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I agree with pretty much everything that AngelWings and Quin have said with the exception of whole grains. You don't need to eat whole grains, and if you have trouble losing body fat, I'd recommend trying not to eat them along with any other grains for a while. Insulin is the major hormone which drives fat storage. When your blood sugar increases, the body releases insulin which basically signals to store some of that as fat. The more insulin your body releases in response to higher blood sugar, the more fat it's going to store. You'll also probably find you start to run low on energy when your blood sugar inevitably crashes.
Now the problem with even whole grains is that they can make your blood sugar and insulin levels spike to amounts almost, or as high as what you'd get after drinking a can of Pepsi or similar pop. Now eating some may not stop your weight loss so long as your minimizing the amount of grains you eat each day, but if you can get by not eating them at all, with the exception of when it can't be avoided or during whatever cheat meals and snacks you plan for I'd rather see that. For me it's pretty easy to get rid of grains since I don't really like them that much. They were just something that was always pretty quick and easy, but I much prefer eating a lot of meat with some vegetables here and there. And nothing is faster or more satisfying than re-heating some lean ground beef and having some almonds if I want a bit of a snack.
Also, I find it a bit strange in your post Quin, that you state she should limit yourself to two slices of bread worth of carbs a day (which isn't bad if you're getting it from something other than two slices of bread), then give a sample meal plan which includes two slices of bread in addition to salads and juices. Maybe I'm simply misunderstanding you, but that would obviously be more than two slices worth of carbs.
And finally, I just want to say that calling Shion stupid isn't helping anything Quin. She's talked openly about her struggles to eat right and lose weight, and her problem with how she looks and while she may not have all the right information, she's still trying. And I can't really blame anyone for being unsure of how to lose weight and what's good for them when there is an apparently never ending stream of gimmicks and bulltrout out there around nutritional information and losing weight. Hell, you can even take a look at the USDA website if you want to see one of the bigger sources of bad information. But they're the government. They couldn't possibly be wrong right?
It's no small task to start to see through the crap out there and find what works, whether intentionally, out of desperation, or by accident. And anyone who is at least trying to get out there and educate themselves or experiment with new ideas may be misinformed, but I wouldn't necessarily call them stupid.
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