Quote Originally Posted by lattae View Post
Danielle,, I'm amazed at your wt loss. Congratulations , I bet you feel so much better. I've had difficulties with wt loss with biking the past couple years. I've requested the Paleo for Athletes book from the library and will be anxious to check it out.
I found the paelo diet WAY to hardcore and personally I question the science behind it. I lost 10kg using Precision Nutrition and although it was a lot of effort and organisation it did work.

Despite being quite small I still had a spare tyre of belly fat that I just couldn't shift. I saw a sports dietican who put carbs back into my diet. Quite a lot by my standards. I had to buy bread! In three weeks, based on my caliper measurements I lost 2.5kg of body fat and another 2kg in the following month. Introducing carbs really "tidied" up the midsection.

The meal plan from the dietician was far, far FAR simpler and more practical than the paleo diet or precision nutrition. Having researched the scientific literature I am now a bit sceptical of diets that eliminate entire food groups. Some people are more sensitive to insulin and need super low GI diets but you tend to need to experiment and find out what combination shifts the fat

Even John Berardi advocates actual increased carbohydrate intake for endurance athletes.

So while the moderate carbs from veggies worked, given the KM's I was going reintroducing complex carbs gave me far better results. I was also happier, less tired and spend much less time preparing food and more time doing the rewarding things in life.