South Beach Diet

run....good idea, but i'd need a flack jacket where i live....or i could just carry a piece, that would be extra weight. extra weight=works the muscles harder. so maybe i'll go running with a heavy shotgun or something. ;)
 
Zack Attack said:
I like peanut butter and jelly, natural peanut butter though, crunch, but I am not a huge fan of having to refridgerate it, then it becomes hard to spread....what are we talking about?
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You don't have to refrigerate it. I eat a ton of that stuff: one in the fridge so I can just snack on it and one out of the fridge to spread on bread. It's never made me sick or anything.
 
Zach_Lien said:
run....good idea, but i'd need a flack jacket where i live....or i could just carry a piece, that would be extra weight. extra weight=works the muscles harder. so maybe i'll go running with a heavy shotgun or something. ;)
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You live in Basra?
 
Isaac_Brody said:
Also, weights don't really help you lose weight. You just turn fat into muscle.
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Not quite sure how you meant it, but if you meant that to be interpreted literally, it should be pointed out that this is a physical impossibility. Fat and muscle are two totally different types of tissue and one type cannot just simply turn into the other.

Oddly enough, this myth continues to be preached on all the "get-fit-quick" infomercials out there. However, I find it even odder than people actually believe it!
 
They're not talking about magical transmogrification when they say that. They mean you'll be "burning" the fat and building muscle without having to eat (much) more.

They also mean if you weigh 200 lbs you might still end up weighing 200 lbs...but it won't be as jiggly.
 
so far so good. i ate a hard boiled egg, chicken, broccolli, and couliflour (spelling?). and i actually didnt feel like i ate 20 lbs of food. plus when i woke up, i felt a lot more refreshed then if i had eaten a cheeseburger or something.
 
A bit of clarification is in order I think. The South Beach Diet really works. But it's not low-fat nor is it low-carb. It's all about *good* fats and *good* carbs. Omega 3 fatty acids, non-saturated fats like what is found in olive oil. Good carbs are derived from unprocessed whole grains. For example, breads that contain 3g fiber per serving are OK because the body has to work at digesting the fiber, resulting in a slow, gradual release of carbohydrates into the blood stream. You won't experience the spike in blood sugar>release of insulin>crash in blood sugar/insulin>craving for more of the same, a cycle that results in obesity, diabetes and heart disease. The book explains the processes involved in great detail, but you should know that processed grains have had their fiber coating removed. Wunderbread turns to sugar as soon as it hits your stomach!

The South Beach Diet was developed by a heart surgeon who wanted his patients to improve their blood chemistry before surgery. The program has a "side effect" of weight loss. This is how it caught on and became so popular, even for those without heart problems.

So it should follow logically that if you're on a heart-healthy diet, you should also exercise your heart! 30 min. aerobic exercise at least 3 times per week. That means raising your heart rate to 70-80% (depending on age, check with your physician) of maximum, usually around 120-140 bpm, and sustaining that for 20-30 minutes.

When I was on the diet, exercise made all the difference. You can eat well, but without exercise I think it's pointless. And it also should be mentioned that it takes a long time to create a new habit, so if you commit to the diet, do it for at least 3 months.

Good luck, Zach!
 
All these diets work if you stick with them. The problem is....I never do.

I dropped a lot of weight on Atkins. But there's a side effect. Atkins trains you to look at fatty meats like bacon, and think "this is good for me...it won't make me fat." And if you restrict your carb intake, that's probably true.

But after several weeks of training yourself to chow down on bacon, steak, etc. you begin to cheat a little ....you miss french fries, bread...etc. So now you're eating fat AND carbs. At least that's been my experience. :grin:

It's all about discipline. I joined a gym and that's helped as much as anything.
 
I have never been on to diet well, just that word makes me want to eat. :)

So with in the last year or so, I have learned to watch my calorie intake and exercise more. I take in less than 1500 calories a day, cut back a great deal on my sugar intake and I try to play tennis and volleyball weekly (depending on the weather). Soon I hope to be at the gym more too.

It seems to work for me and it is not hard to do, at least I get to eat what I want within reason.
 
Trent said:
It seems to work for me and it is not hard to do, at least I get to eat what I want within reason.
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That's really the key....moderation. It is ok to have a donut or piece of cake occasionally, its not ok to have two donuts every morning 7 days a week. Moderation is something we seem to lack these days, everything has to be done to excess.

And combining that with a decent amount of exercise, at least walk 30 minutes a day, you will be set for life.
 
Of course some nights; I break down hard. I'm sick (Got some Bird Virus strain going on) and when I'm sick; I get ravenous. (Some people feed colds)

Dinner tonight courtesy by baby

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