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| Fitness | New to weight lifting...calories? | Jul 19 2008 03:11 (UTC) |
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I usually lift in the afternoon. I split my workout into 2 sessions in a day....I do an hour of yoga and an hour of cardio as soon as I get up and then I'll lift weights around 4:30ish for about 40 minutes or so (and I drink a recovery shake as soon as I finish lifting) ...but keep in mind that I'm a guy, so you might want to just approach a girl at the gym that looks the way that you want to look and ask her about her routine :) (....it's worked for me quite a bit) |
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| Fitness | New to weight lifting...calories? | Jul 18 2008 05:53 (UTC) |
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That question can have a fairly complicated answer because it really depends on when in your day you do your lifting, how long you wait to run afterwards, etc.
("40/30/30" is a caloric ratio of Protein/Carbohydrates/Fat. A "40/30/30" diet means that 40%of your calories come from protein, 30% from carbs, 30% from fat)
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| Fitness | Fish Oil Capsules--say what??? | Jul 18 2008 05:27 (UTC) |
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Original Post by dbackerfan: This statement is correct, but it needs to be slightly tempered with more information. Omega 6's are only healthy when they are in a low ratio to Omega 3's. (4:1 Omega 6 to Omega 3 is considered optimal) If the ratio is higher, Omega 6s interfere with the health benefits of Omega 3s because they both compete for the same enzymes within the body and Omega 6s will win, leaving the Omega 3s to be unable to be processed |
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| Fitness | Do you HAVE to take a day off??? | Jul 18 2008 05:21 (UTC) |
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I personally don't take a single day off from "training" either....I don't think I could if I tried....I would be sitting around just aching to go rock climbing or rowing on the lake or biking on the trails.....it's the way I live my life. It's not like I consider exercise to be something to dread and I don't understand people that do. ...You just have to be smart about it. I ran 8-10 miles every day in college when I was on my school's rowing team and I used to pitch a bitch at the coaches that they were going to destroy our knees making us do that. ...Find a couple of cross training activities that give you the exercise that you desire but allow your "running joints" (hips, knees....and all 33 joints in the ankle and foot) to repair themselves. Try finding a climbing gym in your area!! It's an amazing workout and motivation tool at the same time. The only thing that is required is that you can support your own weight. There have been several moves that I've ALMOST made that I thought "if I were only 3 or 4 pounds lighter, I would have nailed it!!!!" and then kicked ass on the track, came back lighter, and succeeded. |
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| Weight Loss | Losing stomach fat | Jul 18 2008 05:07 (UTC) |
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It's very, very easy to be tricked into thinking that the abdomen can be specifically "targeted" for fat loss: You can do simple things that make your stomach and "pooch" area shrink before your own eyes!! But the exercise industry is lying to you(there are even pills for losing "stomach fat"...I see those and cringe that people will actually believe them <:( )!! Food for thought: Every other area of your body uses BONE as the substrate for your muscles....think of a skeleton and name the bones in the abdominal region...THERE ARE NONE. Your rectus abdominis (6-pack muscle) stretches across your abdomen like a bowstring...It's attached at the top...attached at the bottom...but nothing is supporting it in the middle except for its own tensile strength.(Refer to my previous posts in this thread for more information on the way the abdominal muscles interact with one another) Now...think of how your internal organs are arranged inside your body...are they held in place by string(lol)? or ligatures of any kind? or anything at all? Your heart and lungs are held in place by your ribcage, sure. But what keeps your stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, etc in place? Pretty much nothing. They stack on top of one another and press down on the pelvis. ..The pelvis isn't going to budge under that weight, but a weak transverse abdominis muscle will. This will cause your organs themselves to force the rectus abdominis muscles to stretch like a bowstring outward and the rectus can't do anything about it because it's the transverse's job to girdle the organs of the abdomen. Add on top of that an unhealthy diet....your digestive tract will be operating at less than optimal condition....you might be providing it food to process quicker than it can process it, and it just keeps stacking up and stacking up and stacking up, adding mass to the digestive tract (the intestines will carry an enormous mass), which in turn will apply even more weight to the abdominal muscles, distending the abdomen even more. ....Simply adjusting your diet to allow your digestive tract to normalize can reduce enough stress on the transverse abdominis that it will be able to girdle the reduced weight properly and flatten out your midsection (not necessarily "flat", but "flattER") |
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| Weight Loss | Losing stomach fat | Jul 18 2008 04:47 (UTC) |
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It's most likely a coincidence. If you can see a noticeable difference in your own body when you eat refined sugars and when you don't, then (honestly) don't pay attention to the facts. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. Do what works for you. Everybody's body is different.
