Weight loss

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This sounds right to me: change it up. And weight training is key. Strength

training is key. It speeds up your metabolism and burns more fat more quickly.

Pilates is a decent strength training for your core. Its easy to do at home on e

you learn it. But actual weights or bands or some other resistance training are

necessary too.

Good luck!

So, you need to change it up somehow. Also, 5 days a week workout and walking

for an hour might be too much, honestly. You might need to change the walks or

workouts to HIIT (high intensity interval training) look it up... and the

gym...without knowing what you're doing I suspect it's possible you're on quite

a plateau. Talk to a trainer or dig around on the internet for some whole body,

multi-joint functional type exercises. You can get in a great workout in less

than an hour and not overdo

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I know this is an old thread, but I have to throw in a few thoughts on

the topic because I think that someday when I follow my own advice, I

will have success and I know I'm not the only one.

Step 1. Eat healthily and eat low carb. I think we all know that means

lots of meats and veggies and fats from reliable sources. Ditch the

grains and most of the fruits. Berries are known for being low on the

glycemic index. Remember, we're talking lose weight here, this diet

certainly is possible for every day, but each to his own there.

Step 2: Exercise. Short bursts of energy demanded make the most use of

the boy's natural adrenaline rushes and lactic acid build up rather than

the 26 mile run. Picture ultimate frisbee, soccer or interval training.

Step 3: Limit your food intake. Now we get into the science of it.

Have you heard of ketosis? That's your goal. At least a couple days a

week to start. Ketosis is the when the body is forced to use up its fat

storage for energy rather than using up new food it is given. Limiting

your carbohydrates to 50 grams a day or less will jump start you there.

Mark has a somewhat informative post here:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-ketosis/#axzz1whEnrOct

<http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-ketosis/#axzz1whEnrOct> and a

better podcast on it here:

http://www.askthelowcarbexperts.com/2012/02/5-ketosis-devil-or-angel-mar\

k-sisson/

<http://www.askthelowcarbexperts.com/2012/02/5-ketosis-devil-or-angel-ma\

rk-sisson/>

When limiting your food intake, don't bother counting calories. That

method is not reliable as the better foods for you, which incidentally

fill you up longer, are higher in calories. Limit your food according

to your body clock. Say you normally have a snack in the afternoon

before dinner. Try skipping it for a week. Sure you'll be a little

hungry, but you can eat all you want at dinner until you're full. Then

remove another meal, until you're satisfied with your progress. Work

with your body clock. In other words, stock up before bed and then your

fasting starts when you sleep. There are a few terms you can research

here. One is intermittent fasting (IF) and the other is The Fast Five.

The Fast Five uses fasting all day except for five hours a day. For

five hours (or six, or seven, you choose, it's your body), you eat as

much food as you want. I've seen a standard size dinner and a snack of

6 eggs with a few slices of bacon do the trick for a before bed " munch " .

Research ketosis a little bit and don't be scared off by all the federal

agencies (i.e. American Heart Association and National Cholesterol

Education Program) telling you to eat differently. In traditional

eating, we've come to expect them to be against almost all of what we

advocate to eat. Do check out Mark's Daily Apple

<http://www.marksdailyapple.com> . It's a great community that

advocates what we call primal eating, basuically what i mentioned above.

You'll find lots of support there. They are forums you can post in and

read the success stories every Friday.

Good luck,Deborah

> >

> > I am quite overweight and I want to get down back into the normal

> > range. Oh and I go to the gym 5 nights a week and walk for an hour.

> > It's usually around 2.5 - 3 mph.

> >

>

> I have worked my way up into a pretty pristine diet with very low

carbs

> (no bread or crackers, rarely any rice, occasionally a little bit of

> potato--never a whole one). Fruit is limited to 1/4 cup of berries a

> day. I eat lots of veggies, and maybe 3 ounces of meat a day,

generally

> conventional beef or pork. I drink 2 cups of kefir a day plus 1 to 2

> cups of whole raw milk. Like you I have lots of energy and feel great,

> and exercise a lot, but I am definitely not losing any weight.

>

> I am beginning to think that my particular body type can't lose weight

> on this diet and that I need to substantially lower my fat intake.

This

> will require eating a very large amount of vegetables and probably a

> little more meat.

>

> In the past the only thing that ever resulted in weight loss was

severe

> calorie restriction which involved feeling hungry all the time and

> having no energy.

>