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I have been grain free for 6 months. 25 pounds down and within 4 pounds of dropping below 25 BMI. (55 yr old male) I am convinced that the best way to "eat less

I have been grain free for 6 months. 25 pounds down and within 4 pounds of dropping below 25 BMI. (55 yr old male) I am convinced that the best way to "eat less" is eliminate all grains. Within three weeks I lost all cravings for carbs. I can walk into a Starbucks at the airport and not even look at the pastries. The breadbasket before dinner at the restaurant invokes a meh response. It takes about three weeks to get over what feels like a carb addiction. Read the first chapter of Wheat Belly for inspiration. Read Grain Brain next.

st3fan 12y ago
Congrats! Same here! I went low carb a few months ago and I will reach 25 pounds down next week probably.
- netman21 12y ago
  Well there you go. Dieting and personal health is the new enlightenment. Who needs scientific statistical studies of samples when what matters is our own reaction to treatment. Only we can do an experiment that is verifiable, repeatable, and trustworthy. :-)
jaredmcateer 12y ago
Longest I've been able to resist is about 6 months, sometimes I just crave a good sandwich for which there is no substitute to two slices of bread or oven baked mac & cheese or pho with it's delicious rice noodles. It's such a slippery slope, I have one sandwich and next thing you know I'm in some run down motel itching for my next fix, haven't seen light for days other than the crack through which the delivery guy slides in a large pizza or baked lasagna. Kicking my grain addiction is harder than anything I have ever done.
victorhooi 12y ago
I think ultimately it's what works for you. I have friends who've been all over the whole low-carbohydrate and grain-free fad. They're still fat. That's probably partly due to the quantity of what they're eating, plus there's a lot of junk food that doesn't contain carbohydrates. Myself, I like my carbohydrates, and I eat a fairly large amount. And most of the other triathletes I train with, or endurance guys - they also eat a stackload of carbohydrates, and are pretty darn healthy looking. Also, most professional cyclists/runners are probably also quite carbohydrate heavy. So I don't get it when people say carbohydrates are evil, and you'll get fat eating them. I don't think we know enough about the science to go one way or the other on something like this. If it works for you, sure. But I suspect a lot of it's just due to being more attentive to what you're eating, and having good self-control. Eat less and exercise more - that's been the line since the 1970's, so it's hardly anything revolutionary. Heck, our ancestors probably figured out if you ate less, you'd lose weight...

st3fan 12y ago

Congrats! Same here! I went low carb a few months ago and I will reach 25 pounds down next week probably.

netman21 12y ago
Well there you go. Dieting and personal health is the new enlightenment. Who needs scientific statistical studies of samples when what matters is our own reaction to treatment. Only we can do an experiment that is verifiable, repeatable, and trustworthy. :-)

jaredmcateer 12y ago

Longest I've been able to resist is about 6 months, sometimes I just crave a good sandwich for which there is no substitute to two slices of bread or oven baked mac & cheese or pho with it's delicious rice noodles. It's such a slippery slope, I have one sandwich and next thing you know I'm in some run down motel itching for my next fix, haven't seen light for days other than the crack through which the delivery guy slides in a large pizza or baked lasagna. Kicking my grain addiction is harder than anything I have ever done.

victorhooi 12y ago

I think ultimately it's what works for you. I have friends who've been all over the whole low-carbohydrate and grain-free fad. They're still fat. That's probably partly due to the quantity of what they're eating, plus there's a lot of junk food that doesn't contain carbohydrates. Myself, I like my carbohydrates, and I eat a fairly large amount. And most of the other triathletes I train with, or endurance guys - they also eat a stackload of carbohydrates, and are pretty darn healthy looking. Also, most professional cyclists/runners are probably also quite carbohydrate heavy. So I don't get it when people say carbohydrates are evil, and you'll get fat eating them. I don't think we know enough about the science to go one way or the other on something like this. If it works for you, sure. But I suspect a lot of it's just due to being more attentive to what you're eating, and having good self-control. Eat less and exercise more - that's been the line since the 1970's, so it's hardly anything revolutionary. Heck, our ancestors probably figured out if you ate less, you'd lose weight...