Posts by sweetheart414

Forum	Topic	Date	Replies

Weight Loss	Calories and Restaurants in the News	Jul 16 2008 17:01 (UTC)	91
Parts of that article are laughable. If you're upset about learning what's in the food you're eating then hmmm...maybe perhaps you shouldn't be eating it??? Everyone shouldn't have to suffer from nutritional ignorance when they go out simply because a few people would rather be ignorant and unhealthy. If you want to go and indulge yourself one night that's fine, go out knowing you're going to be eating a lot of calories and disregard the numbers. But don't make it so everyone trying to eat healthy that night is left in the dark when given the menu. All I can say is I really hope every city and town start putting the nutritional information on the menus ASAP...
Weight Loss	Don't stop eating until you're sick	Apr 22 2008 21:15 (UTC)	2
The above suggestions are good but I have an additional one. What I'm curious about is just how much water you drink throughout the day. The traditionally recommended 8 glasses a day really isn't enough in my opinion, especially if weight loss is your goal. Exactly how much you should drink is hard to say, but if you're drinking water regularly and generously throughout the day you're probably doing alright. Believe it or not, yours is actually a very common problem and it is one of the reasons people have a hard time controlling their portion sizes. The problem is, the body cannot tell the difference between hunger and thirst, so a lot of times we eat when we're actually not even hungry at all. Here's what I recommend: the next time you start to snack too much/overeat immediately stop yourself and drink a full bottle of water. Chances are, you won't have room to keep eating after doing this. This will not only help you control how much you eat, but will probably help you loose weight as well. If you have a hard time determining whether or not you're overeating, I'd recommend drinking water plentily while you're eating your meal, perhaps by taking a few gulps of water between every bite or two. It is very unlikely you will overeat if you drink a decent amount of water during the meal, and then you probably won't be the first one to finish.
Weight Loss	does it really matter what you eat?	Apr 18 2008 20:57 (UTC)	20
Strikez, And I quote "But despite this rather obvious notion that complies perfectly with the second law, many ignorant people continue to cling to the idea that ‘a calorie is a calorie’ despite that idea flying in the face of the second law." http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/metabolism /thermodynamics-and-weight-loss/ Maybe you should do a little research yourself before claiming others live in "Childish Fantasies?" You may also see http://nicolasordonez0.tripod.com/term.pdf for a 'slightly' more complicated explantion of Metabolic Thermodyanmics (although that doesn't exist I guess?)
Weight Loss	does it really matter what you eat?	Apr 18 2008 17:16 (UTC)	32
Wow strikez…“childish fantasies” and “secrets to weight loss”…Where are you coming up with this stuff?! All techraven is trying to do is give helpful advice based off of his knowledge/experience. Isn’t that the point of this site; to help and support people trying to loose weight in a healthy manner? Telling them they can eat whatever they want because “a calorie is just a calorie” is completely unsupportive advice. Sure they might loose weight this way, but this is in no way a healthy approach loosing weight. If you want to tell people to loose weight in this manner, that’s your prerogative, but don’t sit there and insult someone who’s concerned that they do it healthily. You also mock techraven’s reiteration that it is important not to loose muscle, but this is pure fact, not some “fantasy” in his head! No person (aside from a body builder or serious runner) needs to loose muscle when they are losing weight. I don’t care if they are 120 pounds with a BMI of 20, if their fat percentage is high (which it likely would be on something such as the cookie diet), they are probably not healthy. In no part of his argument has techraven advocated an 8% body fat percentage for everyone; he has merely stated that a healthy body fat percentage (based on gender) should be a goal for someone trying to loose weight in a healthy manner. Also, when did techraven ever say that a calorie is not a calorie? You are totally and completely misinterpreting his argument. He admits that thermodynamically, a calorie is just a calorie. But things get a heck of a lot more complex in the body. You’ve obviously never taken a single science course in your life if you can’t comprehend that. Study a metabolic pathway and then tell me that everything is digested/stored the same way… Oh and by the way…that rice you speak of, it has protein, fat, and complex carbs in it. So why don’t you do some research before you insult someone who actually does their homework.
Weight Loss	does it really matter what you eat?	Apr 17 2008 15:48 (UTC)	37
