That's what I do. Also, I walk a lot. I'm 26 pounds from my goal, total loss since Jan. 2003 is 184 pounds.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll stick with Michael Pollon's advice: > > Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Vegetables. > > Judah > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Dana wrote: >>> First question, what is leptin and why whould I care? What is so >>> wonderful about Body for Life? >>> >> >> All of these hormones control your appetite, your metabolism (energy >> levels and calorie burn), and your fat storage. >> >> The #1 enemy is blood sugar spikes. It causes fat storage, diabetes, >> acne, amongst a zillion other things. From what I read it's literally >> a killer. Anyway. >> >> You body uses the 'macronutrients' in food for energy. It's most >> efficient at burning carbs, then fat, then protein. >> >> Since most people want to burn fat, you want to create an environment >> in your body that a.) doesn't store fat, and b.) encourages it to burn >> your body fat for energy. >> >> That means your body has to think it's well fed OR doesn't need the fat. >> >> Many people that cut calories too much end up gaining fat (but not >> weight) because their body thinks they're starving so it stores fat >> but eats their muscle for energy. At the same time their metabolism >> drops into the gutter to save energy. Not a good recipe! >> >> By training your body to use fat for energy - by getting a >> proportionally large amount of it - you encourage it to burn your fat >> if there's an energy deficit. >> >> To keep your metabolism up, you try to eat small meals 6 times per day >> and you have a weekly chow down. This also controls your leptin and >> thus your appetite. If your meals contain fiber you'll stay full. >> >> To lose fat you drop down into a calorie deficit while using your muscles. >> >> Result: body that burns fat, builds or keeps muscle, keeps your >> metabolism up, and has few sugar spikes. >> >> My staples are: >> >> * Flax, fresh ground in a coffee grinder put into a shake (good fat, >> fiber, some carbs, some protein) >> >> * Green tea >> >> * Protein powders (whey, casein, soy) - Casein in the absolute key. >> It trickles protein into your system for up to 7 hours. 90% of my >> protein is casein. >> >> * 2% cottage cheese - lots of Casein! >> >> * almond milk >> >> * high protein cereals like Kashi >> >> * Costco Stagg Chili. Hey, it's really good and it's got great stuff >> in it AND it's high protein low carb >> >> * Meat >> >> * Pom juice (after w/o), pistachios, Almonds, walnuts, canned pumpkin, >> some fruit. >> >> As for supplements: >> >> * Fish oil! I take 3 kinds: krill oil, nature made, & flameout >> >> * BCAAs - I take a LOT of these, 20g/day >> >> * Superfood / Greens Plus >> >> * Benefiber >> >> * Creatine >> >> * Vitamins (optimen) >> >> YOU asked. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:274646 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
