I keep hearing about how you can actually loose weight eating meats,eggs, butter, etc... as long as you don't have carbs because without carbs your body will use the fats and protein for fuel. But wouldn't this give you cholesterol? Aren't there also supposed to be effects after staying with this diet for the long term?

Hi, so my friend went on a low (no carb really) carb diet and the doctor said when there are no carbs, your body switches to ketosis, and attacks body's fat reserves for energy.. so... just mathematically speaking, if as an average weight, average height female i need around 2200 calories per day to stay alive, walk around, do basic things, and my body is in ketosis, does it use ANY of the calories from teh food i eat? cause i'm thinking, if there are no carbs in my diet, the giant fat and protein molecules (which is all i'm eating) can't get broken down easily, since there are no sugars and carbs to be used for fuel... so does that mean my body will ignore what's in my stomach? all or some of its calories? and does that mean that if all of it is ignored, my body is burning 2200 calories a day for fuel from my body fat? it 'would' make sense, since my friend was losing about 2/3lb per day (one lb is 3500), 2200/3500 = approx 2/3
please shed some light, thank you!
Hi AliciaR
Yes, it's actually the Atkin's diet, phase 1 (induction)... for 2 weeks you eat no more than 20g of carbs per day..
so i bought these jumbo wieners, each has 2 grams.. so i can eat 10 of those a day
eggs have 0.3, so you can eat like 67!
some luncheon meats, chicken, beef, fat, olive oil, mayo have zero, so u can eat unlimited..
my first 3 days on the diet i lost 7lbs, and i would have lost more if i drank more water (you have to, or you'll get constipated w/o any veggies).. but yes, look online at foods or read labels.. hidden carbs EVERYwhere.. as long as 20g or less, you're golden
i honestly forget when i start the diet, it's not a diet, i eat like a PIG, a plate full of bacon, cheeses, as long as you eat no carbs, there's no quantity limit
look into it, it's actually a sweet lifestyle! butter, cream, all kinds of meat, it's like, everything in a sandwitch, minus the bread LOL!

has anyone tried zylotrim or any other weight loss pill?

please don't say diet and exercise because i have been trying that for 2 years now...and i've lost like 10 pounds in 24 months......at this rate i'll be at my goal weight in like 10 years... need to lose 50 pounds!!!

or anything else that you have tried?

or if any vegeterian person (no eggs either) has los weight i'm willing to try their die for a while. its not the exercise that's my problem.....because i'm willing to exercise and i do like 4-6 times a week....but the problem is my eating habits which r REALLY bad and which i can't seem to control!!!

so PLEASE HELP WITH ANY INFORMATTION!!! thanks

and if you could tell me if there was any weight gain AFTER u tried zylotrim or any other product...that would be AWESOME!