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I wanted to start this thread to see what other people are doing to lose weight and as an support group also. So feel free to post diet related topics ex:exercise routines, certain foods/diet food programs you have tried or would like to know about.
Please DO NOT: Thread Crap, post if you have negative things to say about others.
I want this thread to work,especially for the people whoses resolution is to lose weight,maintain weight, or even gain weight.
GL all
Please DO NOT: Thread Crap, post if you have negative things to say about others.
I want this thread to work,especially for the people whoses resolution is to lose weight,maintain weight, or even gain weight.
GL all
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This website has a list of different diets out there and it's PRO's and CON's
http://www.everydiet.org
PresidentsChallenge.org [presidentschallenge.org]-
Great for recording and keeping track of exercising and activities, comparing yourself to others, and win awards along the way
Exercisetv.tv -
Click on Work outs, then Free Full Length
If you have Comcast, they have free work outs on On Demand under Sports & Fitness, then Exercise TV
fitday.com -
is great for counting cals and carbs and tracking your weight
http://www.weightnags.
You need to be motivated and WeightNags will do what you can't.
http://www.consumer.go
Use this to find your BMI
http://www.sparkpeople
Keep track of your diet and other support groups
Foods to avoid at all costs! [dailyspark.com]
This is SparkPeople's list of the 11 Worst Foods of 2008. The calorie counts on some of these are shocking!
http://www.50millionpo
sders here to support you:
M0nay08: (Detoxing Diet) pm with questions,advice,info.Im here to support my fellow SDer's
chia: (Atkin's low carbing) pm me anytime, I am here for you to help you stay on track
cholepuree: (gym stuff, vegan/vegetarian lifestyle) PM for any reason.
pam1289 (exercise, weight watchers) PM for any reason
Norgechica: (exercise, cutting calories) PM me to tell me to get back on track!
The Sacred Heart diet worked for my husband and two friends
This website has a list of different diets out there and it's PRO's and CON's
http://www.everydiet.org
PresidentsChallenge.org [presidentschallenge.org]-
Great for recording and keeping track of exercising and activities, comparing yourself to others, and win awards along the way
Exercisetv.tv -
Click on Work outs, then Free Full Length
If you have Comcast, they have free work outs on On Demand under Sports & Fitness, then Exercise TV
fitday.com -
is great for counting cals and carbs and tracking your weight
http://www.weightnags.
You need to be motivated and WeightNags will do what you can't.
http://www.consumer.go
Use this to find your BMI
http://www.sparkpeople
Keep track of your diet and other support groups
Foods to avoid at all costs! [dailyspark.com]
This is SparkPeople's list of the 11 Worst Foods of 2008. The calorie counts on some of these are shocking!
http://www.50millionpo
sders here to support you:
M0nay08: (Detoxing Diet) pm with questions,advice,info.Im here to support my fellow SDer's
chia: (Atkin's low carbing) pm me anytime, I am here for you to help you stay on track
cholepuree: (gym stuff, vegan/vegetarian lifestyle) PM for any reason.
pam1289 (exercise, weight watchers) PM for any reason
Norgechica: (exercise, cutting calories) PM me to tell me to get back on track!
The Sacred Heart diet worked for my husband and two friends
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I did give in today, and buy a scale
I think buying a scale, planning more physical activities, going out and planning the next few weeks eating plans and buying more healthy food should start you off in the right direction. Some people may want to buy the latest diet fad book etc to give them a little inspiration though many diet fads are ridiculous.
I did give in today, and buy a scale
So the last 3 weeks its been up and down , up and down a few lbs but close to the end I lost a more normal 1-2 lbs which feels like nothing. However right towards the end I did a lot more physical activity when I had to lug a huge desk from the store and then break an old desk and clean that up and throw it away and then build the new desk and throw all the packaging away for that. After that I checked I the scale and it showed a loss of 4 lbs.
So it seems like pretty low activity combined with a starvation diet caused a rapid loss in weight.
In contrast slightly eating quickly caused plateauing but a moderate increase in physical activity accelerates the weight loss again as long as Im still eating a pretty skimpy diet , just enough to plateau.
My big problem now is though Im not weak at all, Im far more energetic than I was but Im not all that super-energetic either like I was initially when I went on the starvation diet. And my sleeping has deteriorated but no where near where it was I suspect its the caffeine in the Coke Ive started to drink again a few weeks ago.
I need to get back on track. I am going to start exercising in the mornings before she wakes up.
I need to get back on track. I am going to start exercising in the mornings before she wakes up.
I still rarely eat anything like a normal meal. However I ate some pizza the other day --- maybe the 5th time I ate anything like real food in those 4 weeks of "cheating" and I immediately got acid reflux problems -- extreme burning in my throat at night.
Here's some motivation. Keep up the good work!
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How is that going with you? Have you lost a lot?
I have a question does anybody do a raw foods diet? I have been reading about raw food 70% and it revamping your metabolism. I am thinking of trying it just curious if anybody else has done this?
I have a question does anybody do a raw foods diet? I have been reading about raw food 70% and it revamping your metabolism. I am thinking of trying it just curious if anybody else has done this?
Im really skeptical about that. The alt-med/health food field has been a fertile breeding ground for an endless stream of absolutely kooky ideas and con men. I dont dismiss everything they say and have actually tried some of it but Im always skeptical about anything that comes from that field.
If you eat mostly fruits and veggies and less junk foods, obviously you will probably lose weight.
