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ghost72
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Posted: 13 August 2005 05:44 am |
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| Hi, I'm 15 and currently 139 pounds. Two years ago I was about 195 and used a low carb program to drop the first 20. I stagnated the rest of that year but thankfully didn't regain. In January I started a low calorie program and dropped to where I am now. Unfortunately school has started again and I have much less time to exercise. Plus I'm in marching band so on Mondays & Thursdays are practices, fridays are of course, football games. On days I do not have practice I typically either run 3 miles at 5.5-5.7 mph, ride my bike for 30-50 mins, do pilates, weights (only 10lbs) or bellydance (usually a combination of 1 cardio/1 dance or strength training session). I've started taking bellydance classes on saturdays. I'm currently on 1200-1250 calories a day, about 90 carbs, and have been since Jan. I've had a few week during the summer where I did not loose but for the most part I've lost a pound every week. Now I'm stuck or possibly even gaining. The week before last I saw 137.5 on the scale but some how I gained 2 pounds without going over my calories. This might be due to dehydration, I suspect I don't drink quite enough water but I'm not sure. I eat plenty of veggies, and gets lots of protein. Any advice? I'm trying to reach 120.
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stilltrying
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Posted: 13 August 2005 06:21 am |
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| I gained in the last week, I am sure because of dehydration, it has been unusually hot here. I think you are doing great. Try to beat the plateau by doing just 10 more mins. of cardio/week. Surely marching band is excercise?!
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ghost72
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Posted: 13 August 2005 06:33 am |
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| That's what my mom keeps telling me, but I find it very hard to believe that the weather can have such an effect :( . Marching band is exercise but compared to running for half an hour or riding my bike up and down these hills, I don't think it burns the same amount of calories. I'll try that 10mins thing though. Last edited on 13 August 2005 06:34 am by ghost72
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Dave Brown
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Posted: 13 August 2005 08:22 am |
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Hi,
You are one determined 15-year-old. With all that exercise and only 1250 calories a day, you risk depleting yourself of various nutrients unless the quality of your food intake is excellent. You might try adding extra calories of butterfat, coconut oil, bacon, eggs, and red meats to your daily food intake to see how it affects your metabolism. I know that these sorts of fats are supposed to clog your arteries, but I haven't found any evidence to support that viewpoint. Type "The Oiling of America" into a search engine or thincs.org to find out why I don't agree with mainstream dogma.
I've noticed that many participants in this forum find themselves unable to lose weight beyond a certain point with the vigorous exercise, low-calorie approach. They invariably are consuming a low-fat diet which makes it difficult for the body to obtain the materials it needs to keep the hormones in balance. Hormone balance is the key to permanent weight control.
If you decide to experiment with increased fat intake, don't be surprised if you gain some weight at first as your body adjusts to an influx of nutrients needed for maintenance and repair of the various tissues of which your body is composed. Most likely the gain will be lean body mass such as liver or muscle tissue and will not be noticable in terms of the way your cloths fit. After this adjustment is complete, your weight should begin to edge downward again. If you need some reassurance about this, I suggest you obtain a copy of The Schwarzbein Principle II by Daina Schwarzbein, MD. Dr. S. wil reassure you as to the right approach for weight loss.
Dave Brown
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ghost72
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Posted: 13 August 2005 04:44 pm |
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for responding. I realize that my diet is quite low in fat. Breakfast is usually light orange juice, low fat yougurt and strawberries. For lunch I have turkey or chicken with rice cakes or pretzels and a low carb desert. For snack I usually have some sort of protein such as turkey burgers. Dinner is usually another turkey burger w/ a large salad or two turkey burgers and some frozen veggies. I also take vitamins though i know getting nutrients through your food is better for you. I take a multivitamin, calcium, fish oil, magnesium and a b vitamin. What type of foods should I add? You mentioned eggs which I think I can do (heh, I live on a farm with chickens) Red meat might be a little harder since my mother doesn't buy it much. Should I switch to that instead of the turkey burgers? Or choose a less lean meat for lunch? How much more fat should I add?
