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I found the author's home experiment with food to be quite interesting. I've been in maintenance for a few months and agree with him on many points. I've been eating a more plant based diet and have noticed that I don't have to track calories and watch portion sizes like I use to. My Protein is still 3-4 ounces at every meal, but I generally eat my veggies and fruit until I feel full. Like I always say, nobody gained weight from eating too much spinach. There is even a study that showed that eating green vegetables in large amounts all day can actually make you lose weight. Even though I haven't 't tracked or reduced portion sizes, I still have remained at goal weight the past few months on a plant based (real foods) diet.

Anyway, I would like to hear comments about the article.

Shocking (In Pictures): Why We’re Fat – The Home Experiment

by Alexander Heyne

http://modernhealthmonk.com/why-youre-fat-experiment/

Dr. Weiner's YouTube video on benefits of a plant based diet after bariatric surgery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hf7KMEMA-Q

If you like to read up on weight loss success stories or approaches, here are two more articles:

15 Habits of People Who Have Effectively Lost Over 20 – 30lbs and Kept it Off

http://www.organizeyourselfskinny.com/2014/03/25/15-habits-of-people-who-have-effectively-lost-over-20-30lbs-and-kept-it-off/

Myth: Eat Fewer Calories If You Want to Lose Weight

http://modernhealthmonk.com/low-calorie-myth/

Edited by WL WARRIOR

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I think you are very right. I also believe had we always eaten this way we may have never had the problems of obesity as we do. :)

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I had never heard the term "slider foods" until I had surgery. The article makes a very valid point that these types of food do not fill us up and we eat them mindlessly leading to overeating. Eating real food and good for us food leads us to better choices and foods that stay with us for longer.

Thanks for sharing!

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Very interesting to see the picture comparison! Thanks for sharing!

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Read "Food Rules" by Michael Pollan. He speaks to this point the best (Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.)

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Hey, hey, hey...I didn't get to the top of the food chain to eat plants.

Aww, that's not true. I'm a vegetarian. Not because I love animals...it's because I HATE plants. ;-)

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