Re: Advice for weight loss?
Please bear with me as it's sometimes difficult for me to put words to print. Even if you don't have a workout buddy, exercise has a way of lifting our mood. I do some yoga and some P90X (yuk) but the most enjoyment I get is from jogging/walking the trails around here. I like the alone time.
As for diet. That's actually the easy part and I speak from experience. Most diets recommend cutting fat but we've seen over the decades just how well that has worked. We now have an epidemic of obesity in this country. No low fat diet ever worked for me long term because it made me feel like I was starving! I would lose 5-10 pounds then cave in to food temptations. I started out at around 170 pounds, took a weight training class at college and by the end of the semester, gained another 5 lbs. I'm sure it was muscle. But the problem was I still had lots of fat (covering all that nice muscle). I did not want to do the Atkins diet even though my husband had lost 40 lbs on it and claimed he wasn't hungry. Then I started researching about diets and learned that eating low carbohydrate foods, a "moderate" amount of protein, and LOTS of fat, is actually a healthy way to lose weight. Similar to the Atkins diet (but not quite), but it's also called low-carb or keto.
My research led me to read case studies and clinical trials for diets for diabetics and obese patients. Once I learned what foods were low carb, and which ones to avoid, the weight began to come off to the tune of about 2 lbs per week in the beginning. And no hunger pangs. Once I started getting to my goal weight, the weight loss slowed down. It was/is the easiest diet I've ever been on, and it's not just a diet, it's a lifestyle that works. Whatever diet you choose to lose weight, I would urge you to research it. Not on sites that often dole out bad information, but actual medical teaching sites. Just go to google scholar and type in some search terms like low carbohydrate diet. You might only get a summary of the results, but sometimes they provide a full article. If you find one article too technical to read, just go on to another one. You'll be able to understand enough to set you on the right track. One other thing to mention. Do not get the terms ketosis and ketoacidosis confused. They are very different things. I know this was long but I sincerely hope it will help.
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~Boozjee~
Last edited by Administrator; 06-12-2017 at 03:03 PM.
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