On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, John C. Pavao wrote:

> I will admit that the meat thing gets old.  Another big part of my problem
> is that I'm getting so damn sick of beef, chicken, eggs, and pork.  It's
> one thing to eat the same stuff all the time when you have the motivation
> of losing weight, or even of keeping it off once you get to where you want
> to be.  But I haven't lost anything in seven months, I'm slowly creeping
> back up (and the three one-night binges seem to have had no discernible
> effect either way), and it's getting old.  My original goal, to get down to
> the weight where I could re-join the Air Force through the Reserves or
> National Guard seems as far away as ever, if not farther, now that I'm
> going in the wrong direction.  I used to be the low-carb wonder-boy, now
> I'm just wondering.

It seems to me that you might think about trying another
approach, since the ketogenic approach seems to have stalled.
For example, why not try PaleoZone eating, using Sears' "zone"
macronutrient ratios, but restricting food choices to
paleo-acceptable meats and vegetables.  It's still a highly
restricted diet, but not so restricted as what you are now
enduring.  Perhaps the added carbs will make the desired
difference to your metabolism.

Of course, a zone-type plan also requires some caloric
restriction, but then it seems that the ketogenic strategy does
too.  As you initially lost weight, you may have reached a point
(seven months ago) where your typical intake and output went into
equilibrium, since the less you weigh the less energy you need to
get through a day.

Yes, I know that this is "thermodynamic" thinking, which is
frowned upon by the authors of NeanderThin.  But the point is not
to achieve doctrinal correctness but to achieve a way of eating
that works for you.  You are not losing weight and you are bored
and frustrated with your way of eating.  It seems to me that this
counts as "not working."  I doubt that it will help much to
abandon all hope and go back to eating donuts and pasta, but it
might help to try another tack to get to a healthy diet that will
let you lose weight without suffering.  Just the basic principles
of NeanderThin allow for a wide range of eating plans.  There is
nothing to say that all of them will help all people to lose
weight.

Todd Moody
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