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beanielou

Massive well done to puddings & sweetcheeks :j :j

sweetcheeks13

beanielou wrote: »

Massive well done to puddings & sweetcheeks :j :j

Thanks... ! My feet are aching now need to have a good long soak in a very very hot bath. Puddings has kept me going every step of the way. :j:j:j

teecee46

puddings wrote: »

:D:D:D:D:D
71 miles walked. Mission complete.
All that, just for a free breakfast!!
:D:D:D:D:D

Puds, I am so impressed!

lolly101

Hi Everyone,

I've not been on for a while as I've had one of those weeks where anything that could go wrong... did go wrong! V.stressful, although I'm looking forward to relaxing and spending some time with my boy over the half-term holiday. I missed the chart last week, although did weigh in - I had gained 3 lbs! :mad:. Will carry that over for next week's weigh in.

I kind of lost the plot last week, I ate a lot more than I should have and did no extra exercise. I think I'm back on track now though, I've just got to find my motivation as it feels like a chore at the moment, whereas before I quite enjoyed dieting (most of the time, anyway!).

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

funny you should mention cravings, came home tonight and my missus had a friend round who i had not seen for about 8 weeks, last year she did one of those dangerous meal replacement diets, lost a tonne of weight then had to stop when her hair started to fall out. Then with a reduced MBR from muscle loss piled it all back on and with interest.

I was chatting to her and some other friends over crimbo and explained about trying to eat naturally, avoiding grains and keeping carbs under control. The old eat it if it lives in the sea, walks on the land or grows above the ground, except grains. She explained that she had gone of and done it (without telling anyone) and with no food counting has lost 2 stone in 6 weeks, she has stopped feeling bloated all the time since she stopped eating grain but most interesting to me was that she said shes not hungry and that she had lost all her cravings.

need to find some more guinea pigs

I can't say that I lost all of my cravings (although I didn't stick to it 100% so that is probably why!). I still craved chocolate, although felt nothing for bread, pasta, and even pizza - I used to LOVE pizza!
I definitely agree that you are less hungry on low carb though. I used to have days when I found myself constantly hungry and nothing seemed to fill me (especially when on any other diet - I thought of food non stop!), but after a week or so on low carb I found that a good meal would fill me for hours. I'd have brekkie around 9.30, lunch at 2pm, and tea around 7pm with only small snacks in between, if any. I'd be lucky to last until 11.30am without feeling hungry on other diets!

I also feel a lot better on low carb. Last week I didn't follow the diet at all and I found that my energy levels dropped, I felt bloated all the time, and I started getting heartburn a lot. I'm back on it now and am starting to feel better already.

puddings wrote: »

:D:D:D:D:D
71 miles walked. Mission complete.
All that, just for a free breakfast!!
:D:D:D:D:D

That is AMAZING!!! Congratulations Puddings and Sweetcheeks! You should have another great loss this week Puddings, you deserve it after completing a challenge like that!

Eric_Pisch

somethingsgottogive wrote: »

I'm happy to be your guinea pig for a bit It all sounds very interesting and completely harmless compared to a lot of other 'diet' ideas! Just tell me what to do, oh wise one

SGTG x

Something has changed recently with our diet that has made us out of sync with how our bodies evolved over the last 2-3 million years which has lead to the epidemic of obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, elevated blood pressure and CHD/CVD. 100+ years ago they where uncommon to rare conditions.

Whilst there is no doubt we are eating more there is pretty strong evidence to support that it is more than simple greed, the balance in what we are eating has shifted drastically to a very high carb diet, by as much as 400%.

We know that carbs create a physical addiction as the pleasure centre of the brain releases a reward hormone for eating them and that high levels of carbs affect the blood stream and can cause wildly fluctuating insulin / glucose levels which again can lead to rabid carb cravings.

Worst of all thou high levels of insulin in the blood turn the body into a very efficient fat storing machine and actively block fat burning. A double whamy for those trying to loose weight, especially if your getting carb cravings.

