Paleo or Low Carb?
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neither just eat within your calories and make some healthier choices for yourself you will loose it faster and be able to keep it off longer.0
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thanks,
Just to give you a little background. Im a pretty hard worker, i guess when it comes to body and biology it's not as easy...?!
I track, log etc.
I guess i am looking for a magic trick..lol (deep down, i really was hoping for it) JK
I just thought maybe i'd change my diet a bit? and i really wanted ideas or possibly "ratings" for paleo. Sounds healthy to me but wanted to do my research before i jumped into it.
I'm still curious.....
eat in a calorie deficit…how you choose to create it - paleo, low carb, etc - is up to you, but just be aware that paleo or low carb is not going to melt off fat any faster then a regular calorie deficit…
Would you rather restrict certain food groups, or eat less of the foods you like and still lose weight?
I would suggest ..
get a food scale
weigh/log/measure everything
log consistently
work out/move more < i prefer heavy lifting with compound movements but that is just me…
set macro % to 40 protein, 30 carbs, 30 fats
eat in a 500 calorie per day deficit…
defiantly! also I know the reason I was held back for so long is i thought I was eating 1 serving of something when really I wasn't the food scale is a game changer!0 -
You can buy it at a health food store. It's concentrated from alfalfa usually. Refrigerate after opening.0
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This is a great article,http://authoritynutrition.com/23-studies-on-low-carb-and-low-fat-diets/ they are all real studies linked to the nih website. In a nutshell all of these studies showed the low carb groups lost significantly more weight than the low fat ones with no adverse health effects. Anyways no matter what diet you choose you will lose 1 pound for every 3500 calories you are in deficit. If you aren't then you most likely aren't being as accurate, honest, and consistent as possible. It's really just what you are most comfortable with. I find it much easier to keep my calories down without being hungry by eating low carb, but that's just me. Just remember it's calories in minus calories out no matter if carbs are involved or not.0
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You can buy it at a health food store. It's concentrated from alfalfa usually. Refrigerate after opening.
i am on it!! thanks so much for the info. I really love it, im buying it. :-)0 -
Chlorophyll (also chlorophyl) is a green pigment found in cyanobacteria and the chloroplasts of algae and plants. - Wikipedia0
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Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.0 -
This is a great article,http://authoritynutrition.com/23-studies-on-low-carb-and-low-fat-diets/ they are all real studies linked to the nih website. In a nutshell all of these studies showed the low carb groups lost significantly more weight than the low fat ones with no adverse health effects. Anyways no matter what diet you choose you will lose 1 pound for every 3500 calories you are in deficit. If you aren't then you most likely aren't being as accurate, honest, and consistent as possible. It's really just what you are most comfortable with. I find it much easier to keep my calories down without being hungry by eating low carb, but that's just me. Just remember it's calories in minus calories out no matter if carbs are involved or not.
yeah i might be overeating and under tracking...:-) i tend not to eat big meals...so i guess im picking at stuff and that adds up....0 -
Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
awsome I will eat SUPER CLEAN... I think I have made up my mind. I guess i had never had a real problem with dieting and food until i hit 36...it's a game changer and i am not used to a slower metabolism, slower this slower that...LOL
nothing good can be easy right? so i guess im gonna give it a go..
this did help... :-)0 -
Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
what do you mean by clean? what do you define as processed?
please do not do this OP …eating clean has nothing to do with weight loss..
everything in moderation ….eat 80% healthy and 20% what you want = ice cream, cake, pizza, etc..
there are no bad foods, just food that your body uses for energy….0 -
Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
what do you mean by clean? what do you define as processed?
please do not do this OP …eating clean has nothing to do with weight loss..
everything in moderation ….eat 80% healthy and 20% what you want = ice cream, cake, pizza, etc..
there are no bad foods, just food that your body uses for energy….
ok here's the deal, my body is truly resistant and at my weight anything i eat even if its 5% of what i want will make me gain...trust me i know my body ( i think)0 -
Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.0 -
IIFYM0
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you know ndj is right again...... lol ( trust me i use to do that as well if you are eating above your calories no matter what it is you will not go anywhere) You will also be wanting to binge all the time if you are anything like me.0
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Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
what do you mean by clean? what do you define as processed?
please do not do this OP …eating clean has nothing to do with weight loss..
everything in moderation ….eat 80% healthy and 20% what you want = ice cream, cake, pizza, etc..
there are no bad foods, just food that your body uses for energy….
ok here's the deal, my body is truly resistant and at my weight anything i eat even if its 5% of what i want will make me gain...trust me i know my body ( i think)
do you weigh, log, measure all your food? If no, then you do not have a clue as to how much you are consuming.
