hmm I have been thinking along these lines also. Also, I went clothes-shopping this morning, which is always good motivation.
First question, what is leptin and why whould I care? What is so wonderful about Body for Life? On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> JJ wrote: >> I hit 230 pounds for the first time in years. >> > > I hit that wall too, although in my case it was 250 (probably more but > who's counting?) and very little muscle. > > My experience was incremental gains based on what I consider ever more > sophisticated lessons learned. > > Here's what they are: > > (1.) Diet, diet, diet. Exercise is meaningless and cannot overcome a > unoptimized diet. Excercise is good for other benefits, but if you > want to lose fat then diet is your first place to look. Diets > generally come with 3 metrics: safe, fast, effective; pick 2. > > (2.) Expansion of #1: Hormones, hormones, hormones. Diet and exercise > will control your hormones and they will control your metabolism and > therefore your fat loss. Learn to manage your insulin, leptin, and > thyroid and you will have become the master. > > (3.) Everything has to be adapted to your preferences. And, done > right, those preferences will DRASTICALLY change within 3 weeks. Done > wrong they will never change and you can fall into the yo-yo trap. > > E.g. > > * I hate cardio so I stopped trying to do it and I focus on weight > training instead. I'm trying tBone's cross-fit but I haven't gotten > in to it too much yet. therefore I'm trying to move into some circuit > training and "functional" training. From there I may move into > cross-fit. > > * I was a carb addict. Cutting carbs was the ONLY way for me to lose > fat, but I had to move slowly into it to allow my preferences to > change. For example I've substituted almond milk for milk, but it > took awhile to get used too. > > Well, if you're still reading I'll throw out a crazy diet now - which > is way tough - but could be back adapted if you like the concept. But > the diet WILL WORK. You can feel 100% confident of that. > > It's pretty simple: you combine a low carb diet with weight training > and walking-type exercise. > > The diet concept: adapt your body to use and prefer fat for fuel > rather than carbs. Maintain your metabolism with a weekly *clean* > upfeed. Live in a calorie deficit the rest of the week to get your > body to burn your fat for fuel. > > * M-Sa: 1200-1500 calories per day with about a 50-50 split between > clean fats and protein, keeping carbs at about 30-50g (30 if you're > hard core) per day. get fiber. > > * Su: 2500-3000 cal with carbs at 80-100g > > Carb rules: no sugar spike carbs (candy, soda, cookies, et al). > oatmeal, sweet potatoes, vegetables, etc. Exception: if you lift get > your sugar spike right after lifting + a protein bomb > > Exercise rules: weight train, circuit train, or *light* cardio > (walking) 3 times a day for no more than 1 hr each, but at least > 1hr/day. > > If you do this you will achieve your goal in 30 days with little or no > muscle loss. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274619 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
