The real paleo diet

[Crankin]

I get the same reaction to what I eat from my "regular" friends, no matter that it's no specific diet. Everyone is always watching my plate. At work, it's a lot of "You make your lunches? Oh, no wonder you're so healthy," and blah, blah, blah.
And they wonder why I don't give any reaction when my really good friend and her husband, who are both grossly overweight tell me they are going on the "fat flush" diet. Her husband lost about 30 pounds on this 2 years ago, and was making great progress when he just stopped. My friend believes that eating only grapes all day makes her lose weight.
Oy.

[shootingstar]

Shootingstar "really cut down my meat to 3-4 times per month (almost vegetarian)" ... while I massively INcreased my meat consumption to 3-4 times per month (more during a marathon buildup, and I consider it the farthest thing in the world from vegetarian).

I used to eat some meat for 80% suppers or lunches daily. That's how I grew up. So I consider it alot less meat. I don't miss it alot. Eating alot of meat in 1 sitting, especially beef seems to require effort for my stomach to digest.

[Eden]

My friend believes that eating only grapes all day makes her lose weight.
Oy.

It probably does..... at about 60-65 calories a cup, you'd be hard pressed to eat enough of them to meet the calorie needs of a typical adult... (if you require 2,000 per day that would be 33 cups...) That doesn't necessarily mean it's a good or healthy way to lose weight. A friend of mine was telling me about some supplement (not as a believer)- take it and eat 700 calories a day and you'll lose weight!! Well duh.... eat only 700 calories a day and anyone would lose weight....

I think that what ever diet you choose to follow, if you find that there are skeptics, I'd say that LPH and Owlie have it pegged, it's because there will always be a very vocal zealot(s) who uses scare tactics and/or pseudoscience to try to convert *everyone* with the idea that theirs is the one and only way to eat healthily/morally etc.

[Veronica]

Everyone needs to drink the way I do - bottle of champagne every weekend, sometimes two - and only good champagne. And you can't have any more beer!

Veronica

I am joking of course.