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| Maintaining | HIIT when maintaining? | Aug 13 2007 23:45 (UTC) |
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| I think HIIT definitely has a place in maintaining. It's great for increasing your cardiovascular fitness, and it's a good way to burn extra calories in a short period of time, if you happen to over-indulge once in a while. Just don't over do it, and you should be fine. | |||
| The Lounge | The Harry Potter Book Seven Discussion Thread (Now with Spoilers - Do not read if you want no spoilers) | Jul 22 2007 01:20 (UTC) |
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| Got mine at the local Target at 8am. Started reading at 10am. finished at 4:30. It was good, and my assesment of Snape was accurate. The last chapter is kinda meh, but she did write these books for kids, so a neat-and-tidy happy ending will just have to be accepted. ;) Jo Rowling was kinda ruthless with her character killing, no? I must admit to some sniffles and OH NOT THAT ONE!! s. |
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| Weight Loss | Do you get hungrier when you get your period? | May 09 2007 19:53 (UTC) |
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| Yep. Hungry, grouchy, tired, and in the mood to clean. But mostly hungry. and grouchy. Totally normal and it will pass. Until next month. ;) |
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| Games & Challenges | The person below me!!! | Apr 22 2007 03:16 (UTC) |
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| True, although I am an ordained minister... of agnosticism. TPBM has red socks. |
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| Weight Loss | Top 15 Reasons to Avoid Low Carb, High Protein Diets | Apr 22 2007 00:15 (UTC) |
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| I do think the Atkins diet in particular is not a very healthy long-term eating plan, but I recently switched my ratios around to 30%fat, 30-35% protein, and 30-35% carbs. I did this based on my reading about diabetic diets, hypoglycemia diets, and body building diets. Since I aim to lose fat while maintaining muscle, this is the route that makes the most sense and has the most data to support it. I'd like to point out that higher protein diets are not necessarily bad for your kidneys, so long as your kidneys are healthy. The problem comes when you try to process higher amount of protein on already impaired kidneys. Also, regarding bone loss... it is estimated that the amount of calcium lost metabolising a higher protein diet is easily replaced with just a single serving of dairy a day. So, keep an eye on your calcium intake, and things should be just fine. I eat sweet potatoes, spinach, cabbage, green beans, broccoli, whole grain pilafs, and kashi go-lean cereal on an almost daily basis. I get my proteins from chicken, fish, very lean beef, and a whey/ micelluar casein powder. I use almost all olive or flax oil on my food, and take some fish oil capsules daily. The nice thing about eating this way, most of my food is very nutrient dense. I really have to choose my carbs carefully, and I aim for high fiber, high nutrition choices. No iceberg lettuce here! Anyway. It was an interesting article. Thanks for posting it. |
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| Weight Loss | eating less calories, exercise regularly and gain weight????? | Apr 14 2007 03:26 (UTC) |
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| If you just started exercising within the past 2 weeks, it could definitely be water weight that you are seeing on the scale. Many people, including runners, swimmers, and little old me, experience an increase in weight immediately after resuming a heavy workout schedule. It's your muscles swelling with water and glycogen as they repair themselves after workouts. I used to despair after I would start running or aerobics or whatever and my pants got tighter! But if you just persist, maintain a reasonable deficit, and keep drinking water, all that will correct itself. hang in there. |
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| The Lounge | make up for 30 y.o. skin? | Apr 08 2007 23:14 (UTC) |
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| I work for a dermatologist. She usually recommends Bare Minerals, Neutrogena, or Almay make up. If you are acne prone, they recommend skipping the liquid foundation and sticking to powders. I rarely wear makeup because even the expensive stuff looks like crap on my face. But I do love MAC Studio FX foundation. Fantastic stuff, looks natural, covers very well. |
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| Weight Loss | Days off from Excercise | Mar 30 2007 00:08 (UTC) |
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| Even hardcore, world class athletes take days off. You need some downtime for your body to repair itself and to grow stronger. Doing something easy for 2 days a week, or even sleeping in and lazing about is not necessarily harmful It may even help your long term goals, if those goals include getting stronger and feeling healthy. ;) People how work-out at top speed all the time end up burned out and injured. They forget that rest is just as important as hard work. |
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| Weight Loss | Beginner Questions | Mar 25 2007 20:24 (UTC) |
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| Lots of people lose a great deal of weight the first week of diet change. Some is fat, some is water, and some is.... poop. If you are eating less, then there is less inside. :) HOWEVER! 900 calories is absolutely not enough calories. Your basal metabolic rate at sedentary is 1900 calories, and you are burning another 500 calories of activity on top of that. You probably should aim to eat at between 1400 and 1900 calories per day. That would give you a loss of 1 to 2 pounds per week, which is perfectly reasonable and safe. |
