Wow, this is almost exactly what I did last year, and I had the same results -- went from ~260 lbs to 180 lbs. Cut out wheat, cut out sugar except whole fruits

Wow, this is almost exactly what I did last year, and I had the same results -- went from ~260 lbs to 180 lbs. Cut out wheat, cut out sugar except whole fruits (no fruit juice because as Lustig pointed out, "you get all the fructose and none of the fiber" to counter balance), cut out diet soda and caffine and now only drink water (spring, filtered, or distilled), cut out peanuts (they were causing inflammation -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4344167 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4344167), eat protein in the morning and make sure I consume enough nutrients throughout the day to keep my system in balance. For me, cutting out wheat was one of the key factors (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5693679 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5693679) because I suspect the wheat/yeast was throwing my intestinal microbes out of balance (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/health/studies-focus-on-gut-bacteria-in-weight-loss.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/health/studies-focus-on-gu...) and causing inflamation so when I cut it out, things returned to homeostasis.