For me, the most fascinating question about all of this is yet to be answered, which is what happens to them afterwards? To a certain extent, it's almost like some kind of low pain version of an extended fat fast. I wonder if it has autophagy benefits. For sure, I would be happy to do it one or two months out of the year if it really were different from every other diet I've ever had which left me with the propensity to gain back more than I had lost as soon as I went off of it.
I want to second this. What happened to them once they stopped doing it is *the* important question. There are lots of diets that cause people to lose weight while they're still doing them.
Also to mention: appetite been gradually dropping every day but big appetite drop today - about a week into it. Very noticeable less need to snack. 🙌
I have just gone down the rabbit hole of ex150. So fascinating. Question: were any of your participants without a gallbladder? I parted ways with mine many moons ago and I've noticed that cream can be somewhat challenging digestively, although of course that's usually with a dessert that contains copious carbs and fat (and many times after a rousing holiday meal). Just wondering if ex150 is doable for the gallbladderless.
I suspect high fat could be tricky for you. My understanding (very little) of gallbladder removal is that you can't digest big amounts of fat any more?
Do you eat cream or other high fat foods from time to time right now, and how do you do on them? If you generally seem to be doing ok, you could still try it, maybe just spread the cream out more to give your digestion more time.
Nicely done! As you're aware, my very relaxed version of ex150 seems to work very well, and I'm pretty sure that the weight doesn't come back on immediately, in fact for me the weight loss seems to carry on for a while afterwards.
For me, the most fascinating question about all of this is yet to be answered, which is what happens to them afterwards? To a certain extent, it's almost like some kind of low pain version of an extended fat fast. I wonder if it has autophagy benefits. For sure, I would be happy to do it one or two months out of the year if it really were different from every other diet I've ever had which left me with the propensity to gain back more than I had lost as soon as I went off of it.
I want to second this. What happened to them once they stopped doing it is *the* important question. There are lots of diets that cause people to lose weight while they're still doing them.
I'll do a 6 month follow up. Or maybe 3? Or 3 and 6?
The more the better! If you're still in touch, (and it sounds like you all became friends!) then get all the data you can.
Maybe the real magic weight-loss technique was the friends we made along the way.
Aren't regular DEXA scans a lot of extra X-ray dose?
They're pretty low in radiation.
DEXA—Whole body 0.003 mSv according to this https://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q13693.html
"The average annual natural background radiation level in the United States is approximately 3 mSv"
So I can do 1,000 DEXAs per year before I reach background radiation :)
Very good answer providing comparable context, thank you!
Also to mention: appetite been gradually dropping every day but big appetite drop today - about a week into it. Very noticeable less need to snack. 🙌
Very cool. This innate sense of "aggressive disinterest in food" is my favorite part of the diet.
Me too!
I have just gone down the rabbit hole of ex150. So fascinating. Question: were any of your participants without a gallbladder? I parted ways with mine many moons ago and I've noticed that cream can be somewhat challenging digestively, although of course that's usually with a dessert that contains copious carbs and fat (and many times after a rousing holiday meal). Just wondering if ex150 is doable for the gallbladderless.
No, nobody mentioned gallbladder issues.
I suspect high fat could be tricky for you. My understanding (very little) of gallbladder removal is that you can't digest big amounts of fat any more?
Do you eat cream or other high fat foods from time to time right now, and how do you do on them? If you generally seem to be doing ok, you could still try it, maybe just spread the cream out more to give your digestion more time.
If you absolutely can't do high fat, you could look into Brad Marshall's Emergence Diet with is low-fat, low-protein, and high-starch: https://fireinabottle.net/scale-receipts-28-days-on-the-emergence-diet/
Nicely done! As you're aware, my very relaxed version of ex150 seems to work very well, and I'm pretty sure that the weight doesn't come back on immediately, in fact for me the weight loss seems to carry on for a while afterwards.
Just curious: does you or any of them track over night HRV values? Like for example with Oura Ring or any other tracker?
Not that I'm aware of.