And my mother-in-law lost and keeps off over 100 pounds by restricting random food groups, however she still eats very high carb. And when I say random, I really mean random! There's literally no rhyme or reason to her choices other than she thinks they are "bad."
Same with my vegan+ friend, high carb, 80 pounds kept off for a decade. I say vegan+ because she's vegan plus she has other random restrictions.
Those are the two people I can think of right away because they've been doing their diets for a really, really long time and they always pack their own food everywhere they go. For these long term heavy restrictors, it's absolutely not any reduction in carbs.
No, absolutely not, I literally said "she still eats very high carb." Her diet does not restrict or limit carbs at all and she eats plenty of them. It's pretty silly to assume everyone's diet is low carb by default.
I believe she eats potatoes at every meal or at least almost every meal and she also eats plenty of white rice. Also fruit juice is on her "good" list. Though she claims she "doesn't eat sugar."
She claims to not eat dairy but she eats yogurt because she thinks it's non-dairy. No, she doesn't have a yogurt exception, she honestly thinks it doesn't contain dairy. I'm not sure what she thinks it is.
There's not many foods she does eat and her diet is the same thing for the most part. I honestly think the key to her diet is all the food I've ever had made by her has been bland and unseasoned. If you're eating bland food you aren't prone to overeat.
I think it's absolutely ridiculous and makes no sense but it seems to work for her so I can't judge too harshly.
So are you saying she eat high carb and random or are you saying she eats random? Not sure I understand your point.
Carbs are proven to make most people fatter. There are people with high metabolism who can eat anything but most people cannot eat too many carbs without gaining weight.
