


“My weight crept up in my late 20’s, but at that time, I was never concerned about it. I emailed Gina to ask her if she could possibly share her own, more accurate story, and she writes: This is why the fasting/ LCHF diet could really be called the Costanza diet, after the character in Seinfeld who does the exact opposite of his instincts to become super successful. Since the conventional advice is so spectacularly unsuccessful, it would probably be better to do the exact opposite of what told you to do.

Gina, in fact did not eat six small meals throughout the day, she was implementing a fasting schedule – virtually the exact opposite of what wrote. I get that they have to cater to their sponsors but at the very least, the message of getting rid of sugar to lose weight was told.” Gina’s real story – the exact oppositeĪhh… This is starting to make more sense. They chose pasta even though I told them it was rice. They did not mention the ketogenic diet by name, which I also guessed they wouldnt since they werent truly understanding it when I described it to them but thank God they said I cut the sugar and replaced carbs with salads. They described it as “small meals”….um, no. “They did not mention my fasting protocol at all, which I kind of guessed they wouldn’t. Shortly after the article in magazine came out, she wrote this: Gina happened to be part of a Facebook group called Fung Shweigh, a support group for fasting and LCHF/ Ketogenic diets. Well, the truth is that you can’t always believe what you read. It has been spectacularly unsuccessful for the great majority of people, so how did it succeed for her? This is the classic ‘Eat Less, Move More’ prescription that we’ve all been taught. Reading the article, it appears that she ate small meals throughout the day and increased her exercise for walking.

She started off at 300 pounds and now weighs 120 pounds according to the website. Now she logs about 15,000 steps per day.” Lassales also started wearing a Fitbit and talking long walks. Lucie, Florida, resident, who gave up sugar, processed foods and swapped starches like pasta for veggie-heavy salads. “I overhauled my entire diet,” says the Port St. Gina was recently featured in Magazine’s ‘Half their Size 2017’ issue.
