JM's "Master Your Metabolism"... distilled!
pandafoo
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I've been really interested lately in learning more about metabolism works. I'm guessing many of us think weight loss is about calories and exercise, or we think metabolism is all about how efficiently our body burns calories, but that is NOT the complete story. there are so many other factors that contribute to weight loss and health, including hormones, stress, sleep, water, and our environment. and metabolism is not just about how we burn calories, but about all the catabolic and anabolic processes occurring in our bodies - it IS our biochemistry. i started seeing a dietician recently, and he also agrees that most people oversimplify weight loss to calories and exercise. if we solely focus on those factors, then i think we will surely get frustrated when we do our best to control those aspects so well, yet don't see progress on the scale or our measuring tape.
so, in a personal pursuit to learn more about all these other factors that affect our weight and health, i'm going to share with you things that i learn while reading jillian michael's "master your metabolism." i just checked it out of the library today, and at first blush, it looks like a great resource. it has 4-star ratings on amazon, and is endorsed by a ucla physician in the foreword, so it's good enough for me. i'll also try to supplement what i learn with another great resource on metabolism that was recommended by my dietician called "cracking the metabolic code" by james lavalle (that one's much more scientific, and even tho i was pre-med in college, i have to re-read many sections! ;P)
i'll be posting my learnings on my mfp blog (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/hsinster), so that my mfp pals will see thru their newsfeed whenever i post a new entry (for some reason, our walls don't update whenever we reply to a topic we created). also, feel free to also check out JM's book from the library and read along with me! i'm looking forward to this educational journey... and i know that writing down what i learn will better reinforce what i read, and i hope the info will prove valuable to you as well.
let's adopt a holistic view toward health and weight management!! who's with me?
so, in a personal pursuit to learn more about all these other factors that affect our weight and health, i'm going to share with you things that i learn while reading jillian michael's "master your metabolism." i just checked it out of the library today, and at first blush, it looks like a great resource. it has 4-star ratings on amazon, and is endorsed by a ucla physician in the foreword, so it's good enough for me. i'll also try to supplement what i learn with another great resource on metabolism that was recommended by my dietician called "cracking the metabolic code" by james lavalle (that one's much more scientific, and even tho i was pre-med in college, i have to re-read many sections! ;P)
i'll be posting my learnings on my mfp blog (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/hsinster), so that my mfp pals will see thru their newsfeed whenever i post a new entry (for some reason, our walls don't update whenever we reply to a topic we created). also, feel free to also check out JM's book from the library and read along with me! i'm looking forward to this educational journey... and i know that writing down what i learn will better reinforce what i read, and i hope the info will prove valuable to you as well.
let's adopt a holistic view toward health and weight management!! who's with me?
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cool. I love the library! : )0
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I think it's fantastic that you're doing this! I just finished reading it and it all makes perfect sense to me. It's chock-full of so many things we don't really want to know about (because it's kind of terrifying to think about them) but we have to start paying attention.
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great referral...will be checking out JM's book and looking forward to your blogs...0
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I just got this from my library on Wed. Eye opening! I'm on Chapter 3. It reinforces so much of what I already suspected. I'd love to read your blog or participate in a book discussion about it.0
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I will be anxious to read what you find out!0
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:drinker: I'm in! Very interested in reviewing you blog about metobolism.0
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Awesome I will have to check it out tomorrow! I haven't been to the library for ages =P0
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Just posted the summary on the Intro section. You can see it at my blog: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/hsinster
(I realized the link in my original post accidentally included a parenthesis and comma, so clicking it will take you to an error page. I'm unable to edit the post and change the URL, however)0 -
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Just posted the key points from chapter 1!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/hsinster/view/-master-your-metabolism-jillian-s-story-and-plan-926160 -
Awesome!
Just read your post - thanks for sharing!0 -
Thanks for sharing!0
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Just posted an entry about insulin and thyroid hormones!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/hsinster/view/-master-your-metabolism-introducing-insulin-and-thyroid-hormones-977870 -
This is fantastic! Reading your blog now.. thanks for doing this. :flowerforyou:0
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