Posts by potassum

nice one!

I was like you, a year ago started running, trained for 1/2 mara, did it in 2h, did a 10k a month after in 42m, couldn't believe it was me doing it, then fell off wagon, drank too much stopped running, back on it again, started running w friends, far less boring.

Keep it up...

it was puffing on stairs, high chlesterol and being told repeatedly by doc to sort it out made me do it..

well done

Sounds unlikely. But take vit D, calcium and magnesium supplements until you know. You cannot absorb calcium without vit D. Would u consider abandoning veganism? If it turns out that they are right and they offer you bisphosphonates ask about strontium renelate as an alternative. What made you go to see the dr in the first place ? Was it fracture? Good luck

Thanks all.

So I have been eating next to 1500 per day.  Then last night I was asked out for beers again by someone hard to say no to.

So I read up on any ways to help myself.  I found some stuff saying if you use diet mixers with spirits your peak blood alcohol is like 66% higher than if you use the full sugar ones coz it stay less time in stomach. <<this is a bad thing...I just mention it because of the diet coke stuff>>

I then read that soya milk blocks alcohol uptake so drank two big glasses before going out and one when I got back (at 3.30).  Only had 3 beers though so not a great test, but I lost 2lb since posting and felt fine at 8am..(weighed same time same scales same everything).  I have some unavoidable pub nights coming and will report if the soya thing works for real.

HOWEVER I remembered I have been eating a tub of very salty (nearly inedible) liquorice over the past few days.  So I guess I gained a pound and the rest was water.  So the no more than 2lb a week thing, does it count if it is water or will I get wrinkly if I loose more...should I try to keep weight stable for the rest of the week?

Regarding why do I care and what's all the fuss I guess looking at the weightlosss chart go back to where I was 5 weeks ago makes the month of being hungry choosing the healthy option, running round like a maniac etc seem pointless.  I don't mind suffering for results.

Fat/weight?  I am trying to loose my flabby gut, so fat I guess but that is pretty hard to measure except by looking..

I am training for half marathon in 5 weeks...that's why all the running

I guess too, being honest, I am about to be reunited with old friends who have spent the last 10 years taking the piss out of me for being fat...It was quite funny I suppose but for once I wanted to shut them up as now they are getting  chubbier too.   I was on course and that was my shallow goal which was slipping away far too easily......pathetic perhaps but enough motivation for me.

Nature documentary...like it..keep it in mind..

How about a Guinness for a nightcap?  Or a full milk latte or something in the day.  Are you gaining or not.  To me it looks a bit too healthy a good diet for maintenance , depends on amounts though like you say...But better that than too little or too wishy washy.  Are you vege?  Quorm is pretty high cal in the satay form...brown rice rice/pasta?

I am in no way qualified to comment though I just know all of the above helps me gain weight and I was 15 stone so I don't eat/drink them much any more...

I learnt how bloody difficult it is to lose weight.  So I used to think fat people were lazy slobs...until I got fat.  Now I know how hard it is to make any progress in reversing it it, I feel very sympathetic to anyone who is uncomfortable with their weight.

I have been hungry for weeks and I run all the time, and progress has been pretty modest and easily reversed by a beer or three or some buscuits..

Good luck to everyone because we need it.

"alright plz help i want to go out and run in the morning but i cant get out of bed... i want to lose the weight and i like the feeling after running what should i do"

Depending on how safe it is, go running at night. I run at midnight, less traffic and fumes, nice and cool

Main danger is bl@@dy dog walkers who have their cuddly german shepherds, pitbulls, rottweillers etc off the leash.  That and drunk/careless drivers.......

I could NEVER go running in the morning..... that would be torture.

if you like curry then try chick pea chana and wild rice.  The curry comes in a can, just heat it up, get it from an indian shop.  Rice takes ages like 45 min so make a ton of it and freeze it for later.

If you don't like spicy things then chick pea salad is alright.  Buy a can of bean salad and add some veges.

Tuna Pasta is a piece of p***, fry onion, (very little veg oil of course), add mushroom sauce mix, (80 calorie), add tuna (in water from can), some frozen peas or whatever to make it less institutional looking.  Takes 5 mins. 

