Who is Your LC Guru? Who Changed Your Life?

Key Tones · 01-31-2011, 11:36 PM

I seem to be partial to those with blogs of late. I just need more than a book to keep me going, you know?

For me:

1) Gary Taubes (he has recently started a blog, but he scores here for posting his lectures on his website, and for writing Why We Get Fat; Good Calories, Bad Calories, and the NY Times Article, "What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?"

2) Dr. Kurt Harris, of PaNu, paleonu (Thank You, Auntie Em!)--specifically, his 12 step plan ("Get Started", his post "How to Lose Weight," incredibly helpful to an insulin-resistant like me, his post "PaNu and Type II Diabetes," really helpful for me to read how someone put his plan to work, his post "What I Eat" and so many more. I wish he would write a book.

2) Dr. Eades (I am not cool with his 6 Week Cure book, but I am truly thankful for his blog and his book Protein Power)

Oh, there are more.

What are yours???

I am not looking for a debate, I am truly interested! I love to read and learn.

If you know these gurus and think of someone similar you think I might like, or, well, even if not similar, please make a recommendation!

sugarless4life · 01-31-2011, 11:53 PM

I.owe.it.all.to.Robert.C.Atkins.

In January 2002 I picked up DANDR on a whim as I walked through Walmart. 9 years of successful lifetime maintenance. The man revolutionized my life. I only wish I had gotten an opportunity to personally thank him.

Betty

shortcut · 02-01-2011, 03:00 AM

I found this site by reading Dana Carpenter's blog.

EdnaLegume · 02-01-2011, 03:17 AM

I always knew low carb was great for weight loss, but Jonny Bowdens book Living Low Carb opened my eyes to the WHY it was good for you. I have a completely different view of carbs, meat, and fat thanks to him.

Prior to reading that, I still couldn't wrap my head around the 'low carb/low fat isn't good' theory. Now I feel much more comfortable slathering butter all over everything before I eat it. lol

TaDa! · 02-01-2011, 03:20 AM

Dr. Atkins

Tori43 · 02-01-2011, 03:41 AM

Gary Taubes and Jonny Bowdon.

spirilis · 02-01-2011, 03:54 AM

Taubes got me hooked. And I only found his book on a whimsical browsing of his publisher's website, and I found it before it was released at that (I think releasing an obesity book right before Jan 1 was .... probably intentional? LOL)
Had I never found Taubes's book, well, I doubt I'd be losing any weight right now.

taylor/colorado · 02-01-2011, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spirilis

Taubes got me hooked. And I only found his book on a whimsical browsing of his publisher's website, and I found it before it was released at that (I think releasing an obesity book right before Jan 1 was .... probably intentional? LOL)
Had I never found Taubes's book, well, I doubt I'd be losing any weight right now.

Well that does it

. I am going to Barnes and Noble to get his book, today!

shortcut · 02-01-2011, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taylor/colorado

Well that does it

. I am going to Barnes and Noble to get his book, today!

It's very good. It will really help you to understand the process. After I read it, I went back and bought GCBC. Trying to wade through that right now. I also got Life Without Bread. Not as strict but very informative and motivating.

Star73 · 02-01-2011, 05:27 AM

A former co-worker encouraged me to do the Atkin's diet with her. There were about 5 of us doing it. I was doing the diet before reading the book (not a very good idea) and losing weight. When I read the book it just clicked. I then stopped following it and years later I gained more and more weight. I have found my way back to it and I know this is the way I need to be eating the rest of my life.

For those of you who have read Gary Taubes' books...which one do you recommend? I read a short article by him in Reader's Digest recently and I would love to read one of his books and get more and more info on LCing

Beezle · 02-01-2011, 05:27 AM

Pericone (don't agree with him anymore, but he was my introduction to LC)

Taubes (great mind, but he is really focused on two subjects to near exclusion with why we get fat and debunking the blood lipid heart disease connection)

Peter, a.k.a Hyperlipid (tackles any study he finds interesting and finds hidden conclusions and insights in them, good or bad, really brilliant and funny)

I'm really enjoying the way Peter on his blog Hyperlipid thinks. Plus he is TOO skinny and eats cream with chocolate all day. What a way to live. I thought I had to only eat bacon and eggs to be thin, paradigm shift, lol. (sort of kidding)

jezzie · 02-01-2011, 05:56 AM

1) No 'one' guru

2) I changed my life

I read many books by diet doctors and nutrtion books(17 - 20?).

