notbob > wrote in message news:<VcoJc.77231$JR4.5227@attbi_s54>...
> On 2004-07-15, Leila A. > wrote:
> > carb for 18 months now (he isn't totally strict about it, and he's on
> > maintenance, but rice pilaf is going too far).
>
> Yeah, I'm on that LC thing and it's driving me crazy. I so miss my Persian
> rice cooker that makes tah dig. On good side, I've lost 30 lbs.
>
> nb

Yeah, there is a great deal of good sense in cutting out white
fluffies (refined flour and rice, potatos, sugar). My mother alarmed
me when she mentioned a sudden weight loss in the last 3 months that
she ascribed to overwork. I urged her to go see her doctor, thinking
the worst. Then she reminded me that her acupuncturist has her on a
"warming" diet that cuts way back on sugar, white flour, white rice
and pasta. Also very little dairy if any. She eats lots of warm soups,
fish, chicken, hot veggies, whole grain cereals and high protein
bread. She doesn't believe in going hungry so she's not undereating.
But she's lost a good ten pounds in the last three months and she was
already at a decent weight well within the healthy range. She's not
abstaining completely - she ate a piece of her birthday cake, for
instance. In any case, she will check in with her G.P. but I dropped
my (unexpressed) fear of a terrible wasting disease.

If I could stand to cut out sugar and bread for a month I'd lose ten
pounds, too. I'm just on the edge of the overweight zone according to
the BMI index. I don't worry about it too much but I like having a few
pounds less - easier to get around.

What about brown rice, notbob? Even ATkins says you can eat it in
small quantities once you hit your maintenance weight. I actually like
brown rice (and hate whole wheat pasta). Rice cookers can manage brown
rice.

Congrats to you on the 30 pounds.

Leila