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Question For Runners And Those With High Exercise Load…?

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:04:40 +0000

Hi,
I’m currently training for marathons, and am working very hard. My trainer checked my diet diary the other day and admittedly I have been surviving on ‘rabbit food’ for a while now – which was resulting in no fat loss, but plenty of muscle loss…..
He has recommended more protein and loads of complex carbs….so could someone shed some light on how this day sounds???? I’m a 5 foot 4 inch, 21 year old female, weight is 58kgm body fat% is 18%.
Breakfast:
- 3 slices of cape-seed (wholemeal grain bread with 16 types of grain/seed), 1 with light and natural peanut butter, 2 with jam
21 KILOMETRE RUN (focus on hills, stride length, speed and endurance)
- Post run: 3/4 cup skim milk with 1 scoop of whey protein powder and 1/2 a low carb protein bar an hour later
- Lunch: 2 sandwiches made on cape-seed bread with 85grams of tinned salmon (natural in springwater), with salad.
- Gym workout: 15 min high intensity cardio, 40 mins of weights and abs
- Post workout: 2 slices of cape seed bread with light and natural peanut butter OR 1 large banana and a handful of nuts
- Dinner: Salad with chicken and sweet potato
Many thanks!

For Those Who Got Successful Results From A Low Carb Diet… Some Suggestions?

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:06:20 +0000

I am 31 and weigh about 195lbs, and 5′4″… really overweight!! I wish I would be back to my 125lbs (6 yrs ago). I have been thinking about starting a low carb diet because I have been wanting to eliminate bread, beans, crackers, potatoes from my daily diet. I love carbs but I feel that I “swell up” when I eat them. I am not particularly crazy about greasy and fried food and too much meat. I know in the low carb diet they let you eat a lot of butter, bacon (I hate it), eggs… but I would rather stay with the lean proteins and the veggies! If you ever been in a low carb diet and you had successful results, please tell me how much weight you lost and how this has changed your life?? (If you haven’t been in one or is against the low-carb diet, please do not answer this question!)

A Question For Those Who Have Used Low-carb Diets?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:06:44 +0000

First off, I’ve heard everything there is to hear about the “unsafe” nature of this diet, thank you.
For those of you who have used Atkins, how fast did you lose weight? Namely, how much did you lose the first 2 weeks and how much did you lose per week after that?

Do Those High Protein Low Carb Diets Work?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:56:35 +0000

all diets work, but this paragraph shows the problem with organized, marketed diets, and provides a solution, along with exercise tips:
Excercise- DO NOT do anything tedious or you will lose interest FAST. find something you love to do and stick with it. I cannot run on the track by myself because i find it too boring, and eventually i hate it and want to skip it. same goes for running on a treadmill, or doing simple workouts alone (pushups, crunches, lunges). Find something like xc trail running, rock climbing, road biking or mountain biking. Serious roadies (dont have to be a racer) can eat pretty much anything they want, since they burn it all up cycling 100-200 miles a week or even more depending on your program. The trick is to find something you love, that way you want to do it. And when you know that running on the track or doing pushups will help you get better in that activity, you wont mind doing it.
Food- dont do any special diet or what not. You see all the europeans are skinny and we wonder why. it is because they simply dont eat as much as we do. hamburgers, hot dogs were both invented in Germany. the French are pastry gods, and the Italians eat heavy ice cream (gelato). They simply dont eat as much. A steak for them is half your hand, while children here eat 1/4 pounders. True what you eat matters, but not as much as how much you eat. By all means, dont eat junk food or drink soda, and if you must, dont eat all of it. And dont start eating half portions all at once, slowly adjust yourself to it, eating one or two less bites each meal each day, for example. Dont belive any of these hyped up diet fads, they all work, but can you really live like that for the rest of your life? making your body adjust to smaller portions is somethign you can live with, because you will be full and cant eat whole burger anymore. Before this golden age of advertising, we americans were thin too. but since then, mc donalds has taken over, followed by diet programs. do you really think they people who write those books or make those meals want you to be not fat? No, thats why they make a series of books, and sell those foods, because you cant live like that forever. You will get skinny, and then boom, you will slip and become fat again, thinking that this worked before, lets do it again and the cycle contintues.
Simply find an activity you love, and eat less.