Does this make sense as a diet?

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Anonymous wrote:You cut out carbs in refined grains, potatoes, and fruit, but you ate an apparently large portion of pulled pork and baked beans. BBQ sauce has a ton of sugar, typically. So no, you probably won't lose weight with this approach if you're not being intentional about checking labels for ingredients and monitoring portion sizes/calories. The other days have fewer red flags except they seem unsustainable.

The pulled pork actually didn't have sauce on it, the sauce was on the side, and I didn't have any on the pork, although there was sauce on the beans. It was a work event, and choices were limited. Everything else seemed worst so I used a general sense of glycemic index and carbs to guide my choices. So, beans which at least had fiber to lower the GI seemed like a better choice than a roll or a slice of cake, the corn/tomato/cuke salad seemed like it would have less carbs than the potato salad or pasta salad.

The know that many of the diet plans would have said to bring my own food and eat it before hand, or to wait and eat when I got home at 10 p.m., but in my experience those options aren't realistic.

I guess what I'm asking is whether using GI and a general idea of carb counts to make choices is a useful strategy if I'm not in a position to actually count carbs or be strict about macro ratios. And if just eating 2 - 3 times a day is reasonable, even if those 2 - 3 times aren't set apart in a pattern such as you'd see in intermittent fasting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

TwistdMike wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Fung is a quack.

I was able to lose 40lbs and keep it off using that “quacks” method

Congratulations. I stand by my initial statement though.

It would be more helpful if you could link to where he has misconstrued research or facts rather than calling him a name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You cut out carbs in refined grains, potatoes, and fruit, but you ate an apparently large portion of pulled pork and baked beans. BBQ sauce has a ton of sugar, typically. So no, you probably won't lose weight with this approach if you're not being intentional about checking labels for ingredients and monitoring portion sizes/calories. The other days have fewer red flags except they seem unsustainable.

The pulled pork actually didn't have sauce on it, the sauce was on the side, and I didn't have any on the pork, although there was sauce on the beans. It was a work event, and choices were limited. Everything else seemed worst so I used a general sense of glycemic index and carbs to guide my choices. So, beans which at least had fiber to lower the GI seemed like a better choice than a roll or a slice of cake, the corn/tomato/cuke salad seemed like it would have less carbs than the potato salad or pasta salad.

The know that many of the diet plans would have said to bring my own food and eat it before hand, or to wait and eat when I got home at 10 p.m., but in my experience those options aren't realistic.

I guess what I'm asking is whether using GI and a general idea of carb counts to make choices is a useful strategy if I'm not in a position to actually count carbs or be strict about macro ratios. And if just eating 2 - 3 times a day is reasonable, even if those 2 - 3 times aren't set apart in a pattern such as you'd see in intermittent fasting.

I don't think "Carb Counting" is a useful weight loss method. Many of the foods that are a foundation of my weight loss and maintenance are high in carbs -- fresh summer fruits (melons, berries, bananas, mangos, plums, peaches, nectarines, you name it, as much as you want), Greek yogurt, lowfat popcorn...

I don't understand the counting carbs philosphy. It gets you into situations like the one at the work event where you rationalize eating pulled pork as some sort of wise choice. In what world is that a healthy food, much less a diet choice? Carbs are not a diet foundation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You cut out carbs in refined grains, potatoes, and fruit, but you ate an apparently large portion of pulled pork and baked beans. BBQ sauce has a ton of sugar, typically. So no, you probably won't lose weight with this approach if you're not being intentional about checking labels for ingredients and monitoring portion sizes/calories. The other days have fewer red flags except they seem unsustainable.

The pulled pork actually didn't have sauce on it, the sauce was on the side, and I didn't have any on the pork, although there was sauce on the beans. It was a work event, and choices were limited. Everything else seemed worst so I used a general sense of glycemic index and carbs to guide my choices. So, beans which at least had fiber to lower the GI seemed like a better choice than a roll or a slice of cake, the corn/tomato/cuke salad seemed like it would have less carbs than the potato salad or pasta salad.

The know that many of the diet plans would have said to bring my own food and eat it before hand, or to wait and eat when I got home at 10 p.m., but in my experience those options aren't realistic.

I guess what I'm asking is whether using GI and a general idea of carb counts to make choices is a useful strategy if I'm not in a position to actually count carbs or be strict about macro ratios. And if just eating 2 - 3 times a day is reasonable, even if those 2 - 3 times aren't set apart in a pattern such as you'd see in intermittent fasting.

I don't think "Carb Counting" is a useful weight loss method. Many of the foods that are a foundation of my weight loss and maintenance are high in carbs -- fresh summer fruits (melons, berries, bananas, mangos, plums, peaches, nectarines, you name it, as much as you want), Greek yogurt, lowfat popcorn...

I don't understand the counting carbs philosphy. It gets you into situations like the one at the work event where you rationalize eating pulled pork as some sort of wise choice. In what world is that a healthy food, much less a diet choice? Carbs are not a diet foundation.

I was the first PP in this chain but not the second.

I lost about 30 pounds in no time at all about 15 years ago by only cutting carbs and doing nothing else. At the time, I was single, I had no children, and I had a job that had me on my feet about half the day. I could afford to devote a lot of mental head space and time to prepping low-carb snacks, I could go out and get something last minute or leave a place I didn't want to be, and/or I could be alone when feeling snappish or tired.

Now, I have tried the same thing and I just can't do it. I have 2 kids, I have a job that's mostly sitting, and I spend a lot of time driving myself and the kids around. When I try to cut out carbs altogether, I can only sustain it for a few days (if that) before I only have 10 seconds to grab something to eat before needing to be somewhere else and a kashi bar is the most accessible and travel-friendly choice, or I'm too tired to make food for myself that my kids won't eat, and I am so hungry/angry and close to the edge emotionally and tired all the time it's not good for any of us. Maybe if I could make past the first 5 days, my mood would even off, but I just can't do that to my kids (I'm the primary parent, so 5 days of bitch mom is rough for them) or to my job (I have to be "on" a lot), and honestly, I felt weak and sick when I did it 15 years ago. But if you can sustain it, it might work great for you. It definitely was great for my body shape 15 years ago, though it wasn't great for my mental health or overall conditioning or strength.