Ted Talk 82: Help! Why Am I Not Losing Weight On A Low Carb Diet?
Legendary Life | Transform Your Body, Upgrade Your Health & Live Your Best Life
Ted Ryce
4.8 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Few things are quite as complex as weight loss. But, many people also believe that carbs are evil, so you should do a low-carb diet to lose weight. In this new Ted Talk episode, Ted Ryce shares his story of when he used to be a low-carb diet follower and what made him decide to spend hundreds of hours to find the best weight loss solution that still allows you to eat the foods you love. Listen now!
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| 0:00.0 | I'm not saying low-carb diets are dumb. I'm saying trying to rely on a hack like, well, I'm |
| 0:11.4 | just going to cut out all the carbs. It's like, well, do you like eating carbs? Well, yeah, |
| 0:15.2 | I love eating carbs. Okay, and so you're going to just cut them out, and that's going to |
| 0:20.2 | be your hack to lose fat. Well, yeah, it's great, isn't it? I mean, carbs make you fat |
| 0:25.1 | after all, and I learned eventually they don't. We know from research. |
| 0:33.5 | Ted, why don't you respect low-carb diets and fasting more? Why don't you appreciate them more? |
| 0:40.0 | Ted, I feel like you just don't understand low-carb diets. I think that if you understood them better, |
| 0:45.8 | you would like them more. I've been getting into these exchanges not every week, but I had one |
| 0:52.5 | recently, and they always leave a lasting impression on me. And today, I'm going to get into why I |
| 1:00.4 | hate low-carb diets. So if that kind of shocks you, well, you're in the right place. If you're a |
| 1:07.5 | little confused now, you're in the right place because we're going to unpack this. And folks, |
| 1:11.5 | I don't hate low-carb diets. I have nothing against low-carb diets. You hate the low-carb cult. |
| 1:17.9 | And if you're part of that cult, well, prepare to get triggered. But if you're a person who has |
| 1:23.2 | intellectual curiosity about low-carb diets, about the claims, let's say, claims around low-carb diets, |
| 1:32.8 | well, I'm going to tell you, you're going to learn a lot today, and we're going to get into the |
| 1:37.3 | miss. So what is up, my friend? Welcome back to another episode of the Legendary Life Podcast. |
| 1:43.4 | This is a real talk Friday, where it's just you and me, and we set the science aside for a second. |
| 1:50.2 | Well, at least, you know, most of the science side will be talking a little bit about that today, |
| 1:57.6 | but not too much. We'll just have a conversation. And let's jump right into the situation. Okay, so |
| 2:05.3 | I had this exchange with someone on Facebook, and I love these exchanges in some ways, because |
| 2:10.6 | gives me something to talk about it. Let's me know where people are at. And I said something about |
| 2:16.3 | how fat makes you fat. You should avoid added fats, just like you avoid added sugars. And then |
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