But....to provide an answer that might explain your observation: I would imagine that your simple observation is an illusion...I don't doubt the presence/absence of a "pooch", but it could actually be something else. Remember that correlation does not imply causation. I am not claiming the following as fact/scientific/professional/otherwise....I'm simply providing it as conjecture..think of it this way....refined sugars are a little difficult to digest and the foods that contain them are usually low in fiber...think of why your stomach could be "pooching" ;) ...might not have to do with fat on your abdomen at all, but with the fact that your food is traveling through your system slower than normal and there is a "logjam" (*rimshot*...thank you. thank you. I'll be here all weekend)....adding weight to your digestive organs, which in turn will push with greater force against your abdominal wall.....forcing it outward, thus creating a "pooch." When you remove refined carbohydrates from your diet and go to a more "normal" diet, your digestive tract probably normalizes and reduces in weight to the point that the transversus abdominis can withhold the force exerted upon it, thus eliminating your "pooch" I'm probably right ;) lol |
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| Weight Loss | Binge or Delicious Indulgence???? HELP! | Jul 18 2008 04:35 (UTC) |
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I would suggest fixing a very small portion of whatever it is that you are wanting and "ration" it out to yourself with the knowledge that you plan on eating all of it and you don't want to overdo it. Probably the best advice I can give for this situation is to add a workout on top of your regular workout that covers the calories that you are eating in your indulgence. ...You know that you're craving something. You know that it doesn't fit in with a healthy diet. One "cheat" is not going to ruin your diet, but it can definitely lead you towards a trend if you find yourself a little less than capable of shunning your favorite indulgences. ...Specifically measure it out to be a certain amount of calories (say....500), and work in a 500 calorie workout sometime during the day (about half an hour on an elliptical for myself...not sure what it would be for you) ....then, the only thing your indulgence is providing is a little bit of an insulin spike and whatever other bad things are in it (fats, sugars, etc) ...but the calories are ACCOUNTED FOR. Using this method allows you to fit any of your favorite foods into your diet. I've eaten a pint of Ben & Jerry's every other day for the past week and I can tell you right now that it won't affect me a single bit because they have been planned for. Kroger had a sale on New York Super Fudge Chunk, Half Baked, Peanut Butter Cup, & Willy Nelson's Country Peach Cobbler so I've gotten up at 5 in the morning every day this week and accounted for the calories. So I get to eat what I want without it affecting me much absolutely GUILT FREE...it'll probably bump my body fat percentage a little and it's probably temporarily thrown my blood sugar out of whack, but it's not like I'm going to keep this up any more (after today, actually) I'm in pretty good shape, so I can burn about 1300 calories in an hour....figure up your standard "burn rate" (let's spitball it at 800) ...If you are really feeling like you want to eat something really "off the reservation" one day, plan for it. Figure up the portion size that matches the Calories that you are willing to add as an "extra burn" but don't cheat yourself. You might just find that you won't have to feel guilty about eating something extra ever again |
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| Weight Loss | Am I eating too little of calories, too much?? Please help!! | Jul 17 2008 05:35 (UTC) |
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basically to reiterate what mkculs already said, a slight caloric deficit over a steady, consistent period of time will probably be the best way to achieve your goal. I wanted to get below 4% body fat a few years ago, and you will not believe how difficult it is to go from 4.0 to 3.9% ....The lower your body fat composition goes, the more difficult it will be to produce the gains that you expect to see...your body simply will not be able to support a large caloric deficit because there physically isn't enough fat to fuel your body...it took me 3 months to drop 0.1% of body fat. I would guess that you aren't necessarily in the same situation, but it holds true regardless. The lower you take your body fat percentage, the harder it will be to support a caloric deficit. Shrink the deficit and you will obviously have a slower burn rate, but then again you aren't trying for "weight loss"....you're headed for "holy crap she looks awesome" ...it's SUPPOSED to be excruciatingly difficult lol |
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| Weight Loss | Losing stomach fat | Jul 17 2008 05:18 (UTC) |
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Here's a good illustration of the exercise http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Transvers eAbdominus/AbdominalVacuum.html (exrx.net has a ton of exercise information on weight training as well as human kinesiology) |
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| Foods | What is the best protein bar ? | Jul 17 2008 05:00 (UTC) |
