Monday, February 18, 2008
On A Personal Note
201k has lost a lot of weight in the last several months, which has prompted the question, "How did you do it?" from many people -- which is nice.
But when we tell them that we did it by eliminating most carbohydrates, a surprising number of people respond by telling us that low-carb diets don't work. Which is funny, if you think about it.
Almost always, the critique goes like this:
"The trouble with the low-carb thing is that you lose weight while you're doing it, but once you stop, and go back to eating carbs, you gain the weight back."
Yeah, uh, thanks. That's some lousy diet, huh?
Apparently what we really need is a diet that works when you aren't on it.
But when we tell them that we did it by eliminating most carbohydrates, a surprising number of people respond by telling us that low-carb diets don't work. Which is funny, if you think about it.
Almost always, the critique goes like this:
"The trouble with the low-carb thing is that you lose weight while you're doing it, but once you stop, and go back to eating carbs, you gain the weight back."
Yeah, uh, thanks. That's some lousy diet, huh?
Apparently what we really need is a diet that works when you aren't on it.
