Hmm. I guess I've been sort of doing this type of diet since about May, though certainly not to the extreme these people do. I just try to eat balanced amounts of everything and eat what I'm hungry for and (the really tricky part) _no more_ than I'm hungry for. I also made some minor lifestyle changes. Drinking water, carbonated water, or tea instead of a coke, and I drink a lot more than I used to to 'fill up' if I'm a little hungry. I also bike or walk everywhere instead of driving.
Results? I wouldn't say I'm more or less healthy. I feel pretty-much the same, but I am a lot more physically active now, and I find I don't get cold as easy as I used to (which is weird, should be opposite effect but may be related to higher metabolism and better circulation) and, of course, I've lost a lot of weight. Oh. Also, I can't drink coke at all anymore. It's so sweet and so thick and syrupy, it litterally chokes me and makes me cough and gag.
I'm seriously skeptical of their claims about increasing length of life by such a large amount, but eating sensibly (meaning here, not extreme in either direction) is probably a good idea.
Seriously though, if a cheeseburger makes you happy, don't fret it. Stress is a known killer and in the long run, a cheeseburger here in there is probably less destructive to your health than worrying constantly about what you're eating. I am perhaps fortunate in that I've never been able to eat really rich foods (sweets and fats tend to make me puke) so I tend to enjoy the taste and textures of lighter fare.
It'd be nice to think that it'll make me live forever, or at least long enough to get myself downloaded into a more permanent medium.
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Date: 2006-10-24 09:34 pm (UTC)Results? I wouldn't say I'm more or less healthy. I feel pretty-much the same, but I am a lot more physically active now, and I find I don't get cold as easy as I used to (which is weird, should be opposite effect but may be related to higher metabolism and better circulation) and, of course, I've lost a lot of weight. Oh. Also, I can't drink coke at all anymore. It's so sweet and so thick and syrupy, it litterally chokes me and makes me cough and gag.
I'm seriously skeptical of their claims about increasing length of life by such a large amount, but eating sensibly (meaning here, not extreme in either direction) is probably a good idea.
Seriously though, if a cheeseburger makes you happy, don't fret it. Stress is a known killer and in the long run, a cheeseburger here in there is probably less destructive to your health than worrying constantly about what you're eating. I am perhaps fortunate in that I've never been able to eat really rich foods (sweets and fats tend to make me puke) so I tend to enjoy the taste and textures of lighter fare.
It'd be nice to think that it'll make me live forever, or at least long enough to get myself downloaded into a more permanent medium.