OOOTT: Controlling calories has no effect on weight loss. The simple reason for this is that the body adapts its energy usage based on the calories in. Not the other way around. Eat more calories and your body will waste more. Eat less and it will go into low power mode. If your body energy consumption did not change then yes, calories in would be a good way of controlling your weight. It doesn't. Confirmed through science experiments with mice. Feed them more, and they run around lots. Feed them less and they will become lethargic and not move much.
Chris, I've been toying with that idea on occasionally carbing it up, as well as the occasional fasting. There's a guy named Dave Feldman (http://cholesterolcode.com/) who's essentially an IT guy who went keto and found his cholesterol blood test shot through the roof. Being a data guy (like many of us are) he proceeded to start collecting data to see the bigger picture. 150+ blood tests later (in 18 month period!) he found that altering your calories in would modify what your liver produced in a three day sliding window. Fascinating to read. I actually found the same thing. My doctor freaked out when my cholesterol shot up, so I did this experiment and ate 20,000 kilojoules per day for three days (it was a challenge!!) then had another blood test. My cholesterol dropped 13% from my blood test a week earlier. Not as much as I'd have liked but still proved the body is way more complicated and agile than people think. It adapts. Had a heart scan just to be sure and calcium score was zero, all normal. Shall we try to bring religion, politics and favourite operating systems into the thread next? :) ________________________________ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> on behalf of Piers Williams <piers.willi...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, 20 June 2017 8:23:29 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Sit/stand desk results OOTT: At the risk of starting a flame war, I'm going to call shenanigans on this one (sorry Bec). Whilst most vegans probably have very healthy diets (due to increased awareness of what they eat) there's nothing inherent in veganism that actually ensures this, as a quick scan down the vegan society pages confirms: https://www.vegansociety.com/resources/lifestyle/food-and-drink. Plenty of sugary treats in that list described as vegan, even beans on toast is packed with the stuff. It's *not* about the calories. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin OOTT= off off-topic topic On 20 Jun. 2017 06:29, "Bec C" <bec.usern...@gmail.com<mailto:bec.usern...@gmail.com>> wrote: Yep that podcast is fairly good. Veganism also works for losing weight, very hard to eat excess calories on a vegan diet. On Tuesday, 20 June 2017, Stephen Price <step...@lythixdesigns.com<mailto:step...@lythixdesigns.com>> wrote: Totally agree on this point. I've been ketogenic for six months now (lost 6kg in the first month, have plateaued now but feel great). Some .net people may know Carl Franklin's been podcasting at 2ketodudes.com<http://2ketodudes.com>, and he's done an awesome job recording his progress. 6 months and he lost 80lb and is no longer type 2 diabetic. Got so much out of it, I backed his kickstarter project to turn his town keto for a weekend. Flying out with my wife in a couple of weeks. Will be seeing the sights in New York, then up to New London for ketofest. Btw, you don't have to be over weight to suffer the damaging effects of too much carbs/sugar. The inflammatory damage in your veins can't be seen from the outside. One of the strange side effects I have noticed is that some days I forget to eat. Today, I had accidentally turned off my alarm so was running a bit late. Went to work with no breakfast, had one coffee at work, and worked right through lunch as I hadn't taken anything and office is a bit of a drive from places to eat. Barely noticed. Don't miss sugar. Finding some awesome recipes along the way. Recently made deep fried chicken crumbed in pork rinds combined with Parmesan cheese. So good. Hmm... this might possibly be the first recipe shared on this elist. :) Anyway to keep on topic, had a standup desk and my last project, one of those motorised ones. Great for exercise and strengthening but not losing weight. What you put in your body has way more effect in that regard. You can lose weight with zero exercise, but exercise is important for other reasons. I.e. Preventing muscles wasting away. If you don't use it, you lose it. Cheers, Stephen ________________________________ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> on behalf of Piers Williams <piers.willi...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 8:46:35 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Sit/stand desk results There are quite a few people in my office now using sit-to-stand desks. I sent a scary article around about a year or so ago about the health issues, but I think it's mostly the availability of reasonable quality converters (Varidesk etc) that's really changed things. I'm between offices too much to have one myself (I'd need 3), so I just concentrate on having a regular walk around the office instead, and having all meetings as stand ups. And - on the insulin front - be sure to read up on (and cut down on) the sugar that's crammed into everything these days. On 19 Jun. 2017 14:33, "Tony Wright" <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Tom, No, not the back for me. They say that your body stops regulating insulin properly after 4 hours of sitting, and that's about when I was feeling unwell/lethargic from sitting. Regards, Tony On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Tom Rutter <therut...@gmail.com> wrote: Did you switch to this for a specific reason (lower back problem for example)? If so did this help at all in a noticeable way? On Monday, 19 June 2017, Tony Wright <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Tom, It changes for me. Sometimes I stand, sometimes I sit. If I feel that I've been sitting for too long, I hit the buttons and stand for a while. I'm not regretful for one second that I have the option. Regards, Tony On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Tom Rutter <therut...@gmail.com> wrote: Hey folks I recall a while ago discussion into sit/stand desks and was interested in how people went with this setup. Did those that tried standing get any good (or bad) results? Are they still doing it or went back to only sitting? Cheers