Ex: Dr. Atkins, Dr. Schwarzbein, Dr. Ornish, Dr. Perricone, Dr. Eades, Dr. Weil, etc etc.
(Partial to Drs. Oz and Schwarzbein)

After over a dozen 'diet doctors' - what it all came down to was ..... knowing myself.

.

Kateenie · 02-01-2011, 06:05 AM

I suppose Dr. Atkins.

But after years of trying and failing and trying and failing, the person whose knowledge really helped me see it as a WAY OF LIFE and not a diet was:

Fawn/Misty.

stardustshadow · 02-01-2011, 06:19 AM

Dr. Atkins
Gary Taubes
Richard K Bernstein

threenails12663 · 02-01-2011, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jezzie

1) No 'one' guru

2) I changed my life

I read many books by diet doctors and nutrtion books(17 - 20?).

Ex: Dr. Atkins, Dr. Schwarzbein, Dr. Ornish, Dr. Perricone, Dr. Eades, Dr. Weil, etc etc.
(Partial to Drs. Oz and Schwarzbein)

After over a dozen 'diet doctors' - what it all came down to was ..... knowing myself.

.

Amen to that. I've found that I cannot be successful without first looking inward.

kat819 · 02-01-2011, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stardustshadow

Dr. Atkins
Gary Taubes
Richard K Bernstein

Word!

trans4mation2005 · 02-01-2011, 06:58 AM

Dr.Atkins,,, I remember the opening to his book... Is this you? and it was

ljguitar · 02-01-2011, 07:02 AM

Hi KT…
Dr Atkins is the target of my affection - and the one who made all this possible.

I have no gurus whom I choose to follow. And my heros are the people here on the forum who have made it work for years and years...and they still drop in and encourage others even through they obviously can make it work without a forum to support them.

I don't think any of the programs I see would work for me if I had to rigidly follow a plan of someone else's design.

Rochester · 02-01-2011, 07:11 AM

Bruce. Just Bruce. He is doing AWESOME - and I climbed aboard his LC wagon. Giddy-up!

piratewoman · 02-01-2011, 07:15 AM

Dr. Atkins

alligatorpie · 02-01-2011, 07:29 AM

tada, clackley, ljguitar, robman, capt. carnivore, nevergoinback, sugarfreesheila, sugarless4life, amongst many others.

jeaniem · 02-01-2011, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jezzie

1) No 'one' guru

2) I changed my life

I read many books by diet doctors and nutrtion books(17 - 20?).

Ex: Dr. Atkins, Dr. Schwarzbein, Dr. Ornish, Dr. Perricone, Dr. Eades, Dr. Weil, etc etc.
(Partial to Drs. Oz and Schwarzbein)

After over a dozen 'diet doctors' - what it all came down to was ..... knowing myself.

.

Stackdiesel · 02-01-2011, 07:49 AM

I wouldn't say they changed my life, but I've been influenced by Lyle McDonald (author of "The Ketogenic Diet") Dr. Mauro DiPasquale (author of "The Anabolic Diet" (arguably the first codification of a structured cyclical ketogenic diet)), and Dr. Jeff Volek (one of the authors of the new Atkins book, but I'm more interested in his clinical research).

tea cup · 02-01-2011, 07:57 AM

Stillman changed my life in 1968. Those days I could lose a pound a day. Then along came Atkins a couple years later and became my guru. Now I rejoice if I lose a pound a week. I have never had to lose more than 10-20 pounds, so its slow.

LJB · 02-01-2011, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jezzie

1) No 'one' guru

2) I changed my life

I read many books by diet doctors and nutrtion books(17 - 20?).

