[BrandiDup]

Originally Posted by Weapon-x

Hey BrandiDup you think you could private message me that exact diet. What I should eat and was are the "no's" to eat? So I can try it. Does it really burn fat really fast? I run 2- 4 miles every night and work out and go crunches and everything and I seem to be gaining weight then losing....starting to make me mad.

Well, I am not an expert, by any means. But my mom has held a few fitness titles so she's pretty well versed in how to get in shape, drop weight quickly (before competitions) and get as lean as possible. I'm not into the fitness like she has been, but I was around it, obviously, so I could get really into shape if I ever wanted to

Here are a few sites that will help educated you a little bit about why low carb works to help you lose weight. It WILL work for you, I have no doubt it will help you lose weight quickly if that is your goal but, as I said in a previous post, low carbing is a lifestyle change if you plan to keep the weight off and you should do a lot of research on it before committing yourself to it. When you drop all of the weight, it typically does come back when you start loading up on the carbs. And if not done properly, you will gain extra weight instead of lose it (For example, if you're having too many cheat days or carbs).

I don't know, I'm not a huge fan of any diet, just from my experience with MANY of them. I think it's very hard to do any diet that says you can't have any of something or very very limited amounts of something. Which is why low carb and atkins have never and will never work for someone like me. If you're interested in losing some weight and KEEPING IT OFF, I would highly suggest www.weightwatchers.com, no it's NOT just a women's diet. There are a LOT Of men on it and it works. Instead of saying you can't have chocolate or you can't have carbs, you have the flexibility to have those things but it teaches you self control when it comes to portion sizes and junk food. I have only done the one online, not the meetings, but the online one is fantastic. It gives you all of the tools you need, including recipes and an overview of places you can dine out, for less than $20 a month. I didn't even have to work out to lose weight, but you get extra points (in other words, you can eat more) if you do work out.

If you are interested in the low carb, here are some links:

http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcou...ting_well.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkins_...ional_Approach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Beach_diet


Short term, low carb will help you lose quick if that's your goal. But I wouldn't recommend it long term. Eating too many empty carbs or sugars isn't good for you no matter which diet you're on, but the south beach and aktins are a little too restrictive for me.