Greetings everyone:
A recap: The initial post advocated a LOW CARB, LOW FAT, HIGH PROTEIN diet, reducing calories low. He admitted it has an effect(namely a 10% metabolic reduction) but he balanced that with Xenadrine (I guess exercise could also be a substitute metablolic increaser)).
The first reactionary post cited a study which comapared low calorie eaters (that were JUST restricting calories, not carbs), with those that were restricting carbs but not restricting calories. Forgive me, but I don't see how this study relates. The diet the original poster is advocating is not just low cal, it's also low carb, and although he seems to pin a lot on calories, he's not actually advocating low fat, high carb like most, he realizes the presence of insulin has an effect on body fat burning.
That being said, I must say.... (I shudder to bring this on myself) that I don't disagree with him. While, I would not advocate dieting at 1000 calories, cause its sucks for lack of a better word; I DO think that in some people cutting back on calories while on Atkins is the way to go. For me, for instance, I had a heck of a time losing after the 3rd week when I was eating high fat, high protein (consequently high calories). I was plateaued out for a while (even though I was excercizing, resistance training and all that... and don't say I was losing inches, cause 'taint true... it was a honest to god stall). I was also in ketosis... of varying levels, mainly medium sometimes large or extra large. So I knew my blood sugar was regulated... So the ketones registering were more than likely from dietary fat... it was frustrating nonetheless. Aaanyway. I started cutting fat a bit, not freaking out on copious amounts of hamburger and steak... having protein powder instead of cheese... it's working better now. I'm not a freak losing one pound a day. (what on earth would my skin do if that happened, eeew... i'm having difficulty as it is!) I'm losing more like 2 lbs per week. which is good.
Some atkins people advocate eating 10-12X your body weight per day. That would be on and over 2120 calories. I believe that will work for some, but not for others. Certainly not for me. I wish that were the case... i guess I'll just chalk it up to "everybody's different." (which is my normal argument when I'm confronted by people who disagree with my diet
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If you're wondering I eat about 1200-1500 calories a day, a decent bit of it is fat since I supplement with extra virgin coconut oil. But I try to keep the animal fat to a minimum (which for me is about once a day... I used to be a fiend!)
What am I rambling on? I'm just saying that I was someone who had to take a lower fat path on the LC lifestyle is all... so the guy isn't all wrong. Although his motivations seemed waaaay intense as a dieter... I can see why the word "anorexic" was thrown around. He seemed kinda like the stereotypical evil villain behind a chair, stroking a white cat and laughing as he lost weight before your eyes. Like the Dr. Evil of LC. "hahahahahahaaaa"
There's only one thing I disagreed with (well two... since I don't think the Xenadrine stuff is necessary, but I do exercise which gives a similar result in metabolic lift).... He mentioned something about eating 96 grams of carbs one day and taking ALA and still being in ketosis. ... .... Now... I must say that I'm not sure I believe that the ALA helped him (although he knows his level of insulemic reactions far better than I do). I read somewhere (don't you hate it when people begin this way) that the body dispenses insulin in proportion to the averages of your prior few meals, not what you actually eat per se. So if you've been LCing for years and you eat a candy bar it'll be a blip on the radar, may not even do a thing. But if you're only a week into it that same bar will easily put you out of ketosis. I remember a few weeks ago I ate about 90 grams of carbs. (I don't remember it being a heck of a lot of food, I think it was two of those tiny packages of hummus) and I was still in ketosis without any ALA. So everybody's different, maybe he's highly reactionary and needs the stuff or something. (I wanna note that my level of reaction is never constant and this week chili with like... 1/4 cup of kidney beans booted me out onto the cusp, which was no biggie I just took a walk and was back into it.)
This post is too long. I'm sorry. I'll stop now.