[PJ-Comix]

I have lost weight but it won't be 26 pounds. There was a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie intervention that sort of ruled that out. I'm pretty sure I could have taken that off if I had starved myself but that defeats the purpose of what I am doing which is to show that you can EAT your way to weight loss by simply avoiding the carbs.

[lee martell]

Congratulations! I hope you can maintain it while still enjoying flavor every so often. It’s tricky and different for each person.

[Travis McGee]

Congratulations! The hard part now is to not think you are “cured” and going back to old eating habits.

[folkquest]

Congrats! I lost about 60 lbs. a few years ago doing Atkins. Put most of it back. Carbs are highly addictive. Maybe I’ll try to get back to my original wait after the new year. 7 LBS 12 OZ.

[Dexter Morgan]

Congratulations! That is an amazing accomplishment and I bet you feel great!

I too have been losing weight and have lost 28 of my 35 pound goal by watching my daily calories (1,950 cal/day) and working out 5 days a week. I eat whatever I feel like eating, just smaller portions and I don’t go back for seconds.

The closer I get to my goal, the more motivated I feel.

[Chewbarkah]

Way to go! Losing 74 pounds is an achievement to be very proud of. Holiday sweets and social eating are a trying time; well-meaning people will do their best to ruin you hard work. Suggest planning non-harmful food, portion limits, extra exerise in advance.

[Mariner]

Is your method fully low carb?

[Yo-Yo]

Congrats!

Also, as I am 220-ish lbs., thank you for letting me know that I am no longer fat!

[Flaming Conservative]

Congratulations! I too, have lost weight following a low carb diet. I have been very bad since Thanksgiving, though. I’ve probably gained back a few pounds. I’m not going to beat myself up about it, though. As soon as Christmas is over, though, it’s back on the wagon for me. Carbs really ARE addictive. I’ve finally come up with a recipe for white bread that is low carb, but tastes as close to the real thing as possible. If anyone wants the recipe, pm me.

[Bell Bouy II]

Congrats,Have you worn a rut in that condo floor yet.

[thoughtomator]

Congrats, man. I too have been trying to get myself in shape after too many sedentary office chair years... it takes some willpower and determination to get started and keep with it. Good for you!

[ConservativeMind]

PJ, my wife and I are both dong well on lower carb. We occasionally gain some weight—primarily when eating carbs (which then increases our hunger, even though we are eating more).

It always settles back down, though.

Eating lower carb keeps you from constantly feeling hungry.

Congratulations on the wonderful new you!

[KC Burke]

I agree about carbs. I like to say in food, anything white is bad. Bread, flour, sugar, potatoes, rice, pasta, etcetera, etcetera.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Good Deal! Congratulations! We all have confidence in you to do this!

2 Additional Books for your reading library; “Fat for Fuel”, by Dr. Mercola, and “Brain Maker”, Dr. Pearlman! (They might help in the maintainance stage.)

[real saxophonist]

I haven’t posted, but I’ve been watching your progress, and that’s good to go.

[bkopto]

Congratulations. You are an inspiration to others!

[Tax-chick]

I’m very happy for you, PJ!

[Hazwaste]

Well done! Did the low-carb/low-sugar thing too, losing 20 lbs on my 5’7” frame and have kept it off for 18 months, and like you said it’s easy when you eat your way to weight loss. Now it’s simply the way I eat and not some sort of program. I eat pistachios or almonds if I get into a snack mood, and a small serving of yogurt when i get a sweet tooth.

Doctor said if I didn’t do something I was on my way to diabetes. I’m far from that now. 20# was equivalent to two pants sizes on me, now I’m at a 34 (not expanding waistband pants!), I feel great, and wife loves the slim spare tire-free me.

Oh, and my company got me a convertible stand-up desk too, which has been helpful.

[PA Engineer]

Congratulations. Low carb is the way we have been eating for thousands of years. The modern high process carb diet or Standard American Diet (SAD) is a fad, based on fraudulent "science" and special interest corruption.

I have brought my height and waist ratio (WSR) to under 50% by incorporating cyclical fasting and holding to a daily six (6) hour ketogenic eating window. The move to a cyclical ketogenic diet was easy after being low carb for over a decade. This was the only way I found to lose the last of the stubborn visceral fat. This ancestral method of eating is also critical for metabolic Autophagy.

Finally, check out Monk Fruit. For those who just can't break the sugar habit, this is actually a beneficial metabolic replacement. I finally managed to get my wife to switch to it. She found it to be indiscernible from sugar.

People need to understand that being thin does not mean you are are immune to insulin resistance. That is the greatest misnomer in the fat and thin arguments. There are people who are obese and not insulin resistance (small percentage) and there are those that are thin with a "healthy" BMI that are. People need to pay close attention to their A1C levels.

Congratulations again!

[moovova]

Good for you...CONTINUE the could work.