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| Weight Loss | GAINING instead? .. help! | Mar 25 2007 20:16 (UTC) |
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| 5'3" and 110 pounds is classified as underweight. Shame on your mother for putting such negative body image thoughts in your head! You should focus more on toning and eating healthy, and don't try to lose weight. Whatever you do, as a growing person, do not go under 1200 calories per day. Teens need a heck of a lot more calories and nutrients than fully grown adults. I think 1200 calories at your activity level is still way too low, even. Your weight is just fine, even a little light. Go for toning and muscle, not weight loss. |
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| Fitness | Calorie-Count 5k Results Thread! | Mar 18 2007 00:48 (UTC) |
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| With great regret, I was not able to run this. I have been ill, recovered, and been ill again. Next time. | |||
| Weight Loss | SuperSize Me | Mar 16 2007 12:31 (UTC) |
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| HK, you're my hero. :D That's my take on Supersize Me too. Sensationalist and biased but not very far off the mark. There was a recent study published in which Dr. Nystrom, a researcher at a Swedish university, tried to replicate the documentary under more controlled conditions. He found that some people did in fact gain massive amount of weight and have horrible health in short order. But it also showed that some people had very few ill-effects from eating such a horrible diet. Genetics will affect your ability to overcome bad eating choices, if you are lucky. But it's a bad gamble to take. The original article was published in The New Scientist, but you'd have to pay to get it. Here is a good summary. |
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| Weight Loss | Very Discouraged!!! PLEASE HELP! | Mar 09 2007 15:20 (UTC) |
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| Our bodies need a minimum number of calories to function. Going below that number will cause your metabolism to slow down, conserving energy. Your weight loss will slow. If you eat enough, your body will not switch into energy conservation mode, and it will use your fat stores to make up the deficit. It seems counter-intuitive, but it has been shown to work over and over again. Please try reading this post. It explains the whys and wherefores of calorie counting in very clear detail. |
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| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 07 2007 21:11 (UTC) |
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Erm. Just to be clear, I'm not the one mocking Chakras. That's a religious concept as far as I am aware, and I try not to mock people's religion. I just rub potatoes on my head and read medical studies. |
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| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 07 2007 00:44 (UTC) |
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| A search of Pub-Med shows about 10 articles concerning colon/ bowel cleansing. They are usually one day preps. All but one deal with efficacy and safety of bowel preps for colonoscopies. The other is about reducing the bio-burden of patients infected with Vancomycin-resistant pathogens. No support for multi-day cleanses for removing "accumulated feces" or "toxins". I can completely respect someone choosing to do a cleanse for any number of reasons. Some people do them as a test of will and character. Some because it makes them more aware of their relationship with food. Some do it for the well-documented placebo effect of altered mental states when fasting. Some do it for religious reasons. Can't argue with any of those. My only argument is when people start making health-claims, such as the removal of toxins. Those should be well-documented and verifiable. |
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| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 06 2007 16:50 (UTC) |
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| If only. I would wear a 10 gallon hat made of mashed potatoes! ;) | |||
| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 06 2007 15:53 (UTC) |
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| Ix, I've seen those links many times. None of them answer my very reasonable
questions. All the claims there are backed by anecdotal testimonials at best. There is no controlled study or even precise explanation for any of those claims. You mention that Erik has done the Master Cleanse. That's nice. Erik shaves his head too, but that doesn't mean it's a healthy weightloss strategy. Health claims should be backed by verifiable, repeatable testing. A website full of users is interesting, but not a rigorous scientific inquiry. Otherwise, I can claim rubbing mash potatoes on my head makes me smarter. All my friends do it! They feel smarter too! It must be true! |
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| Health & Support | The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet | Mar 06 2007 13:55 (UTC) |
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| I happen to agree with you, Pyretta. There is absolutely no scientific evidence to back up any of these claims, and it certainly is detrimental to maintaining muscle mass and keeping an elevated metabolism. People who advocate this stuff usually talk about the cleanse removing "toxins" from the body. I don't believe a word of it. Just claiming that "toxins" are removed from the body is not evidence that 1) there are actually toxins in the body that can be removed by drinking laxatives, saltwater and lemonade, and 2) that any measurable amount of actual toxins are removed.
