OT - All meat diet?

slovelad

anyone ever tried it?

feeling kinda blah after the holidays. And since I love to cook on my egg so much. I'm thinking about cutting out all carbs and eat nothing but meat for a couple weeks.

anyone done this?

fishlessman

i do it a month or two every year to drop weight. last time after two months of it i found the makings of butter fried bread on the counter and a dirty fry pan on the stove, bread turns into a craving and i found i can cook in my sleep

Griffin

I don' think I would/could do it. Nothing wrong with cutting carbs, but how about some veggies? Just skip the potatoes and corn. I'd think it would put you in a meat coma and make you very sluggish.

fishlessman

here was my post from 2013 on the weight loss forum, read down, it really happens
http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1150328/well-i-got-my-toast#latest

NPHuskerFL

You speaking of Adkins Diet?

gdenby

I had a friend who was a roofer, among other things. He decided he wanted to loose a bunch of weight. Ate nothing but meat for several weeks, and dropped about 20 pounds. He didn't have much money, and wasn't much of a cook, so he got pretty tired of lunchmeat, but otherwise, he said it worked just fine.

Thatgrimguy

The proper way is to go 2 to 1 veggie to protien with plenty of fat. No starches (Corn, peas, parsnips, potatoes, pumpkin,squash, zucchini and yams) and No sugars or carbs.  No fruit.

Lots of salads and protiens with no concern for fat. In fact you have to eat fat to energize your body.  The hardest part is kicking the sugar/carb addiction. It made me really weird feeling for the first 2 weeks. Then I started shedding pounds like crazy. 

fishlessman

NPHuskerFL said:

You speaking of Adkins Diet?

all meat is different from atkins, atkins is more like south beach but allows more choices of meat, veggies and fruits

tfhanson

Don't do all meat.  Go for the Primal diet.  Visit Mark's Daily Apple 

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/

fishlessman

if you want a diet to lose fat, maintain muscle, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, this one was the best, almost 20 pounds lost in 4 weeks as well

the octoberfest diet, limits your drinking to 6 beers per night (required) and sausages 3 meals per day
http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1161011/octoberfest-diet-beer-and-sausages

Spaightlabs

gdenby said:

I had a friend who was a roofer, among other things. He decided he wanted to loose a bunch of weight. Ate nothing but meat for several weeks, and dropped about 20 pounds. He didn't have much money, and wasn't much of a cook, so he got pretty tired of lunchmeat, but otherwise, he said it worked just fine.

And then gained it all back in how many weeks?

Diets don't work long term...gotta be a lifestyle change to be sustainable.

SoCalTim

Here's the thing, first if you went to an 'all meat' diet ... your gonna have a heck of a time when you sit on the pot ...

Second, your body NEEDS carbs to sleep ... a few nights of no sleeping will stop that diet right in it's tracks.

fishlessman

Spaightlabs said:

gdenby said:

I had a friend who was a roofer, among other things. He decided he wanted to loose a bunch of weight. Ate nothing but meat for several weeks, and dropped about 20 pounds. He didn't have much money, and wasn't much of a cook, so he got pretty tired of lunchmeat, but otherwise, he said it worked just fine.

And then gained it all back in how many weeks?

Diets don't work long term...gotta be a lifestyle change to be sustainable.

this is true, you have to be careful reintroducing vegetables and fruits

Little Steven

fishlessman said:

i do it a month or two every year to drop weight. last time after two months of it i found the makings of butter fried bread on the counter and a dirty fry pan on the stove, bread turns into a craving and i found i can cook in my sleep

Nightime eating syndrome?

malligator

Never done all meat, but I've done all fat. Lots of meat, nuts, seeds, avocados, etc. I think I lost a pound or so a week.

gdenby

Spaightlabs said:

gdenby said:

I had a friend who was a roofer, among other things. He decided he wanted to loose a bunch of weight. Ate nothing but meat for several weeks, and dropped about 20 pounds. He didn't have much money, and wasn't much of a cook, so he got pretty tired of lunchmeat, but otherwise, he said it worked just fine.

And then gained it all back in how many weeks?

Diets don't work long term...gotta be a lifestyle change to be sustainable.

Actually, he stayed pretty thin. His diet was meat-centric. Meat only, only if he felt he was carrying too many pounds, and that wasn't often.  And most of his gainful employment required hard work.

HeavyG

tfhanson said:

Don't do all meat.  Go for the Primal diet.  Visit Mark's Daily Apple 

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/

Marks Daily Apple site also has a page talking about the whole zero carb silliness: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/zero-carb-diet/#axzz3vj1cr9CZ

SmokeyPitt

I agree that a "meat and veggie" diet will be easier to follow.  You are young so if you stick with meat and veggies only for a few weeks the weight will fall off.  If you can add in some exercise (particularly weight/resistance training) it really helps.  

Disclaimer: I am a disgusting fatbody who should not be giving any fitness advice, but let's just pretend I gave you that advice 10 years ago when I used to follow it myself.  

fishlessman

Little Steven said:

fishlessman said:

i do it a month or two every year to drop weight. last time after two months of it i found the makings of butter fried bread on the counter and a dirty fry pan on the stove, bread turns into a craving and i found i can cook in my sleep

Nightime eating syndrome?

pretty sure it was something like that, just happened the one time, freaky

Little Steven

I have it bad. Stress related. I'll eat just about anything and not even wake up.

fishlessman

Little Steven said:

I have it bad. Stress related. I'll eat just about anything and not even wake up.

im just glad i didnt burn the house down. sleep walking and cooking is not a great idea i was really craving bread for weeks, maybe thats all the stress i could take. it really freaked me out, the butter was out, open bottle of zatar seasoning, it must have been great

Little Steven

Crenshaw may jump in with a story here but I really hope he doesn't. I've been but naked and had the hotel room door close behind me and wake me up. Guess I was headed for the cookies in the lobby or something.

McStew

eat as much chicken and fish as you want for dinner before 6PM your body needs time to process it before going to bed 

Green vegetables only, No carbs, tea, coffee or water only and you will drop lbs faster than anything

Salad for lunch

one egg for and as many egg whites as you want for breakfast