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quakerboy

(13,901 posts)
35. I can give you the trends
Thu May 3, 2012, 10:55 PM
May 2012

6 months of giving up soda resulted in 25 lbs of weight loss.

1 year, 6 months of relatively strict low carb eating(meat and plenty of vegitables) resulted in another 65 lbs of weight loss.

3 months of less strict low carb eating with cheating when outside of the house, combined with about 50 miles a week of bike riding resulted in no net weight change(more muscle, less fat, but same weight).

4 months of eating kinda low carb at home, but running wild with eating out multiple times a week, and not biking much because it was raining resulted in 20 lbs of weight gain.

watching portions and eliminating HFCS tabbycat31 May 2012 #1
HFCS is poison as far as I'm concerned n/t Populist_Prole May 2012 #6
I lost 45 pounds with smaller portions/fewer calories/'mind game'. It takes a while, but it works. trof May 2012 #24
For the most part I cut out soda years ago tabbycat31 May 2012 #25
I quit the soda and other sweetened drinks OriginalGeek May 2012 #26
I wasn't really hungry with smaller portions. trof May 2012 #27
my version of the Scarsdale kwassa May 2012 #2
Same here. Swede May 2012 #3
Jail food. I lost weight for the week I was in. Kaleva May 2012 #4
I don't have a name for it, but I lost 20+ lbs and kept it off Populist_Prole May 2012 #5
it all sounds really good ! But coffeemate? Isn't that really "processed"?? nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #41
It surely must be, but it's but 3 teaspoons a day. Populist_Prole May 2012 #42
oh..makes sense. hate black coffee too. have you tried Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #43
I always wanted to try them out of curiosity Populist_Prole May 2012 #45
Eat right and exercise. Iggo May 2012 #7
Plant based whole foods, low fat Doremus May 2012 #8
Virtually giving up soda, I didn't have any for a month mythology May 2012 #9
Soda is probably the simplest. quakerboy May 2012 #32
The do not eat too much food diet. Seriously CBGLuthier May 2012 #10
Starvation. Just not eating. Works all the time. n/t RebelOne May 2012 #11
Eating whatever I want within a certain daily calorie calculation. Brickbat May 2012 #12
A program my Dr. Introduced me to. Consists of daily meal replacement shake and cleansing. ohiosmith May 2012 #13
The Poor college student diet siligut May 2012 #14
Atkins worked fastest. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #15
Soouth Beach is Atkinsy but way healthier. nolabear May 2012 #34
Atkins for long-term, Medifast for quick weight loss. Still Blue in PDX May 2012 #16
Pasta salad with every Raven May 2012 #17
Lost 90 lbs. due to stress and a job I hated........ mrmpa May 2012 #18
Gardening. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #19
giardia. n/t dimbear May 2012 #20
2 hours on a mountain bike 6 days a week. cliffordu May 2012 #21
exercising and not eating too much. harmonicon May 2012 #22
Eat less, exercise more. Scuba May 2012 #23
That's it, my dear Scuba! CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #29
Unemployment guitar man May 2012 #28
Successful? hobbit709 May 2012 #30
Stopped keeping cookies & potato chips in the house WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #31
I seem to be doing well on a low carb diet. nolabear May 2012 #33
I can give you the trends quakerboy May 2012 #35
Was it diet or full calorie soda you gave up? applegrove May 2012 #36
All soda quakerboy May 2012 #37
The 'no bread and potatoes' diet; elleng May 2012 #38
Just cutting back a bit on bread, sweets such as cookies and ice cream, wine, butter Arugula Latte May 2012 #39
The I'm-so-fucking-depressed-that-I-won't-eat-anything diet MrScorpio May 2012 #40
Smaller portions, more exercise. HappyMe May 2012 #44
Paleo diet, and strength training. JBoy May 2012 #46
Dukan weight loss diet RhondaGraymond Jul 2012 #47
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