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17 Oktober 2010

Well I'm losing weight again! Yahoo!

Here are my health tips of the day:

1.) Eat eggs. Recent studies show that contrary to popular belief, they don't raise cholesterol in most people, and only raise heart protective cholesterols in the remaining percent. They contain MUFAs which are anti-inflammatory and good for blasting belly fat. My favorite way to eat eggs: 2 slices of hearty whole wheat toast (say Earthgrains or sprouted grain Ezekiel bread) smeared with a tablespoon of avacado on each. Apply one scrambled egg per slice with pepper and salt to taste. (Fry eggs in EVO olive oil or cook in the microwave.)

2.) Read about healthy stuff. My favorite magazine is Women's World. It's silly and lighthearted but there is a LOT of good nutrition info in there -- the cover weight loss "fad" stories are generally in reality good tips to integrate into an overall diet plan. All the little margin stories about nutrients and vitamin studies are useful and I sometimes think the quality is higher than Prevention (which devotes more time to prescription ads than I can stomach).

3.) Figure out YOUR calorie needs. We all have individual burn rates. Yes, I know the average 25 year old can burn almost 1600 calories a day. Sorry but I am not average. I burn about 1250 a day max or I start packing pounds. To lose weight I have to eat within the 1000 to 1200 range. (Note that if you have to eat *less* than 1000 calories a day to lose weight, you really have to consult with a nutritionist to make sure you're eating right.)

And #4: a note to self. Calorie temptations still have to be minimized, but I think--after many unsucessful attempts to eradicate the "quick fix" from my diet (*stamps foot* I'm SORRY, health gurus, I just don't feel good sometimes until I have something like a Snickers)--that solving this problem may be more about finding healthy replacements. So my body wants quick fixes sometimes--I'm mildly hypoglycemic. That's understandable. I need to find alternative candy bars that don't have as high calories/sugar/unhealthy fat as say, Snickers. Maybe I can make some kind of dark chocolate/carob/nut bar with honey or dates or stevia or something for sweetener.)

Gewicht:	Bisher verloren:	Still to go:	Diät befolgt:
68,2 kg	1,6 kg	10,6 kg	Recht gut

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16 Oktober 2010

OK. So I have my calories and portions down pat.

I just need to get back into the "real food" habit. I eat a lot of good stuff (eggs, salads, fruits, whole grains, yogurt) but I do these few things far too often:

1) replace a meal with a Snickers bar / cookie
2) snack on the cake my brother and dad have in the fridge at all times, since neither one of them gain weight if they try. I always count the calories, but I tend to think if I count it it's fine, and it's really not. Even if your calorie intake ends up good overall, the empty calories screw with your metabolism.
3) I need to quit drinking diet drinks if they have anything besides stevia (also known as truvia, etc). Aspartame makes me tired and splenda makes me hungry.

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12 Oktober 2010

Well I'm still not totally weaned of "junk" food. I think if I cut the junk food and ate more veggies I'd do better. I'm down to a 6/8 in jeans I think (as opposed to 10/12) and people have commented I look thinner. Still haven't bought that tape measure! I need to get one.

On the "plus" side (or should that be minus?) I have maintained a lower plateau at 151. I used to get stuck at 155, and then 153. So as long as I'm steadily lowering that plateau, I'm not doing *that* bad.

But seriously, the calorie approach to weight loss is NOT perfect. I'm quite certain I'm not the only person who diligently keeps calories at a 1150/1250 average and still has trouble. :) It's not that I'm bad at counting calories (I'm a physicist, darn it, I understand measurements) -- it's that some of us have unique metabolic systems. Just like the flies in a recent experiment, some of which gained weight on fat, some of which gained NO weight on high fat, some of which gained on carbs AND fat, some of which only gained weight on carbs, some of which never gained weight period, and so on. Our bodies are not perfect carbon copy machines; we all burn at different rates and some of us process one fuel more efficiently than another (some of us are trucks, some of us are yougo's, ha). Genetics and what tribe(s) we came from (foraging, hunter/gathering, agricultural, etc) long ago on the evolutionary tree probably has a much bigger impact on how we process foods than we realize.

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12 Oktober 2010

Gewicht:	Bisher verloren:	Still to go:	Diät befolgt:
68,5 kg	1,4 kg	10,9 kg	Recht gut

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08 Oktober 2010

Well my size 10 jeans are feeling a lot looser on me, and my "fat" jeans (the size 14's that were always at least one size too big, but comfy) are WAY too big for me now. I can fit into a size 8 Walmart pair (and they say cheap jeans are the most accurately sized...) SO, I seem to be reshaping at least somewhat. :)

I haven't weighed myself in a week and a half or so (I generally only weigh myself once every three weeks for better or for worse) but I feel like I'm losing. I think I'm going to start using a tape measure / maybe a caliper to measure fat since (at least on limbs) it's less effected by random things like water weight and how much you eat.

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