re: Low Fat Diet Is Allegedly Wrong According to Report

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Reminds me of the hulkklogan fitness advice days where the kid weighed more than 275lbs for two years straight despite doing a "low carb" diet.

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I'm still around. However, I'm a little more hesitant to give advice, particularly the militant "LOW CARB IS THE ONLY WAY" view I had before. Instead, I recognize that my weight journey (re: loss, gain, and re-loss) is mine and mine alone; my experiences are mine. Everyone is different and can reach their goals different ways.

I cannot reasonably blame my weight loss failures solely on low carb dieting. In fact, quite the opposite. Anytime I try losing weight without giving up carbs, I struggle to lose weight. Whatever the issue may be, be it overeating carbs, or caving into cravings, I just have a much easier time losing weight when I cut out the carbs. Again, that's just my own experience talking.

My largest failure in this journey so far has been after hitting my initial goal of 113 pounds lost (reached 250 pounds at 6'2), I caved in and fell off the wagon for nearly 2 years. In those 2 years I put a little over 50 pounds back on. Much of that "falling off the wagon" I actually was still exercising, lifting weights 5-6x a week, but much of the diet fell off of a cliff. The weight gain was slow at that point, and I was actually putting on muscle. However, at some point I stopped exercising as well. Became the lazy fatass that ate everything in sight as I was before. I saw myself put on ~30 pounds in ~7 months and realized I was on the verge of spiraling out of control.

Here I am today, losing weight again, fighting the good fight. There's a good chance I'll fail again, but I will not give up.