Can I Stay Low Carb Forever?
The following are bits and pieces of a few weeks of low carb dieting thoughts for your consideration.
<Is it a style of eating that a person can eat for lifetime?>
I think it is. The idea is that when you get close to your ideal weight you start adding carbs to taper off your weight loss. I plan on doing that by adding lots more fruit and vegetables and an occasional potato, rice and pizza. But my intention is that the diet will still be high protein, rich in quality fat and moderate in carbs. Chuck
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For life? Adkins says "yes" - Lyle says "no." Well, mostly he says, "No, it's never been studied long term." Lots of fanatic low carbers believe they are carb addicted or allergic and that they need to cut carbs for life. These could possibly be more overweight people, people who have a great deal of weight to lose and who would possibly gain the weight back if they stopped mid-diet. When many low carbers go back to carbs they gain weight back while going into carb treat frenzy, just the same as many followers of other diets really. Laree
<Would you recommend this diet for a woman who wants to lose about 7 pounds, and who's body fat is around 11%?>
The answer to this question I hope will be "yes," particularly if you're trying to peal off the last few stubborn pounds around the back of the legs, that area that we have an impossible time teaching to burn fat. This is precisely the question I'm hoping to answer in the affirmative in a few months, even though I'm not anywhere near the 11% mark. Laree
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Don't know but everybody I know who is doing it is having good success. My next door neighor is always on it to a different degree. If her weight starts to climb she cuts back carbs and when she gets back where she wants to be she adds some back in. From what I've seen it works. And as I mentioned before I think it works because its richness of protein and fat inhibits the appetite and also because your body is awash in protein and hence spares lean body mass. But as Laree has mentioned everybody's body is different and some may do better on other diets. But I love steak, tuna, cheese, bacon and butter and it works for me. Chuck
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