I've been cutting back on carbs for about four years. I watched the Gary Taubes videos recorded by Grant a couple months after they were posted on Youtube. Still kicking myself for not attending in person. After watching the videos, I decided to read Good Calories, Bad Calories. That book changed my life.
Now I understand how I can go for a long run or bike ride, lose five pounds or so (possibly all water) and then gain it all back (and more!) eating the "endurance athelete's" dinner of pasta. I no longer eat pasta. Still eat the sauces (especially pesto!) though. About food for sub24O - I would take some hard cheese, Framani Chorizo and canned oysters. Probably some raw veggies too - like carrots or cherry tomatoes. Not sure why Grant does not love kale - perhaps he's never tried this kale salad: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/RCP02206/Tuscan-Kale-Salad.html I adopted the change after watching friends and family suffer from diabetes and related conditions. Never had a big problem keeping the weight off - but it's sure a lot easier now. I guess my only difficulty transitioning was with potassium. I get terrible leg cramps when I don't consume enough potassium. Before going low carb, I used to control this by eating a few bananas each week. After going low carb, nothing seemed to work. Tried V8 juice. Tried potassium supplements. No help. Then I discovered there are 800 mg of potassium in a large russet. Now I eat a large, baked russet (lots of butter) every three weeks or so. No more cramps. Good luck. And let us know how it goes. Corwin On Sunday, November 2, 2014 12:24:52 PM UTC-8, David Banzer wrote: > > First off, this isn't necessarily Riv-related, or even bike-related > technically, but it is Grant-related. If this falls outside the parameters > of this list, let me know, and Jim feel free to delete. > > I've been following Grant's new blog for his new book and am genuinely > interested in the diet/exercise viewpoint that he discusses and follows. > I guess my questions are (and answers probably should be offlist I guess): > Anyone follow a similar diet? > Your general experiences? > Your reasons for adopting this diet, and your experience in the transition > period? > Difficulties? > What would you bring on a lengthy bike ride (bike-related!) or overnight? > Thanks, > David > Chicago > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
