How to fix an overly absorbtive body
CatieBd
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Found it just too hard to lose weight when compared to my mates. Have been doing great to run at least 5times a week for at least 4km in 30minutes. My friend was doing the same as me but she can lose weight much efficient than I do. My weight doesn't change much for only around 1lb every week, and fluctuates a lot when I eat and drink. I was told that my body may be more adaptive to store energy and use them in higher efficiency, is that true? What keeps a regular runner with healthy diet to cope with this overly absorptive body?
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One pound per week is completely normal and a good rate of loss. You don't have much to lose. I have found that the leaner I get, the more my weight will fluctuate due to what I eat. It stinks, sure, but it's just water weight, not fat. Just remind yourself of that. Keep up the good work
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It sounds like you just need to eat less or you have a medical condition (which still might mean you just need to eat less).0
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No, it isn't true.
You will lose weight if you eat less calories than you burn. If your friend is losing faster than you, that friend is either burning more, eating less, or some combination of the two.
Losing 1lb a week is a pretty good rate to lose at (depending on how much you have to lose overall of course)0 -
You friend may be doing the same exercise as you, but is she eating exactly the same as you? Do you both weigh out all your food? If not, you don't know if you're eating the same amount.
Rate of loss is also determined by how heavy you are and how tall you are. If she's not the same height and weight as you, the same diet and exercise plan will effect her differently.0 -
Found it just too hard to lose weight when compared to my mates. Have been doing great to run at least 5times a week for at least 4km in 30minutes. My friend was doing the same as me but she can lose weight much efficient than I do. My weight doesn't change much for only around 1lb every week, and fluctuates a lot when I eat and drink. I was told that my body may be more adaptive to store energy and use them in higher efficiency, is that true? What keeps a regular runner with healthy diet to cope with this overly absorptive body?
Who told you this? A real MD?
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Found it just too hard to lose weight when compared to my mates. Have been doing great to run at least 5times a week for at least 4km in 30minutes. My friend was doing the same as me but she can lose weight much efficient than I do. My weight doesn't change much for only around 1lb every week, and fluctuates a lot when I eat and drink. I was told that my body may be more adaptive to store energy and use them in higher efficiency, is that true? What keeps a regular runner with healthy diet to cope with this overly absorptive body?
Not likely. Unless you have a thyroid problem, and need to be on medication and avoid a high level of carbs, you're not any different than anyone else.
You can't out-exercise eating habits. You don't know how many calories per day your friend takes in, or what her BMR or TDEE are. Or what your own are, I'd guess. Figure those out and start weighing your food so you know how much you are eating, and stick to your deficit, and you'll see your weight loss settle. There's nothing wrong with 1 lb. per week, by the way. That's a healthy rate of loss.0 -
There's no such thing as an "overly absorptive body".0
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Unless you two have the same exact stats (age, height, weight) and eat the same things, it's impossible to say that. A pound a week is excellent loss for someone who only has twelve pounds to go. As you get close to your goal weight, it becomes harder to find that deficit.0
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One pound per week is completely normal and a good rate of loss. You don't have much to lose. I have found that the leaner I get, the more my weight will fluctuate due to what I eat. It stinks, sure, but it's just water weight, not fat. Just remind yourself of that. Keep up the good work
All of this. 1 lb is normal and great, and the fluctuations are annoying but normal too. I'm really close to goal and am trying to lose about .5 lb/week and it's hard as you can't always see the losses -- and exercise likely causes more fluctuation -- but you will.0 -
coreyreichle wrote: »There's no such thing as an "overly absorptive body".
+2 Sounds like just another way to be a victim.0 -
You'll do great if we ever have a famine. In the meantime, enjoy your steady weight loss.0
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One other thing that no one else has mentioned so far: stop comparing your progress to that of others. It's counterproductive.0
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snickerscharlie wrote: »coreyreichle wrote: »There's no such thing as an "overly absorptive body".
+2 Sounds like just another way to be a victim.
+ 3.
