Posts by archer531

Original Post by ornellanicole2007:

Relax Cellu...The OP just asked a simple question. CC is a place for support.

Okies =]

Congrats on becoming a Volunteer Mod!!!

To the OP, I wouldn't worry too much... you look hot and i'm sure you're guy is happy as you should be as well. That said you can't spot reduce and running helps because it's great at burning fat so your love handles will eventually go. The key would be to strengthen your abs with muscle underneath with reverse crunches or crunches where you move your right elbow to your left knee and reverse that for the other elbow. Then eat a good diet with cardio to lose the fat on top. I've lost a ton of weight so far (almost 110lbs) but my love handles look like they will be last to go. You'll be ok, you are on the right track.

Original Post by marc42968:

Original Post by strikez:

(Straightem me out Doc Marc if I am going in the wrong direction). 

No need for me to get out the straightener, but there are many things that can affect a one time weight, sodium and water intake, stool retention, TOM

BTW Ralphie May was on Celebrity Fit Club, not Biggest Loser.

Good call, I couldn't remember what show he was on but those two shows are not created equal, lol...

Original Post by infinityiz:

I haven't taken measurements, I will try that.  I have noticed that jeans I had back when I was a size 6 are fitting again so that is good.  I'm definately eating enough, and then some (with the holidays --- so many snacks around the office).  I'm 5ft 1inches so I'm hoping to get down to 120.  thanks for the advice and hopefully the scale will show results soon too :)

What if the scales don't? For me anyways I started at 285 and am at 178 now about 6 months later. I am pretty much where I want to be now, but if I stopped losing weight at 210 but looked like a professional football player I would have no complaints. Point being that if you are getting in shape and gaining muscle and shedding fat the scale may not change much even though you're healthier and smaller and fitting in all the clothes and sizes you think you should. It's part of why I hate the BMI as a measuring stick and why the scale is over-rated for determing health.

Good luck, don't over look how your clothes fit because the scale didn't drop. One of the guys I look up to is Dr. OZ and he is all about waist size and not the scale to determine health. It's a more informative measurement then just plain weight in my opinion.

Original Post by ornellanicole2007:

Dont worry about archer..hes always like that. uhm..mean like that.

other then to bait me and be childish what did you just add to the conversation? How did you help the OP? What do you ever add to a conversation or topic? Chelseagirl will probably be here too to pile on and that's fine, it's typical, sad and predictable.

None of your baiting and thread jacking changes the fact that I did give good solid advice about dealing with what she did and how she can deal with it. Let's wait to see if she even has a problem with my post shall we???

Original Post by tdionne:

It should be illegal to even sell this type of candy bar!

Tell me you're kidding before I go off and give my opinion...

And you didn't gain all the weight by eating one candy bar right? Why freak out for eating just one? You don't lose weight by cutting out 1 candy bar, you don't gain it either. And what's done is done, do good the rest of the day and move on. Dwelling about it is only going to hurt your attitude and moral. And the extra stress you're giving yourself will do more to gain weight then the 630 calories.

I know i'm not weighing but Wednesday might be a good day because anyone who is building in cheat meals (I recommend doing that btw) and do it on the weekend will have a few days to get the sodium and water out of their body on Mon and Tue.

Good luck you guys, you can PM me with questions or post them here as they probably apply to others as well. I'll always be poking my head in here and offering tips or letting you know what I did if you guys don't mind?

Original Post by jasontarin:

nobody said the GI of a doughnut was better than fruit. i said if you compare the macronutrients of a doughnut and a fruit that the macronutrients in a doughnut are better than that of a fruit. I admit i was being cocky in my last posts because archer pissed me off a bit so im sorry if i offended any fruit lovers out there..... i suppose we are all arguing a mute point as there are millions of differant ways to diet out there and being an arrogant ass i assumed my diet was superior. For those of us that have a hard time metabolizing simple sugars, yes, more than 4 servings of fruit per day is too much. For those of us that dont, I suppose there is not a limit to your fruit consumption. I hope this clears any misunderstandings up to any trying to receive useful information from this thred.

It's a moot point not a mute point. Maybe you should do a little research next time when using words like that you aren't familiar with? Sound familiar?

Did you read those articles on fruits and sugars that I posted? But thanks for blaming your behavior on me... lol

Original Post by xochitl92113:

Original Post by aovermy:

Most fruits have enough fiber in them to slow the introduction of the fructose into the blood stream so they are definitely better for you than doughnuts or other such things made from sucrose and refined flour.

Truth be told, I've never seen a fat person who got fat just from eating fruit.

My husband used to work for a medical device company who's largest market was diabetics. One woman he spoke to said that that's exactly how (eating fruit all day every day) she became a diabetic. I'm not sure if she was fat, but not all diabetics are fat.

How did she know that? And why does no doctor or nutrionist or even the federal government warn us about eating too much? I doubt her claim very much.

Original Post by kandygrl:

You will probably hear this a million times, but muscles weighs more than fat.

No it doesn't, it just more dense. ;-) Moving on.

The good news is that you must be gaining muscle, which means you now burn more calories just doing nothing then before. You are turning your body in a metabolic furnace. That's good. Good job!

