I’m always a bit befuddled and daunted by people who don’t eat until lunchtime or only one meal a day and say they are not hungry. I’ve successfully done BSD in the past but never like that! Three meals a day for me please. And an afternoon snack.
It’s funny how people (including doctors) generally react with horror if you tell them you’re only eating 800 calories, but if you’re having weight loss surgery that’s what they tell you to eat – after and even before! Even when I was on Duromine forums, people would argue that someone else’s calorie intake was too low, but then others would say ‘isn’t that why we’re taking these pills?’
I was a sceptic about 800 calories at first but now I think quality is more important than quantity. We need to nourish our bodies. I am not always in agreement here about BSDers focus on fat and protein to the exclusion of fruits and vegetables, yes I know they contain carbs but so many other good things too (and the BSD diet as outlined by Dr M isn’t ‘low carb’ anyway). My mother had a salicylate intolerance and had to avoid most fruit, veges and spices and it wasn’t healthy. Anyway, those are my morning thoughts. You do what works for you. You have to balance the advantages of weight loss against the disadvantages of cutting out lots of vitamins. I lean towards a more plant based BSD than fat based BSD. But still with fat. Olive oil even helps you absorb the vitamins from the plants.
No idea why I went off on that little tangent, as I sit here digesting my breakfast bacon. Love you all, have a great day!