1 pound a week is too aggressive for 12 pounds left to lose.0 -
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One thing to remember is that "a calorie is not a calorie", in the sense that its all got to do with insulin and the proportions of macronutrients that you are eating. There is a big difference between eating 50g of fat (which won't spike your BG) , 50g of protein (which will turn any daily excess to glucose and then to body fat) and 50g of carbs (pretty well all to glucose - often with serious spikes - and most to fat). This is why so many people (including many runners!) have switched to LCHF versions of eating. If your mate eats like this and you are still following all the 'healthy eating' low fat high carb advice... well there you are... Also. too many spikes mean more insulin produced, and eventually not enough insulin produced, and there is a big risk of insulin resistance -- that means its much harder to lose weight. Anyone who started fat (ie more thn about 30 pound of body fat, mostly around the middle) probably was pre-diabetic. The sure way to check all this out is to try something really ordinary like just planning meals with no straches or sugars for a couple of weeks AND plot the meals out honestly on MFP. Keep any carbs around 20 grams a day, like beginning atkins or whatever, just for a while. If you are insulin resistant, you will know pretty fast. (From my point of view, as a very old person, I've only ever considered low fat high carb as the 'fad diet' actually, and low carb high fat the way the world in general has always prefered to eat!)0
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One thing to remember is that "a calorie is not a calorie", in the sense that its all got to do with insulin and the proportions of macronutrients that you are eating. There is a big difference between eating 50g of fat (which won't spike your BG) , 50g of protein (which will turn any daily excess to glucose and then to body fat) and 50g of carbs (pretty well all to glucose - often with serious spikes - and most to fat). This is why so many people (including many runners!) have switched to LCHF versions of eating. If your mate eats like this and you are still following all the 'healthy eating' low fat high carb advice... well there you are... Also. too many spikes mean more insulin produced, and eventually not enough insulin produced, and there is a big risk of insulin resistance -- that means its much harder to lose weight. Anyone who started fat (ie more thn about 30 pound of body fat, mostly around the middle) probably was pre-diabetic. The sure way to check all this out is to try something really ordinary like just planning meals with no straches or sugars for a couple of weeks AND plot the meals out honestly on MFP. Keep any carbs around 20 grams a day, like beginning atkins or whatever, just for a while. If you are insulin resistant, you will know pretty fast. (From my point of view, as a very old person, I've only ever considered low fat high carb as the 'fad diet' actually, and low carb high fat the way the world in general has always prefered to eat!)
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One thing to remember is that "a calorie is not a calorie", in the sense that its all got to do with insulin and the proportions of macronutrients that you are eating. There is a big difference between eating 50g of fat (which won't spike your BG) , 50g of protein (which will turn any daily excess to glucose and then to body fat) and 50g of carbs (pretty well all to glucose - often with serious spikes - and most to fat). This is why so many people (including many runners!) have switched to LCHF versions of eating. If your mate eats like this and you are still following all the 'healthy eating' low fat high carb advice... well there you are... Also. too many spikes mean more insulin produced, and eventually not enough insulin produced, and there is a big risk of insulin resistance -- that means its much harder to lose weight. Anyone who started fat (ie more thn about 30 pound of body fat, mostly around the middle) probably was pre-diabetic. The sure way to check all this out is to try something really ordinary like just planning meals with no straches or sugars for a couple of weeks AND plot the meals out honestly on MFP. Keep any carbs around 20 grams a day, like beginning atkins or whatever, just for a while. If you are insulin resistant, you will know pretty fast. (From my point of view, as a very old person, I've only ever considered low fat high carb as the 'fad diet' actually, and low carb high fat the way the world in general has always prefered to eat!)
Oh, no. Not again. This is all wrong, just ignore.0 -
Forget. The word is "forget," not "remember."One thing to remember is that "a calorie is not a calorie", in the sense that its all got to do with insulin and the proportions of macronutrients that you are eating. There is a big difference between eating 50g of fat (which won't spike your BG) , 50g of protein (which will turn any daily excess to glucose and then to body fat) and 50g of carbs (pretty well all to glucose - often with serious spikes - and most to fat). This is why so many people (including many runners!) have switched to LCHF versions of eating. If your mate eats like this and you are still following all the 'healthy eating' low fat high carb advice... well there you are... Also. too many spikes mean more insulin produced, and eventually not enough insulin produced, and there is a big risk of insulin resistance -- that means its much harder to lose weight. Anyone who started fat (ie more thn about 30 pound of body fat, mostly around the middle) probably was pre-diabetic. The sure way to check all this out is to try something really ordinary like just planning meals with no straches or sugars for a couple of weeks AND plot the meals out honestly on MFP. Keep any carbs around 20 grams a day, like beginning atkins or whatever, just for a while. If you are insulin resistant, you will know pretty fast. (From my point of view, as a very old person, I've only ever considered low fat high carb as the 'fad diet' actually, and low carb high fat the way the world in general has always prefered to eat!)
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Do you track your food?0
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SingRunTing wrote: »Do you track your food?
This.
How are you measuring your food intake? Do you own a food scale, or do you rely on estimates and measuring cups/spoons/etc?0 -
One thing to remember is that "a calorie is not a calorie", in the sense that its all got to do with insulin and the proportions of macronutrients that you are eating. There is a big difference between eating 50g of fat (which won't spike your BG) , 50g of protein (which will turn any daily excess to glucose and then to body fat) and 50g of carbs (pretty well all to glucose - often with serious spikes - and most to fat). This is why so many people (including many runners!) have switched to LCHF versions of eating. If your mate eats like this and you are still following all the 'healthy eating' low fat high carb advice... well there you are... Also. too many spikes mean more insulin produced, and eventually not enough insulin produced, and there is a big risk of insulin resistance -- that means its much harder to lose weight. Anyone who started fat (ie more thn about 30 pound of body fat, mostly around the middle) probably was pre-diabetic. The sure way to check all this out is to try something really ordinary like just planning meals with no straches or sugars for a couple of weeks AND plot the meals out honestly on MFP. Keep any carbs around 20 grams a day, like beginning atkins or whatever, just for a while. If you are insulin resistant, you will know pretty fast. (From my point of view, as a very old person, I've only ever considered low fat high carb as the 'fad diet' actually, and low carb high fat the way the world in general has always prefered to eat!)
