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I wouldn't be surprised if this works, because I've done something similarly drastic that worked for me. Here's my story: Last year I read something by Giles

by adamtj 16y ago

I wouldn't be surprised if this works, because I've done something similarly drastic that worked for me. Here's my story: Last year I read something by Giles Bowkett about how he lost weight and got healthy. I've read about many fad diets and they all seem crazy or impractical. What he described sounded just boring enough to work. If you think about what a silver-bullet diet would look like, this is it. Here's his touched up version of what I originally read: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-i-lost-75-pounds-in-six-months-and.html http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-i-lost-75-pound... It's Dr. Fuhrmann's Eat To Live diet: Eat more vegetables. Lots more. Eat mostly vegetables. I didn't follow the diet exactly. I just tried to eat lots more vegetables. I was a young, fairly healthy guy but maybe 15 lbs overweight. I ate more vegetables, lost 10 lbs in a month, and felt fantastic doing it. I didn't eat any less or more. I didn't workout more. I simply lost weight and felt great. I don't know if the no-grain thing will work for anybody, but the more vegetables thing sure worked for me.

runjake 16y ago
When I was single, I went on a modified (included small portions of lean meats) Eat To Live diet as an experiment.For breakfast, I jammed myself full of fruits and some dairy. For lunch I had a Subway salad with all the veggies and a lean meat. For dinner, I had a large punchbowl-sized salad with a variety of vegetables and a lean meat. Broccoli and vast amounts of spinach seemed a common theme. I also drank A LOT of water. I did not modify my sedentary fitness scheme. The results were that I dropped 10 lbs a week for that month, didn't seem to lose any muscle, and didn't feel hungry. I felt more energetic. The downside was that I had to make 3 trips a week to the store for fresh veggies. Some of my other "body hacks" experiments were: - Vegan for 2 years - Vegetarian for 10 years. Going back to meat (especially tuna) had amazing effects on my brain functioning. Tuna was initially the only meat I could eat without throwing it back up. I noticed great mind improvements within a couple days. - Eliminating all sodas (of which I only drank diet pepsi) for a month. I very rapidly lost (probably water) weight. If I recall, it was about 20 lbs. I have no clue whats in Diet Pepsi that causes weight/water retention. - Polyphasic sleep: A total scam in my experience. Maybe I need too much sleep. - 5BX: Really works - Body For Life: Really works as advertised, but consumes your life. - Couch (couldn't jog 400 meters to start) to ultramarathon in 8 months, with several marathons as "training" along the way. Some marathons were at high altitude and quite rugged. - I have not used any soap or shampoo for 2 weeks now (per http://freetheanimal.com/2009/12/paleo-i-dont-care-i-like-no-soap-no-shampoo.html http://freetheanimal.com/2009/12/paleo-i-dont-care-i-like-no...). To save space, I am finding the same results as the author, Richard Nikoley, has. I don't stink. I haven't told my wife about this experiment and she hasn't mentioned any stink yet! Another modifier to my washing regime is that I now use a washcloth instead of just a bar of soap in hand, so this probably has an effect, too. I don't have any particular ideological aims behind these experiments (except maybe to go against conventional wisdom). If anyone has any other interesting experiments they want/wish they could try, post em here, maybe I'll try for you!

by adamtj 16y ago

runjake 16y ago

When I was single, I went on a modified (included small portions of lean meats) Eat To Live diet as an experiment.For breakfast, I jammed myself full of fruits and some dairy. For lunch I had a Subway salad with all the veggies and a lean meat. For dinner, I had a large punchbowl-sized salad with a variety of vegetables and a lean meat. Broccoli and vast amounts of spinach seemed a common theme. I also drank A LOT of water. I did not modify my sedentary fitness scheme. The results were that I dropped 10 lbs a week for that month, didn't seem to lose any muscle, and didn't feel hungry. I felt more energetic. The downside was that I had to make 3 trips a week to the store for fresh veggies. Some of my other "body hacks" experiments were: - Vegan for 2 years - Vegetarian for 10 years. Going back to meat (especially tuna) had amazing effects on my brain functioning. Tuna was initially the only meat I could eat without throwing it back up. I noticed great mind improvements within a couple days. - Eliminating all sodas (of which I only drank diet pepsi) for a month. I very rapidly lost (probably water) weight. If I recall, it was about 20 lbs. I have no clue whats in Diet Pepsi that causes weight/water retention. - Polyphasic sleep: A total scam in my experience. Maybe I need too much sleep. - 5BX: Really works - Body For Life: Really works as advertised, but consumes your life. - Couch (couldn't jog 400 meters to start) to ultramarathon in 8 months, with several marathons as "training" along the way. Some marathons were at high altitude and quite rugged. - I have not used any soap or shampoo for 2 weeks now (per http://freetheanimal.com/2009/12/paleo-i-dont-care-i-like-no-soap-no-shampoo.html http://freetheanimal.com/2009/12/paleo-i-dont-care-i-like-no...). To save space, I am finding the same results as the author, Richard Nikoley, has. I don't stink. I haven't told my wife about this experiment and she hasn't mentioned any stink yet! Another modifier to my washing regime is that I now use a washcloth instead of just a bar of soap in hand, so this probably has an effect, too. I don't have any particular ideological aims behind these experiments (except maybe to go against conventional wisdom). If anyone has any other interesting experiments they want/wish they could try, post em here, maybe I'll try for you!