Have you done the low GI or low GL diet?

[LaBurraRioja]

Can you tell me how you got on and how practical it was to follow?
I've got the gist of it, having read a couple of books, but am wondering how well it actually works for people.
I need to lose quite a bit of weight.

I like the food on those kinds of diets so they’re quite good for me.
I did follow one once and although I felt really good, I didn’t lose much weight. I didn’t count calories and was probably eating too much.
I’d say go for it if you like the type of food on the diet.

Thanks LiveLife.
I do like the food, it seems to suit me better than e.g low carb.
I don't mind losing weight quite slowly but I do need to lose a lot.
I'll have to look into calorie counting alongside it.

I follow it and I am a bit evangelical about it. I used to suffer with grumpiness if I didn't eat, and now I don't get that same feeling. I love most low GL foods so that helps, and I also don't get carb/sugar cravings the same way I used to.

Having said that I haven't lost much weight but I have been doing weight-bearing and cardio exercise so I have toned up a lot and dropped four dress sizes. Someone advised me to use a tape measure rather than scales and that has made sense to me. My waist has lost four inches.

Reading between the lines and from anecdata I think the low GL diet suits the type of person who is grumpy when they don't eat.

I'm definitely grumpy when I don't eat and have been planning to eat 3 small meals and a couple of snacks each day to help.
Four dress sizes is amazing, well done!

We're just moving this over to weight loss chat at the OP's request.

I have done it and it is my 'go to' diet for weight loss. Super healthy. Effective if you stick to it properly - I did the traffic light one and only ate green, no calorie counting and lost steadily.