strikez, techraven wasn't talking about the definition of a calorie straight from a science textbook. Anyone with half a brain can look up that definition. He's saying that different types of calories are metabolized differently in the body, which is significant when trying to loose weight in a healthy manner. Can you loose weight by eating nothing but cookies...sure. But will you be healthy in the end for doing it this way? I highly doubt it. I get so frustrated with this whole "a calorie is just a calorie" argument. While it may be true in the perfect world described in a textbook, things are a little bit different in the real world. To me this whole argument, just sounds like an excuse people make to eat crap.
Weight Loss	How often should I record my weight?	Apr 09 2008 17:06 (UTC)	1
Definitely record your weight everyday so your trendline is accurate. It may be a pain to enter it in everyday, but weight can fluctuate a heck of a lot from day to day, so if you pick and chose the days you want to weigh yourself/enter weight data in, your weight log will be really inaccurate. Your actual weight could end up being way off from what you think it is, and this could hinder your progress quite a bit. If you are trying to loose weight it is even more essential that you enter your weight in everyday, so you can see if you're doing things right (eating the right amount of cals, burning off the right amount at the gym). Simply entering your weight once a week is not enough: you need to be aware of how your body is responding to what you're doing, and having an accurate trendline is the only way to do so.
Weight Loss	One Year Ago Today	Apr 07 2008 21:41 (UTC)	4
Congrats on your weight loss! I hope your success continues until you reach your goal.
Weight Loss	Stripper Fears	Apr 07 2008 15:37 (UTC)	10
Wow...I just have no words...
Motivation	and hear I thought I was already at a good BMI	Mar 26 2008 22:31 (UTC)	3
Screw BMI, look at Body Fat %, a 23 BMI can be Athelete, and can also fall under Obese... Its an absolutely terrible number to judge anything by... Get yourself a set of calipers, and go by your body fat%... Description Women Men Essential fat 12–15% 2–5% Athletes 16–20% 6–13% Fitness 21–24% 14–17% Acceptable 25–31% 18–25% Obese 32%+ 25%+
Weight Loss	Pear-shaped VS. apple-shaped, who loses faster?	May 18 2007 16:34 (UTC)	15
Neither body type loses faster, your body shape just determines where you lose/gain weight first. Apple shapes tend to gain weight around the middle first and that's the last place they'll lose it. Pear shapes tend to gain weight in the hips/thighs first, and that's the last place they'll lose it. And hour-glass is different from pear-shaped, because the hour-glass shape is as large on the top as they are on the bottom, and when they lose/gain weight, it will be about the same amount/timeframe from both areas. Hour-glass implies a balanced figure, with a chest and hips while pear-shaped implies a larger bottom and a smaller chest (relatively), just like the fruit.
Weight Loss	Small Binge. In danger of gaining weight?	Apr 30 2007 18:15 (UTC)	1
First of all, two brownies is nothing and I highly doubt that's going to make you gain weight, especially since your overall calories are so low. I'm not about to go on and on about your lack of calories for the day, but are you aware that eating way less calories than you should for the day can actually prevent you from losing weight? Think about it. When the body is starved and desperate for nutrients, will it be more likely to shed the pounds or more likely to hold on to whatever it can for as long as it can? If you really want to lose weight, do it in a healthy way. I would suggest first determining how many calories your body burns off in a day without any exercise (your BMR). Then, you'll want to burn off with exercise and add diet restrictions so that your total calories for a day are about 500 less than this number. This would put you at a healthy weight loss of about one to one-and-a-half pounds/week. You don't want to loose too much more in any given week because it's not healthy and you'll be more likely to just gain it back at some point. I want to emphasize again that the brownie cheating thing is not a big deal at all. In fact, minor to moderate cheating should be a part of any weight loss plan. When you fall into a regular diet/exercise routine, the body gets used to it, and your metabolism can start to slow down and get sluggish. This is why it's important to change up your diet/exercise plan as often as you can. Don't do the exact same exercises everyday and allow yourself one cheat day a week. On your cheat day, don't go crazy (like eating double the amount of food you normally would), but just satisfy your cravings and do as much or as little exercise as you feel like doing. Having these cheat days making losing weight better mentally and physically, since it takes the edge off the dieting and it throws your metabolism into shock, forcing it to speed up. Personally, I'm trying to lose about 30 pounds, and I've been steadily losing weight now for a of couple months. I'm going down about a pound a week, which is a sometimes frustratingly slow process, but it does work. I exercise (cardio and/or weights) about 5 or 6 days a week, try to keep my calories where they should be 6 days a week, and allow myself a cheat day over the weekend. If you do something similar to this, I'm sure you'll loose weight in a healthy manner too.

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