I was looking at this book
The False Fat Diet by Elson Haas. Which is not lowcarb by the way but deal with food allergies/sensitivities.
I noticed the inimitable
Jimmy Moore started a conversation there on amazon that is now a
really long thread.
I started reading it and ended up just sitting back and shaking my head. OK, yes, there are going to be people who have their own issues, or different bodies so different opinions, or ignorance or whatever, but really, I thought a couple of the early posters summed up what I hear from other people who tell me they 'used to' do lowcarb and it didn't work for them:
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...for my current lifestyle with 2 kids I am finding it almost impossible to focus on what i'm eating. It's a diet that takes--not a whole lot of willpower for me at all, but--a lot of money (i don't buy l.c. products, but eat only whole foods, clean, lean protein and lots and lots of veggies) and a lot of time.
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Another person early in the thread said:
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2)I'm running from one place to another constantly, with children in tow. There are not many thing available that travel well in a hot car that are high protein, and I get tired of the same thing over and over and over.Quickest way to get off any food lifestyle.
3)You have to plan meals and snacks in advance. That does not work for the working person who gets up at 6:00 AM, goes to work until 3:00PM (no lunch break, but can eat at the desk) so she can go pick up her kids from school at 3:30, take them to soccer or whatever, get them home to do their homework, feed them a non-low carb meal (but well balanced), make sure they are bathed and put to bed, do laundry, clean the kitchen and clean one room of the house before falling into bed at midnight and starting all over again.
...The main reason is the lack of convenience. Sad, but true. Protein drinks just don't do it for everyone.
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Now, I won't argue for a minute lowcarb can be a pain in the ass sometimes, that it DOES require planning, shopping, preparing, that it is not always easy to do when eating out or with others, that it's not easy to get through a drive-through window or in something you nuke for 2 minutes (not counting pepperoni and mozzarella slices
).
And I won't argue that most people's assumption that it somehow consists of eating nothing but bacon and chicken 24/7 is a little bizarre.
But... is it just a cultural thing? Are we so stupendously boring and made inert by the 25 foods we are used to eating, that the options in lowcarb are either beyond most people or outside their food comfort zone?
I mean for people who found a plan that worked for them (even non low carb of course), great, fine, that's their answer. But for people who didn't, is the price of planning ahead using a crockpot your health, your life?
Is it sheer laziness?
Is it just an excuse?
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Is it just too much trouble to lowcarb?
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