David Gillespie - Weight loss

07 Mar 2013 5:58 AM

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Hi, I have been sugar free for nearly two years and I am very disappointed in my inability to lose weight. I honestly think I have only lost 4kilos. I have a slow metabolism but why why why? I don't over eat I have friends who gave up sugar and they both lost substantial amounts, to be honest they aren't even as strict as me. I will never let sugar past my lips again but I do need to lose weight at least 20 kilos. Has anyone else had this problem and if so how did you get past it?

07 Mar 2013 8:59 PM

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It can be very slow but 4kg in 2 years must be very frustrating. I have been doing this for 11 months and have lost nearly 15 Kgs but there have been several times when I have plateaued for weeks on end.My daughter is also doing it and she has lost only 10 kgs but she has trouble working out that although what she is eating may be sugar free she still has to watch the amount she is eating and that a smoothy with milk, yoghurt, strawberries and Rice malt syrup is enough for a meal and not as a drink with a meal.
MY husband is theoretically on the same regime but I am sure he cheats at work and I know he has high carb snacks when I go to bed. He really hasn't lost anything.
I have found reducing carbs help the weight loss and I also found out I was wheat intolerant earlier this year and excluding wheat has made a difference.

Good luck

08 Mar 2013 6:56 AM

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Liz Nemtsas wrote:Hi, I have been sugar free for nearly two years and I am very disappointed in my inability to lose weight. I honestly think I have only lost 4kilos. I have a slow metabolism but why why why? I don't over eat I have friends who gave up sugar and they both lost substantial amounts, to be honest they aren't even as strict as me. I will never let sugar past my lips again but I do need to lose weight at least 20 kilos. Has anyone else had this problem and if so how did you get past it?

I would suggest you ask David directly via the "Get In Touch" page on the Sweet Poison web site: http://sweetpoison.com.au/?page_id=29

He has previously suggested going "low-carb" for a few weeks to overcome poor loss or unexpected gain in weight.

How do you know that you need to lose "at least 20kg" ? What is your BMI ? [ kg/height(m) squared].

If is is over 30 you are obese, if over 25 you are overweight. It should be between 20 and 25.

It would be a good idea to calculate your ideal weight. Just Google "ideal weight calculation". Here's the top of the list: http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htI

Next I suggest you keep a detailed record of EVERYTHING you ingest for one or two weeks, and calculate your daily intake of fructose. It shouldn't exceed 10 grams. You could be be getting it in hidden sugars especially in processed foods. This web site is very useful for determining sugar content of Australian foods:

http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/nuttab2010/nuttab2010onlinesearchabledatabase/onlineversion.cfm?&action=alphabeticalList&letter=S

How much fruit do you eat? Fruit juice? Sauces, relishes etc??

Your friends' experience indicate that the system does work - so don't give up. You just need to find out why it's not working for you. Is it possible that some emotional issues are undermining your motivation? From your comments I guess not. But thought it worth a mention.

Do you exercise regularly? I know David reckons it's not necessary in order to lose weight. But maybe there are some individual variables which might contradict the generality. Cutting saturated fat from your diet may also be worth trying for the same reason..

I'm casting a wide net here in the hope that something may strike a cord and be helpful to you. I do hope that you keep persevering, and looking here for support.

JohnN

09 Mar 2013 1:04 AM

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Whatever you do, don't cut saturated fat from your diet. Fat is what helps you feel full. If your appetite control is working........you won't eat too much fat, you can't, you get sick to the stomach.
cheers
Freda

10 Mar 2013 4:00 AM

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Freda Surgenor wrote:Whatever you do, don't cut saturated fat from your diet. Fat is what helps you feel full. If your appetite control is working........you won't eat too much fat, you can't, you get sick to the stomach.
cheers
Freda

Yes, well I'm a bit ambivalent about saturated fat at present. The medicos tried to sell me on a heart condition last year - turned out to be lack of fitness. But just to please the specialist I agreed to limit SF for 6 months. After 3 months my LDL dropped from 4.5 to 3.9. So I'm waiting for the 6 month test to make a decision.

And I thought it was the stomach hormones that told you when you are full. Agreed that leptin does it for fat, but there are three others. ?????

JohnN

11 Mar 2013 12:36 AM

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John Neilson wrote:
Freda Surgenor wrote:Whatever you do, don't cut saturated fat from your diet. Fat is what helps you feel full. If your appetite control is working........you won't eat too much fat, you can't, you get sick to the stomach.
cheers
Freda

Yes, well I'm a bit ambivalent about saturated fat at present. The medicos tried to sell me on a heart condition last year - turned out to be lack of fitness. But just to please the specialist I agreed to limit SF for 6 months. After 3 months my LDL dropped from 4.5 to 3.9. So I'm waiting for the 6 month test to make a decision.

And I thought it was the stomach hormones that told you when you are full. Agreed that leptin does it for fat, but there are three others. ?????

JohnN

Yes, John, the hormones tell you when you're full, but eating saturated fat fills you up quicker. I find I don't eat a lot of fat as it fills me up so quickly, I can actually feel quite sick!
I have a doctor who happily accepts my LDL at 5.1, so I am lucky, aren't I?
He also accepts my husband's LDL at 6.2, so he is lucky too. Reading the research on cholesterol and in Robert Lustig's new book, it's the particle size that counts and they say we need the large particles to carry the oxygen to the cells. It's all upside down now................maybe you could change your doctor?
cheers
Freda

11 Mar 2013 4:58 PM

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I agree with Freda,

change doctors - luckily my doctor and the rest of the doctors at the surgery have now all gone sugar free because one of them went sugar free after reading Robert Lustig information and lost heaps of weight.

Have another read of David's book big fat lies, page 169. I would definitely not be trying to reduce my cholesterol levels as this will set you up for the wrong result for the health of your heart - you will be at more risk of heart attack!. Just get your LDL to change from Pattern B to Pattern A (small to large).

Get a check done of the oxidised LDL levels if you are worried about heart attack risk as this has about a 70% accuracy rate according to the data.