Low fat, high carb Weight loss: 9lb
MICHELLE BROOKS, 47, is a medical sales rep, and lives in Glasgow. She is divorced with two children aged 19 and 15. I THOUGHT this diet would be a revelation but it’s proved to be pretty hard, with a weight loss of 5lb in three months and no change in my dress size.
I was told I have the MTIF3 gene variation, which gives a higher chance of having an increased body size, and another gene variation which reduces the levels of the fat-burning hormone. So I was put on a low-fat, high-carb diet. I’m apparently more sensitive to excess calorie intake.
I was told I needed to keep my saturated fat intake to less than 10 per cent of my diet and stick to 60 per cent carbohydrates, 20 per cent protein and 20 per cent total fats.
But I’ll be glad to see the back of the meal plans I was sent as I found them bland and limited. In fact, I’m sick of toasted wholemeal bread for breakfast, pasta for lunch and carb-heavy veg.
I also hurt my back midway through the diet so haven’t been able to exercise as much as I’d have liked — I discovered I need moderate exercise to compensate for lower levels of the fat burning hormone.
But I’ve gone back to Slimming World now and I’ve lost an extra 4lb.