Lyle McDonald said it would. Although each of us have the potential to hold different amounts of glycogen in our liver and muscles, there was no reason to believe those eight pounds were fat. I was used to inputting everything I ate into Fitday, and that didn’t stop during my break, so it was easy to keep tabs on my daily calorie count. That helped to keep me zeroed into maintenance. Overall, my complete diet break went well, except that I took my husband’s suggestion and enjoyed a full month off from dieting that Dec

No matter which low carb diet program you choose, one of the first things most dieters do is set a weight loss goal. Most of the time, this goal involves a number on the scale. Sometimes, that number is realistic, but most of the time it's not. Weight charts are sometimes used by medical professionals to tell you exactly what you should weigh. Many dieters use them to help them make a weight loss goal. These numbers are supposed to take your height, gender and sometimes age under consideration. The general rule is that a 5-foot individual such as myself should weigh about 100 pounds. A man should weigh around 110. For every inch taller, you would add an additional 5 or 6 pounds. These charts were designed for life insurance companies, not dieters. Hence, the numbers reflect life expectancy for the average individual and sit on the low side of reality – especially since our food supply has changed drastically since then. Measuring body mass index (BMI) is similar. BMI looks at your

Mozzarella Cheese  If you’ve read Dr. Eades’ or Dr. Atkins’ books, you might have developed a serious dislike for insulin. For those with metabolic issues, insulin often sits at the heart of the dysfunction. What most low carb dieters believe is that insulin causes the carbohydrates you eat to be stored as body fat. Lower your insulin levels and your body will burn your fat stores instead. Unfortunately, that isn’t how the role of insulin in weight loss works. How Insulin Works Insulin is a hormone that is secreted by the pancreas for a variety of reasons. The need to get glucose into your body cells and return your blood sugar levels back to normal is only one of them. Many low carbers refer to insulin as a nutrient-storage hormone because it encourages the body to use any toxic levels of alcohol or glucose first and store the fats and/or proteins you eat for use later on. If you eat a high carbohydrate meal, the glucose the body doesn’t immediately need is turned into glycogen and st

nearly 16 million children in the us haveinconsistent access to enough nutritious food. the american heart association recommendshigh-school aged children eat 3 servings of vegetables a day. in tennessee only 13% willachieve that goal. nearly one in five adolescents skips breakfast. disordered eating is our standard of livingin america. extreme weight loss methods, one in 3 children in tennessee drinks twoor more sodas every day. one in three children is also obese or overweight. i see obesity as one of the most visible formsof malnutrition that we have today. babies who are breastfed exclusively for 6months experience fewer and less severe infections, and see improved cognitive development. in tennessee, only 4% of babies will be breastfedexclusively to 6 months – the lowest rate in the us. we are setting our children up to not be ashealthy as they could potentially be. by age 15-18 months, the most common vegetableeaten by children in america is french fries. what is standing betwe

nearly 16 million children in the us haveinconsistent access to enough nutritious food. the american heart association recommendshigh-school aged children eat 3 servings of vegetables a day. in tennessee only 13% willachieve that goal. nearly one in five adolescents skips breakfast. disordered eating is our standard of livingin america. extreme weight loss methods, one in 3 children in tennessee drinks twoor more sodas every day. one in three children is also obese or overweight. i see obesity as one of the most visible formsof malnutrition that we have today. babies who are breastfed exclusively for 6months experience fewer and less severe infections, and see improved cognitive development. in tennessee, only 4% of babies will be breastfedexclusively to 6 months – the lowest rate in the us. we are setting our children up to not be ashealthy as they could potentially be. by age 15-18 months, the most common vegetableeaten by children in america is french fries. what is standing betwe