Ex: Dr. Atkins, Dr. Schwarzbein, Dr. Ornish, Dr. Perricone, Dr. Eades, Dr. Weil, etc etc.
(Partial to Drs. Oz and Schwarzbein)

After over a dozen 'diet doctors' - what it all came down to was ..... knowing myself.

.

RDBhan · 02-01-2011, 08:03 AM

Drs. Eades. And my little sister, who calls me (affectionately) fat boy. She gave me a book with a post-it note that said: "so fat boy can just be boy." That moment changed my entire life.

Carbless101 · 02-01-2011, 08:05 AM

Linda Sue for her rockin' recipes that keep me on track!!

sistertzu · 02-01-2011, 08:10 AM

I started LC with Atkins. I changed my life.

clackley · 02-01-2011, 09:26 AM

Dr. Atkins and Gary Taubes! There are too many other 'noteables' out there to mention but all contribute!

Sugarfree99 · 02-01-2011, 09:43 AM

Dr. Atkins

01-31-2011, 11:36 PM	#1
Key Tones Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,546 Gallery: Key Tones Stats: 312/195/? Down 117 Start Date: LC start 2005; Now a paleo potato hacker!	Who is Your LC Guru? Who Changed Your Life? I seem to be partial to those with blogs of late. I just need more than a book to keep me going, you know? For me: 1) Gary Taubes (he has recently started a blog, but he scores here for posting his lectures on his website, and for writing Why We Get Fat; Good Calories, Bad Calories, and the NY Times Article, "What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?" 2) Dr. Kurt Harris, of PaNu, paleonu (Thank You, Auntie Em!)--specifically, his 12 step plan ("Get Started", his post "How to Lose Weight," incredibly helpful to an insulin-resistant like me, his post "PaNu and Type II Diabetes," really helpful for me to read how someone put his plan to work, his post "What I Eat" and so many more. I wish he would write a book. 2) Dr. Eades (I am not cool with his 6 Week Cure book, but I am truly thankful for his blog and his book Protein Power) Oh, there are more. What are yours??? I am not looking for a debate, I am truly interested! I love to read and learn. If you know these gurus and think of someone similar you think I might like, or, well, even if not similar, please make a recommendation! __________________ I have insulin resistance-my posts are biased for this! High fructose diets destroy liver's insulin sensitivity. Glutens bind up insulin and leptin receptors, interfering with satiety. Industrial vegetable oils contribute to inflammation of the liver that is part of metabolic syndrome. Read archevore/Kurt Harris for more info. Exercised muscles will up regulate insulin receptors. Last edited by Key Tones; 01-31-2011 at 11:42 PM..

02-01-2011, 05:27 AM	#11
Beezle Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 257 Gallery: Beezle Stats: 5'4": 205 in '07 / 145 in '11 / 137 now / 119 goal WOE: Lower carb, real food Start Date: 9/24/07	Pericone (don't agree with him anymore, but he was my introduction to LC) Taubes (great mind, but he is really focused on two subjects to near exclusion with why we get fat and debunking the blood lipid heart disease connection) Peter, a.k.a Hyperlipid (tackles any study he finds interesting and finds hidden conclusions and insights in them, good or bad, really brilliant and funny) I'm really enjoying the way Peter on his blog Hyperlipid thinks. Plus he is TOO skinny and eats cream with chocolate all day. What a way to live. I thought I had to only eat bacon and eggs to be thin, paradigm shift, lol. (sort of kidding) Last edited by Beezle; 02-01-2011 at 05:33 AM..

02-01-2011, 05:56 AM	#12
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 45,377 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: (48% C; 33% Fat; 19% P; ) Start Date: 11/22/11 - MediterrAsian, Flexitarian, Oz-ish	1) No 'one' guru 2) I changed my life I read many books by diet doctors and nutrtion books(17 - 20?). Ex: Dr. Atkins, Dr. Schwarzbein, Dr. Ornish, Dr. Perricone, Dr. Eades, Dr. Weil, etc etc. (Partial to Drs. Oz and Schwarzbein) After over a dozen 'diet doctors' - what it all came down to was ..... knowing myself. .

