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Yet another "I dismissed the Atkins diet until I tried it" article. Poor old Atkins. Even the so-chic Paleo diet is pretty much what he recommended back in 1965.
I don't think I would consider this hacking your metabolism. In fact, as the author mentions, his metabolism actually seems to have "slowed down" since he feels fatigued more often than before. For a completely no-carb diet, this should be expected. Cutting out carbohydrates forces your body to primarily convert stored fat for its fuel instead, which is a slower and less efficient source of energy. IMHO, practice mod…
Also, there is a difference between your goals and the goals of the OP. He clearly wants to lose weight while you sound content with maintaining. He could certainly transition to a less strict diet once his goals are met.
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I'm not sure, but the difference in sugar is the main thing (sugar raises insulin which signals cells to store fat, very roughly speaking)
I know there is a separate culinary definition of what a fruit is that I don't really understand. Like under some definitions a tomato is a vegetable. Maybe he is working off that but botanically a pepper is a fruit. His point would probably stood better if he used spinach as an example of a vitamin C rich green. Either way, these fad diets always scare me. I wouldn't touch anything that draws simple, arbitrary, coun…
Basically the difference is sugar - you dont need bananas and oranges and mangoes for your vitamins.
In the context of the OP, I think that was meant by "green"
My pet theory is that most diets aren't really that effective, but what _is_ effective is thinking about what you eat. It's not about how many carbs you consume or whether this food item would have a face or not. What's important is that you're consciously thinking about what you're eating. "Do I really need to eat this snack, or can I wait another hour til meal time? Is this junk food or is it healthy?" I've found t…
Soon enough I could distinguish between a 600cal lunch and a 1000+ one. Or between a 500cal snack and a ~200cal one. Just the realization that I could cut about half my caloric intake by choosing A over B and not feel hunger made a huge psychological difference: all of a sudden those huge Five Guys burgers weren't as tempting as they used to, and I started using 'calorie free' stuff (like tomatoes, celery, and even some cheese spreads) because it could fill me up. I used to ignore veggies because 'why would I put them in my sandwich if I have a tastier option like bacon/mayo'.
At the end of the day, paraphrasing Timothy Ferriss said in one of his TED talks, I had to learn to "eat like an adult", instead of giving in to every childish want.
My pet theory is that most diets aren't really that effective, but what _is_ effective is thinking about what you eat. It's not about how many carbs you consume or whether this food item would have a face or not. What's important is that you're consciously thinking about what you're eating. "Do I really need to eat this snack, or can I wait another hour til meal time? Is this junk food or is it healthy?" I've found t…
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> 2. You'll get much better results if you combine diet and exercise, you'll get faster results, and you won't have to be on such a strict diet because the exercise will make up for it. For many people, this is not true. Exercise uses up surprisingly few calories, and people justify all kinds of crappy foods for themselves based on this reasoning. The classic example is "oh, I've jogged for a half hour, so now I can…
You'll note that I did not mention cardio at all but instead mentioned strength training, but yes what you're saying is very correct for someone on a low-cardio only exercise plan. It's very important for someone starting out to always be keeping track of what they're doing so that they can re-evaluate their diet and exercise plans at the end of every week or other time period.
But other people strength train to look better while trying to lose weight; those people can do a leangains-type program, or just generally eat at a caloric deficit to cut weight. Thus, they have to watch what they eat too, strength training or no.