Weight Loss/Maintenance
In reply to the discussion: Bariatric surgery [View all]noamnety
(20,234 posts)focus more on considering it a lifestyle change.
I did atkins before and lost a decent amount of weight, and then returned to eating "normally" - adding wheat and sugar and pasta right back into my diet, and gained it all back (and more). These are more about permanent changes not in the amount you eat, and in fact it's specifically NOT about calorie restriction, but getting a better understanding chemically of why it's better to cut out those types of foods 6 days a week - and (in the 3 hour body plan) why it's better to have a refeed on day 7, as part of a permanent plan to increase your metabolism and control insulin/insulin resistance, instead of a temporary plan to drop pounds. For me, mentally, knowing I can eat whatever I want once a week is the thing that makes it possible for me to stay on it. (I'm at 7 months right now, hoping to stay permanently on it.)
I don't know that a refeed of grains/carbs would work with bypass though - I'm not sure if there's a quantity of food you'd be limited by that would prevent the two plans from being compatible. I do know that both books gave me a better understanding of why things were making me gain weight even though I ate healthier than almost everyone I know, excepting some vegans.