weight loss

mandz1

Last update for exercise for this months challenge Today i have done 50 mins, would have done more but kids kept getting in the way

lolly101

margaretclare wrote: »

The difference with Dukan came when they discovered that I have heavy bones, measured according to whether you can wrap the fingers of one hand around the opposite wrist. If there's a gap then you have heavy bones. None of the other weight loss systems has ever discovered this. They all focus on BMI as the be-all and end-all. Dukan doesn't even mention BMI.

It's important to aim at a goal which is achievable, otherwise you are just setting yourself up for failure.

That is definitely something that health professionals should be accounting for when giving weight loss advice. According to the BMI charts my ideal weight is 9st 9, and that anywhere from 8st 9 to 11st 9 is 'normal'. The lowest I have ever weighed is just over 10 stone, and at that weight I looked ill (close friends/family members actually told me that!), so for 'the experts' to suggest a weight even lower than that is ridiculous. I think that the BMI charts can be helpful as a rough guide, but it shouldn't be sole source of advice.


Welcome to the thread OlderButNotWiser! :j

jess444_2

A final 45 min for the 24 hour challenge Fred. Failed miserably but determined to do much better this month.

Eric, do you use coconut oil for all of your cooking? Is this considered better when following low carb diet than olive oil?

Jess

alliwantistosave

Fred - A final lousy 30 mins walk to finish my challenge

Felt even worse today - deffo man flu! So watch GP went for a brief walk then came home and crashed again. Feel like all my energy zapped now.

Will need to think about aug challenge and will let you know, Thank you

misstamsilakanwal_2

hi Fred 70 mins please

Eric_Pisch

Matryoshka wrote: »

Filthy swine that they are _pale_ :rotfl:

swine maybe, filthy no thats just an old wifes tale, probably put out by the pigs

Eric_Pisch

lolly101 wrote: »

That is definitely something that health professionals should be accounting for when giving weight loss advice. According to the BMI charts my ideal weight is 9st 9, and that anywhere from 8st 9 to 11st 9 is 'normal'. The lowest I have ever weighed is just over 10 stone, and at that weight I looked ill (close friends/family members actually told me that!), so for 'the experts' to suggest a weight even lower than that is ridiculous. I think that the BMI charts can be helpful as a rough guide, but it shouldn't be sole source of advice.


Welcome to the thread OlderButNotWiser! :j

BMI is only fit for pointing at and laughing at :rotfl:

Eric_Pisch

jess444 wrote: »

A final 45 min for the 24 hour challenge Fred. Failed miserably but determined to do much better this month.

Eric, do you use coconut oil for all of your cooking? Is this considered better when following low carb diet than olive oil?

Jess

olive oil has a low burn threshold which is not good, burnt oil creates carcinogens, CO has a very high burn point

so most people would cook with CO and use olive oil raw on salads or make mayo with it etc

CO is considered super healthy because of its high lauric acid content

The Stability of Coconut Oil

Unsaturated oils in cooked foods become rancid in just a few hours, even in the refrigerator, one reason for the "stale" taste of leftovers. However, according to Peat, eating fresh unsaturated fats is even worse, because once inside the body, they will oxidize (turn rancid) very rapidly due to being heated and mixed with oxygen. Not so with coconut oil. Even after one year at room temperature, coconut oil shows no evidence of rancidity even though it contains 9% linoleic (omega - 6) polyunsaturated acid. Peat theorizes that coconut oil may have antioxidant properties, since the oil doesn't turn rancid and since it reduces our need for vitamin E, whereas unsaturated oils deplete vitamin E.
Thyroid-Stimulating, Anti-Aging Effects of Coconut Oil