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| Fitness | HIIT in the morning (and a few more HIIT questions) | Mar 03 2007 18:12 (UTC) |
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| I guess time of day may affect HIIT workouts, but in my world, just getting to the gym and cranking one out is an accomplishment, so I don't worry about it. I usually have something light to eat about 45 minutes before I work out. I find I can go harder and stronger if I have some fuel in me. It hasn't affected my weight-loss negatively. I do HIIT 3 days a week in conjunction with my lifting days. I do my long slow cardio on the other days. |
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| Weight Loss | Weight gain after upping work out intensity? | Mar 03 2007 18:09 (UTC) |
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| 3rding Perdita. Water in muscle due to repairs. Goes away after a bit. | |||
| Weight Loss | can we have a day off ? | Mar 03 2007 18:01 (UTC) |
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| I have successfully lost over 50 pounds by maintaining a sensible lifestyle most of the time. But I do schedule days where I don't count calories and I eat whatever and however much I wish. Days like my birthday, Thanksgiving, aniversary. Special occasions, and usually only once every few months. That being said, I have found my desire and capacity for indulging has greatly diminished. I do enjoy myself on those days, and eat slightly above maintenance calories, but I can't gorge or stuff myself anymore. It's just too unpleasant. So, short answer: yes, occasionally. Provided you don't have a compulsive over-eating problem that is easily triggered. |
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| Weight Loss | Best/most accurate kitchen scale? | Mar 03 2007 17:56 (UTC) |
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| I had a chef-mate from Target initially, but it died a sudden death one day, and no amount of new batteries, coaxing or pleading could get it to work. I use a Salter scale now, and love it. You can get these at Bed, Bath and Beyond, and other houseware type places. I use Model 1015. I think it cost about 30 dollars, but I don't recall exactly. |
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| Weight Loss | for those of you on a 1200-1400 calorie diet | Mar 02 2007 01:27 (UTC) |
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| That too, Claire... I count calories, but I'm definitely not "on a diet". I just try hard to treat my body right every day. | |||
| Weight Loss | 65 lb's gone | Mar 02 2007 00:38 (UTC) |
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| That is a wonderful accomplishment! :D | |||
| Weight Loss | for those of you on a 1200-1400 calorie diet | Mar 02 2007 00:28 (UTC) |
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| Today I ate: breakfast: balance bar 200 cal 200 cal total snack: rice cake with butter 100 cal 300 cal total lunch: pulled pork sandwich 400cal &nb sp; 700 cal total coleslaw (lowfat buttermilk) 50cal &nbs p; 750 total dinner: chicken, roasted 200 cal 950 total Big plate steamed veggies 100cal(?) 1050 total snack: dannon lite n fit yogurt 60cal &nbs p; 1110 total I still have room for some fruit or cottage cheese or ricecake with almond butter or something else yummy. The rice cakes were a treat today too. Got some brown rice ones. I do a lot of carrot crunching, normally. I try not to eat refined breads and such, but lunch was out with the office today, and I've been ill and very hypo-caloric the last few days. So I had the pulled pork on texas toast and I totally enjoyed it. Usually I'd have soup, or salad with protein, or maybe eggs in a low-carb tortilla with lowfat cheese and salsa. &nb sp; |
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| Fitness | 1 mile...under 2 mins? | Feb 28 2007 00:08 (UTC) |
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| Well, yes. 1:47 would be an amazing time for 3/4 mile. Highly unlikely, but amazing. | |||
| Fitness | 1 mile...under 2 mins? | Feb 27 2007 23:20 (UTC) |
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| Considering that the world record for the Women's mile is about 4:12 seconds... I'd say your timing was a little off. 1:47 for a mile is improbably fast. | |||
| Fitness | Elliptical vs Tredmill vs Running | Feb 26 2007 17:56 (UTC) |
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| Hi there! I started out using the elliptical for joint reasons, and as I have dropped the weight and gotten stronger, I have added treadmill and track running. You can get a terrific workout on an elliptical, so if it's working for you, keep going! |
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| Weight Loss | I'm going to gorge myself tonight | Feb 20 2007 18:53 (UTC) |
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ROFL! Only over the Internet can something wonderful like a special occasion with a loved one be misconcieved as failure. I love it." That's because only over the Internet is one brave enough to make such a silly charge. Try telling someone in person that a single dinner out with your lover makes you a failure. Here's an ice pack for your nose. ;) |
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| Weight Loss | I'm going to gorge myself tonight | Feb 20 2007 18:46 (UTC) |
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| I like your style, ms. KittyKatz! :) I schedule "eat days" for special occasions too. Sort of a release valve, or planned downtime. I've lost over 50 pounds eating 1300 to 1500 calories per day, with an occasional feast. In fact, this weekend I'm visiting a very dear friend in Maine. I am quite sure there will be at least one meal at Friendly Toast, and probably some sushi, wine and cheese. It's all good. We'll go sledding and maybe some running on the beach (COLD!). And I'll go back to everyday, rational eating right after. Life is good! Grab it with both hands and Live. |
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