So the idea is pretty straight forward, try to revert our diet back to how our bodies are evolved to eat but do it in such a way that is sustainable given the availability of modern foods and without going as hardcore as say atkins.

This means eating things that come from the water, walk (or fly) above the ground and grow above the ground. ie whole unprocessed foods that are not high in starch where ever possible. Cut back or avoid grains if you can as we only started eating these very recently. Look at the foods around that match the criteria and eat the ones you enjoy.

Where you do eat carbs stick to slow sugar release low GI carbs like veg (I eat 500-800g a day) with smaller amounts of fruit as in the wild they would have been seasonal and not available in huge quantities (the body metabolises fructose very differently to other sugars) Ideally you want to be eating 25% of your cal intake from low GI carbs, about 100g a day.

The cals in cals out is not very accurate when it comes to the human body but it is worth keeping some form of a food diary as this helps you to keep focused and teaches portion control. It is critical to eat when trying to loose weight. Eat too little and the body will just go into starvation mode and you risk muscle loss which is very unhealthy and will reduce your BMR.

Protein should be eaten with every meal as it is an appetite suppressant and it helps resist muscle loss. 30-40% of food intake should come from protein.

Fats are healthy for us, its now been completely debunked that fats are bad for us. We need fat and cholesterol to survive. We spent the best part of 2.5 million years eating a very high fat diet (about 60% of our diet), low fat diets can cause depression and constipation. Eating healthy fats does reduce the risk of CHD/CAD (eating animal fats does NOT increase the chance!) thou so make sure you get some oily fish and nuts in your diet.

Booze, this is the tough one, there just empty calories with no nutritional benefit (maybe not red wine, but then you could just eat red grapes ) and often very high carb. It you are on a very low carb diet you should carb up the day before going on a session as it can make you very ill.

Sticking to the above should remove carb cravings in 2-3 weeks and stop most hunger pangs. I am 58 weeks in now and find it pretty manageable with out much effort.

Eric_Pisch

puddings wrote: »

:D:D:D:D:D
71 miles walked. Mission complete.
All that, just for a free breakfast!!
:D:D:D:D:D

you star :T:T:T

izames

Nice one puddings and sweetcheeks! :j

I have a 1.5lb loss this week - the first time in a long time I have not gained weight, so I am quite happy. I've been reducing the amount of carbs I've been eating, with a goal of going to a low carb diet. Like others I find this reduces my appetite and I get no heartburn, unlike high carb where I'm practically eating gaviscon!

McFilly

Hello, hope someone can help.,

I am a 100% vegetarian (which means no fish too) who, due to strange hours of work, has to eat at odd times of the day. I also want to lose weight.

I am aiming at approx 1400 calories a day to lose weight

These are the times that I can eat my main meals:

Approx 8.30 - 9.00 am - breakfast

2.30 - 3.00 pm - lunch (this meal is eaten at a desk so cannot be anything awkward or messy to eat!)

6.00 - 6.30 pm - main meal

Small snacks can be eaten at certain times in between (so long as the afternoon ones after 3.00 pm are not awkward or messy).

Not easy to work this out and I know the first part of the day is the most awkward because of the big time span.

My idea has been to eat as much protein as possible at breakfast time but could use some advice

Thanks:)

puddings_2

Thanks for all the kind comments guys, the support on this thread is amazing :-)

lolly - if lowcarb works for you and it fits in with the kinds of food that you like to eat then stick with it

Hi McFilly, sorry but i didnt really understand your question. are you asking about ideas for low calorie, high protein vegetarian food?
are you trying any particular diet plan? weightwatchers? slimming world? calorie counting? atkins etc?

vixarooni

"We know that carbs create a physical addiction as the pleasure centre of the brain releases a reward hormone for eating them and that high levels of carbs affect the blood stream and can cause wildly fluctuating insulin / glucose levels which again can lead to rabid carb cravings"

If we didn't eat carbs back in the day, how would our brains know to deliver a reward hormone after we've eaten them?