Pretty much agree with you on everything. I finally tried LCHF after struggling all my life with bad diet advice that led me to failure and discouragement.
I fell off the wagon recently and am disappointed with my weight gain but at least now I know what works. Traveling for the last year has broken my routines and being super consistent is a big component.
My main point is that when I was at peak LCHF, probably 1-2 months in with no cheating and almost 100% consistent routine from week to week, it was so easy to say no to ANYTHING that anyone put in my face. When I did feel like cheating, I'd put a TEASPOON of that cheesecake in my mouth and savor it for several minutes, but inevitably I'd feel sick a few minutes later which prevented me going back for seconds.
Anyone looking to lose weight, cut out ALL sugar, alcohol and flour for two weeks. Veggies are your staple turns out most people hate veggies because they don't know how to use spices and seasoning. Spoiling your taste buds with sugar and carbs is like doing so much blow every day that eventually you need a kilo just to feel something.
When you eliminate all the crap, you realize how good animal fats can make vegetables taste. Or how amazing brussel sprouts roasted with siracha taste. If you can reset your senses around food for 2-3 weeks and live off basic yet nutritional food it will make the rest of your diet way easier. I lived off sauerkraut and ground meat for weeks.
Preaching to the choir, man. You go brother.
I'd never heard of LCHF before, TIL.
I was a terrible sugar junkie my whole life. Fortunately weight was never an issue but I'd suffered from hypoglycemia since I was a teen and riding the insulin roller coaster was a terrible way to live, but I could not cut out the sweets. 15 years ago I tried low carb and I have not looked back since.
In the summer I'll have ice cream on occasion, but generally with an equal portion of fresh whipped cream because i find the additional fat helps balance out the sugar. Otherwise you couldn't pay me to have a soda or a piece of cake; they are like like ashes in my mouth.
My doctor keeps telling me to cut back on the saturated animal fats but my BP is better than hers (and she's a runner) as well my cholesterol levels are great.
Fuck fast food and fuck the fat fucks who live on that shit.
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