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Originally Posted by liamona  You got lean? I think you're the only one, LOL.
I also bought the "cut fat out of your diet and everything will be hunky-dory" propaganda back then. I had cut out about 90 to 99% of meat and dairy from my diet.
One of the interesting side-effects of this "healthy" diet is that it made me crave sugar and sweets. Here I was attempting to be on a healthy vegetarian diet, and I was mortified that all I could think about was tootsie rolls, donuts, and cake.
I have never been so sick, depressed, and overweight as I was then. |
The low fat diet is the worst ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ever pawned off on people trying to lose weight. It CAN work - you can eat literally anything and lose weight if you eat little enough of it and exercise enough - but it works worse than all other possible alternatives.
What does work is keeping carbs to a reasonable minimum by cutting out most simple carbs (some fruit sugars being the exception) and having lots of fat and protein, keeping quantities reasonable across the board, and then exercising with a focus on building muscle. Cardio's good too, but is kind of a secondary concern when it comes to weight loss.