In the last week and a half, I’ve lost three pounds using what I call the anti-Atkins diet. As opposed to shunning carbohydrates, I go for carbs and leave out the fat and fewer sugars.
My typical eating pattern consists of cereal (80-90% carbs) and/or scantily buttered toast (50-60% carbs) in the morning, easily shooting for less than 25% of carbs due to sugars. Lunch is anything from sandwiches to TV dinners, skipping the fatty sauces and other high fat parts of the meal. Perhaps I even have pasta (70-85% carbs) with a light seasoning or sauce. For dinner I eat anything I want in moderation — even with a scoop of ice cream for dessert. A few hours after dinner, or during any dangerous snack-hungry time, I prepare non-buttered, seasoned popcorn or a small bowl of pretzels — 75-85% carbs, but none due to sugars and almost no fat.
Only 15 pounds to go ’til I reach my goal…
It’s 10:30 a.m. and I’m munchy, so it’s off to the kitchen to make some popcorn…
Instead of Robert Fatkins diet, I use the lesser-known Chet Atkins diet. That’s where you buy food only with money you earn playing music. You’ll note most musicians are skinny.
Eating carbs, losing weight. And then….. Fridays happen.
Finally, somebody else who understands the difference between “fiber” and “sugar” when it comes to carbohydrates. I can’t stand blind stupidity.