Ken wrote, in reply to me: >>My interest in paleodiets is immediate; I'm 6'0" (about 185cm) and 370 lbs >>(168kg). I have had considerable temporary success on the Stillman, >>Atkins, and other low-carb diets, but I always put it back on over a year >>or two. I lose slowly or not at all eating >25g of carbs. >> >>Two questions: what do the initials SAD stand for, in describing diets? > >Standard American Diet. > >When you have put weight back on after success with Atkins, what are the >conditions? Are you still following the diet successfully, or do you have >trouble following it for a long period of time? I always get convinced that *now* I can go back to eating a little bread here or there, or a piece of cornbread...then it's some rice here and potatoes there...six weeks later it's a pint of B&J New York Fudge Chunk every night, then a few days later Dove Dark bars. I almost finished a 1+ pound Trader Joe's dark chocolate and almond bar in "one sitting", that is, chewing it into oblivion while I sat in front of the computer over the course of two hours or so. In that quantity, I actually got a hangover from the "natural" drugs in the chocolate the next day, one of the nastiest experiences I've undergone, though it only lasted about 4 hours. Mike (now munching pine nuts and almonds in front of the computer)