its basicly been a dramatic change in diet, with a half decent gym effort. I Cant stress how much of a difference just cleaning up your diet can make. no need for these atkins style fads though
I think there's some truth in the Atkins approach, in the sense that I now believe the "health industry's" massive emphasis on the evil of FAT is wrong - I believe it's processed food full of carbohydrates/sugar which is making the Western world so obese. It's interesting that if you look at "low fat" foods they're usually higher in carbs than the "high fat" equivalent of the same thing. And I think they push those high-carb foods on us because they're relatively cheap - but very profitable.
I've lost 3 stone, and kept it off, by following a low carbohydate diet for the last year or so. It's not like Atkins in the "bacon and eggs, cheese and cream, no veg" sense, though. I eat quite a lot of protein and fat (but not
saturated fat), loads of salad and vegetables and certain fruits. Nearly all fresh stuff, very little processed food (which is often very high in salt, as well as all the other cr@ppy additives).
I saw this article on the BBC recently:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16561565It says British people only 258g of fruit and vegetables a day, compared with a European average of 386g. Just for a laugh, I added up what I have on a typical day - over 800g! So what's that? "Ten-A-Day"? :lol:
(Not trying to be preachy about this, I may be totally wrong. But it's working for me.... touch wood.)
