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Not loosing weight

  • 29 May 2015 5:05 AM
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    Hi my husband & I have been eating sugar free for 6 weeks & have not lost weight. Mind you we haven't put on any weight either. 

    Hoping to drop some weight, not finding it hard to keep off sugar.

    Karen
  • 30 May 2015 8:37 AM
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    Karen Batcheldor wrote:

    Hi my husband & I have been eating sugar free for 6 weeks & have not lost weight. Mind you we haven't put on any weight either. 

    Hoping to drop some weight, not finding it hard to keep off sugar.

    Karen


    Hi Karen - the two significant criteria are:
    1. You fell satiated [aka "full" ] at the end of every meal, and
    2. Your weight is under control.

    Since your weight is steady you may be at your ideal weight. There are various web sites at which you can check that, but a fairly reliable measure is your Body Mass Index [ BMI ]. If you are not familiar with it, divide your weight in kilograms  by the square of your height in meters. Above 25 is overweight and above 30 is obese.


    Another important   measure of physical health is your waist measurement which should not exceed 94cm for men and 80cm for women, regardless of height. . And also your waist-to-hip ratio  which should not exceed 1.0 for men and 0.85 for women. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist%E2%80%93hip_ratio ]. The significance of these measurements is that the accumulation of fat around the vital organs is very bad news. For detailed information  read Dr Robert Lustig's latest book "Fat Chance". And check his YouTube lectures on fructose metabolism.


    BTW  are you checking processed for max 2% "sugars"? And have you kept a 2-week diary of your fructose intake?


    Be well :-)

    JohnN
  • 03 Nov 2015 2:16 AM
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    Anonymous

    Have you read David's books? His assertion is that you can eat whatever you want whenever you want, as long as you exclude fructose as far as practicable.

    JohnN
  • 04 Nov 2015 1:50 AM
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    Thanks John. So are you suggesting that if you are overweight, all you have to do is to eliminate fructose out of your diet as much as possible, and that the weight will simply 'fall off.?'
  • 04 Nov 2015 2:00 AM
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    Rosemary Dunmill wrote:

    Thanks John. So are you suggesting that if you are overweight, all you have to do is to eliminate fructose out of your diet as much as possible, and that the weight will simply 'fall off.?'


    That's the theory, and David's experience. He lost 40kg in 12 months and that's all he did. I lost 10kg in 6 months from an 84kg start. Exercise is good for you, but it doesn't contribute to weight loss.


    We are all different in many ways, including our metabolism. So it's a bit dangerous to generalize too widely. But unless you are genetically disposed to obesity (very few are) or have dysfunctional gut flora (your microbiome), it should work for you.


    First you need to determine how much fructose you are taking in. You can do this by weighing EVERYTHING  you eat for say a week and using the tables in David's books to work out your fructose intake. If it's more than 10g a day, go through your food to find out which  is/are responsible.

    Good luck with it :-)

    JohnN
  • 05 Nov 2015 1:31 AM
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    Again, thank-you JohnN. Which books of David's best contain the charts you are referring to here?
  • 06 Nov 2015 3:13 AM
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    Rosemary Dunmill wrote:

    Again, thank-you JohnN. Which books of David's best contain the charts you are referring to here?


    I'm  between houses ATM so don't have access to my books. But "Sweet Poison" and "SP Quit Plan" both have them.If you want more detail go to NUTTAB the federal government analysis of most foods available in Australia. http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science/monitoringnutrients/nutrientables/nuttab/Pages/default.aspx

    JohnN
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