Many researchers have reported that coconut oil lowers cholesterol (Blackburn et al 1988, Ahrens and colleagues, 1957). In 1981, Prior et al. showed that islanders with a diet high in coconut oil showed no harmful health effects. When these groups migrated to New Zealand and lowered their daily coconut oil intake, their total cholesterol and especially their LDL cholesterol - the so-called evil one - increased. The cholesterol-lowering properties of coconut oil are a direct result of its ability to stimulate thyroid function. In the presence of adequate thyroid hormone, cholesterol (specifically LDL-cholesterol) is converted by enzymatic processes to the vitally necessary anti-aging steroids, pregnenolone, progesterone and DHEA. These substances are required to help prevent heart disease, senility, obesity, cancer and other diseases associated with aging and chronic degenerative diseases.
Weight Loss Stimulating Properties of Coconut Oil - a Direct Result of Thyroid Stimulation

In the 1940's farmers tried coconut oil to fatten their animals but discovered that it made them lean and active and increased their appetite. Whoops! Then they tried an anti-thyroid drug. It made the livestock fat with less food but was found to be a carcinogen (cancer causing drug). In the late 1940's, it was found that the same anti-thyroid effect could be achieved by simply feeding animals soybeans and corn.
Anti-Cancer Effects of Coconut Oil

In 1987 Lim-Sylianco published a 50-year literature review showing the anti-cancer effects of coconut oil. In chemically induced cancers of the colon and breast, coconut oil was by far more protective than unsaturated oils. For example 32% of corn oil eaters got colon cancer whereas only 3% of coconut oil eaters got the cancer. Animals fed unsaturated oils had more tumors. This shows the thyroid-suppressive and hence, immuno-suppressive effect of unsaturated oils. (Cohen et al. 1986).
When Albert Schweitzer operated his clinic in tropical Africa, he said that it was many years before he saw a single case of cancer. He believed that the appearance of cancer was caused by introduction of the European diet to the Africans. Many studies since the 1920's have shown an association between consumption of unsaturated oils and the incidence of cancer.
Antimicrobial (Antiseptic) Effects of Coconut Oil

Coconut oil contains medium chain fatty acids such as lauric (C-12), caprylic (C-10) and myristic (C-14) acids. Of these three, coconut oil contains 40% lauric acid, which has the greater anti-viral activity of these three fatty acids. Lauric acid is so disease fighting that it is present in breast milk. The body converts lauric acid to a fatty acid derivative (monolaurin), which is the substance that protects infants from viral, bacterial or protozoal infections. This was recognized and reported in 1966 (Jon Kabara). Work by Hierholzer and Kabara (1982) showed that monolaurin has virucidal effects on RNA and DNA viruses, which are surrounded by a lipid membrane. In addition to these RNA and DNA viruses, in 1978, Kabara and others reported that certain medium chain fatty acids, such as lauric acid have adverse effects on other pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria, yeast and fungi. These fatty acids and their derivatives actually disrupt the lipid membranes of the organisms and thus inactivate them (Isaacs and Thormar 1991; Isaacs et al. 1992). This deactivation process also occurs in human and bovine milk when fatty acids are added to them (Isaacs et al. 1991).

juniee

Morning all, newbie here!
Been looking thru the last few pages as its too long to start from the beginning. Can I join you on your weight loss challenge please and can you give me some advice?
I'm off on my jollies in 2 weeks time and would love to lose about 10lbs- so what would you recommend for a quick short term diet?
I intend to go to the gym twice a day every day( I go 3 times a week at the moment) for 40 mins.
I'm no Spring chicken so this is going to be hard/ tiring for me.
I was wondering whether to try a high protein diet/ low carb cos I love meat or a quick fix cabbage soup diet to kick start me for a few days, although I doubt I could't do this for more than 4 days as I'm not mad on vegetables especially in the mornings!
Any advice/ help would be appreciated.
juniee x

Matryoshka

juniee wrote: »

I'm off on my jollies in 2 weeks time and would love to lose about 10lbs- so what would you recommend for a quick short term diet?

10Ibs in 2 weeks i.e. 5Ibs a week is pushing it. It's possible but pushing it somewhat chronic. I'm sure someone will come along soon to put you on the right track. I'm more of a slowly but surely weightloss gal

Good morning y'all. Happy New Month

Max Interval Plyo this morning - 55 minutes

Final Insanity week :j