"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:55:57 -0400, jmcquown >
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>>>I said it tongue in cheek, Dave. Gary responded to "Winters
>>>Lackey/Bryan" who thinks the only way to lose weight is low carb. It's
>>>simply not true. You *do* have to excercise.
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>> While I agree exercise helps a LOT, I disagree that you *have* to
>> exercise. I went low carb back in 2002 and the weight fell off me -
>> and stayed off too. No exercise whatsoever at the time.
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> There are many people that are unable to excercise while losing weight on
> low carb. If you can, it's helpful, but as you say it's not absolutely
> necessary to excercise lose weight.

Exercise seems to knock pounds off of men a lot faster than it does for
women too. Can't tell you how many men I know who never changed their diet
but lost 10 or so pounds right away.

OTOH, I know women who had to cut back on their food drastically and
exercise like a fiend to drop the same amount of weight.

Then there are elderly people with various health problems, some of which
make them not very mobile and they are asked to lose weight. My dad did
this simply by not eating very much. Partly I think because the provisions
where he was at were horrid most of the time. He never seemed to have a
problem eating the food that we brought to him. He was unable to exercise
beyond perhaps a few arm things, and walking a few steps with assistance.

My elderly friend is able to stand and walk but is in chronic pain all of
the time for various reasons. She works retail and is on her feet all day,
currently for 40 hours a week as the other pharmacy person is out on
maternity leave. She is too worn out and sore to exercise when she gets
home. So she is cutting back on the food but hasn't lost a pound.

Also, low carb works for some people and not others. The key is being able
to stick to it. I had a BF who for the most part ate low carb all the time.
He was a body building and his diet mainly consisted of eggs, cheese and
meat. He also ate whatever protein bars were on the market at the time when
he went on long hikes. This would have been late 70's. I want to say that
they were Cliff bars but not sure. He was Italian. I remember going out to
eat with him once and he had pasta. That was really the only time I saw him
eat carbs although he did have a beer once in a great while. At parties he
ate only things like cheese or eggs and in restaurants he had meat and some
non-starchy veggies. That diet worked for him.

My friend's husband was never overweight that I know of. He was tall and
lanky and a runner. He lived for carbs. Actually much of what she made for
the family was carbs. Ramen, Rice A Roni as a meal and not a side.
Spaghetti with red sauce and no cheese. They did have a chest freezer and
there was meat and fish in it but most of the time she didn't do what I
would call cooking. She did ask me to cook for them a few times as she was
going through some issues at the time that I won't get into here. They had
pizza on Fridays so there was protein then. Anyway... He would often eat 2
or three sandwiches on cheap white bread with leftover cold spaghetti as a
filling. He would eat these before a run. Not as a meal.

So really just because something works for one person, doesn't mean it will
work for another!