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I personally use MetRx Meal Replacement bars. I eat one a day, breaking them into 4 equal pieces. I eat one piece mid-morning after my oatmeal. I eat another an hour after my 1'oclock meal. I eat another around 4PM. I eat the final one before bed. |
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| Motivation | what am i doing wrong???? | Jul 17 2008 04:54 (UTC) |
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...each pound of lean muscle consumes roughly 50 Calories every day just by being there, so yes, strength training (combined with a caloric deficit) means that you will be adding muscle mass, which will cause your body to require more calories that your diet is not providing. Thus, your body will have to metabolize its fat stores to fuel your muscle. This is very effective in us guys because testosterone is an anabolic steroid...not as effective in women because your bodies don't produce as much. So...that being said, your weight training probably is not enough to provide the lean muscle mass required to burn your fat stores by itself. You more than likely need to formulate a diet for yourself that provides your body with a caloric deficit. If you do, your body will be forced to metabolize fat in order to function :) |
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| Weight Loss | Losing stomach fat | Jul 17 2008 04:39 (UTC) |
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There is a VERY COMMON misconception that it is possible to "lose belly fat" specifically. There is no way to target a certain area for fat loss, as your body distributes it arbitrarily based upon factors such as gender and genetics. (That's why some women have large butts and hips but slim waists and others have the exact opposite....along with any other configuration you have seen) The gist of this is that the keys to losing "stomach fat" are the same to losing fat in general; you just have to be consistently diligent enough to wait for your body to consume the fat stores in that location. However, women have an extra layer of fat across the lower abdomen to provide a cradle for a gestating fetus. Fat is *supposed* to be in that location However, there are a couple of tricks you might be able to do to help appearances ;) ....You say that you work your abs in your workout: Do you include the "abdominal vacuum"? If not, try adding it (It's probably the easiest ab exercise you will do) Anatomy: There are 4 major muscles comprising the abdominal region: The rectus abdominis ("6-pack"), left obliquus oculi(left oblique), right obliquus oculi(right oblique), and the one that everyone forgets.....the transversus abdominis...THIS is the muscle that the abdominal vacuum targets. This muscle is a little bit of a different animal than the other abdominals. It's primary purpose is to hold in the bowels, and as such, resistance upon the muscle is provided by gravity pushing your innards downward and out into the abdominal wall. There is no way to work this muscle externally(i.e. no crunch, sit-up, or weighted move can target this muscle) ...the only thing that can provide resistance to the muscle are the internal organs themselves.
Exercise:
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| Weight Loss | scared, ate a WHOLE BLOCK of cheese today, need help? | Jun 24 2008 23:07 (UTC) |
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well....I would say at this point, what's done is done. Try looking at it from this point of view: Use it as an experiment to see what kind of effect eating that for one day will actually have on your body(I bet it will be minimal in the long run, unless your fixation with the disappointment that you "ate the whole thing" turns into a cycle of self-loathing that causes you to eat more ;) ) Try to get your biometrics IMMEDIATELY after you have eaten the block of cheese (or whatever it might be next time) ...so basically you'll be exactly as you were BEFORE the cheese, plus the weight of it...so take body fat %, weight, measure your hips, thighs, waist, etc, etc. ...Now, pick your regular diet up from here, take your biometrics again each day for a week....see if you actually changed at all. I'm sure there might be slight blips on the scales if you had blood work done, but as long as you regulate yourself afterwards, that's what it will be; a BLIP. ...It will cause you to focus your energy towards turning your "bad deed" into a learning experience....your focus *should* be on trying to make sure that you pick up and KEEP your normal diet immediately after your "cheese" so that you can have reasonable assurance that any fluctuations in your body actually came from the thing that you ate. |
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| Weight Loss | scared, ate a WHOLE BLOCK of cheese today, need help? | Jun 24 2008 23:07 (UTC) |
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well....I would say at this point, what's done is done. Try looking at it from this point of view: Use it as an experiment to see what kind of effect eating that for one day will actually have on your body(I bet it will be minimal in the long run, unless your fixation with the disappointment that you "ate the whole thing" turns into a cycle of self-loathing that causes you to eat more ;) ) Try to get your biometrics IMMEDIATELY after you have eaten the block of cheese (or whatever it might be next time) ...so basically you'll be exactly as you were BEFORE the cheese, plus the weight of it...so take body fat %, weight, measure your hips, thighs, waist, etc, etc. ...Now, pick your regular diet up from here, take your biometrics again each day for a week....see if you actually changed at all. I'm sure there might be slight blips on the scales if you had blood work done, but as long as you regulate yourself afterwards, that's what it will be; a BLIP. ...It will cause you to focus your energy towards turning your "bad deed" into a learning experience....your focus *should* be on trying to make sure that you pick up and KEEP your normal diet immediately after your "cheese" so that you can have reasonable assurance that any fluctuations in your body actually came from the thing that you ate. |
