Originally Posted by AJCole

kdill, that's very interesting, it sounds a bit like Traditional Foods. I would totally do that if I could tolerate those carb levels.

doctork, I gained all my weight while in the Army. When I hit 130lbs (64" tall), I saw a nutritionist who started me on LF >1500kcal/day and a food diary which I was very strict about. On my own, I started swimming again, 2 miles a day every afternoon, 6 days a week. I was still running PT 4 days a week, and I started running on saturdays. I was also going to the field regularly, which if you've ever been in the Army you know it's very physical. All this lead to me being 185lbs. I know some was muscle, but trust me, alot of it was jiggly. I think if I had just stopped drinking sugar I would have gone right back down to 120ish.

I am very often offended by this notion that we are less active therefor fatter. It was not true with me, it does not explain the explosion of Obesity since the LF recommendations came out in the late 70's , and it does not explain the proliferation of the work out culture since the 70's. The department of agriculture charts on vegetable fat consumption in the 20th c (it went up, alot) and animal fat consumption in the 20th c (it went down, alot) are very instructive. I defer to GCBC and Weston A Price.