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I just read Paul Jaminet's post inspired by the article discussed in this thread and I must say, it really helped me understand why I was always so obsessed with food--and hungry--while steadily gaining fat.

I think I already knew what he was explaining, but the reinforcement is very helpful.

What do you think of his message? Do you also find it meaningful?

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The results, at least as reported by the Times piece, aren’t what most dieters want to hear. The people who kept weight off were those who basically continued some form of calorie restriction indefinitely

If your daily energy intake matches your total daily energy expenditure, it's not calorie restriction it's calorie sufficiency. I don't see why he's playing into the sour grapes/defeatist tone of the article.

More to the point, he has a pretty novel theory there about lean tissue with an all-too-convenient circumstance where it is "invisible." I'll keep an open mind though and see how well he backs it up.

Edit: Oh man, Paul's weight loss diet has buoyed my faith in mainstream (such as it is) paleo. Finally someone is giving real advice. Everyone's going around in circles when we all should have just asked the body builders what they do. Sure, some of them dick around with cyclic ketogenic diets etc. but the majority of them over the years eat at least 100-150g of carbs, a bunch of protein, and cut way back on fat. It's hard for me to read further with my eyes welling up....

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That's a good point. Since I've steadily lost weight, theoretically I've been in a reduced-calorie state but it feels like sufficiency. The interesting thing will be to find out at what level of body fat I stabilize by eating without restrictions other than food choices. – Nance Jan 6 2012 at 21:38
2000 calories buys you a lot of real paleo food, so I don't see the problem that some of these people have. I've created day-long satiety with 1200 calories using paleo foods. You just have to eat a lot of tubers. – Travis Culp♦ Jan 6 2012 at 21:44
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 You can't look at it at a day-to-day level though. 1200kcal will not be satiating for very long once your body senses the energy deficit. – conciliator Jan 6 2012 at 22:14
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 But I agree with 'do as the bodybuilders do.' Food choices for weight loss are pretty common sense. Proteins, bit of fat, bit of carbs, and piles of veggies. If you want to reach a mediocre weight, low carb/high fat is perfect. I won't really be satisfied til I get them abs. – conciliator Jan 6 2012 at 22:34
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I enjoyed reading his theory of lean tissue feedback and look forward to him stepping into the ring with the Taubes and food-reward theories.

I'm also very interested to see more about how lean tissue determines leptin sensitivity, and how others will receive that idea.

I hope he addresses the fact that leptin resistance can occur in the liver, muscles, and brain, and whether lean tissue is affecting the leptin sensitivity in all places and in tandem with what else.

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Yes, I can't wait for the next post. It seems so obvious after reading his article that all the attention is on adipose tissue and even the experts have been overlooking the role of the lean mass. Even when I understood you could be both fat and malnourished I didn't fully get that. – Nance Jan 6 2012 at 16:07

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