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Sorry for my absence, I'm back now
Oct 2, 2008, 7:09 pm
| It has been a while since my last entry. Over the past month, I've been studying for IT exams, and regrettably that has taken up a great deal of time. Now, this has passed, so I look forward to continuing my weight loss blog, which I hope has helped at least some people who have read it. If all goes well, next week I should resume my weekly entries on topics and that I found to help me with my weight loss. Stay tuned... |
Aug 7, 2008, 6:25 pm
| A very common observation, and trap, I have seen many people trying to
control their weight be unduly affected by daily changes in their
weight. I've been there myself. Step on the scale one day, weight a
certain amount. The next day, weight 2 pounds less, or perhaps three
pounds more. Then become joyful, or frustrated. Especially when the
weight has gone up. It's easy to become real upset, discouraged, and
even to the point quitting. Yeah, I have done that too. But when
thought about rationally, there is no reason to be concerned. To gain
two pounds of fat in a single day, you must consume 7000 calories more
than they burnt off - in one day. Now do you really think that you did
that, in a single day? Probably not, not if you have been trying to
lose weight and careful about your eating habits. Daily fluctuations are part of the game. It is not unusual for a person's weight to change a couple pounds a day. The overwhelming cause is fluid changes, e.g., water. Drink a lot of water, you will increase weight. Sweat and urinate without drinking a lot of water, your weight will go down. For that reason, it is better to weigh yourself every week. Doing this will show the trend, hopefully a downward trend. Another tip, try and weigh yourself under identical conditions to minimize variations. I always weigh myself on Monday morning, after my morning workout, after I used the restroom. Weighing weekly while trying to do so under consistent conditions, I have an idea if what I am doing is still getting the results I want. It also keeps my focused on the long-term big picture. For other tips on ways to lose weight and effective weight loss plans, please visit my site. |
Aug 4, 2008, 3:43 pm
| In my last post, I have shown how it is possible to strike a balance
between losing weight and then maintaining a healthy weight and still
enjoying the fattening foods in moderation. This post, I will examine
the concept put forth by many people that in order to have a long life
and an active and independent life in one's senior years, you must also
give up on those foods we love. A lot of these people will tell you
that you can only eat leafy vegetables, tofu, etc., everyday for the
rest of your lives. For some people, that is what they prefer and
that's fine. But most of us, especially me, do like to enjoy other
types of food. So, is it true we must eat what most of us consider
bland foods every day of our life to reach a healthy and active old
age? I looked into this, particularly into the lifestyles of super
centenarians, people who made it to 110 or beyond. I also recalled my
great grandmother â€" she lived to 104. My great grandmother loved to eat
ice cream, greasy â€" and fatty â€" German sausages, and drank coca cola,
and she enjoyed baking and eating pies. She ate and drank these items
up to and a little beyond her 102nd birthday. There was a French woman,
Jeanne Calment, who lived to 122; I took a particular interest in her
lifestyle. This woman indulged in 2 pounds of chocolate per week, she
ate desserts, and even smoked until she was 119. However she was very
active, going for bike rides until she was 110, and still stayed
physically active after that. Other super centenarians were not so
well-documented, but I still got a glimpse into their lifestyle and
noticed some commonalities. One, they were physically active for most
of their years, two, they handled stress supremely. It was reported
that Jeanne Calment was smooth as ice when dealing with stress. My
great grandmother also seemed to let very little get to her. The one
thing I did not see was where any super centenarian credited their long
life to eating bland but healthy foods each and every day of their
life. Indeed, those who feel this is the only way to eat often stress
heavily over their meals, or stress about seeing others eating foods
they disapprove of, and stress does appear to compromise longevity.