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Dave Brown
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Posted: 13 August 2005 06:32 pm |
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Golly. That is a low-fat diet. My married children eat the way they were raised. They do not buy low-fat anything. I recommend the hamburger with 15 or 20% fat if you care to eat red meat occasionally. You might buy bacon and scramble your eggs in it. Put lots of butter on cooked vegetables. There's a dip/salad dressing you can make yourself with yogurt (1 part), cottege cheese (1 part), sour cream (2 parts). I season it with chopped onion flakes, parsley flakes, and Morton Nature's Seasons seasoning blend. I don't measure the seasoning ingredients; just dump some of each into the mix and stir. I really don't know how much dairy fat you can tolerate as your body has its own biochemistry. It will tell you if you are eating too much fat. Thus far, my body has never told me to reduce my fat intake. I've varied calorie intake a lot to see what would happen to my weight. Makes no difference how many fat calories I consume but if I eat some extra fruit or bread, a few ounces of fat appear on either side of my waist. You'll just have to experiment. Do explore some of the web sites I suggested. They will reassure you that you won't hurt yourself by adding saturated fat to your diet.
Dave
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ghost72
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Posted: 13 August 2005 10:10 pm |
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| I'm not really afraid of being hurt by increasing my fat intake. I sifted through the oiling of America page, I'll probably go back and really take the time to read it this week. I may be simillar to you in fat calories not really affecting me. Like I said, I had some success with cutting my carbs. I was eating a lot of meat and cheese at that point but didn't regain anything in the six months following the first 20 pound loss. At that point however I was not exercising like I do now. Once I switched to counting calories I also started exercising. I'm just reluctant to start adding calories of any sort, probably due to being in 'diet' mode for nine months. Anyways, thanks for the replies.
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Dave Brown
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Posted: 14 August 2005 03:34 am |
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Oops, The websites I referred to in my previous post were included in a different thread. Here they are:
coconutoil.com, westonaprice.org, and Barry Groves, U.K.
We have a 17-year-old daughter who weighed about 145 pounds two years ago. It appears her body was preparing for a growth spurt because her appetite diminished, she grew several inches, and she gradually lost about 30 pounds. Like her grandma (my mom) she likes the carbs but she also eats plenty of fat. Right now she doesn't get much exercise but her weight remains stable.
My mom is 81 and was diagnosed diabetic about a year ago. She has since reduced her candy intake and cut out the doughnuts. She's lost at least 25 pounds and can fit into her old clothes again.
My point is, your body responds to both the quantity and quality of food intake. That response is individualized. You may have to restrict carbs indefinately for the rest of your life to keep your weight under control or you may be able to eat more carbs than you do now and still not gain weight. It'll be a few years before you find out how your body is going to operate. Meanwhile, I urge you to include plenty of the healthy fats in your diet. You need fat in your gut with every meal in order to absorb vitamins A, D, E, and K efficiently.
Glad you are taking time to educate yourself about nutrition. Because of all the unwholesome food choices available these days, people need to know what is safe to eat and what causes problems. Take mayonnaise for example. A few weeks ago my friend Rick asked me once again why I recommend people not eat foods manufactured with vegetable oils. Again I explained that soy and corn oils unbalance ones essential fatty acid intake putting one at risk for cancer, depression, etc. He then said, "This is very upsetting," and led me to a pile of trash in his garage where he rummaged around for a minute and pulled out a jar of Kraft mayonnaise. It was left in a storage container over winter and the freeze/thaw cycles had separated the soy oil from the rest of the ingredients. I estimate that 80 to 85 percent of that brand of Mayo is soy oil. You can see it whan it separates. He was upset because he's used to eating lots of Mayo daily and wondered what to replace it with. I used to do the same but ten years ago I developed a leg ulcer that didn't heal for four months. The thing that disgusts me is that I tried all kinds of CURES but avoided vitamin E because the nutrition textbooks I'd read all said that it was impossible to become deficient in that particular viatmin. One day I stayed home from work and alternately soaked my leg and elevated it. I had a book about vitamin E that Canadian friends had given me so I read it and learned that vitamin E was an effective treatment for heart circulation problems including leg ulcers. I obtained some and within 24 hours I was able sleep without taking a painkiller and the hole in my leg stopped producing pus. I tell you all this because there are worse things than being over weight.
Dave
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