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01-31-2011, 11:53 PM	#2
sugarless4life Atkins Ambassador Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Norman, Oklahoma Posts: 14,200 Gallery: sugarless4life Stats: 5'3 / 100 pounds / 56 yo /maintaining for 9 years WOE: Lost it with Atkins / RUNNING to keep it off! Start Date: January 19, 2002 -10 1/2 YEARS ON ATKINS	I.owe.it.all.to.Robert.C.Atkins. In January 2002 I picked up DANDR on a whim as I walked through Walmart. 9 years of successful lifetime maintenance. The man revolutionized my life. I only wish I had gotten an opportunity to personally thank him. Betty

02-01-2011, 03:00 AM	#3
shortcut Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Southeast Missouri Posts: 1,376 Gallery: shortcut WOE: No grains/No starch/No sugar Start Date: Sept 2010	I found this site by reading Dana Carpenter's blog.

02-01-2011, 03:17 AM	#4
EdnaLegume Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 72 Gallery: EdnaLegume	I always knew low carb was great for weight loss, but Jonny Bowdens book Living Low Carb opened my eyes to the WHY it was good for you. I have a completely different view of carbs, meat, and fat thanks to him. Prior to reading that, I still couldn't wrap my head around the 'low carb/low fat isn't good' theory. Now I feel much more comfortable slathering butter all over everything before I eat it. lol

02-01-2011, 03:20 AM	#5
TaDa! Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 16,301 Gallery: TaDa! Stats: 236.5 /132.5/ 128-133 @5'3" WOE: Atkins Maintenance (Vegetarian + Fish) Start Date: 6/03 & Goal! 5/06	Dr. Atkins

02-01-2011, 03:41 AM	#6
Tori43 Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: AtlantaMetro Posts: 648 Gallery: Tori43 WOE: Paleo Start Date: May 4, 2009	Gary Taubes and Jonny Bowdon.

02-01-2011, 03:54 AM	#7
spirilis Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New Market, MD Posts: 945 Gallery: spirilis Stats: 265/230/200; 5'11" WOE: N.Ketosis Start Date: Dec 2010	Taubes got me hooked. And I only found his book on a whimsical browsing of his publisher's website, and I found it before it was released at that (I think releasing an obesity book right before Jan 1 was .... probably intentional? LOL) Had I never found Taubes's book, well, I doubt I'd be losing any weight right now.

02-01-2011, 05:27 AM	#10
Star73 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Arkansas (Hypothyroidism, Gluten-free) Posts: 6,696 Gallery: Star73 Stats: 238/220/140 WOE: LC Start Date: 10/01/2012	A former co-worker encouraged me to do the Atkin's diet with her. There were about 5 of us doing it. I was doing the diet before reading the book (not a very good idea) and losing weight. When I read the book it just clicked. I then stopped following it and years later I gained more and more weight. I have found my way back to it and I know this is the way I need to be eating the rest of my life. For those of you who have read Gary Taubes' books...which one do you recommend? I read a short article by him in Reader's Digest recently and I would love to read one of his books and get more and more info on LCing

02-01-2011, 06:05 AM	#13
Kateenie Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 590 Gallery: Kateenie	I suppose Dr. Atkins. But after years of trying and failing and trying and failing, the person whose knowledge really helped me see it as a WAY OF LIFE and not a diet was: Fawn/Misty.

