Sweden Becomes First Western Nation to Reject Low-fat Diet Dogma in Favor of LCHF

[BillfromIL]

53. miracle diet.........maybe.

Hi Jeff47.

This post is not to dispute any of your comments. The low-fat diet (also read high carb as promoted by the govt) has got us where we are right now - a high percentage of an over-weight population (me being one of them) with no foreseeable end in sight. Heck, by govt standards, using the trusty BMI calculation of height vs. weight I am still considered obese at 6'-0" tall, 210lbs and wearing a comfortable size 38 waist pants (down from 44). And for me the weight is still coming off and all this without starving myself. I honestly have no idea what my true body fat percentage is and frankly does not concern me right now, but I will tell you that the mirror, clothes, scale, and positive comments from family, friends, and co-workers do not lie.

As you mentioned, weight loss could be defined by calories in < calories burned and by the very nature of a low carb diet you get exactly that, because even if you do not increase your energy expenditure, you can still lose weight due to the lower calorie intake of a low carb diet. There are countless apps and books and guides available to track calorie content of virtually every food, or at least it seems that way, but if you think anyone else can accurately track calorie expenditure, I would have to respectfully disagree.

Again, I am only one sample case, but this has truly been my miracle and hopefully I will be able to successfully share this knowledge with all of my family, friends, or anyone else who may be interested. And as I stated earlier, I had no specific weight goal in mind. I fear that many people will read this as the "new way" to quickly drop a few pounds only to return to their old ways once achieving that goal and put it all back on and then some. I can safely say that I have been there done that and it is not exactly good for self esteem.

All that being said, yes, I suspect it would be entirely possible for someone to not lose weight on a low carb, or any other diet, due to over-eating. If you cannot control what goes in your mouth, then any diet advice will likely be of little use. And it is extremely hard for someone that craves all of the processed food to make the change (speaking from experience).

Without trying to sound judgmental of anyone that is overweight (and I do not consider it that way as I still consider myself over-weight), we all could use a good helping of self control when it comes to our health. Speaking only for myself, I have taken a big bite of that self-control pie and so far I am over-joyed with the outcome! If I had tried my current style of eating 3 years ago, in all honesty, probably would have failed or at least only had some temporary improvement before resuming my old habits. For me, small positive steps have been the biggest contributor to my current health.

Bill