by MaryC » Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:06 pm
Congratulations Theresam. You are doing great! The good thing to know is that you haven't lost water weight. It's mostly fat coming off.
I'm 48 and I've been on this new starch based eating pattern for 3 months now. Same as you I could not lose weight exercising intensely 6 days a week more than 1 hr a day while eating a strict Paleo diet (high fat and protein).
On the starch-based vegan type diet, I have lost 6 kg (over 13 lbs), even while cutting back on the intense exercise (I only lift weights twice a week now and walk and other things the rest of the time). My BMI has gone from 24 to 21.5. I did find in the first 6 weeks, I could not lift or swing as heavy (I also like kettle bells and use them often) and tired easier. I wanted to sleep excessively. Upon adding more starchy foods (snacking on potatoes, thick soups, eating more rice) I have got over the fatigue, and can do endurance sports (I stand up paddle surf and boot camp) and lift weights as well or longer than before without feeling famished and faint.
It's pretty amazing. I look the best I have for over 20 years, and feel more energetic, brighter skinned and younger than anyone of my peers that I know.
For all you 40 - 50-ish year old women out there, who were told their hormonal changes were thickening their waists and it was natural and there was nothing we could do about it - rubbish!! - the starch based eating pattern really works, and it's not hard to do.
Keep up the good work, Theresam.