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| Weight Loss | too little or just need to get used to it? | Jun 24 2008 22:54 (UTC) |
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(Only working with limited information, so please understand that this is mostly an uninformed guess)
...If you have just recently shifted your diet to your limited diet, your stomach probably hasn't shrunk down to size yet. As you probably know, your stomach can stretch a fairly large amount when you consistently overeat. Therefore, if your stomach is "stretched out" and you are all of a sudden limiting your dietary intake, your stomach doesn't know what's up because its used to "being full"
Second suggestion: Oatmeal. **IGNORE INSTANT OATS. THEY ARE SOOO UNHEALTHY*** ...If you have an electric teapot in your breakroom at work, just mix Quaker OLD FASHIONED oats with hot water and stir. It'll be pretty bland, but you could mix a little bit of liquid coffee creamer with it to smooth out the flavor. It's dense, filling, high in fiber, and fairly low in calories. It might do just the trick.
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| Weight Loss | Is it just athletes??? | Apr 30 2008 05:01 (UTC) |
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...sometimes with athletes, it's just good natured ribbing. ...Competitive nature can take over and turn absolutely everything into a competition. I used to row in the lightweight division in college (under 160) ...and the heavyweights would call us names and we would call the heavyweights fatties or whatever. ...My favorite one was when Coach would divide the team up before we would head out to the boats at practice. He would always divide us up into "lightweights" and "heavyweights" ....but every once in a while, I would divide us up. I would always divide us up into: "lightweights" and "fatweights" or "hardasses" and "lardasses" or something else, usually emphasizing the lightweights' prowess and emasculating the heavies. ...I wasn't actually calling them fat. Most of the guys that were heavies were like 220; 3 % body fat; RIPPED....definitely not fat....and they could have crushed me like an insect. ...But, you still called them fat lol Now, in the case of the diver or the ballerina; it is quite possible that the coach is driving them towards an eating disorder for the sake of competitiveness. That's wrong. (I don't think it is a real shock to anybody to say that eating disorders permeate female athletics.) ...Unless they're just fat lol...the definition of "fat" IS different for athletes. I would say, for a guy, 5-10% body fat is healthy weight. More than 10 and you're being a lazy ass(or you're training wrong). Less than 5 and you're closing in on losing lubrication in your joints(actually, 2% is the popular threshold...but 5 is safe). I wouldn't presume to know definitively what a healthy BFC for a girl would be. I can make an uneducated assumption though and say anywhere between 8-15%....most athletic girls that I know are either in that range, or are down with the guys around 4 or 5. More than 15% and you're either slacking off or your body isn't responding well to your training regimen. Less than 5 and you run the same risk as a guy, plus the fact that girls have an extra band of fat across the rectus abdominus for childbearing....girls are SUPPOSED to be slightly higher in body fat composition than guys, so a lower body fat percentage is even more dangerous. |
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| Health & Support | rather personal question. | Apr 29 2008 06:23 (UTC) |
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...every time I eat. |
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| Motivation | why is it hard to walk away from food | Apr 29 2008 06:22 (UTC) |
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...I know that the name of this site is "caloriecount", but there really are much more important dietary metrics than Kcalories. |
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| Motivation | why is it hard to walk away from food | Apr 29 2008 06:21 (UTC) |
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What kind of food are you "filling up" on? "hunger" is the body's need for glycogen.(primary fuel source) Maybe you aren't eating the correct food. |
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| Foods | Malitol; what is it? | Apr 29 2008 06:09 (UTC) |
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...the information might be a touch over some people's heads, especially if you aren't that keen on chemistry, but I figured I'd like this article just so you guys know I wasn't pulling my information out of thin air hehehe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis-trans_isomer ism
