394: Deryl Williams: ‘Week of Weight Loss Success 2′

THANKS David! I try hard not to be confrontational to put people on their defenses. My objective is to hear them out on why they believe the way they do, explain my position laying it out for them, and then seeing where we really disagree. By the end, Deryl was stating we’re not that far apart in our thinking which means he must agree that saturated fat isn’t harmful from the right sources. As for that hard-to-say name of the “beet” sugar in his shake product, I’m not convinced that stuff would be good for me. But if it works for him and his clients without any adverse impact on their blood sugar, weight or health, then who am I to object to it? Find what works for you and do it–that’s been my philosophy from day one.

Autumn,

I don’t think Jimmy looks down on people. I think he was shocked when he first found out that the most consumed “vegetable” statistically was french fries. And after being overweight and unhealthy, and looking back upon his eating habits, it is with the feeling of “I wish I knew back then, what I know now”. And when he sees other people who are still in the “back then” position of habits and behavior, the frustration of them not having put 2 & 2 together regarding habits and consquences, elicits an occasional “DUH”… Ex.- If the most consumed vegetable in the country is french fries, it should be pretty intuitive that most people in the country aren’t optimally healthy.

I’m guessing Jimmy and his guests know ahead time the things that will be discussed in the interviews we hear on his podcast. (Correct me if I’m wrong Jimmy?) And they are not “put on the spot” for Jimmy to put their ideas to task so he can look superior. The fat issue Jimmy was emphasizing was in regards to the blanket statement Deryl made regarding Saturated fat as bad. He was trying to get Deryl to elaborate on the fact that he knows the distinction in types of Saturated fat, and that some sources are better than others. Jimmy wasn’t interrupting Deryl to tell him what he wanted him to eat, he was making sure Deryl didn’t leave out the portions of the food that he had eaten that Jimmy emphasized earlier. Even if Jimmy views the info and comments his guests present through the lense of his own perspective, it is his own show, and it is called the Livin’ La Vida Low Carb Show after all, naturally the content will be tied to those ideas. There have been plenty of guests that have a way more “know it all” attitude than what you perceive Jimmy to come off like sometimes.
And although he is a big proponent of low carb and espouses it often, he does acknowledge that there are “different strokes for different folks” and that “one size doesn’t fit all” in regards to diet and health. (My apologies for all the cliches.)

And gluttony is about overeating (or drinking). In the sense of succumbing to greed and indulgence, and disregarding consequences of such behavior. Obsessing about eating, overanalyzing and complicating it, is just being neurotic, not gluttonous. I would not consider someone who has to eat every meal in perfect Zone portions, or someone who has to weigh & measure & count every single calorie consumed exactly, as being a glutton.

One of the things that you mentioned that I strongly agree with though, is the idea of moderation. I think the spirit of moderation can be applied to every aspect of life, and too much of anything is not good.