it's hard to do this. second day and i waited to 4pm to eat. i had a six hour window and i ate a big meal. doctor on ytube says you must eat 2000 calories, otherwise your body will go into starvation mode. this is to be avoided. As it'll try and hang on to the weight.
felt stuffed and with the water you feel more stuffed. You actually feel like not eating anything at all as a way to alleviate the stuffed feeling. can't eat now to 4pm tomorrow.

if i counted all the weight I lost in past years i'd be in negative weight territory. it's not losing weight.. it's keeping it off. i went from 15st to 11st twenty years ago and used to run 5-10 k every other day. Lasted a few years. but it's a lot harder as you get older to lose the weight. unless you get ill. the trots.

Thanks Dr Crippen. I know I keep banging on about this low carb diet which is essentially what yourself and the others are saying but it's been brilliant for me.
The most pleasing thing is it's become so normal to eat this way I know I wont fail this time.I don't feel like I'm dieting.
Thanks Capt_F
Good luck zorrostrikes with watever you decide to do.

Yes bigmo,

Dr Berg on YouTube who has made many videos on the subject of diet, maintains that the explosion in diabetes was caused by guidelines concerning fat in our diets.
This meant that fat got taken out of our diets and was replaced by carbs and sugar.

As the Atkins diet maintains - eat fat grow slim. The Atkins diet eliminates carbs as its base.

I must admit, I am not convinced about carbs. Grains have been a major part of our ancestors diet since the invention of farming. Whereas sugar is a relatively recent addition, from 200 to 300 years ago when sugar cane was started to be grown extensively in the Americas.

Thus we have had roughly 10 times longer (10X more generations) to adapt to grains in our diet than sugar.

There are places where grains (wheat, rice) form a much larger percentage of people's diet than in the West and I am not aware of high levels of diabetes in these places.

zorro are you a muslim .. i've never heard of white guys fasting tbh

I've also put a bit of weight on this winter but never really eat all day , trouble is i do like to pig out every once in a while , like now i got a reduced indian banquet for 2 & a few drinks while it's cooking , will probably last me until tomorrow but i think it's more the drink than the food that does me , and lack of excercise i admit , but fasting does no good at all , imho!

I really like Dr.Berg, I first saw his videos about two years ago.
I cut carbs and sugar out a year 18 months ago and kept to it for a year.
but I hit a wall. After losing two stones. It's very powerful but I felt
i'd went too far. I lost all appetite for chocolate and sweets and even now
after going back to eating everything in the last six months I'm no longer
interested in chocolate much? that want is gone. It's the carbs which I consider
the bigger enemy. I like bread and it's been adulterated by Soy/soya flour.
I've cut bread out again. (was getting rolls without soya).
Dr Berg opened my eyes to taking calcium supplements, how dangerous they were.
He advocated lemon juice/cider vinegar/coconut oil to be incorporated into your
diet. But the extreme amount of green stuff he was asking people to eat for
potassium was a bone of contention, i messaged him about Calcium oxalate Build up
and he made a video about it? First time I think a doctor ever listened to me..
Carbs damaging villi in the intestines - He's good at explaining the core problem, but like every doctor on the internet he's pushing a line of products you don't really need. a good variety of foods does the same job.

Thanks pxb.

There's a Dr Fung on YouTube who uses intermittent fasting to reverse diabetes in patients.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a2Fsfa8e4I

Everybody should be interested in their blood glucose levels for them to be in a position to avoid getting Type 2 diabetes.

lost 4 lbs in 4 days.
no exercise.
good start.

avoid it all - eat foods
with chromium and vanadium.

Good luck with your diet Zorro.
Losing 4lbs in 4 days is too rapid, you will lose muscle tissue and could develop other problems.
Two pounds a week is what you should aim for.

Perhaps taking more exercise at the same time as dieting will help protect muscle mass too.

send me some chocolate through the mail.
can't eat till 5.30pm. - over 4 hours to go?

same boat?

had lasagne and lettuce last night. about 7 - same as you.

are we room mates? do i have a bad memory?

just had a pint of bitter tea with lemon juice? yuck.

have to rein back, getting too unfit. i feel like a muscle builder who
cant run because of sheer bulk. critical mass.
i wish i were one of those wirey dudes you see in old pop groups.
without taking heroin... of course.
stopping jogging was a mistake. council took away my running track to build a school.

I think it works but bottom line is this: in that 8 hour window or whatever if you eat cr^p its not going to help you. you have to eat healthier, salads, avocados, lean protein, cook everything yourself. eliminate wheat and sugar from your diet as much as you can.

zorro - i totally agree with you on marathon running. it kills the body. you're better off having a bit of muscle but you still need some cardio but those long distance runners are not healthy.
also agree road running is terrible for your joints. better to run through woods or on grass.
again find something that works for you. don't look outwards but look within for the answers.

when david blaine fasted for 45 days in that cube above the thames he lost 1lb per day and that was from eating nothing, but also no exercise , barely any movement.  i wouldn't advise extreme weight loss unless you are 30 stone but rather taper it back, make a few adjustments, once you see some improvement you'll be more motivated to keep going, but it all begins and ends with diet .  diet is 80%, exercise is 20%.

tesco weight watchers fish pie, loads of frozen beans and 2 x little microwave bags of mixed veg.

job done

roll on the weekend

Why fat free ugdan?

I don't want to spoil your curry but if you're eating it on plate of rice that's a problem.
Also note the sugar content of the curry. 
You should be increasing healthy fat in your diet and eliminating sugar, while drastically reducing carbohydrates.
That's the way to lose weight for anyone who is interested.

Well gents I have hit the big 50 not overweight but starting to develop a belly any suggestions on how to lose it.

i heard Fred Astaire ate one big meal a day?

lost 6 lbs this week, won't be fat though. okay for first week.
i once lost 11 lb in a week about ten years ago? diet and exercise?

no exercise this week.
you are basically eating in a four hour window 2000 calories.
you feel stuffed and borderline bloated. Famine and feast.
you get to a point you don't want to eat.
saving money on food bills.