I've done a similar diet a few times in the past, easily dropping 15-30 pounds in a few months. I've never tried "Atkins" per se, but had great success with Rob Faigin's "Natural Hormone Enhancement", which cycles in the occasional high-carb meal with a lowish-carb lifestyle (with the weight-loss range of Mark's carb-curve). It doesn't stress no-grain, though I've been avoiding wheat for a few years for other reasons than fat loss.
Over the past couple of years I'd crept back up a bit in pudge, so in mid-October I started eating Primal, with the goal of being much leaner by my 40th birthday (which is tomorrow, as it happens. I wonder if Rivendell will send me a coupon :) I'll probably get this new Taubes book once Grant et al are stocking it, just for another perspective on this metabolic process, as I'm trying to fit these results into a mathematical model. I'm a scientist, and do "believe" the science behind this sort of diet. Grant - if you are reading this, I suggest checking out Brain Building Nutrition by Schmidt; it's more than tangentially related. So.. In the past 10 weeks or so I've lost about 22 lbs, and I'm now lighter than I've been in 10 years. It's been significantly easier than any other "low-carb" diet I've tried. Part of that may be because of some of the specific recommendations Mark has made about limiting dairy (seems a breve' latte is low-carb, but also somewhat insulinogenic, for me at least) and upping good fat intake (coconut oil for the win!). Another 10 or so lbs to go, though I'm already getting a lot more notice from all these superficial Los Angeles types I'm surrounded by. :) Andrew On Jan 1, 2011, at 5:08 PM, Dave Minyard wrote: > I just saw this on the website. Good Stuff... > http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/318. Say's it might only be up today. > > Happy New Year! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
