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Date Posted: 16:45:04 07/07/02 Sun
Author: Sherry
Subject: Interesting concept
In reply to: Catherine 's message, "Low carb vs. blood type" on 14:19:47 07/07/02 Sun

I don't believe it, but it is an interesting idea. Where is it that you learned that a specific "blood type" would make the difference between whether you can lose on low carb or not?

It seems that if it were true that you "cannot" lose on low carb you wouldn't have lost the original 60 pounds would you?

Weight is difficult to take off no matter who you are. I suspect it is more difficult for some than for others, but I have a hard time believing that the difference would be because of your blood type. (Not that I'm saying it isn't true, I would just need to see more evidence to that effect to believe it).

I've had a similar experience, I originally lost 50 pounds, and have been trying to lose the rest for some time now and haven't really managed it. I have kept the 50 off, (or gained and relost parts of it).

I think it is common to stop losing after an initial quick loss. I think it is common for us to give up after awhile and then try again. I think certain factors affect this type of dieting. I believe that we tend to eat less and less the longer we have been on the diet. We limit what types of food we can eat and we only WANT so much protein, so we tend to not eat at all after awhile, or at least not eat enough.

Your body goes into starvation mode if you don't feed it enough calories, it starts resisting any type of weight loss.

What I found when I started forcing myself to increase calories is that I started losing again. But then due to the backward nature of that sort of thinking (eat more to lose weight), I couldn't stick to eating "enough" calories in a day and started going the opposite way and eating way Fewer calories in the day. As a result of both types of eating I lost weight, however the not eating enough school backfires on me and as soon as I "cheat" on the diet I gain really quickly.

Two months ago I tried sticking to low carb and eating more calories. I managed a new low, went from 50 pounds off to 55 pounds off. Last month I went the opposite direction, found myself skipping a lot of meals, excercising a lot to try and keep my metabolism reved up, and I went to a new low of 57 pounds off.

But as soon as I took a few days off I gained back to my 50 pound mark. The body has certain set points it wants to stay at, and it is difficult to ovecome those. Persistance, trying different things (excercise, eating more, eating less, eating more or fewer carbs) will eventually work. Unfortunately it isn't always a straight smooth path downward. I wish it were.

So anyway, assuming that you do have something there and your "blood type" determines what method of weight loss is best for you, you must already have the solution in mind right? I believe there is some book out there written by someone called something like that "eat right for your blood type" or something. So what does the author suggest for type A blood?

Personally I have no clue what my blood type is, so I suppose even if I read the book I wouldn't know what is "supposed" to be best for me. But I am curious what he suggests as the solution to your dilemma.

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Re: Interesting concept -- Catherine, 22:39:31 07/07/02 Sun
- Re: Interesting concept -- Kel, 05:39:42 07/08/02 Mon