However, when it was reported, most of them did include healthy choices
most of the time, only most of the time, not all the time. In the final
analysis, whether one lives to extreme age or not, whether one has an
active old age or not, is going to depend on many factors. Having an
overall healthy diet is one of those factors and an important one at
that, but it does not mean one must have it 24/7/365 for all the days
of their lives. If it is your desire, go ahead and enjoy an occasional
treat of your favorite food. Just keep control and don't overdo it. And
don't stress out over it. Please visit my website to see how I was able to still eat my favorite foods and lose weight. |
Indulge Yourself Once In A While
Jul 31, 2008, 1:04 pm
 Sorry for the length between my last post, I have been on vacation for the past week. I not only got away from my routine, I even took a break from fitness. What this means is I did not go to a gym, though I stayed active on my vacation. I also took the time to indulge myself in my favorite foods. Again, I did not binge out, but I did enjoy myself. Many people proffering weight loss advice will tell you what I did was wrong and counterproductive to weight loss. They insist you must give up all junk food forever and ever if you ever want to reach and maintain a healthy weight. And they tell you that you must abstain is you want to reach an active old age. However, I tell you otherwise. Realistically, this is not a practical option simply because the vast majority of us enjoy the taste of our favorite junk foods. By trying to deprive ourselves, pretending we want to give up totally these foods. Well, sooner or later, just about everyone caves in and ends up binging. Instead of totally denying myself, my likes, I've decided to strike a balance, a balance between eating clean for most of the week, maintaining a vigorous regimen of exercise, and 1 or 2 days a week partaking in my favorite culinary delights that are not conducive to weight loss. I have successfully maintained an 11 to 12% body fat composition â€" still quite a lean body and considered athletic â€" following this plan. Even when I was losing weight, I had one day where I enjoyed myself, and I still lost weight those weeks â€" even during the time I was losing 6 pounds a week. I feel part of it was that taking in the extra calories, after days of clean eating, jolted my metabolism back up. So, an occasional cheat not only does not negatively affect your weight loss, it can even boost it. It was only when I decided I wanted to become more lean, did I discover it was necessary to totally abstain, in which I did get down to 8.9%. Unless you have the desire to become super-lean, you can still occasionally enjoy your favorite foods and still lose the weight. It is sad that I need to point this out, but some people will read this post as a license to binge and overeat. It is not of course and naturally I am speaking about moderation and self control. It takes knowing when to stop. If this is a weakness of yours, then work on improving that aspect; it not only make losing weight easier, it also will make life in general easier. For more info on my ways to lose weight and weight loss plans, please visit my site. |
Jul 24, 2008, 10:19 pm
| Many people refer to their BMI when trying to lose weight. I, instead,
prefer to know my BMR, or Basal Metabolic Rate. The basal metabolic
rate is simply the amount of calories your cells need to stay alive.
The BMR is exclusive of physical activities as well as base functions.
BMR itself is not the whole picture then. What you do after you
calculate your (you can find your BMR at this site: http://home.fuse.net /clymer/bmi/) BMR is multiply it by a factor below: Sedentary = BMR X 1.2 (little or no exercise, desk job) Lightly active = BMR X 1.375 (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) Moderately active = BMR X 1.55 (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) Very active = BMR X 1.725 (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk) Extra active = BMR X 1.9 (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2X day training) Pick which factor best describes your activity level and you have your Total Daily Energy Expenditure, or TDEE. Then you can take your TDEE and, if you have been journaling your meals as I described in my last post, you can check if you are in a calorie deficit or you need to change. Your BMR is not a static value, but changes as your weight changes. Changes in muscle mass produce greater changes in BMR, but even change in fat will affect your BMR. Using my example, when I was at 240, my BMR was calculated at 2193 calories per day, but after I hit 160, my BMR dropped to 1686 calories a day a different of 507 calories per day! That equates to a pound per week! If you wonder why you hit a weight loss plateau, knowing your BMR could shed some light. A final note, the BMR and TDEE are just rough estimates, not precise calculations, and in my experience that was all they needed to be. The most reliable indicator will be observing your own results. Tracking my BMR was one of the ways to lose weight that helped me, please visit my website for other ways to lose weight and weight lost plans. Stay tuned for more. |
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