> Firebird7478 says: July 3, 2012 at 8:50 am

> I’m confused. Jimmy has been blogging for some time and championing the
> HFLC diet. Did he lose weight then put it all back on and is now losing
> again, or did some illness or injury put him in a condition to become heavy
> again. I’m not being an agitator, just looking for some clarification. I’m
> not certain of what his circumstances were. I was always under the
> impression that he was heavy, got lean and stayed lean.
> Fathead response:
> He lost 180 pounds some years back, then slowly re-gained 70 pounds. He
> was getting all kinds of advice and tried calorie restriction, less fat,
> more protein, safe starches, etc., etc. Nothing worked. Drs. Volek and
> Phinney explained that just eating low-carb doesn’t necessarily mean
> staying in ketosis. Some people are kicked out of ketosis by too much
> protein. So Jimmy got a ketosis meter that tests blood ketones, adjusted
> his diet as Volek and Phinney recommended, kept adjusting to stay in
> ketosis. Since that adjustment, he’s been losing weight again.

> Second comment:
> Galina L. says: July 3, 2012 at 12:05 pm

> I am glad Jimmy is getting better. I started to think recently he was
> mainly contributing to mass education by being an example of that only
> counting carbs was not enough without trying to eat less After reading
> about his experiment with sweet potatoes, I basically gave-up on him and
> stopped commenting on his blog, because I thought he couldn’t eat normal
> food without adding abnormal amount of sweeteners, flavors and butter to
> it. I will be most happy to be proved wrong. I truly wish him well, he is a
> nice guy.
> Fathead response:
> Trust me, the creeping weight gain annoyed him more than it annoyed anyone
> who reads his blog. He was receiving conflicting advice from people he
> respects, so he kept trying different approaches. The nutritional ketosis
> approach is the one that appears to be working. After playing 51 holes of
> disc golf with him in the past two days (with more to go this evening when
> the heat dissipates a bit), I can testify that he’s not lacking in energy
> on this diet.
> On Jul 8, 2012 8:29 PM, "Luis Manuel" <lmci...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Here, one of the comments:

>> I’m confused. Jimmy has been blogging for some time and championing the
>> HFLC diet. Did he lose weight then put it all back on and is now losing
>> again, or did some illness or injury put him in a condition to become heavy
>> again. I’m not being an agitator, just looking for some clarification. I’m
>> not certain of what his circumstances were. I was always under the
>> impression that he was heavy, got lean and stayed lean.

>> *He lost 180 pounds some years back, then slowly re-gained 70 pounds. He
>> was getting all kinds of advice and tried calorie restriction, less fat,
>> more protein, safe starches, etc., etc. Nothing worked. Drs. Volek and
>> Phinney explained that just eating low-carb doesn’t necessarily mean
>> staying in ketosis. Some people are kicked out of ketosis by too much
>> protein. So Jimmy got a ketosis meter that tests blood ketones, adjusted
>> his diet as Volek and Phinney recommended, kept adjusting to stay in
>> ketosis. Since that adjustment, he’s been losing weight again.*

>> On Sunday, July 8, 2012 8:26:32 PM UTC-4, Luis Manuel wrote:

>>> Dunno. I didn't read the comments,

>>> I only browsed through them, sounds like he got a lot fatter when he
>>> started eating sweet potatoes and the like... He apparently is back on
>>> Atkins and loosing pounds again? Maybe Tuck can clarify, I have to go eat
>>> dinner...

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