The most interesting recent posts on the Shangri-La Diet forums have been from Roger Garrett (id Fastneasy), who has come up with what seems to be an especially potent version of the diet: He has a three-hour food window every day that starts when he eats his first meal; the rest of the day, he drinks sugar water and doesn’t eat anything else. He takes weekends off.
He’s 36 years old. Starting weight: 269 pounds. After about a month, he writes, “I’ve lost 24 pounds so far. This has been incredibly easy! No hunger, no struggle, and tons of energy.” He did almost the same thing eight years ago with one difference: no sugar water.
The difference between then and now is [now] I’m shedding the fat at three times the speed and with no anguish and fatigue that’s associated with the fasting. I’m not hungry, my stomach doesn’t growl. I have tons of energy and feel great in the morning. Also the funny thing, after waking in the morning after fasting for 21 hours, I’m not starving. I remember with the fast before I would wake in the night stomach growling and ready to eat. When I would wake up, I could kill to eat.
That is interesting. I found the best thing about the diet was that my metabolism didn’t shut off after losing the first twenty pounds. That was a miracle, and it looks like it is happening for him.
Yes, I agree. Your metabolism isn’t fighting against the weight loss.
Seth, i was wondering if you could give me quick snapshop as to what you are taking (exactly) at the moment for SLD and appettite supression. I believe it is an oil of some type – specifics please. Thanks!
I’m taking 4 T/day flaxseed oil (nose-clipped) and 100-200 calories/day bland chicken (nose-clipped).
That’s your maintenance dosage, is it?
I haven’t done it long enough to see where it will put me.
I’ve been experimenting with my own weight loss, like starvation dieting and eating huge amounts of various foods for AS’s-sake. (Sushi and unsweetened applesauce give good AS, I’ve found).
My experience is exactly the opposite of Roger Garrett’s. The best solution for me is to take a large (400-600cal) dose of flax oil in the morning, then restrain myself from eating for as long as possible, because as soon as I taste food, my AS goes out the window.
I flirted with starvation dieting before that, and I found that, from the moment I wake up, I can go without eating for a long time. Even if I went to sleep extremely hungry, I wake up with no craving for food whatsoever (though my stomach may grumble uncomfortably). As soon as I eat food, however, my self-control fails for the rest of the day.
(just another data-point for you, Seth)