Thu, Mar-08-18, 12:21
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Senior Member
Posts: 6,498
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Plan: VLC, mostly meat
Stats: 202/200/165
BF:
Progress: 5%
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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It's gonna blow up in her face. Is she a professional writer or a personal blogger? Can't mix the two. Is she relating to us the results of an experiment or is she writing from memory? She can't possibly support - in this case, confirm - her professional opinion by citing her personal experience. Maybe she's writing a diet book and this is just the prelude?
On the other hand, is it just me or does it sound pretty much like a typical low-carb story, in the first few paragraphs at least? I.e. "it's not a diet, it's a way to live". Oh, sneaky sneaky Jane. It's almost the same, except something's missing from her story - she didn't read a diet book, like most of us, i.e. Atkins most of the time. Even me, I read GCBC, figured it all out (not really "all" but enough to get a rough clear picture), then Atkins, went with that, then did my own thing. Isn't Jane smart, she did it all on her own, figured it all out by herself, didn't read a book or anything. Wait, I thought the single most indicative characteristic - stereotypical even - of smart people is that they read books!
I like this:
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Ms. Divinagracia said, “I don’t believe in diets or any particular products. I believe in learning how to create a healthy lifestyle, and the formula is simple.” The most salient points of her well-practiced advice are these: 1) Stop eating crap, 2) Eat good food that is real, not processed, 3) Avoid drinking your calories, 4) Know what one serving is and do not eat more than that in a sitting, 5) Move your butt every day — even just walking is better than being a couch potato, and 6) Stop making excuses.
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It's subtle, but you'll see it's so obvious. What kind of calories do we drink? Carbs. What kind of processed foods do we eat? Carbs. What kind of fake foods do we eat? Carbs. What kind of crap do we eat? Carbs. OK, so it's the Low-Carb-Diet-We-Can't-Call-Low-Carb. I'm OK with that. Too much stigma attached to the term low-carb. Let people do this for a while, let them see success finally, let them enjoy life for a change, then, maybe, point out it's low-carb.
Welcome to the dark side, Jane.
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