Exactly, fruit is good for you. end of story... but maybe our resident Psuedo Dr. needs to read as well... But then again, I pretty much started laughing and stopped listening to him when he said that fruit is worse for you then a doughnut, lol...

The difference between FRUIT sugar (fructose) and refined sugar
(sucrose) is as follows.

Fruit sugar is something known as FRUCTOSE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose

"Fructose is broken down by the body slowly and is converted into
SUCROSE and GLYCOGEN. Fructose is often recommended for, and consumed
by, people with diabetes mellitus or hypoglycemia, because it has a
very low Glycemic Index (GI 23) relative to cane sugar."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_Index

"Glycemic index (also glycaemic index, GI) is a ranking system for
carbohydrates based on their immediate effect on blood glucose levels.
It compares carbohydrates gram for gram in individual foods, providing
a numerical, evidence-based index of postprandial (post-meal)
glycemia. The concept was invented by Dr. David J. Jenkins and
colleagues in 1981 at the University of Toronto."

Sucrose (common name: table sugar, also called saccharose) is a
disaccharide (glucose + fructose) with the molecular formula
C12H22O11.

This website explains it well

http://waltonfeed.com/fructose.html

"There are differences between the different sugars. When we eat
sucrose, our bodies quickly break it down into roughly equal parts of
glucose and fructose. Glucose is the sugar our bodies use for both
physical and mental energy. When our bodies sense an increase of
glucose in the blood, it immediately directs the pancreas to push
insulin into the blood stream. With the insulin, the body is able to
burn the glucose as energy. If there's too much glucose in the blood
stream to be used as energy, the glucose can be changed to glycogen,
the body's short-term storage energy supply. And if the glycogen pool
is already full, the body will turn it into long term storage in the
form of fat.
Different blood-sugar effects possible after
eating a high concentration of sucrose sugar.

Original Post by kathygator:

I dislike the show because people are 'voted off' rather than in it together until the very end.

There is so much more mental work that needs to be done with this kind of extreme weight loss. Work that takes much longer that 13 weeks. It just seems counter-productive to extoll the virtues of rapid weight loss, and ass busting, only to reward the  contestant by  booting them off the show prematurely in the name of gamesmanship.

Well blame that on a society that wants to see a competition and not just a show on weight loss that you can see on DSCH or something. That said, I agree with you. Although everyone kicked off the show is still competing for a consolation prize.

And if you watch the show and you saw Neil kicked off this week he specifically said his goal on the show was to change his life. He has lost 14o+ pounds and he said he did what he wanted. He now has the knowledge, and motivation to live healthier and not be 420 pounds.

Molly, you make a good point. it's not typical of what someone can do. I lost over 100lbs in less then 6 months which is amazing, I would not have won the show, lol. But I use that show as a tool, as motivation and for idea's. That show was an inspiration to me and let me know that I can do this, and I did do this. I now get PM's all the time from people here saying I inspired them a little bit. Heck, the girl at Best Buy today asked me how I lost weight when I had to show my old fat license pic to her. It is a show, it's not typical... but where is everyone bashing detox diets and the next great pill to lose weight when they show pics and say it's not typical. Of course it isn't, and this show isn't either. But that shouldn't distract from the great messages it does send and the way it sends them.

In my very very humble opinion... ;-)

Original Post by marc42968:

Also remember that the contestants at the time of the finale are still competing for money. Once that incentive is gone they regain weight.

Check out my wikipedia entries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Lose r_%28Season_1%29#Did_They_Keep_the_Weight_Off .3F

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Lose r_%28Season_2%29#Did_They_Keep_the_Weight_Off .3F

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Lose r_%28Season_3%29#Did_They_Keep_the_Weight_Off .3F

 

Some of them regain weight. And do we know if they gained more muscle and didn't gain fat? Do we know anything other then the scale went up? Obviously they pushed themselves further then they would normally, but for those that gained back 20 lbs they still lost like 100 in most cases. Making them signifcantly healthier and more likely extended their life. I don't see how that's a negative.

Here we are bashing a show that teaches you smart eating, portion control and hard work is great, yet shows like the Swan that are all about focusing on plastic surgery which is dangerous and expensive isn't.

 Don't look at the trees and not see the forrest people.

Original Post by jc343:

Unfortunately, the conditions on the show don't translate to normal life very well.  Not only are most of us filling in as trainers and nutritionists while we work to get our weight under control, we don't have 4 to 8  hours per day for heavy physical exercise and the necessary recovery.  Oh yeah, most of us won't get any big prize or glory for succeeding.  All we get is to feel better about ourselves.

Exactly, CC has to be general and it can't recommend anything that could be mis-used or put them in harms way. And rightfully so. 2 lbs a week is smart and for most people who aren't working out, etc that is the smart thing to do. But I am fairly muscular, ex-athlete and was working out a good amount so it bothered me when someone would say me losing 100lbs in 5 1/2 months was unhealthy. It wasn't, but it wasn't typical and I wouldn't recommend it to 95% of the people out there.

Lets not forget that it's a show and they are picking people from an already select group and they probably pick people who are more likely to be adept at losing weight. That wouldn't work for every 420 pound guy like Neil this year.