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| Vlad |
As they say:
No pain; No gain.
Ugh, its going to be so hard to stop eating carbs after 3PM. Im not going to put myself on a completely super-strict Atkins diet. Simply because the body needs its carbs in the morning to function. In the morning is when you use up all the carbs anyway.
The hardest bond for me to break wont be bread, but it will be to not eat chocolate. :( :sadgreen: |
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| Mebot |
Oh man the worst week to go on a diet!! its Thanksgiving dude!
YOu have to make an exception for the Turkey dinner and mashed potatoes and all that good stuff!
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| EliPsE |
Your on the atkins diet? Does that diet tell you to ealt alot of bacon, meat and all kinda crazy stuff?
Im starting my what i call " Beef away program" lol after X-mas |
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| Vlad |
I am on a type of Atkins diet - Only exception is instead of not eating carbs at all, I just wont eat them after 3PM.
Now... not eating carbs isnt that bad for you because your body can compensate for the lost carbs with all the proteins that you eat.
You cannot compensate for proteins, unless you eat fish or other foods that have proteins (legumes have proteins, but are very high in fat - like nuts)
As for Thanksgiving, I will eat the turkey, but I wont eat the starchy/carb filled foods like potatoes. |
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| pvd420 |
I'm not big on the any type of atkins diet cause at some point just about everyone goes back to eating what they used to and the weight comes back. i like to think of losing weight as subtle diet changes that you can stick with permanately.
one example would be using mustard instead of mayo. i tend to count calories instead of carbs when picking out the foods i eat. increase your protien intake. meal replacements such as protein bars and powders are not just for guys who lift. they can make planning out a healthy and easy to follow diet that much easier.
drink lots and lots of water. water is key. drinking a steady amount of water throughout the day will curb your appetite, keep you hydrated (most of us arent), and keep you from getting sick as well.
this plus cardio (30-45 min), at least 3 times a week and you'll lose the weight you want, and not drive yourself crazy and feel empty trying to do it. the more cardio you do, the sooner you'll see the results you want.
good luck with your diet man, if you decide to try something else, give my suggestions a shot and let me know how they work for you. |
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| DJYaNiK |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vlad
I am on a type of Atkins diet - Only exception is instead of not eating carbs at all, I just wont eat them after 3PM.
Now... not eating carbs isnt that bad for you because your body can compensate for the lost carbs with all the proteins that you eat.
You cannot compensate for proteins, unless you eat fish or other foods that have proteins (legumes have proteins, but are very high in fat - like nuts)
As for Thanksgiving, I will eat the turkey, but I wont eat the starchy/carb filled foods like potatoes. |
Stuffing is going to pwn your turkey which, in turn, will pwn you. |
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| pyro264jb |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vlad
As they say:
No pain; No gain.
Ugh, its going to be so hard to stop eating carbs after 3PM. Im not going to put myself on a completely super-strict Atkins diet. Simply because the body needs its carbs in the morning to function. In the morning is when you use up all the carbs anyway.
The hardest bond for me to break wont be bread, but it will be to not eat chocolate. :( :sadgreen: |
Dood use Alpha Lipotic Acid
- Antioxident
- Helps shuttle protien and carbs into your muscle cells and not into your fast cells
- Cheap and legal
Dosage I take 300 mgs 1 hour prior to my meals and it works like a charm.
Ill post more info later. |
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| Stassi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vlad
As for Thanksgiving, I will eat the turkey, but I wont eat the starchy/carb filled foods like potatoes. |
how bout cranberrys and cornbread?
good luck with that |
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| drizzt81 |
| quote: | Originally posted by pvd420
I'm not big on the any type of atkins diet cause at some point just about everyone goes back to eating what they used to and the weight comes back. i like to think of losing weight as subtle diet changes that you can stick with permanately.
one example would be using mustard instead of mayo. i tend to count calories instead of carbs when picking out the foods i eat. increase your protien intake. meal replacements such as protein bars and powders are not just for guys who lift. they can make planning out a healthy and easy to follow diet that much easier.
drink lots and lots of water. water is key. drinking a steady amount of water throughout the day will curb your appetite, keep you hydrated (most of us arent), and keep you from getting sick as well.
this plus cardio (30-45 min), at least 3 times a week and you'll lose the weight you want, and not drive yourself crazy and feel empty trying to do it. the more cardio you do, the sooner you'll see the results you want.
good luck with your diet man, if you decide to try something else, give my suggestions a shot and let me know how they work for you. |
wow. That was probably the best post in a while. Congrats! The whole "lifestyle change" is what people don't get. Dieting and then going back to what one used to eat isn't going to work. The key idea is to lower the "set-point". You need to reprogram your body to want to be at a lower weight. |
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| Vlad |
| quote: | Originally posted by pyro264jb
Dood use Alpha Lipotic Acid
- Antioxident
- Helps shuttle protien and carbs into your muscle cells and not into your fast cells
- Cheap and legal
Dosage I take 300 mgs 1 hour prior to my meals and it works like a charm.