On the topic of altering your metabolism , there seems to be less good info about this area than I thought. In fact there was some hype about an article that was a lot more pessimistic a few weeks ago. It had to do with exercising. One common idea that was widely accepted is that when you are active it raises your metabolism not just when you are exercising but for several hours afterwards. Some article mentioned some study where that didnt seem to be the case.
http://www.msnbc.msn.c
I think its a good idea to eat more fresh veggies and fruit and less junk food and fat, but the whole raw food thing is probably more work than its worth. I would only go that route if you happen to be alt-med type person who was going to do it anyway and there's probably a lot more danger in food poisoning too though Ive read health food sites that deny this.
In general though Im eating more fruits and veggies but thats just plain common sense. Ive done it a few times in the past. Two things work for me. One is the Cold Turkey/Kick the Habit stage. Its just like how I imagine drugs. Ill just quit eating most of the junk food and in fact almost all large normal meals period. My body goes through withdrawals with my blood sugar going nuts. Sometimes you feel like you are starving during these times when your blood sugar goes nuts, like it expects large amount of food at certain times. If you can make it through that stage then after a few days or a week, suddenly my body adjusts and I dont feel that hungry.
Having a plan is crucial after that period such as eating lots of veggies and fruit. The reason why thats so good is because you can eat a lot of it since it doesnt have that much calories. You dont want to feel totally deprived. You will get some of that anyway since most people will crave some greasy burger and steaks or something like that. So its important to have that freedom of eating whenever you want to as long as its fruits and veggies and other healthy and light snacks. Salads are great but they tend to be a hassle to make compared to just grabbing a banana or apple. So its good to plan ahead and have some salads and fruit ready.
My weight loss is again, extremely dramatic. After two days, its broken the barrier it was stuck at with a 5 lb loss showing up. Before then it was noodling around with 1-2 lb loss and 1-2 lb gain -- back and forth over and over again during the plateauing period.
Obviously I didnt lose 5 lbs in 2 days , its got to be mostly water but its pointing to another round of very quick losses in the next week or so if I stick to it. Ive got to be careful I dont do anything stupid --- missing essential nutrients can lead to complications , even death.
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
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Weight Loss
# A more controversial use of the hCG shot is as a way to lose weight, in conjunction with a low-calorie diet developed by British doctor A.T.W. Simeons. Simeons looked at studies of Indian women and overweight boys who were given hCG shots for fertility reasons and to stimulate puberty respectively. He noticed that both the women and boys lost fat. The FDA has stated that the use of the hCG hornome as a weight loss tool is both ineffective and dangerous.
http://hcgdietinfo.com/HCG-Diet-I...imeons.htm
http://www.weightlossn
HCG injections have been claimed to be effective in weight loss by aiding in localized reduction, affecting mood and suppressing hunger. This obesity therapy (injections of HGH and dietary modification) was introduced by Simeons in 19541 but its effectiveness has been disputed for a long time. Simeons developed the weight loss therapy based on his experience of treating young boys suffering from dystrophia adipositogenitalis (the Frohlich syndrome) using human chorionic gonadotropin. It is claimed that obese patients treated with the Simeons therapy will have a rapid weight loss without feeling weak and hungry. Despite the ambiguous evidence of its effectiveness, low-dose injectable HCG combined with a weight loss diet remains a popular method for weight control and obesity treatment. However, a recent test shows the HCG therapy doesn't promote weight loss and HCG diet has no advantage over the calorie restriction method in weight reduction.
One thing I would admit though is there seems to be a lot of rigidity in thinking in various med fields. Like the controversy over the low carb diet. I always dismissed that thinking it was bogus since the usual dogma was a sensible moderate varied diet was the best thing and anything that diverted from it was crazy. The alternative was mainstream healthnuts pushed super low fat , high fiber diets. About 6 years ago some not-so-wacko reporters and others started pushing the low carb diet saying there seemed to be SOME merit and that serious research needed to be done. A lot of the mainstream med field went ballistic over the idea ranting that it was definitely insane and some seemed to suggest it wasnt worthy of research. Well a string of studies came out that seemed to show low carb diets worked better than other types of diets and it wasnt just due to a loss of water or some other short term temporary weight loss effect. The cholesterol levels also didnt sky rocket for the people eating this diet.
However, you still have to wonder if cancer and other problems would pop up with long term low carb dieters who eat tons of meat. On the other hand, the mainstream critics still ranted and either ignored or attacked the studies. Later on there were a few studies that claimed in the longer term the weight loss wasnt as large as in the initial studies between the different diets and cynics of course pointed out the old stat that dieters following any diet in general just didnt fare that well in the long term, almost everyone regains all the weight or more weight than they lost. One poster described dieting as "shuffling the chairs on the deck of the Titanic".
http://www.boston.com/news/health..._hold.
Low-carbohydrate and so-called Mediterranean diets may be more effective than low-fat diets, according to a major new study published in tomorrow's New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers studied 322 moderately obese employees of a research center in Israel, randomly assigning them to three diet groups, and providing them with encouragement and instruction over a two-year period.
Members of the low-fat group lost an average of 6.4 pounds, while those in the low-carb and Mediterranean groups lost about 10, said Dr. Meir Stampfer, associate director of the Channing Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the paper's senior author.
While there has been concern that low-carb diets can be harmful to cardiovascular health, Stampfer said that the participants who followed the low-carb and Mediterranean diets actually had better cardiovascular health than those in the low-fat group. (The study was funded in part by the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation, which supports independent scientific research. The late-Robert Atkins was known for promoting a low-carbohydrate diet.)
For people with cholesterol problems, the low-carb diet seemed best; for those at risk for diabetes, the Mediterranean diet provided more health benefits.
I dont think a low carb diet necessarily means eating a mountain of eggs, bacon and steak every day though like some wacky Atkins Diet followers were shown to do on some TV shows.