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| Foods | Malitol; what is it? | Apr 29 2008 06:05 (UTC) |
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Just to explain your fear about "hydrogenation" (and explaining trans- fat) The "trans" in trans fat refers to the molecular orientation. A plant oil molecule is arranged in a "cis" configuration and **PARTIALLY** hydrogenating it results in some of the molecules being reoriented into the "trans" configuration(the carbon chain becomes "in-line"). Fully hydrogenating it results in very, very, very few trans isomers. Fully hydrogenated oils are NOT "trans fats", although people see that 4 letter (...ok, so it's 12 letters) word and stay away from it....fully hydrogenated fats are still fats though, mostly in the form of stearic acid. Stearic acid gets converted by the body into oleic acid(a monounsaturated fat) Now...back to Malitol and a very little bit more about hydrogenation Hydrogenation is the process of leveraging a catalyst to add Hydrogen (H2) to a double bond of a molecule. Hydrogenation is done to make organic compounds (like maltose for example) reach their saturation point. ...Thus, since malitol is "hydrogenated maltose" it is a sugar alcohol that is the most saturated form of maltose chemically viable(...means it's the absolute sweetest that it can possibly be hehehe) But, hydrogenating maltose does not cause its carbon chain to realign as a trans- isomer. Moral of the story: Freak out about "partially hydrogenated xxx oil" You probably shouldn't freak out by seeing "fully hydrogenated xxx oil" or "fully hydrogenated ---" Hope that eases your mind a little bit and gives you a few new keywords to go search the web :) I'd start with Wikipedia and go from there |
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| Motivation | so upset | Apr 21 2008 22:33 (UTC) |
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[Trying to give as detailed an answer with the limited detail that you have provided] Hmmm....what kind of workouts are you doing(list "exercise/weight/reps" for your weight training regimen and "distance/time" for your cardio) ...just general information...don't have to get extremely detailed Maybe your cardio isn't intense enough. Maybe your weight lifting is unbalanced. I didn't see any profile available for you, so I don't have any information on your diet. If you could list a typical day's eating plan(create your profile), maybe that could shed some light on why you're not seeing any results. If your diet is high in sodium, it can cause your body to retain excess water. How long has it been since your last measurement? How long have you been on your current program? A daily 300-700 Kcal deficit is ambitious for some peoples' anatomies. Do you *ever* cheat your diet? (Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it could be a reason why your results aren't what you are wanting)
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| Weight Loss | Does anyone have any tips to stop eating in the car? | Apr 21 2008 22:18 (UTC) |
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I would suggest not taking food in the car as well. ....But, (just to be facetious) how is it that you eat and shift at the same time? Do you hold the steering wheel with the knee on your accelerator foot? ..There's no way you could hold the wheel with your clutch foot and keep the thing steady....when your foot depresses the clutch peddle, your butt would have to rise out of the seat to keep your knee on the wheel...that would be too awkward.......or do you drive a glorified golf cart like most people? ...Automatic transmissions should be outlawed |
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| Motivation | Water VS Coke: This will put you off coke! | Apr 21 2008 22:01 (UTC) |
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Original Post by demanding_munch: no no no no no....don't stop posting. I don't think maestrofjp was intending to be that curt. It is true that almost all of the claims that you posted are in fact either urban legends or purposeful massaging of the truth to vilify Coke. But, there are plenty of people out there that believe the exact information that you posted. This post is a perfect point of discussion to help debunkify dieting myths and for others to chime in and provide the *actual* reasons that you should avoid cokes. |
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| Motivation | Water VS Coke: This will put you off coke! | Apr 20 2008 16:19 (UTC) |
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...almost all of the "facts" that your friend sent you in that email are based on urban legends. Yes, Coke can be used as a mild household cleanser...but water will work much more effectively....won't leave surfaces sticky from the sugar. Are you saying that water is dangerous too? ;)
Orange Juice has more citric acid in it than Coke. The concentration of this and phosphoric acid in Coke is well within safe boundaries.
...Coke will not dissolve a t-bone steak. That one's been around for a while, but the more popular one is that you can drop a cow in a vat of Coke and it will dissolve the whole thing....an easy thing to claim, because testing it would be difficult. How many people have access to a vat of Coke big enough to fit a cow...or a cow to put in the vat? Soaking a t-bone steak in Coke will just give you a soggy t-bone steak. If it's gone when you come back looking for it, someone probably just threw the damn thing away lol.
