30 Days Without Sugar
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30 Days Without Sugar
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Re: 30 Days Without Sugar
#2Awesome job! I did this last year and lost almost exactly ~100lbs (along with exercise).
Would you mind editing your post and adding in some resources for other people interested in the scientific information? I'm assuming that others will be really interested in your sources (I know I found r/keto very helpful) so they can have background information.
Anyhow, congrats on the awesome loss!
Re: 30 Days Without Sugar
#3Awesome job! I did this last year and lost almost exactly ~100lbs (along with exercise). Would you mind editing your post and adding in some resources for other people interested in the scientific information? I'm assuming that others will be really interested in your sources (I know I found r/keto very helpful) so they can have background information. Anyhow, congrats on the awesome loss!
That's a great idea. I visit r/keto all the time. I'll list out some resources now and tack them onto the bottom of the post.
Re: 30 Days Without Sugar
#4I've been doing this since 30th March, as I worried I was potentially becoming pre-diabetic. Biggest learning point was: yep, sugar is addictive. I've lost quite a lot of weight in that time, and feel like I have a lot more control over my eating in general. I've not been being too precious about fruit, I just don't eat much.
This NYTimes article as probably the other big motivator:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.htm...
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#5According to his graph, he lost almost a pound a day for a full month. He didn't just cut out the sweets. He effectively went on a starvation diet!
That is not safe.
He is not to be congratulated, he is to be ushered into a doctor's office so some sense can be talked into him before he does himself permanent damage. When you go on a starvation diet your body breaks down muscle as well as fat, and some of that muscle is rather important not to lose. Heart damage is just one major risk of starvation diets.
Additionally, when you throw the yo-yo that hard it is going to be exceedingly difficult to keep it from coming right back up. My money's on him being back at 230 or higher within a year.
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#6According to his graph, he lost almost a pound a day for a full month. He didn't just cut out the sweets. He effectively went on a starvation diet! That is not safe. He is not to be congratulated, he is to be ushered into a doctor's office so some sense can be talked into him before he does himself permanent damage. When you go on a starvation diet your body breaks down muscle as well as fat, and some of that muscle…
This most certainly wasn't a starvation diet. I didn't starve myself at any point. I'm not at all convinced my body has broken down any muscle. I'm not in any danger whatsoever.
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#7He's not in ketosis; he's in starvation mode. He's losing massive amounts of muscle as a result of this diet, which is why he is losing so much weight. He's also losing fat, but not as efficiently as he would in a normal diet.
If he keeps this up, he'll be lucky if he has the strength to pick up a coffee mug.
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#8According to his graph, he lost almost a pound a day for a full month. He didn't just cut out the sweets. He effectively went on a starvation diet! That is not safe. He is not to be congratulated, he is to be ushered into a doctor's office so some sense can be talked into him before he does himself permanent damage. When you go on a starvation diet your body breaks down muscle as well as fat, and some of that muscle…
You've overegged the case.
http://examine.com/faq/how-do-i-stay-out-of-starvation-mode....
Re: 30 Days Without Sugar
#9According to his graph, he lost almost a pound a day for a full month. He didn't just cut out the sweets. He effectively went on a starvation diet! That is not safe. He is not to be congratulated, he is to be ushered into a doctor's office so some sense can be talked into him before he does himself permanent damage. When you go on a starvation diet your body breaks down muscle as well as fat, and some of that muscle…
This most certainly wasn't a starvation diet. I didn't starve myself at any point. I'm not at all convinced my body has broken down any muscle. I'm not in any danger whatsoever.
It sounds exactly like a starvation diet; you can't lose 1 lb/day without losing massive amounts of muscle.
You haven't noticed the muscle loss yet b/c the body prioritizes the breakdown of unused/minimally used muscles. But if you keep this up much longer it will start to effect your ability to perform basic feats of strength.
That rate of weight loss you appear to be achieving also causes massive stress on the cardiovascular system.
You need to talk to a doctor, b/c you may be causing long-lasting, serious damage to your body.
Re: 30 Days Without Sugar
#10According to his graph, he lost almost a pound a day for a full month. He didn't just cut out the sweets. He effectively went on a starvation diet! That is not safe. He is not to be congratulated, he is to be ushered into a doctor's office so some sense can be talked into him before he does himself permanent damage. When you go on a starvation diet your body breaks down muscle as well as fat, and some of that muscle…
You've overegged the case. http://examine.com/faq/how-do-i-stay-out-of-starvation-mode....
Really?
The posted link contains all of 3 studies. One of those studies involves a single individual and the other study is a meta-study which contains no actual data at all.
("Meta-study" is a fancy scientific word meaning "find studies that fit our thesis and massage the data as necesary until it says what we want." Did you know that meta-studies suggest that most hackers (actually, any male who has not lived with a sexual partner prior to the age of 24) are 70% likely to be sex offenders? Did you know that this study is the landmark study that nearly every state uses to justify indefinite commitment of sex offenders?)