Comments on: I Lost 22 Pounds in 1 Month!!! And Look at Those Blood Numbers!!! :)

By: marshaboink

marshaboink — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:22:48 +0000

Congratulations, MM! Maybe you can continue with a modified version of the diet to stay within the vicinity of those healthier numbers? I tried the South Beach Diet & lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks, & some aspects of it are similar to your diet – absolutely no sugar, hardly any carbs on the first phase. But at Phase 2 complex carbs can be added in (still no sugar, but mercifully you can use substitutes). I’ve lost 7 more lbs since going on Phase 2 (with some cheat days of reckless abandon), & don’t feel too deprived, which is a big deal for a food hedonist like me.:-) It looks like the common denominator in both diets is doing away with empty carbs. I’ve seen some people minimize their empty carb load by using coconut flour to replace some or all of the white flour in their pastries & desserts. I wonder if you’d be interested in experimenting with it? :-)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:17:10 +0000

Ina, I wrote about it in another post. Google “fat loss lab, marketmanila” and that should lead you to the right post… or click the link in the comment just above yours.

By: Ina

Ina — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:15:38 +0000

Hi marketman,

Can i know what diet program you are using? Ive tried losing weight for years and even if i lost weight i’d usually gain it back which is depressing. I really want to shed pounds and keep it off for life.

Thank you..

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:43:00 +0000

cme, check this post, thanks...

By: cme

cme — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:58:49 +0000

Congratulations MarketMan! Please share me your diet program since I also would like to lose a lot of weight.

Thanks.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:41:47 +0000

Jim, thanks for that. And yes, it appears I am mixing limas and favas… thanks.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:58:07 +0000

Aha. Finally tracked down fava, so I thought I’d … uh … spill the beans, in case anyone else was interested. I found dried beans at 220 pesos for a 1kg sack, and canned beans at 120 for a 400g can, both at Assad’s mini mart, on Jupiter, near Makati Avenue. I’d guess the Assad’s mothership on UN Avenue also has them.

Cooking up a nice batch of foul medames as I write …

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:45:02 +0000

may i ask what your diet is? how did your diet go exactly?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:07:08 +0000

Thanks for the information on ‘patani’ — that will definitely help when I’m looking for them. But I believe those are actually Lima Beans, rather than fava beans. I grabbed some of those from Market Market when I saw them, and for sure they’re quite similar, but fava beans (aka broad beans) are a little larger and have a nuttier flavour.

Still looking around for favas then, which I’m guessing I’ll find in a Middle Eastern supermarket. But lima beans are a good temporary substitute!

By: thelma

thelma — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:09:39 +0000

congratulations, james bond…. i mean, mm! now it is just feasting on your favorite
food in moderation. if you don’t feel like having lechon yet, you can send me the
lechon via fedex….hahahah!