dsi1 wrote:
>
> Congrats on the 20lb loss. Now would be the time to start thinking about
> strategies for maintaining that loss. If my brother is any indication,
> it's a bitch to keep on going. He lost a bunch of weight by cutting out
> carbs but gained it back. Now he's back on low carbs and I'm betting
> he'll lose a bunch. I'm also betting he'll gain it back again.

With any diet no matter what type you have to do it forever or gain it
all back. It's simple cause and effect. Do the cause of eating the way
that made me fat in the first place, get the result of being fat all
over again.

To me the problem is the endless bitter opposition by the low fat
people.

For years it happened at home until we finally had a fight - Remember
me gaining 50 pounds in 20 years of trying low fat and then losing 40
pounds in 3 years of actually doing low carb? Then why are you
endlessly pressuring me to eat a way that does not work? But low fat
and light items continue to show up on the shelves. At best the
opposition went to mild.

Out on the street even though anyone can glance at the mall, close
their eyes and recall the crowd at the mall 40 years ago before the low
fat crze started, and conclude that low fat is a massive fail in the
general population. But no the low fat nonsense continues unabated.
Healthy automatically equates with low fat. It's nonsense for most of
the population.