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 Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:41 pm
Okay, here's my dillema
I've been eating really heathy for about a month, no milk, no pork or red meat (not for weight loss but for animal rights)
I've also been doing light weights, and and hour on the treadmill running and 30 minutes biking in the arizona sun in 110 farenheight
I decided not to weigh myself because my doc said i was getting mucles and that weighs more than fat... But i still don't see any changes in my bod! I don't think i've lost any weight at all!! I feel hopeless because this is why i quit last time, i didn't loose anything.
Any inspiration to keep going out there??
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:27 am
It's not magic, it's science: If you eat healthy foods in healthy amounts, and if you engage in physical activity regularly, you WILL find yourself getting healthier. That statement works whether you're trying to gain weight, lose weight, build muscle, burn fat, or do anything else to your body.
For some of us (like me), it takes longer to jump-start the body's workings. We've put it to sleep with sugars (which convince the body not to burn fat) and with fats (which convince the body that it's still hungry even after eating). We've often engaged in the same binge-purge cycle that anorexics and bulimics go through -- except that while they eat a bit and then throw up (or just go for several days or weeks without food), we'll starve ourselves all day and reward ourselves with one huge, pig-out meal at dinnertime. That convinces our bodies that we're in the midst of a famine, so the body will hoard all our food as fat, rather than getting rid of it through normal digestive processes.
But once we prove to the body that we're not starving, the body will stop seeing the need to hoard fat. Once we eat healthy things in healthy amounts, suddenly the amounts that used to be "normal" for us actually begin to seem really too big and too heavy. Stick with your healthy eating plan and your healthy activity plan for six months' time. I highly recommend Weight Watchers; it's very forgiving, and it teaches you exactly WHY your weight went up this week (so you can avoid it next week), stayed the same, or why it went down (so you can do that again!). It gives you all the control and power, instead of leaving you mystified as to why something works or doesn't work.
But your plan WILL work, if you devote yourself to it. Just make sure it's a plan you can live with on a long-term basis, because you don't want to lose the weight, hit your goal, and then start gaining again so that you're right back where you started. Make sure it's something you can maintain for the rest of your life, because that's how long you want to be healthy and attractive.
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:41 am
I understand that you're not eating animals or animal products for animal rights reasons-- but make sure you're getting plenty of meat replacements!
So, make sure you're still drinking soy milk, and eating tofu and iron-rich foods like lentils and some beans.
You want to make sure you get both protein and iron in your diet. You should eat/drink more than you would of milk or animal meat--- the reason is because our bodies aren't as capable of absorbing iron from vegetables. It's a different kind of iron-- and it's more complex and difficult to absorb.
And a multivitamin is essential, especially if you're cutting back on calories. smile I recommend One-A-Day (for Women, if you're a woman.)
I recommend continuing to eat well-- writing everything down and making sure you're REALLY eating as much as you think (sometimes it's easy to think we're eating a little, when we're actually eating more). If you don't know how much to be eating, see a nutritionist, or join Weight Watchers.
But trust me-- I'm in your EXACT same situation. I've been working out for more than a month, an hour every day, doing weights and cardio-- and I'm basically not losing any weight.
But, in time, the weight will come off. It's not magic, so it'll happen. In the meanwhile your body is benefitting from the exercise-- your heart and muscles are getting stronger, and your metabolism is probably getting boosted!
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:27 pm
BlinkyTheRed I understand that you're not eating animals or animal products for animal rights reasons-- but make sure you're getting plenty of meat replacements! So, make sure you're still drinking soy milk, and eating tofu and iron-rich foods like lentils and some beans. You want to make sure you get both protein and iron in your diet. You should eat/drink more than you would of milk or animal meat--- the reason is because our bodies aren't as capable of absorbing iron from vegetables. It's a different kind of iron-- and it's more complex and difficult to absorb. And a multivitamin is essential, especially if you're cutting back on calories. smile I recommend One-A-Day (for Women, if you're a woman.) I recommend continuing to eat well-- writing everything down and making sure you're REALLY eating as much as you think (sometimes it's easy to think we're eating a little, when we're actually eating more). If you don't know how much to be eating, see a nutritionist, or join Weight Watchers. But trust me-- I'm in your EXACT same situation. I've been working out for more than a month, an hour every day, doing weights and cardio-- and I'm basically not losing any weight. But, in time, the weight will come off. It's not magic, so it'll happen. In the meanwhile your body is benefitting from the exercise-- your heart and muscles are getting stronger, and your metabolism is probably getting boosted! Thanks for the advice!! Well i talked to my doc about me going vegetarian so she gave me a list of foods and such that have the same nutrients and protein and all that good stuff that meats have. So i do drink soy milk and i love tufu. Thanks! It's nice to see i'm not the only one in this predicament. It's just that i compare myself to other (i know i shouldnt but i still do... it's hard not to) and it isn't really fair, cause my friend, he looses soo much weight!! I know it's metabolism or something like that but i dtill don't fair that he does the same things as me but yet he sheds the weight!! THANKS
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:27 pm
Divash It's not magic, it's science: If you eat healthy foods in healthy amounts, and if you engage in physical activity regularly, you WILL find yourself getting healthier. That statement works whether you're trying to gain weight, lose weight, build muscle, burn fat, or do anything else to your body. For some of us (like me), it takes longer to jump-start the body's workings. We've put it to sleep with sugars (which convince the body not to burn fat) and with fats (which convince the body that it's still hungry even after eating). We've often engaged in the same binge-purge cycle that anorexics and bulimics go through -- except that while they eat a bit and then throw up (or just go for several days or weeks without food), we'll starve ourselves all day and reward ourselves with one huge, pig-out meal at dinnertime. That convinces our bodies that we're in the midst of a famine, so the body will hoard all our food as fat, rather than getting rid of it through normal digestive processes. But once we prove to the body that we're not starving, the body will stop seeing the need to hoard fat. Once we eat healthy things in healthy amounts, suddenly the amounts that used to be "normal" for us actually begin to seem really too big and too heavy. Stick with your healthy eating plan and your healthy activity plan for six months' time. I highly recommend Weight Watchers; it's very forgiving, and it teaches you exactly WHY your weight went up this week (so you can avoid it next week), stayed the same, or why it went down (so you can do that again!). It gives you all the control and power, instead of leaving you mystified as to why something works or doesn't work. But your plan WILL work, if you devote yourself to it. Just make sure it's a plan you can live with on a long-term basis, because you don't want to lose the weight, hit your goal, and then start gaining again so that you're right back where you started. Make sure it's something you can maintain for the rest of your life, because that's how long you want to be healthy and attractive. ahhh.. i get it!! Thanks smile
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:56 pm
My sister's a vegetarian x3 And you need to make sure that you're taking plenty of vitamins and supplements as well, such as metamucil (or benefiber, etc.), and there's this one specific vitamin that she takes that's made for vegetarians. I can't remember what it's called exactly, but it'll stick out like a sore thumb on the vitamin aisle, because it has the word "vegetarian" on the bottle x3
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