I read every single page for the last few days and I must say this thread is AWESOME! Thanks Sinister and other regular posters for providing us with SO much useful information.
I am interested in following this diet too. I have never really strictly dieted, I just always watched what I ate. I have been eating very high carb low fat foods for months if not years (whole grain, whole wheat, skim/nonfat milk etc), and have kind of avoided high fatty foods. I was about 200lbs 6 months ago but through not eating as much and vigorous exercise I am now at about 165-169lbs and have been for about 2 months, with a BF% of about 12%. I want to get down a bit more; get leaner. This diet seems to be working for many people so I am willing to try it.
Today I went nuts and bought a ton of meats and cheese at the grocery store, bacon, pork, cheddar, mozarella, beef, steak, etc. Made myself an omelet this afternoon and a hamburger with cheese (just a pattie) this evening. After both meals I felt this greasy, slippery feeling in the back of my throat, is this normal? Like I said earlier, I have never really eaten high fat no carb meals. I cooked both meals with olive oil. Also, my workout today (lifts and cardio after) was terrible, had stitches/side pain in the left part of my stomach, but fought through it and continued the cardio (was kind of HIIT).
I guess my question is if its normal to feel greasy, slippery with these kinds of meals?
Like Sinister said, there is an adaptation phase to this diet. I found that I ate a low carb diet for 2 weeks without putting any thought into calories. My goal was to get my body used to performing off of a low carb diet. Once my body adapted to this diet I began to monitor calories and the weight came off around 2lbs per week consistently.
That greasy feeling could possibly all be in your head as well. It's the first I have heard of it. Maybe you can increase your water consumption and see if that makes a difference.
How often do you guys go without weightloss? Is it usual to lose weight and then go a week or so with no weight loss?
I find that I have to weight myself once per week and ONLY once per week. I weight myself the morning of my carb load. The reason being is that after my carb load, I hold a bunch of water and its nothing for my weight to go up 5lbs and it takes a couple days to go down. However, usually by the next weigh in period I am down 2lbs from the previous weigh in.
When I hit a plateau where I wasn't losing any weight for a couple weeks I decided to take a week off this diet. I went back to eating like everyone else for a week (not low carb). 1 reason was because of a plateau and the other reason was that I went on vacation. It was easier for me to do this.
The following week I went back on low carb and my weight started dropping again. At the re-start of the low carb my weight was high because I was holding alot of water weight, but by week 2 I was at my lowest weight and back on track for 2lbs per week.
I like eating low carb and when I consume carbs I tend to get stomach cramps and the runs. I think I don't digest some carbs properly, but I also feel that my body responds better to a low carb diet if every once and a while I come off for a week and eat moderate carbs, moderate fat, and moderate protein.
Another very important factor in terms of me seeing results is CARDIO. If I don't do cardio I don't lose weight. If I do cardio, the weight drops off me easily. I am only doing 30 mins 3 times per week plus any BJJ classes I go to.