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I know what you mean Fire, cause it is the opposite me. If I have protein first thing in the morning it ruins my appetite for fruit! I have trouble with that carrot salad for same reason. I love it, but it doesn't sound good first thing in the morning and certainly not after dairy ?
I have it written somewhere that I started it around October 19 and was back in my outfit around the first week of December. I wasn't a Ray Peat member so I wasn't tracking anything and I still don't, except for protein and calcium. I am working on another post where I can be more specific on a days menus.
Let me expound a little more, accelerator, on my last comment. I don't think tracking "macros" are an efficient way to for me to lose fat. I am sure it may be a good thing for athletes, but I think focusing too much on them is not sustainable for long term/life long success. I can't tell you how many times I have achieved my weight goals, and think I am home free, and a few months later real life kicks in and it all gets undone again. Unless you plan on living your that way every single day it is pointless to micro manage your food. I feel some days I need more protein and others I don't. It isn't about the grams of food for me, but more about the kinds of foods. I like grains and other starches, but because I don't want those splurges creeping up and surprising me anymore, I just don't make them a part of my day or even week. The post of daily menus I am working on is not a one size fits all with macros. Some may need to double the recipes and some may need to take out the cheese and replace it with some milk, and so forth. For me I had to just take the Ray Peat principles for face value and quit overthinking them and get on with life!
Could be Less Stress Hormones and better Metabolism & Androgens that caused that Structural Change (?).
You really know how to charm a girl Dave! I hate being the starch stomper, but people don't realize how much of their struggles could be remedied ridding themselves of them. My girlfriend, who seeing my success eliminating starches, decided to give it a try. The first three days she was amazed that she was losing a full pound each day. By 4th day she gave up because she said the cravings for them was too intense and it was making her feel angry. People don't realize how very much it affects the opiod brain! I mean look how angry they get just in this thread! People that have lived on them for so long really need to back off of them slowly. I wish my girlfriend hadn't given up so soon, and so her weight struggles continue, all for a few moments of pleasure! Thanks for making me smile really big ?
Yeah, i can be Charming at Times. Rarely had Problems with Girls/Women at the Clubs....hehe
Too skinny, like the right pic, just wouldn't look good on me at 57. I need to keep my face filled in. I see you are in Germany! My dad's side of the family are German, Steinert & Reinhardt ?Yeah, i can be Charming at Times. Rarely had Problems with Girls/Women at the Clubs....hehe
I also wished she would not have given up so soon. She would have done better to reduce it slowly (little by little) before going to Zero-Starch. This way, it would be more sustainable for her, i think.
Oh, sorry. I Thought you were also that Women in the Underwear / Bikini Pictures (i mean the One on the First Side of this Thread, with the Three Comparisons).
Still, the Results are Impressive, regardless. Most Women your Age, doesn't even look like this. Credit where Credit's due.
Mostly in our Country (and State) it's like i've said before, rather too thin or too obese. I have yet to seen one with such a Hourglass Figure like in the Comparision Photo on the Right. The Closest one's that i Remember we're two Women i have hooked up with in the Past (One was a Younger One, 25-30ish and the other was a Older Women, 40ish Years old). Both had Figures like between the Left and Middle One (rather more like the middle one, if i remember correctly). But they both we're Highly Active and are doing some sort of Exercise/Weightlifting or Active Lifestyle (Walking, Tennis, Hiking and so forth) on a Daily / Weekly Basis, so someone has to take that into account. But this does reassure, that being some sort of Active, can't certainly hurt. As long as they are not overdoing it and doing it right.
Oh gosh that is a tough one Vileplume! I am afraid a high fat diet would put weight on. On the other hand I wouldn't want to the problems that grains brought on either, gray hair, sensitive teeth, saggy skin and inflammation and such. I have gone lowfat with some white sweet potatoes, but in things like stews, minus sugars, except for berries, aka Blood Type Diet. Potato mono fasts took weight off me quick and I felt energized during it too. At my age the anti-aging purpose is too important to go back to what I have already done. When i think about the rat study where they "drank Coke freely", they didn't lose weigh eating all that extra sugar, they stayed the same as the other group. So the fat loss would have to come from lowering starch and/or fat. If I had to choose high fat or zero starch I would pick the high fat and just eat less, the grains are just too aging.
Here sums up that question you asked me yesterday Vileplume.