--------------------------------------------- ---------------- I personally don't drink anything other than water, as there is no physical need to drink anything but. But, Coke is chemically safe. If anything, you shouldn't drink it because it uses high fructose corn syrup as its sweetener. HFCS inhibits leptin from being received by the hypothalamus. Leptin is the hormone that tells your body that you are satiated. |
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| Foods | Aspartame in Yogurt....help! | Apr 16 2008 05:25 (UTC) |
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yup. ...That's the brand I always stick with too |
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| Weight Loss | Can Anyone Offer Tips on Feeling "Full" | Apr 16 2008 04:46 (UTC) |
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Well...there are quite a few things that can be done to make yourself feel more "full." If you cut just a few things from your diet, and add a few others, you can probably get closer to the "full" feeling that you're wanting. First off, look out for high fructose corn syrup. It is a super sweet, chemically processed sweetener that interferes with your stomach's ability to tell your brain that it is full. If you are eating things with high fructose corn syrup in them, you are sabotaging your goal of "fullness" ...monosodium glutamate has been shown to potentially do the same thing. ...Studies are mixed on whether or not it actually does, but I make a point to avoid it because it provides absolutely no nutritional value anyway. Now that we have the "fullness hijacking" at least on the right track, we can take care of actually getting you foods that will make you full. Foods that have a low GI(glycemic index) value will help you fell full....the low GI value means that it takes longer for your body to digest them...basically putting your body on an internal "Caloric I-V" ...fruits, vegetables(but not potatoes), legumes, pasta, basmati rice are all "low GI" foods. Fruit pectin makes you feel fuller...apples, oranges, and carrots are chock full of it. Fruit pectin is a soluble fiber that takes a long time for our intestinal bacteria to take care of. Our intestinal bacteria have a hard time digesting anything high in fiber(soluble or insoluble) ....so naturally, foods that are high in fiber will help you feel "full"
....I personally HATE the feeling that I think you're describing. I hate having a full stomach...it feels disgusting to me. But, to each his own. |
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| Motivation | Gym pet peeves | Apr 16 2008 03:49 (UTC) |
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My biggest pet peeve about the gym is seeing year after year after year the same....old....thing: Summer is always lively...high school kids and college kids and people just enjoying the outdoors and using the gym as their "base"...you know: locker room, showers, weights. Then summer ends....the gym is starting to empty out with cold weather coming on. Then, it gets to the holidays...the gym is dead...The only people in there are the people that always come. A few high school kids coming in after football's over, trying to keep up their physical shape...but being a kid soon takes control and they are no where to be found. A few random people trying to offset their Thanksgiving dinner so that Christmas dinner doesn't become such a hit (perfectly understandable) ...but not many more....rarely any new faces that become regular faces
...it's a peeve of mine because it shouldn't take a "new year" to provide motivation and if you're going to start something, DAMN IT....FINISH IT!!!!
But among the peeve of the "same old routine" is one of the most enjoyable parts about the gym....seeing that one face that came in that obviously didn't belong. They got peeked at out of the corners of eyes...they got stared at by a few rude, arrogant people...but they kept coming....everyone knows who those people are because they are the ones that everyone who *really* gets it admires....it's great to help them out when they're doing something wrong...it's great when they accept advice and try to work it in to whatever it is that they are doing...and it's great to see them succeed.....and they become a regular face. My peeve is the "new face" that never becomes a "regular face"
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| Foods | My favorite recipes: (This week's entry) - Tuna salad | Apr 16 2008 03:40 (UTC) |
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Yeah. I'll go ahead and post them here. I'll also put them in my profile so anyone can find any of them easily |
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| Foods | Aspartame in Yogurt....help! | Apr 16 2008 03:28 (UTC) |
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how about this....buy non-fat plain yogurt and then put in fruit preserves to flavor it. It's what I do. ...If there's a Trader Joe's around you, take a look at their selection of preserves. The ones that I know that they have are blueberry, blackberry, strawberry, apricot, raspberry, and boysenberry. 2 teaspoons of any of them in a bowl of yogurt instantly flavors yogurt with only the natural sweetness of the fruit in the preserves. I also LOVE!!!!! to mix apple butter with plain yogurt. TRY IT!!! You will like it. |
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....If you are giving your body the stuff it needs, the Calories take care of themselves
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