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KenToad:

--- Quote from: shmokes on May 03, 2007, 11:31:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: shorthair on May 03, 2007, 11:18:53 pm ---
2. eat whole, organic foods.


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Does that mean that I have to eat an entire watermelon in one sitting.  Or a cow?

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I think he means unprocessed, local foods.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: shorthair on May 03, 2007, 11:18:53 pm ---Absolutely three things:

1. metabolic typing.

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Are you serious? That's done by quacks and frauds to make easy money. There is no evidence of it working at all.

I don't know "royal court", but what I can find about it on the innurnet makes it sound a bit quacky too.

Dexter:
Healthy eating, regular exercise. Thats all it is 4 simple words, easier said than done of course.

Ignore the handheld devices, as mentioned previously they're wildly inaccurate. Weigh yourself on a weekly basis first thing in the morning. Remember that if you're on regieme that builds muscle that muscle is 3 times heavier than fat, so although your trimming down, your overall weight will not indicate this accurately. The more muscle you have, the more calories burnt to maintain it.

Also, don't pay too much attention to charts. They indicate averages only. For example, I'm of a heavy build shoulders wise and cannot gauge ideal weight ot BMI using standard examples. Pay more attention to how you feel overall and your levels of stamina and energy.

A quick way of losing a few pounds and feel better is to drink at least 2-3 litres of cold water per day (spread it out over the duration if possible). It releases fluid your body naturally stores, cleans out toxins, helps clear your skin, and if the waters ice cold your body will burn calories regulating temperature.

Eat a breakfast and then small amounts more often (I lost a good bit of weight on the south beach diet, eat 5 times a day as basis). Most successful weight loss that stays off comes from a combination of routine eating of sensible food and lifestyle change/management.

KenToad:
Dexter,

I generally agree with most of what you recommend, but that ice cold water thing is an interesting proposition.  I don't think it would be wise to force your body to work unnecessarily.  For example, you activate your liver, heart and a bunch of other organs by consuming caffeine, but the increased heart rate etc. is not thought to be good for your organs in the long run. 

There is no concensus there and I realize that, but I just thought I would propose the alternative viewpoint that, as another example, some people believe that fasting is good for the body, since it frees up energy that would normally be used for digestion and general maintenance for things like detoxification, mental energy (according to some) and also, controversially, better sleep, since more of the processes can shut down and you will generally rest/meditate better.

So, I'm not saying I know, just that I've heard the opposite, that ice water is an unnecessary strain on the body by forcing it to spend energy regulating temperature.  And that kind of energy consumption does nothing for well-being or general health.

ChadTower:

I'd say weighing once a week is too often for the regular person, especially women.  I'd go with two weeks, maybe three.  A person can really mess with their head by working hard for a week to find they've gained half a lb.  Poor women, they have that bad, they can work their ass off, lose 2lb of fat, step on the scale and BOOM 4lb gained in half a week because of menstrual cycling.

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