Being a vegitarian does not mean you will be thin or even healthy. Veggie’s can over-eat just as much as anyone and the lower amount of protien they get means muscle mass takes longer to form.

And yes, I know you can eat soy. Did you know that soy is chemically very similar to estrogen? That’s why you will NEVER be able to put the amount of muscle on with soy that you will with meat; your body is working at cross purposes.

What about just reduced carb? That’s what I’ve been doing, (NO! Not Atkins!) and my insulin response is pretty low when I eat anything.

I’m veggie, I walk six kilometres a day, and I’m still 25lbs overweight. So while I agree in general that your suggestions are great, there can be more to it than that. I find the particular contributors to my guy are:

- getting less than my 7.5hrs sleep (which I’ve determined is pretty much my sweet spot)
- stress
- stress eating

Its something: when I go on extended vacations, even to places like France where I ate like mad, the pounds just melt off. I’m convinced its because I’m relaxed, I eat DELIBERATELY, and I sleep well.

James.

When you separate fats and carbohydrates you prevent insulin from shuttiling fat into adipose cells. Insulin is the hormone that feeds your cells, it takes the amino acids, glycogen and tryglicerides in your blood stream and puts them where they should go. depending on your insulin sensitivity your body will uptake macro nutrients differently. hence you have you Mesomorphs who can eat anything they want and get huge yet stay lean, your Endomorphs who gains fat very easily and your ectomorphs who are perpetually skinny. Since the trigger for Insulin is Glucose (hence the need to memorize the glycemic index) when Carbs and fats are present together the fat is moves into fat cells before skelatal and smooth muscle can use it for energy. No Fat no insulin spike.

The Long Island diet works well.. Cocaine Xenadrine and Water.

Better to cut out soft drinks entirely (except tea) than drink Diet.

Ingredient to watch for: aspartame

Google it, and find out how easily it can make you sick.

http://www.calorieking.com

Umm, Paul? I’m no math whiz, but I’m coming out with ~.4 lbs/day, averaged over the year.

It is possible. I lost about that (probably more) in less than a year. (Read my blog for details)

When you start off very obese, as I was, you will loose at that rate or faster. As my doctor explained to me, it’s not a hard “one pound per day” kind rule, it’s more a percentage of body weight thing. At my top weight, 2.5-3 pounds was not a significant percentage of my body weight. As I lost, me rate of loss slowed.

So, it’s possible he’s on the level.

Also, while coffee does have some health benefits, it’s also a diuretic (I know I didn’t spell that right) so you need to counter it with more water.