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Originally Posted by 2012-1822
I hear you completely, but I'm a special case. I lost 20 lbs in September by cutting out meat and home cooking all of my meals with no salt or butter. Basically oatmeal, fruit, veggies. And I ate four or five times a day, so I wasn't starving.
Basically when I don't eat fast food the weight literally falls off of me.
So if you any of you guys own stock in McDonald's, now is the time to sell, any time I diet that stock loses a few points.
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I'm not trying to be an ass here but that is absolutely ridiculous. What makes you think you are a special case? Do you have special genetics?
There is no doubt you will loose weight like that but is weight loss your goal or fat loss? There is a huge difference. I can almost guarantee the weight you dropped was water weight and muscle. Without protein in your diet muscle loss is almost guaranteed. Cutting out salt most likely stopped water retention which was the remainder of the weight loss. ALWAYS EAT YOUR PROTEIN. Protein keeps you feeling fuller longer and the body does not easily store protein as fat as it does with carbs. What about macro nutrients, although veggies and fruits are healthy there are nutrients they do not provide. Fruits are a touchy subject, although healthy and not processed they are full of fructose and in case you don't know fructose is SUGAR. You can and should eat fruits but a piece or two a day, you cannot live on it. You should definitely cut out fast foods, limit salt intake, (you do need some sodium, it's actually an electrolyte which the body needs) and eat your veggies but you must eat protein and should eat it with every meal. Good protein sources are chicken, eggs, fish, turkey lean cuts of meat. Legumes are a good protein source but are not complete proteins, they lack some of the amino acids that make for complete proteins. What about fat, fat is absolutely essential for many body functions, I'm not talking trans fat and saturated fats like in your Big Mac but healthy fats, omega 3,6 and 9's found in nuts, seeds, avacardo's, fish, egg yolks (limit them to one or two)
Honestly you should rethink your method of weight loss, have you ever thought of adding some exercise in the mix, there is a big difference in how you look when you carry some muscle on your bones. It takes more calories to sustain muscle, the more muscle the leaner you get.