Mark L. writes:

"10lbs in a work out is alot.

The most I lost was 12.5lbs in 2.5 hours of sweating (last fight).."

Did you read what I said??"

You can't tell me you kept if off for a month or two can you?? Daily going up and down is one thing but staying down for a month or two...come on."

No, i wouldn't try to tell you I kept it off. Where did you even get that from? I gained it right back. It's common for people to lose up to 10 lbs. within the first few weeks on a diet, then gain it right back even if they're on the same diet. This always happens with the atkins diet. It's water loss. It does work long term and is great for losing weight, though. You just hear about a lot of people that didn't like it quitting after two weeks and saying that they lose 10 lbs. right away, then quitting the diet and gaining it back.

"OK sustaining weight. Some people will want to stay, some gain, and some lose.
Going by body weight and going by lean body weight makes a differance.

Cheat days make little sense to me. My understanding of eating right is teaching your body to work right. Throwing a wrench in every week doesn't make sense to me. But once a week is much better than everyday I guess."

Nobody is perfect, and not taking that into account is the main reason why diets fail. If you eat healthy all week, then binge on junk food, you're gonna feel like crap afterwards. Then you're going to eat good for at least the next week. Kill two birds with one stone. If you don't want a cheat day, fine. It's next to impossible to gain back all the weight you've lost in a week in one day.

"Nit picking with sodium/potassium not if you want to eat healthy. Processed foods have about 20 times more sodium/potassium ratio than fresh foods"

Thanks for the nutrition lesson. I had *no* *idea* that processed foods weren't as healthy as natural foods.

"No surprise our bodies work best on the ratio that is found in fresh foods. Excess sodium has its effects."

Water can usually counteract the negative effects of sodium, unless you're eating fast food all day.\

"Nit picking??? Maybe in the Atkins diet it is."

I'm not even on the Atkins diet, and I've never been on it. I've had clients on it before, and i've known plenty of people who did it right and lost a lot of weight. I've read the books. Tom Glanville was a friggin' monster after doing it. Like I said, old bodybuilders like Steve Reeves used this method to cut up for competitions before it had a trademark on it.

"Grape nuts are low now..if its nit picking why would you look to know?"

Glycemic index isn't nitpicking. Arguing about EVERYTHING no matter how trivial a detail is.

"Low by comparison or a good ratio?? Big differance. 'Light' and 'Reduced Fat' doesn't mean its really light or low in fat. Only by comparrison."

In the case of grape nuts flakes, low would be in the 30-50 range. That's low, unless you want to eat brocolli all day. Again, thanks for nitpicking about that. I had no idea low as in "low" was different than "low" as in "low by comparison." IN fact, the left side of my brain was severely damaged in a fall and I can't think abstractly. I need all the help I can get.

"What does it have to do with anything?? Well we are talking about healthy eating are we not? 20x is alot in my book.

Adverage American eats 54lbs of sugar a year too (though thats an older study...I would think more now). Is there no importance in this either?? Sugar turns into fat so is sugar ok on the Atkins diet?"

Did you read that link on ketogenic diets? Cause I dont' feel like explaining how it works if you think that would work.

"Tim, you on the diet? How long?"

Nope. I'm a zone guy. Been doing that for 6-7 years.