That sounds similar to my intake when I was "on program"

My low days would be around 1,200, but generally I normally ate in the 1,500-1,800 range. My high days were around 2K. I took a close look at my carb intake, and did my best to supplement my protein intake. I stopped worrying about fat. My "low carb" diet ended up being ~ 1/3 carbs, 1/3 protein, and 1/3 fat (by grams).

I lost ~2.5 lbs/week with that diet, and wasn't hungry thanks to (IMHO) a sufficient fat intake. I could stick to that diet indefinitely.

I have no idea how anyone can stick to a "low fat" diet. I've done that before (lots of beans & rice), and I was always hungry. I couldn't go more than 2 hours between meals.

In response to this post by Hokie CPA

Posted: 05/14/2019 at 3:33PM

So I've dropped 40 pounds since January and my A1C went from >9.0 to 5.9. -- Hokie CPA 05/14/2019 09:45AM

How much of a factor, if any, was exercise? ** -- MikeVT85 05/14/2019 3:27PM

It was tax season. I lived on coffee, low-sugar oatmeal, and nicotine for -- Hokie CPA 05/14/2019 3:50PM

Sounds more promising all the time. ** -- MikeVT85 05/14/2019 6:16PM

The #1 thing I've found is looking at food labels, and tracking everything -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 12:25PM

I track what I eat in Fitbit, but I also read nutrition labels. -- Hokie CPA 05/14/2019 1:22PM

That sounds similar to my intake when I was "on program" -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 3:33PM

Down 46lbs over the last 16 months and my bad cholesterol down from 120 to -- wc hokie 05/14/2019 11:08AM

Great. That's a lot of weight for 4 months. It took me -- santafe 05/14/2019 10:57AM

Same here (53# in 13 months) -- Tafkam Hokie 05/14/2019 12:05PM

Congrats dude - not sure I could go without sugar personally ** -- HokieMacDaddy 05/14/2019 10:31AM

I know you're talking about processed sugar. -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 10:38AM

I did that once when I was really working to lose weight years ago -- HokieMacDaddy 05/14/2019 10:42AM

Think the biggest thing is to avoid eating anything bad on a regular basis -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 10:44AM

If I did the grocery shopping that might be possible -- HokieMacDaddy 05/14/2019 11:17AM

Yep, that makes it almost impossible to control your diet. ** -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 12:21PM

♫ he ain't heavy, he's my brother ** -- Brown Water 05/14/2019 10:44AM

Of course you could. Keep some fruit in the diet and drop the garbage. ** -- BG Hokie 05/14/2019 10:33AM

Nice work. If on medication, will you be able to get off them? ** -- HokieSignGuy 05/14/2019 10:11AM

Good job! Now keep that up now that tax season is over! :-) ** -- Hokie360 05/14/2019 09:57AM

That's the trick. It's easy to do when all you do is work and sleep. Now? -- Hokie CPA 05/14/2019 09:59AM

Time to join the VB rec centers, and start hitting that every morning. -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 10:00AM

Keto and Intermittent Fasting? ** -- darnellm 05/14/2019 09:55AM

Fruit? ** -- Brown Water 05/14/2019 09:51AM

People cutting out fruit for keto are being stupid IMO. -- BG Hokie 05/14/2019 10:32AM

People are stupid -- MrBayAreaHokie 05/14/2019 1:48PM

Yeah, just wondering if cutting out sugar meant cutting out fruit ** -- Brown Water 05/14/2019 10:39AM

Generally speaking, yes and no -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 10:43AM

I would broaden that to processed foods overall. The amount of sodium -- Gobble Gobble 05/14/2019 12:31PM

Good point. Also give up diet sodas too -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 3:38PM

Potatoes are an odd variable -- Baltimore Hokie 05/14/2019 09:47AM

^^^ The Martian ^^^ ** -- Brown Water 05/14/2019 10:40AM

How about the all beer diet? -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 09:54AM

Great job!!!!! Keep it up! ** -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2019 09:46AM

That sounds similar to my intake when I was "on program"

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