Trooper, I'm not kidding. I'm a retired Physical Therapist and was the exercise consultant for a Surgical Bariatric clinic. Diets never work. After their surgery, clients were not able to eat solid food for a month, but drank high protein drinks to prevent the body from breaking down muscle mass due to the drastic calorie reduction caused by the surgery. All clients were checked weekly for a month, then Bi-monthly for 2 months. They were told to perform at least 20 minutes of aerobic exercise in thier aerobic zone daily and if possible add some strength training 3x a week. All clients lost weight, but only those that added aerobic exericise to their daily routine lost body fat. We used a body analyzer to check their progress. Clients tried to lie to me about doing their exercise, but those that didn't exercise saw their percent body fat increase, because they lost lean body mass( muscle). The drastic calorie restriction put everyone's body into starvation mode, where the body makes up for the restricted calories by metabolizing muscle mass. In aerobic exerice, the body burns carbohydrates for the first 20 minutes, after that time the body does not want to use up all it's stored carbohydrates because they may be needed for the fight or flight response, so it turns to burning fat. Adding exercise both aerobic and strength training the body will not metabolize muscles that are being used. I've been a runner for over 25 years, ran 2 marathons, one triathalon, and countless 10 k's, but gave it up due to orthopedic problems, now I use an ellipital, rower and a stationary bike on alternate days and lift weights due to a shoulder surgery. My Blood sugar is 96, HDL 88 normal range is 30-70. LDL 60, they want that under 130, and Triglycerides 61, normal range is 45-200. My percent body fat is 11.8, my BMI 19 and I don't DIET. I eat healthy, don't skip meals, don't count calories and stay away from junk food. Your friend might just be lucky now, but if he doesn't add aerobic exercise to his daily routine, it will eventually catch up with him. Seriously, try and find the DVD, Super Size Me, it will change you views on eating at MacDonalds. The actor ate three meals a day at MacDonalds, always had them super size the order and ate everything on the menu at least once. At the end of 1 month his health deteriorated to such an extent, his Doctor told him he had to stop. I worry about all the people I see posting about IF and the Ketongenic, that they hear about or see on the internet from questionable sources. I just wish they would discuss what they are doing with their Doctor. The point of the Fitbit is to get FIT, get off their butts and move. It seems those that talk about these crazy fads( IF, Ketongenic diet) aren't interested in becoming fit but are looking for a quick easy way to lose weight, when they should be concerned about losing fat. NO DIET ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LOSE FAT WITHOUT AEROBIC EXERCISE AND SOME SENSIBLE STRENGTH TRAINING. iF IT SEEMS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT IS! This is my last rant about fad diets, it seems people aren't listening, or don't want to listen to the truth. So I say to them, what I said to my clients that didn't want to follow my advice, It's not my, neck, shouder, knee, back etc, It's not my body, it's yours. Good luck!
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