02-01-2011, 06:19 AM	#14
stardustshadow Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 3,365 Gallery: stardustshadow Stats: 248.6/163/150 WOE: VLC/IF Start Date: July 5th 2010 (Atkins)	Dr. Atkins Gary Taubes Richard K Bernstein

02-01-2011, 06:58 AM	#17
trans4mation2005 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: MICHIGAN Posts: 2,475 Gallery: trans4mation2005 Stats: 361/242.6/172 WOE: low carb Start Date: 2/25/2005	Dr.Atkins,,, I remember the opening to his book... Is this you? and it was

02-01-2011, 07:02 AM	#18
ljguitar Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 4,422 Gallery: ljguitar Stats: 350++/under 240/wherever 30 net carbs a day leads WOE: 30 net carbs a day or less...unclean eating Start Date: August 2008	Hi KT… Dr Atkins is the target of my affection - and the one who made all this possible. I have no gurus whom I choose to follow. And my heros are the people here on the forum who have made it work for years and years...and they still drop in and encourage others even through they obviously can make it work without a forum to support them. I don't think any of the programs I see would work for me if I had to rigidly follow a plan of someone else's design.

02-01-2011, 07:11 AM	#19
Rochester Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Colorado!! Posts: 822 Gallery: Rochester Stats: 373/339/199.9 WOE: low budget low carb - smarter, cleaner Start Date: Back on the saddle January 15th, 2013	Bruce. Just Bruce. He is doing AWESOME - and I climbed aboard his LC wagon. Giddy-up!

02-01-2011, 07:15 AM	#20
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	Dr. Atkins

02-01-2011, 07:29 AM	#21
alligatorpie Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Louisville Posts: 1,778 Gallery: alligatorpie Stats: 6'4" 304/189/<195 WOE: One high carb meal a day Start Date: July 15 2010	tada, clackley, ljguitar, robman, capt. carnivore, nevergoinback, sugarfreesheila, sugarless4life, amongst many others.

02-01-2011, 07:49 AM	#23
Stackdiesel Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 614 Gallery: Stackdiesel Stats: 238/191.5/Unknown WOE: 5/2 Cyclical Ketogenic Diet	I wouldn't say they changed my life, but I've been influenced by Lyle McDonald (author of "The Ketogenic Diet") Dr. Mauro DiPasquale (author of "The Anabolic Diet" (arguably the first codification of a structured cyclical ketogenic diet)), and Dr. Jeff Volek (one of the authors of the new Atkins book, but I'm more interested in his clinical research).

02-01-2011, 07:57 AM	#24
tea cup Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 537 Gallery: tea cup Stats: 145/127/124? 5'2" WOE: UDDDD for health primarily, secondly for wt loss	Stillman changed my life in 1968. Those days I could lose a pound a day. Then along came Atkins a couple years later and became my guru. Now I rejoice if I lose a pound a week. I have never had to lose more than 10-20 pounds, so its slow.

02-01-2011, 08:03 AM	#26
RDBhan Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Syosset, NY Posts: 1,537 Gallery: RDBhan Stats: (198) 190/155 5'10" WOE: Protein Power; Maintenance since 8/11 Start Date: June 2002, refocus 1/2011	Drs. Eades. And my little sister, who calls me (affectionately) fat boy. She gave me a book with a post-it note that said: "so fat boy can just be boy." That moment changed my entire life.

02-01-2011, 08:05 AM	#27
Carbless101 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 14 Gallery: Carbless101 Stats: 160/149/135 WOE: Low-No Carb Start Date: January 2011	Linda Sue for her rockin' recipes that keep me on track!!

02-01-2011, 08:10 AM	#28
sistertzu Resident crazy dog lady Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ca Posts: 5,121 Gallery: sistertzu Stats: 244/goal -90 Atkins/IF WOE: VLC/no grain/ minimal dairy Start Date: originally march 08 but every day is a fresh start	I started LC with Atkins. I changed my life.

02-01-2011, 09:26 AM	#29
clackley Chatty Cathy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 13,014 Gallery: clackley Stats: 228.5/168/125 WOE: N.K.=vlc/hf/moderate protein & organic/pastured Start Date: Restart Oct 18 2009	Dr. Atkins and Gary Taubes! There are too many other 'noteables' out there to mention but all contribute!

02-01-2011, 09:43 AM	#30
Sugarfree99 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 427 Gallery: Sugarfree99 Stats: 236/186.2/149 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Restart 09/26/12	Dr. Atkins