Jesse LC
Sun, Jun-12-16, 18:19
Hello, I'm Jesse and I'm new here. I'm not new to the low carb lifestyle as I first used it (Atkins) as a teenager (more than 20 years ago) to drop from 287 lbs to 172 lbs. After maintaining the new weight for over three years, I quickly forgot that I was ever fat and began eating high levels of carbohydrate again, but never any sugar.
Over the years, I regained most of the weight back because I was convinced that only sugar was the problem. Corn, wheat, potatoes, starch, grains, diet soda, sugar alcohols, low carb products, and other processed foods slowly allowed me to regain most of the weight back even though it was quite a slow process. It took about 20 years, but I did regain much of the weight hovering in at about 237 lbs with about 34% BF.
To make a long story short, about a year and a half ago, I decided that I didn't want to regain all of my old weight back so I went strictly ketogenic this time and ate mostly whole, low carb, unprocessed food with a few exceptions like butter, olive oil, etc... I have since lost most of the weight and have about 12-15 lbs or so left to lose which I'm not even concerned with because it's not much. I basically joined the forum to ask some questions but I'll leave that for a different post.
I really hope there are some knowledgeable people here since I certainly won't find a doctor that supports low carb.
Over the years, I regained most of the weight back because I was convinced that only sugar was the problem. Corn, wheat, potatoes, starch, grains, diet soda, sugar alcohols, low carb products, and other processed foods slowly allowed me to regain most of the weight back even though it was quite a slow process. It took about 20 years, but I did regain much of the weight hovering in at about 237 lbs with about 34% BF.
To make a long story short, about a year and a half ago, I decided that I didn't want to regain all of my old weight back so I went strictly ketogenic this time and ate mostly whole, low carb, unprocessed food with a few exceptions like butter, olive oil, etc... I have since lost most of the weight and have about 12-15 lbs or so left to lose which I'm not even concerned with because it's not much. I basically joined the forum to ask some questions but I'll leave that for a different post.
I really hope there are some knowledgeable people here since I certainly won't find a doctor that supports low carb.