Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!honnetnews!news.gw.fukushima-u.ac.jp!azuma!news.tains.tohoku.ac.jp!news-sv.sinet!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: Brett Robson Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Dr. Atkins Diet Date: 13 Feb 2004 22:44:38 -0800 Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://newsguy.com] Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <1g95fd5.gkew8v24k00uN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <7fcr20ljl8bfqim0dh5d1afnfe0s1pouul@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-979.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Direct Read News 4.20 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:12034 On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 14:42:47 +0900, Raj Feridun ... > >I laugh at the low-carb craze in the USA right now. What a joke. I >lost 35kg (I'm now 90kg, 182cm tall) about a year and a half ago by >exercising daily (5km jog) and simply eating LESS period not lowering >carbs. Now I maintain my weight by continuing to exercise and eating a >balanced diet. There are no great secrets, shortcuts or quick-fixes to >weight loss, sorry. > >Raj > The issue is that most of the carbs in the modern diet are empty calories, potato chips, the crappy bread in MacDonals that they have to call a bun because it isn't bread, corn based snacks etc. Cutting out carbs is a shot gun approach but it should be obvious why it works. . ---- Triangle Man hits Person Man They have a fight and Triangle Man wins