Weight Loss Discussion Thread

[simonp]

The Irish did it for a lot longer (not 100% potato diet but not that far off).

The Tukisenta lived on a very high-carb (estimated as over 90%) diet based largely on sweet potatoes. They didn't end up with the obesity crisis that the West has.

The other experiment like this that I'm aware of lasted only 60 days. The vitamin deficiencies will take longer to kick in. If I was to pull a stunt like this I'd take some supplements.

[hellymedic]

I'm sure boredom is the reason that may lose weight on any single food diet.
It's much easier to eat something interesting/tasty/different than unlimited quantities of 'same old, same old'.

[Jakob]

Of course it's possible to lose weight on a mainly carb diet. It's still about calories in/calories out. However, the low carb diet tackles our sugar addiction head-on, which I think is why it's easier to get results that way. It's simply easier to control what you eat when you cut down on the carbs. (and you can still maintain a reasonable variety).

[madcow]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3458836/Can-really-survive-eating-POTATOES-year-man-risk-health.html

Apologies for Daily Mail.

He's lost 10kg in 4 weeks eating nothing but potatoes.

Potatoes should not be lumped into the same category of carbohydrate source as pasta and rice. They are 80% water so not that calorie dense and have a high content of Vitamin C and other micronutrients.

http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=nutrientprofile&dbid=101

In fact , some nutritionists suggest that boiled potatoes should have been included in the 5-a- day mix.

[simonp]

I agree with Madcow. "Potatoes are just carbs" is an unfortunate oversimplification.

However if you cut them up and fry them in fat, they (chips) are highly associated with weight gain because they become much more calorific and very more-ish.

This is why I tend to avoid making chips and will either bake or mash them.

[hellymedic]

Starchy carbs are a convenient and tasty carrier for sugar and fat.

Boiled potatoes are fairly benign.

Fry spuds in oil and dip into ketchup/BBQ sauce and you have a very different animal.

'Dry' bread is not that bad but add butter and jam...

[Marmitegeoff]

Going the wrong way this week.  I need to get back on track.

[hellymedic]

0.1kg down. Every little helps or NOISE?
Only time will tell...

[citoyen]

Weight: -0.6kg
Neck: -0.5cm
Waist: -1cm

Almost certainly NOISE, but a very pleasant kind of NOISE.

[Andrij]

-1.4kg ?!?  But I've been every in between this and last week's weight, up and down.  I hope the downward trend continues, but gentler, though I won't be upset if things balance out a bit.

[crowriver]

Stasis for me since last week, but at least the 2kg initial (water loss) drop has stayed off. Past experience suggests if I keep going I should start to see noticeable progress about one month in. Here's hoping...

Oh I've started the daily exercise regime too (Royal Marine Commando 7). If anyone's old enough and lives in North East England, you may remember it was originally devised for Tyne Tees TV in the early 1970s... Includes LOTS of press ups and sit ups! 

[simonp]

0.2kg lost. What do you mean that's noise?!

[Auntie Helen]

4kg lost in my first week on LCHF. Mostly water I guess, but my trousers are definitely looser!

[Morat]

After a week of keto I weigh....
EXACTLY the same as last Wednesday! The exciting loss immediately after Christmas was probably just the rebound after too much turkey.
At least I've stopped the upward trend, and I did drink a bottle of red on my birthday so that must have set me back a bit.

Ho hum, need to study this keto thing in more depth. I suspect I'll be registering with My Fitness Pal and counting lots of esoteric numbers.

[Auntie Helen]

I am logging with MyFitnessPal at the moment so I can get a hang of the carbs in my diet.

I have set it up for 1880 calories a day with a 10% carb, 20% protein and 70% fat target which I am pretty much keeping to. Carbs are 47 a day (according to MFP) and I am generally under 40, but this is not including the fibre which for some foods can be subtracted from the carb total. I do look at the fibre as well and in my head award half of that value as a reduction in carbs. Unfortunately German nutritional labelling doesn't include fibre. I am generally under 15g of fibre a day but the internal pipework is still working OK.

For this month at least I will keep to the weight loss calorie target but after the month I may just worry about the carbs and not the calories, assuming I can get a handle on the carb counting. I am a bit Penibel (as the Germans say) and weigh all my food and write it into MFP so I am really sure I am doing it properly. But so far so good. I felt a bit hungry today but I think my lunch choice was too low in fat (!!!!) which is why the hunger came. I ate 50g and cheddar and that fixed it.

[hellymedic]

0.2kg lost. What do you mean that's noise?!

  .

0.1 kg/week for a year = 5.2kg
0.2 kg/week for a year = 10.4kg...

[SteveC]

0.2 kg/week for a year = 10.4kg...

That would be just fine...

[hellymedic]

0.2 kg/week for a year = 10.4kg...

That would be just fine...

Indeed.
Every little helps.

I would be more than happy with 5.2kg for the year!

[L CC]

Back to the pre-Christmas weight.
Just the rowing weight, the audaxing weight, the moving house weight and the first 3 disastrous relationships post-separation weight to go!

[Ruthie]

Yes, it's time I got rid of the baby weight really.

[velosam]

Weight: -0.6kg
Neck: -0.5cm
Waist: -1cm

Almost certainly NOISE, but a very pleasant kind of NOISE.

don't think it noise, -1cm, its great.!!

[L CC]

Yes, it's time I got rid of the baby weight really.

Shit, I missed that off the list!

[Feline]

I agree with Madcow. "Potatoes are just carbs" is an unfortunate oversimplification.

However if you cut them up and fry them in fat, they (chips) are highly associated with weight gain because they become much more calorific and very more-ish.

This is why I tend to avoid making chips and will either bake or mash them.

You don't mind eating them when I fry them though 
(I should probably add I always make chips from the whole thing including the skins- and use olive oil, and our potatoes are organic ones)

[Andrij]

-1.4kg ?!?  But I've been every in between this and last week's weight, up and down.  I hope the downward trend continues, but gentler, though I won't be upset if things balance out a bit.

Balance restored, and all it took was a day off the bike a little more eating.

[Jakob]

Down with a cold over the weekend and shed 2kgs! I'm sure it's mostly water and will all be back on Wednesday, but it was still good to see.