Eat a lot, lose weight
OK, that's oversimplifying. But I do want to draw attention to this article explaining that a very low carbohydrate diet often creates major, uncontrollable cravings and weight gain comes back. The study in the article advocates a manner of eating sometimes expressed by the saying: "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper." The basic idea is:
- Eat a big breakfast. Even on a 1200-calorie per day diet, subjects had a breakfast of about 600 calories. Breakfast was carb-heavy.
- Make lunch and dinner subsequently smaller. Carbs are progressively removed from meals as the day goes on.
Subjects in the study who ate a low-carb diet lost a little more weight over four months than did those who were on the "big breakfast" plan: 28 to 23 pounds. However, over the next four months, the low-carb dieters gained most of the weight back; the big breakfasters lost even more pounds.
The bottom line is, your body needs a certain amount of healthy carbs, and it will get them eventually if you deprive it long enough. The key is to load them toward the beginning of the day.
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