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Originally Posted by Mirrorball
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Thanks for the link. I like Jimmy, even though we got into a little contention over my review of the Eades's new '6 Week Cure' book at amazon.
I like him well enough that I have signed up to go on his 2010 Low Carb Cruise this March. I think he is a great proselytizer for the whole low carb movement, and he has some fabulous and thought-provoking guests on his podcasts.
But I sure am sorry to see him daily menus on the above blog. Diet Coke every day, flourless chocolate cake every day, Dreamfields pasta almost every day. I think he is doing himself a big disservice.
I'm one of those who does not find the occasional LC sweet treat to be 'gateway'. In fact the times that I have eventually fallen off LC and gained back a lot of weight have general been the times I have been the most rigid in avoiding all sweet treats. I could do it for a few weeks, or even months. But the longer I avoided them the more and more I would feel deprived and want them.
I mean I would much rather have a small serving of LC flourless chocolate cake than the so-called 'real thing'. The LC one is just right for taking the edge off my cravings and does NOT cause any additional cravings. The sugary, floury thing would make my system go totally haywire.
I've tried ZC/VLC. It worked well for dropping some additional weight, but since I'm not all that crazy about meat (especially beef which is probably my least fave meat) I did get more and more depressed the longer I stayed on it. But I might try it again and see if I can drop more weight. I think maybe I need to cycle. I actually feel best when following a Kwasniewski-style diet. I also do all my own cooking. That way, even if I feel the need for a LC sweet of some sort I can control the sweetness. Most commericial "frankenfood" LC sweets are *far* too sweet for me. I was out with my sister and BiL not long ago at a local diner. I had eaten lunch shortly before they invited me out, so I decided to try the sugar-free cheesecake offered on the menu. It was so sickeningly sweet I almost gagged on it.
So my taste buds have adjusted but I still like an occasional "sweet". Just not that often, and not that sweet,
. Like Jimmy I used to be a diet coke with lime addict and had to have it every day! I kicked the habit mainly as a way of saving money, but now I don;t miss it a bit. Sometimes I will add a splash of key lime juice to my water, and that seems like a treat.
I've occasionally made a chocolate "cake" similar to the one Jimmy eats, from a recipe I found right here by our own Nancy. But I don't make it *every day*. I think he really needs to drop the daily diet coke, the daily chocolate 'cake', the daily Dreamfields pasta. If those things really help him stay on track then let them be *occasional* treats. Maybe once a week, then maybe every other week, then maybe once a month, etc.