Pumpkin

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Its time for a change, I'm determined to reach my goals! I will not give up!

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Favorite Health Food: Carrots

Favorite Sinful Food: Cake

My Preferred Method of Exercise: Walking

My Approach to Weight Loss: Stay positive, never give up!

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Franimal

08/26/2013 10:20PM
I have TWO games, now!
One with a $100 bet
& one with a $25 bet.

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($100; starts on Aug 28th)
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Socalprincess

06/28/2013 3:59PM
I wanted to respond to your actual post, but didn't want to start up an argument with the "nutritionist" chick. You had it partially right by doing the low carb/high fat, but I wouldn't know for sure without knowing more details. While it is strongly going against Conventional Wisdom, I don't agree with her suggestions for daily carb %s...and there's a reason that "low carb" always causes weight loss. I think the more important point is to eliminate the right kind of carbs, and do NOT eliminate the wrong kind of fats. Get rid of bad "simple" carbs like grains, flour, potatoes, and refined sugars, as well as processed fats like vegetable oil or trans fats, but make sure you're eating plenty of vegetables & fruit, a legit amount of protein, and a decent amount of unprocessed "healthy" fats like from nuts,seeds, coconut, avocado, as well as saturated fats from high quality grass-fed/pastured animals. The fats provide satiety, eliminating the bad carbs gets rid of sugar and carb...

Socalprincess

...cravings, and when you are in "fat burning" mode (as a result of not taking in the bad carbs), your body will not store the healthy fats as fat. For "effortless" weight loss, aim for 50-80 grams/day of good veg/fruit carbs, and 1 gram/day of protein for every lb of lean body mass you have. (If you know your body fat %, subtract that from 100, and multiply your total weight by that number [.xx] - that's your lean body mass.) Fill in the rest of your intake with good fats, lots of omega 3s! (I do agree to burn more than you eat. I aim for 1300 intake/day, but you might prefer something else...) Good luck!

Check out marksdailyapple.com for more info about any of this stuff!

Pumpkin

Sorry just saw this, thanks for the advice!

Conan the Dietbettor

06/06/2013 7:37PM
You are rocking it. Whoo hoo!

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Conan the Dietbettor

06/03/2013 9:10PM
You can totally rock this. nutrition is 90% of weight loss. Calorie Counting helps my wife and I a lot, we are down over 160 lbs together. exercise is AWESOME and will make you healthier but nutrition is even more important. If you have any questions let me know. Habit's are your friend once you start to build new ones that override the old. we are very much our habits and our hormones. Willpower is very over rated and not very needed.
check out my previous posts for book recommendations if you like to read. I like to educate myself to win faster, easier and healthier.

Pumpkin

Thanks so much! It's so much harder than I thought!