Ill post more info later. |
Oh
My
God
Tell me more. :disbelief :eyes: |
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| pyro264jb |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vlad
Oh
My
God
Tell me more. :disbelief :eyes: |
First of just so you know im not bsing you I worked as a manager for the Vitamin Shoppe for a year and currently finishing my degree in Nutrition.
Ala -
As I stated above it was first used primarilly for people with non insulin dependent Type 2 Diabeties. The supplement proved to work very similarlly to meds like Glucaphoge, & Glucatrol. Ala makes your blood need less of your own Natural Insulin to shuttle Nutriants (Protien, Carbohydrates) to your cells. This was a huge discovery for the body building world. Athletes using Creatine + Carbs would add ala to the equation and get phenomanol results.
I personally just use the product for dieting.
Facts about Ala
(taken from www.vitaminshoppe.com)
1- Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a vitamin-like antioxidant, sometimes referred to as the “universal antioxidant,” because it is soluble in both fat and water.1 ALA is capable of regenerating several other antioxidants back to their active states, including vitamin C,2 vitamin E,3 glutathione,4 and coenzyme Q10.5
2-Alpha lipoic acid has several potential benefits for people with diabetes. It enhances glucose uptake in type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes, inhibits glycosylation (the abnormal attachment of sugar to protein), and has been used to improve diabetic nerve damage and reduce pain associated with that nerve damage.6 Most studies have used intravenous alpha lipoic acid, but oral supplementation has nonetheless proved partially helpful in treating at least one form of diabetic neuropathy, using 800 mg per day.7
3-Preliminary evidence indicates that 150 mg of alpha lipoic acid, taken daily for one month, improves visual function in people with glaucoma.8
4-Alpha lipoic acid has been shown to inhibit the replication of the HIV virus in the test tube. However, it is not known whether supplementing with alpha lipoic acid would benefit HIV-infected people.9
References:
1. Kagan V, Khan S, Swanson C, et al. Antioxidant action of thioctic acid and dihydrolipoic acid. Free Radic Biol Med 1990;9S:15.
2. Lykkesfeldt J, Hagen TM, Vinarsky V, Ames BN. Age-associated decline in ascorbic acid concentration, recycling, and biosynthesis in rat hepatocytes—reversal with (R)-alpha-lipoic acid supplementation. FASEB J 1998;12:1183–9.
3. Scholich H, Murphy ME, Sies H. Antioxidant activity of dihydrolipoate against microsomal lipid peroxidation and its dependence on alpha-tocopherol. Biochem Biophys Acta 1989;1001:256–61.
4. Busse E, Zimmer G, Schorpohl B, et al. Influence of alpha-lipoic acid on intracellular glutathione in vitro and in vivo. Arzneimittelforschung1992;42:829–31.
5. Kagan V, Serbinova E, Packer L. Antioxidant effects of ubiquinones in microsomes and mitochondria are mediated by tocopherol recycling. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990;169:851–7.
6. Packer L, Witt EH, Tritschler HJ. Alpha-lipoic acid as a biological antioxidant. Free Radic Biol Med 1995;19:227–50 [review].
7. Ziegler D, Ulrich H, Schatz H, et al. Effects of treatment with the antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid on cardiac autonomic neuropathy in NIDDM patients. Diabetes Care 1997;20:369–73.
8. Filina AA, Davydova NG, Endrikhovskii SN, et al. Lipoic acid as a means of metabolic therapy of open-angle glaucoma. Vestn Oftalmol 1995;111:6–8.
9. Baur A, Harrer T, Peukert M, et al. Alpha-lipoic acid is an effective inhibitor of human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV-1) replication. Klin Wochenschr 1991;69:722–4.
10. Nichols TW Jr. Alpha-lipoic acid: biological effects and clinical implications. Altern Med Rev 1997;2:177–83 [review].
11. Zempleni J, Trusty TA, Mock DM. Lipoic acid reduces the activities of biotin-dependent carboxylases in rat liver. J Nutr 1997;127:1776–81. |
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