how is eating clean going to make you lose weight? IF you eat clean and eat over your maintenance calories you will still gain weight….0 -
I was right! I thought "chlorophyll" had to be a typo, and that the person who wrote about its merits must have meant "chloroform". So I got some, and it worked great-- I slept right through dinner! One question, though. Does anybody know how many calories it has per serving? I didn't see it in the database.0
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I was right! I thought "chlorophyll" had to be a typo, and that the person who wrote about its merits must have meant "chloroform". So I got some, and it worked great-- I slept right through dinner! One question, though. Does anybody know how many calories it has per serving? I didn't see it in the database.
it is negative calories...0 -
I was right! I thought "chlorophyll" had to be a typo, and that the person who wrote about its merits must have meant "chloroform". So I got some, and it worked great-- I slept right through dinner! One question, though. Does anybody know how many calories it has per serving? I didn't see it in the database.
not a typo, it is in fact CHLOROPHYLL....
chloroform is an anesthetic...the kinda **** you give to annoying people..0 -
Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
what do you mean by clean? what do you define as processed?
please do not do this OP …eating clean has nothing to do with weight loss..
everything in moderation ….eat 80% healthy and 20% what you want = ice cream, cake, pizza, etc..
there are no bad foods, just food that your body uses for energy….
ok here's the deal, my body is truly resistant and at my weight anything i eat even if its 5% of what i want will make me gain...trust me i know my body ( i think)
Okay, then at my weight, by your logic, I should just look at my tiramisu ice cream for tomorrow and gain weight.
Thermodynamics. And things. Are you adding 5% on top of your maintenance calories by adding food you like? That's how anyone could gain weight whether it be in carrot sticks or bon bons0 -
Thanks for the calorie info! I'd like to lose about 48 lbs this week. Do you think the chloroform will make it possible? I figure if I sleep through every meal, and dream that I'm running from Godzilla, I should get pretty close (as long as I don't eat back my exercise calories, of course).0
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Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
what do you mean by clean? what do you define as processed?
please do not do this OP …eating clean has nothing to do with weight loss..
everything in moderation ….eat 80% healthy and 20% what you want = ice cream, cake, pizza, etc..
there are no bad foods, just food that your body uses for energy….
ok here's the deal, my body is truly resistant and at my weight anything i eat even if its 5% of what i want will make me gain...trust me i know my body ( i think)
Okay, then at my weight, by your logic, I should just look at my tiramisu ice cream for tomorrow and gain weight.
Thermodynamics. And things. Are you adding 5% on top of your maintenance calories by adding food you like? That's how anyone could gain weight whether it be in carrot sticks or bon bons
yeah i see what you mean, i guess as i said earlier im BSing myself with my "tracking"..... im not tracking truthfully.0 -
Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
what do you mean by clean? what do you define as processed?
please do not do this OP …eating clean has nothing to do with weight loss..
everything in moderation ….eat 80% healthy and 20% what you want = ice cream, cake, pizza, etc..
there are no bad foods, just food that your body uses for energy….
ok here's the deal, my body is truly resistant and at my weight anything i eat even if its 5% of what i want will make me gain...trust me i know my body ( i think)
Okay, then at my weight, by your logic, I should just look at my tiramisu ice cream for tomorrow and gain weight.
Thermodynamics. And things. Are you adding 5% on top of your maintenance calories by adding food you like? That's how anyone could gain weight whether it be in carrot sticks or bon bons
yeah i see what you mean, i guess as i said earlier im BSing myself with my "tracking"..... im not tracking truthfully.
there is your problem right there..
if you weigh/log/track everything consistently then you would have an accurate picture of your intake and would help you create and maintain a calorie deficit...0 -
"Annoying people"? Seriously? And thanks, but I do know the difference between the two substances. I'm sorry if you think I'm annoying, but let's lighten up (pardon the pun). I thought some of the comments were funny-- in a cute way. I even laughed at your comment directed towards me. I only hope that you had a laugh, too. If not, I'll just go sit in a corner and inhale some more chloroform.0
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Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
what do you mean by clean? what do you define as processed?
please do not do this OP …eating clean has nothing to do with weight loss..
everything in moderation ….eat 80% healthy and 20% what you want = ice cream, cake, pizza, etc..
there are no bad foods, just food that your body uses for energy….
ok here's the deal, my body is truly resistant and at my weight anything i eat even if its 5% of what i want will make me gain...trust me i know my body ( i think)
Okay, then at my weight, by your logic, I should just look at my tiramisu ice cream for tomorrow and gain weight.
Thermodynamics. And things. Are you adding 5% on top of your maintenance calories by adding food you like? That's how anyone could gain weight whether it be in carrot sticks or bon bons
yeah i see what you mean, i guess as i said earlier im BSing myself with my "tracking"..... im not tracking truthfully.
there is your problem right there..
if you weigh/log/track everything consistently then you would have an accurate picture of your intake and would help you create and maintain a calorie deficit...
