10 Days of Eating Fat, for My Mental Health

New York Magazine ^ | JANUARY 26, 2018 | Susie Neilson

[livius]

Fat is good, I’m small and thin, but I eat a lot of butter, high fat cheeses and , of course, bacon,

[real saxophonist]

Citalopram (Celexa) and bacon.

[oldasrocks]

Last yr I went on a diet of meat, fat, eggs, cheese and lettuce. I lost 35 lbs in 2 months. No carbs, fruit or soft drinks. It’s hard to stay on.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

So, livings, are you starting a bacon ping list?

[Mercat]

I was on a Keto diet for several months. Lost lots of weight and broke out in a horrible rash all over my body. Still have some rash and gained the weight back. If your pregnant do NOT us this diet.

[tflabo]

I’m 61 and never have been overweight by more than 5 lbs ever. Just eat my balanced meals and include desserts too. if I overeat on one meal I cut back some on the next meal. Just never developed a habit of consistently overeating or being too sedentary. Works for me and its not too complicated.

[txeagle]

I had been backing off carbs and starches for a year until I went full Keto the week before Christmas. I’m down 18.3 lbs on diet alone....not much of an ardent exerciser....and have experienced a noticeable decline in brain fog and lethargy. Thus far, symptoms of “Kotex flu”have yet to appear.

[txeagle]

Damn.....Keto flu...

[tiki]

A 40 year old with insulin-dependent type II Diabetes, nearly uncontrollable, went on the diet. She is now insulin-free. She was taking 2 diabetic medications and they just took her off of one of them.

[caww]

I eat it all....though usually not sugary stuff too often like cake and doughnuts etc. I like food!

Not unusual I have bacon at night as a snack.....I’m 5’2 and flex between 110 112 lbs. Love real butter on almost everything.and y whole family are cheese lovers.

[Jane Long]

😱that's a bad flu ;-)

[Husker24]

I tried it for about 3 weeks. I lost about 15 to 20lbs but was tired, irritable, and when it was finally time for a bm, it was like passing a Masonry block.

[Mears]

“Not unusual I have bacon at night as a snack.....”

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Good lord,about 5 minutes ago I fnished a bacon sandwich made with buttered light rye.

Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I never had a weight problem either.)

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[caww]

I really love bacon....though I’ve never had just a bacon sandwich......usually BLT....in fact I’ll put one together now...thanks for the suggestion! LOLOOL

Ya see I eat ‘food’ when I want snacks....and sweets only rarely..just don’t have a taste for sugary stuff.....

most weight I’ve had was I gained 23 lbs when pregnant but that slid off fast after.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for posting. I’ve had digestive problems for decades and my daughter finally got me on an “elimination diet” on Dec 27 last year. Zero dairy and zero wheat foods together with very low carbs (which my doc has been recommending for years together with fermented vegetables - he walks the talk). Eggs and bacon for breakfast 2-3 days per week. Lots
of fresh fruit and vegetables. I have some rice and a slice of gluten free bread each day. Zero processed foods. Hardly any potatoes. A little white wine. It is close ketagenic.

As a lifelong lover of milk, cakes, pancakes, wonderful breads, sweet rolls and milk chocolate, this has been surprisingly easy to do. The benefits have been great so far. Pounds are coming off, stomach upset is gone, and sense of well-being improved with reduced anxiety, blood sugar is down and BP is down. Of course, retiring seven months ago helped a lot as does getting outdoors a LOT more and doing more things I enjoy. I’m headed home right now from four days wildlife watching in Northern California Wildlife Refuges (the 19th Snowgoose Festival in Chico, CA).

I’m very interested personally as to where I go with this. Would like to hear from others trying similar changes.

[Viking2002]

I'm Type Two (hereditary) and after I got laid up from some nasty infections, I ballooned up to 287. Got down to 266 on my own, then started on a low carb diet in June '17 with the help of my doctor. I've lost over 30 pounds since then. I had to buy new jeans in October because the old ones were sliding off my butt. Now these are, too. My A1C went from 9.2 to 6.0 in six months. My next goal is 225 when I see my oncologist in March. I actually don't miss all the starch and processed flour in my diet. Like my general practitioner said, you've got three sources of energy intake: protein, fat, and carbs. Cut the carbs, you body will start processing the fat for energy. Two rules: with a few exceptions, if it grows below the dirt, it's bad for you (potatoes and the like). If it grows above the dirt (exceptions like corn), it's good for you. Just this morning, I'd gone to church for the first time in several months, and my wife's relatives were commenting on how much weight I'd lost. Carbs are definitely the key.

What sucks about it all right now is that we have a grove of apples, peaches, and pears that are just now starting to fruit, and I can't touch any of it unless it's a nibble. We had a decent little crop of potatoes come in last fall after I started this diet, and all I could do is watch my wife eat them and feel jealous. *chuckle* It's all good, though. We're planting some crops this year that are conducive to a good diet. I make her suffer with me. LOL!

[Mears]

“Thanks for posting. I’ve had digestive problems for decades and my daughter finally got me on an “elimination diet” on Dec 27 last year.”

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Did you mean 2016 or 2017?

(Not being nitpicky,just curious.)

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[SamAdams76]

Bread and just about anything with wheat in it does a number on me and I try to avoid it altogether, even though pizza was my favorite food!

I missed bread too, especially English muffins, which is so good with eggs and real butter. I'm not talking McDonalds Egg McMuffins but sandwiches made at home with fresh eggs. However, I recently discovered Ezeikel bread which is made from sprouted wheat and no flour at all. And guess what, they make English muffins as well! I do not get the same bloated feeling that I used to get from regular bread and my digestive system flows a lot better.

I would recommend giving this bread a try. You will likely find it in the frozen food section of the supermarket as it contains no preservatives and only has a short shelf life out of the freezer. What I do is take a couple slices (or muffins) out the night before.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

2017. Been on it exactly one month today.