Any low carb/high fat dieters here?

[SunsetRunner]

Just got my fitbit Charge 2 and I'm new to the board.  I'm seeing a lot of low calorie dieters but haven't yet run across low carb/high fat dieters?  Are you here?

[SunsetRunner]

@A_Lurker I envy you your medicine.  In the U.S. it's expected that many many will wind up without health insurance of any kind again.  Luckily my insurance isn't in danger but I have friends who may lose theirs in the next few years.  

Its good to finally have found eating normalacy (for me) and I didn't expect to raise a kerfluffle 🙂

[GershonSurge]

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@SunsetRunner wrote:

@GershonSurge  You wrote "I don't find a list of studies selected by some blogger credible either. ".   It isn't the blogger that makes them credible, it is the publications that published them-i.e. the peer review.  Look again at the list and note the journals in which the articles were published.   That is the credibility.

However, I find it unlikely either of us agree on this so why don't we move to another subject?  I've been dog sitting my neighbors dog so have added an additional walk to my daily routine and managed to get over 12,000 steps the other day!  A personal best for me.

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Congratulations on reaching your personal best!

I did read all the studies. What I found is a HCLF diet is more effective at preventing starvation in calorie restricted diets. 

[USAF-Larry]

Best of Luck, @SunsetRunner!  Being the survivor of a couple very serious accidents, and the resulting surgeries, I know the importance of PT.  But, I have a friend that refused to do PT after hip surgery, and she nearly ended up in a wheelchair before learning the importance of exercise.

[SunsetRunner]

Exercise is a weird bird.  Even when we know the benefits etc we (most folks) see it as a a chore, something we have to do, almost a punishment.  I ofter wonder how this happened-when did exerise become a dirty word?  

Sorry to hear about your friend but glad to know she learned the importance of exercise.

[GershonSurge]

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@SunsetRunner wrote:

Exercise is a weird bird.  Even when we know the benefits etc we (most folks) see it as a a chore, something we have to do, almost a punishment.  I ofter wonder how this happened-when did exerise become a dirty word?  
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Random  and not necessarlly right thoughts:

I was born in 1953. I remember when the running boom started, my parents thought joggers were people who didn't have enough work to do. Doctors thought even a small amount of jogging would kill people, and by the time they were 40, they should choose a chair instead of a walk. When someone got hurt, their favorite saying was "They didn't get hurt working."

I recall the big GOLF signs with cars crowded around the 19th hole. Saturday was a time for men to go golfing/drinking to get away from having to take care of the kids. Bowling leagues were the same thing. Then there were softball leagues. (My father never did any of these.) 

Except for kids, who were always playing sandlot games, our exposure to exercise was watching Jack LaLanne on Saturday morning while we cleaned the house.

Later, smokers were considered to be better workers than those who went for a noon-time jog. Meeting for a drink (or two, or three, or four) at the Officer's Club was better for a person's career than going for an afternoon run.

Jim Fixx died....

The link between exercise and good health is considered by many to be even more tenuous than between diet and good health. No problem -- drink a protein shake instead of exercising and take a vitamin instead of eating well.

I think Doug Lisle said it best in The Pleasure Trap. The chicken crossed the road for one of three reasons.

1. To catch the rooster (seek pleasure)
2. To get food.
3. To avoid getting eaten (avoid pain.)

Exercise is a conundrum because we may incure some short term pain to avoid long term pain. Better to grab a beer, order a pizza, and watch Monday night football.

[SunsetRunner]

I was born in 54 and you brought up some memories that made me chuckle: especially what was said about joggers 🙂  I did have to google Jim Fixx and I imagine his death (was it true he was jogging when he died?) gave validation to those who laughed at joggers.

Jack LaLane was another blast from the past-I remember seeing him do an infomercial when he was wall into his 80's and he was still fit, spry, and even muscled.  I think he was almost 100 when he died.

I figure I exercise to stay strong and feel good.  Extend my life or not it will most certainly make my life more enjoyable and thats what I keep trying to pass on to my sister.  

[SVMom]

Following Dr Andreas Eenfeldt on dietdoctor.com, Jason Fung, Timothy Noakes etc. Attended the San Diego 2016 LCHF Conference last August and it was eye opening. I have had my fitbit for a year and not used it, back on it but I don't care at all about calories "burned" or ingested for the most part. 

Hopefully fitbit will accomodate our way of eating. I am not overweight and haven't been for the most part but had high cholesterol on my Low Fat Whole grains food plan ..

trying this way, and have lost 6 lbs without hunger and without trying. I gained weight on Pritikin!!!!!(was so starving all the time I would drink a gallon of his fat free soup"

[rashidee_azman]

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I keep doing exercise and be careful what I take for meal.

so far appriciated fitbit technology because help me to monitor and analysis my body

#tqfitbit #charge2 #feelingawesome  

[SunsetRunner]

I don't use it for dieting (the fitbit) but use it to keep me moving.  I lost 34 pounds eating LCHF and am close to goal but would be satisfied to stay where I am.  I do need to be strong and fit and thats where I'm hoping the fitbit will help.  My cholesterol panel improved significantly with this way of eating-HDL in the heart protective range, triglycerides in the 50's and LDL acceptable and is the large fluffy particles that aren't dangerous.

[KristinaUlrika]

 Following functional medicine principals and therefore avoiding sugar, wheat, rice, milk products and meat not from the wild. Counting calories does not help to find out if the food have enough nutrition and energy. I have lost 10 kilos without the intention of losing weight and I feel great, eating fish and meat from the wild only, lots of vegetables, fruits, nuts and berries. I eat nothing with additives in my daily life for a few exceptions eating at restaurants well picked.

[KristinaUlrika]

No, you are wrong. See for your self under functional medicine.