^This. :flowerforyou: The thing that helped me succeed long term was when I started being accurate and honest with myself. It then blossomed into this awesome realization that no foods are evil though, so there's that, too. Have you read?
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants0 -
"Annoying people"? Seriously? And thanks, but I do know the difference between the two substances. I'm sorry if you think I'm annoying, but let's lighten up (pardon the pun). I thought some of the comments were funny-- in a cute way. I even laughed at your comment directed towards me. I only hope that you had a laugh, too. If not, I'll just go sit in a corner and inhale some more chloroform.
lol0 -
Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
what do you mean by clean? what do you define as processed?
please do not do this OP …eating clean has nothing to do with weight loss..
everything in moderation ….eat 80% healthy and 20% what you want = ice cream, cake, pizza, etc..
there are no bad foods, just food that your body uses for energy….
ok here's the deal, my body is truly resistant and at my weight anything i eat even if its 5% of what i want will make me gain...trust me i know my body ( i think)
Okay, then at my weight, by your logic, I should just look at my tiramisu ice cream for tomorrow and gain weight.
Thermodynamics. And things. Are you adding 5% on top of your maintenance calories by adding food you like? That's how anyone could gain weight whether it be in carrot sticks or bon bons
yeah i see what you mean, i guess as i said earlier im BSing myself with my "tracking"..... im not tracking truthfully.
there is your problem right there..
if you weigh/log/track everything consistently then you would have an accurate picture of your intake and would help you create and maintain a calorie deficit...
yeah...im going to track everything for a week before deciding to go with whatever diet.. I guess i agree with you on that one...(but im still doing the chlorophyll no matter what you say) :-)0 -
"Annoying people"? Seriously? And thanks, but I do know the difference between the two substances. I'm sorry if you think I'm annoying, but let's lighten up (pardon the pun). I thought some of the comments were funny-- in a cute way. I even laughed at your comment directed towards me. I only hope that you had a laugh, too. If not, I'll just go sit in a corner and inhale some more chloroform.
;-) nah, i thought you were horrendous at first. then you gradually went up to "maybe he's just kidding" and now you are just "darn adorable". you should write some comedy no joke.
i did find your idea about godzilla chasing you a great way to lose weight....forget paleo just go over to my neighbor's house and have all those annoying dogs chase me until i lose my 8 pounds.
i already feel light.....im going to go weigh myself now.0 -
Eat SUPER CLEAN. Trust me when I say that if you eat really clean (and I mean NO processed crap at all) you will be shocked at how difficult it is to reach your calorie goal each day. When I eat super clean, I am full as can be and have eaten HALF the calories I do when I am throwing processed stuff in there.
People are so easily led to believe that certain processed food is healthy (those Luna and protein bars for example) but they aren't. If something has more than 5 ingredients in it, you probably shouldn't eat it if you're want to get serious about losing weight (and from a health standpoint, who wants all those chemicals anyway).
Give it a try. It's hard. Trust me...it's difficult to convince yourself that eating carrot sticks or cauliflower is going to be as wonderful as a bag of doritos...but eventually you stop wanting the junk.
Hope this helps.
what do you mean by clean? what do you define as processed?
please do not do this OP …eating clean has nothing to do with weight loss..
everything in moderation ….eat 80% healthy and 20% what you want = ice cream, cake, pizza, etc..
there are no bad foods, just food that your body uses for energy….
ok here's the deal, my body is truly resistant and at my weight anything i eat even if its 5% of what i want will make me gain...trust me i know my body ( i think)
Okay, then at my weight, by your logic, I should just look at my tiramisu ice cream for tomorrow and gain weight.
Thermodynamics. And things. Are you adding 5% on top of your maintenance calories by adding food you like? That's how anyone could gain weight whether it be in carrot sticks or bon bons
yeah i see what you mean, i guess as i said earlier im BSing myself with my "tracking"..... im not tracking truthfully.
there is your problem right there..
if you weigh/log/track everything consistently then you would have an accurate picture of your intake and would help you create and maintain a calorie deficit...
^This. :flowerforyou: The thing that helped me succeed long term was when I started being accurate and honest with myself. It then blossomed into this awesome realization that no foods are evil though, so there's that, too. Have you read?
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
I haven't i will now! thanks :-)0 -
I would not only listen to NDJ by also read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here
And please reconsider the chlorophyll, it's probably a placebo affect and waste of money.0 -
I would not only listen to NDJ by also read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here
And please reconsider the chlorophyll, it's probably a placebo affect and waste of money.
yeah i had read it. I do all of that stuff that says not to do. I just wanted to find out about paleo experiences....tips...etc. that's all. didn't want to like waste anybody's time or anything like that...0
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