Don't like fish?  Vege soup is a good thing to have on standby to stave off a nosh attack, get some no fat no sugar bread, it is like 40 cal per slice which is half what it normally is and does fill you up unlike that slimmers bread which is like buying and eating air....

Prosciutto is not so many calories, pull the fat off, slap on  whole grain mustard, good to put on bread rather than cheese or jam etc

For something to fill a hole get the fibre bars but try and get ones that aren't full of sugar.

Porridge is good for breakfast, few spots of honey/raisins to  make it less bland..

Pizza is bad....

Follow this step by step, begin by walking, build to running 2 mins...(very slowly)

http://www.marathontraining.com/faq/faq_br.ht ml

Yeah

I was looking into what stimulates fat gain and found this paper. fructose looks like something to avoid, I have v high TG,

This review explores whether fructose consumption might be a contributing factor to the development of obesity and the accompanying metabolic abnormalities observed in the insulin resistance syndrome. The per capita disappearance data for fructose from the combined consumption of sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup have increased by 26%, from 64 g/d in 1970 to 81 g/d in 1997. Both plasma insulin and leptin act in the central nervous system in the long-term regulation of energy homeostasis. Because fructose does not stimulate insulin secretion from pancreatic ß cells, the consumption of foods and beverages containing fructose produces smaller postprandial insulin excursions than does consumption of glucose-containing carbohydrate. Because leptin production is regulated by insulin responses to meals, fructose consumption also reduces circulating leptin concentrations. The combined effects of lowered circulating leptin and insulin in individuals who consume diets that are high in dietary fructose could therefore increase the likelihood of weight gain and its associated metabolic sequelae. In addition, fructose, compared with glucose, is preferentially metabolized to lipid in the liver. Fructose consumption induces insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinemia, hypertriacylglycerolemia, and hypertension in animal models. The data in humans are less clear. Although there are existing data on the metabolic and endocrine effects of dietary fructose that suggest that increased consumption of fructose may be detrimental in terms of body weight and adiposity and the metabolic indexes associated with the insulin resistance syndrome, much more research is needed to fully understand the metabolic effect of dietary fructose in humans

HERE IS CONCLUSIONThe intake of dietary fructose has increased markedly as a result of the steady increase in added sugars in the American diet (134). In the past, fructose was considered to be beneficial in the dietary management of diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance because fructose ingestion results in smaller postprandial glycemic and insulin excursions than do glucose and complex carbohydrates (28). In light of the information presented here, a cautionary note is warranted. Obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States. In terms of feedback to the CNS regarding energy status in peripheral tissues, fructose consumption results in decreased production and, therefore, decreased signaling to the CNS from 2 hormones (leptin and insulin) involved in the long-term regulation of energy homeostasis and body adiposity (11, 69). The same observation applies to dietary fat. Thus, the long-term consumption of diets high in fat and fructose is likely to lead to increased energy intake, weight gain, and obesity. The potential for weight gain from increased fructose consumption may only represent one aspect of its metabolic consequences

AND HERE ARE TABLES
TABLE 1 . Studies reporting the effects of fructose or fructose-containing sweeteners on weight gain1

TABLE 3 . Studies reporting the effects of fructose or fructose-containing sweeteners on lipids1

Unless you are an insect that has learnt to type it is obviously very silly

It is enough for a 22lb dog http://www.phouka.com/dogs/dog_amount.html

Not seeing many men here, I think I was that nasty physically abusive name calling partner many years ago.  Looking back I am just really pleased that she eneded it, I was too weak.  I can't say I am a delightful partner now but less off balance.  The only truth I can distill from a lost 10 or so years is that some people bring out the worst in people and some the best and some combinations of people will always be a disaster.  It depends a lot on personalities not on love.

I love my parents but can't stand to be with them for more than 3 days.  Relationships are like businesses, one person opens the shop the other goes to the market, you don't argue about whose turn etc.  Regarding calling you names about your weight some men just don't know how to talk about things so cutting the bone and retreating with the only joking line is common.  It is a taboo subject and self image is so important to women, men can be a lot chunkier and pretend it is muscle or manly to be big.  So if you see your partner eating themselves up because they are unhappy, getting large and more unhappy it is very hard to not say something inappropriate especially if things are rocky.  BUT this is no excuse and just a symptom that things are wrong.

Good luck hope you have lots of support around you