You lose weight faster on a low carbohydrate diet for several reasons. First, you lose a quick 5-10 pounds of
water, that’s a nice biochemical side effect of low carb eating. Second, you’re less hungry eating low carb, so
you’ll likely eat fewer calories and be less likely to cheat, if your carbohydrate cravings are under control. Losing
weight is like making money in the stock market. The secret is to avoid catastrophic mistakes. This means
you’ll do best on a diet with built-in hunger control, which happens when your carb intake is low enough.. When
you are less hungry, as you are on a low carb diet because your insulin level is lower, you are less likely to
overeat. Traditional low calorie dieting leads to feeding frenzy. You get so hungry on a low calorie diet, you lose
control and eat thousands of calories in a sitting. You can undo all your weight loss in weeks, in a single sitting.
On low carb diets, feeding frenzy is less likely to happen, because you are less hungry. The key to success on
low carb diets is controlling your sweet and starch cravings, so you don’t cheat. The way to control your
carbohydrate cravings is to increase your fluid, fat and salt intake, when you are craving sweets and starches.
For carbohydrate cravings – Drink at least a gallon (128 ounces) of non-caloric fluid every day. Have 2-3
boullion cubes (chicken, beef or vegetable) in a cup of water every day. Increase your fat intake to 50-75% of
your daily calories, by eating skin on poultry, fat on meat, and adding butter or oil to meat, fish or fowl.