And....
No. Ignore this, OP.0 -
One thing to remember is that "a calorie is not a calorie", in the sense that its all got to do with insulin and the proportions of macronutrients that you are eating. There is a big difference between eating 50g of fat (which won't spike your BG) , 50g of protein (which will turn any daily excess to glucose and then to body fat) and 50g of carbs (pretty well all to glucose - often with serious spikes - and most to fat). This is why so many people (including many runners!) have switched to LCHF versions of eating. If your mate eats like this and you are still following all the 'healthy eating' low fat high carb advice... well there you are... Also. too many spikes mean more insulin produced, and eventually not enough insulin produced, and there is a big risk of insulin resistance -- that means its much harder to lose weight. Anyone who started fat (ie more thn about 30 pound of body fat, mostly around the middle) probably was pre-diabetic. The sure way to check all this out is to try something really ordinary like just planning meals with no straches or sugars for a couple of weeks AND plot the meals out honestly on MFP. Keep any carbs around 20 grams a day, like beginning atkins or whatever, just for a while. If you are insulin resistant, you will know pretty fast. (From my point of view, as a very old person, I've only ever considered low fat high carb as the 'fad diet' actually, and low carb high fat the way the world in general has always prefered to eat!)
This information is highly inaccurate.
Unless we have a medical condition and the doctor has told us we need to eat a certain diet, diet type and food are preference only.0 -
ceoverturf wrote: »One thing to remember is that "a calorie is not a calorie", in the sense that its all got to do with insulin and the proportions of macronutrients that you are eating. There is a big difference between eating 50g of fat (which won't spike your BG) , 50g of protein (which will turn any daily excess to glucose and then to body fat) and 50g of carbs (pretty well all to glucose - often with serious spikes - and most to fat). This is why so many people (including many runners!) have switched to LCHF versions of eating. If your mate eats like this and you are still following all the 'healthy eating' low fat high carb advice... well there you are... Also. too many spikes mean more insulin produced, and eventually not enough insulin produced, and there is a big risk of insulin resistance -- that means its much harder to lose weight. Anyone who started fat (ie more thn about 30 pound of body fat, mostly around the middle) probably was pre-diabetic. The sure way to check all this out is to try something really ordinary like just planning meals with no straches or sugars for a couple of weeks AND plot the meals out honestly on MFP. Keep any carbs around 20 grams a day, like beginning atkins or whatever, just for a while. If you are insulin resistant, you will know pretty fast. (From my point of view, as a very old person, I've only ever considered low fat high carb as the 'fad diet' actually, and low carb high fat the way the world in general has always prefered to eat!)
Just...No
Heh, I was momentarily tempted to respond, but that's really all that's needed.0 -
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strong_curves wrote: »Found it just too hard to lose weight when compared to my mates. Have been doing great to run at least 5times a week for at least 4km in 30minutes. My friend was doing the same as me but she can lose weight much efficient than I do. My weight doesn't change much for only around 1lb every week, and fluctuates a lot when I eat and drink. I was told that my body may be more adaptive to store energy and use them in higher efficiency, is that true? What keeps a regular runner with healthy diet to cope with this overly absorptive body?
Who told you this? A real MD?
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One thing to remember is that "a calorie is not a calorie", in the sense that its all got to do with insulin and the proportions of macronutrients that you are eating. There is a big difference between eating 50g of fat (which won't spike your BG) , 50g of protein (which will turn any daily excess to glucose and then to body fat) and 50g of carbs (pretty well all to glucose - often with serious spikes - and most to fat). This is why so many people (including many runners!) have switched to LCHF versions of eating. If your mate eats like this and you are still following all the 'healthy eating' low fat high carb advice... well there you are... Also. too many spikes mean more insulin produced, and eventually not enough insulin produced, and there is a big risk of insulin resistance -- that means its much harder to lose weight. Anyone who started fat (ie more thn about 30 pound of body fat, mostly around the middle) probably was pre-diabetic. The sure way to check all this out is to try something really ordinary like just planning meals with no straches or sugars for a couple of weeks AND plot the meals out honestly on MFP. Keep any carbs around 20 grams a day, like beginning atkins or whatever, just for a while. If you are insulin resistant, you will know pretty fast. (From my point of view, as a very old person, I've only ever considered low fat high carb as the 'fad diet' actually, and low carb high fat the way the world in general has always prefered to eat!)
Now if only anyone had recently scienced this very topic. Oh that's right:
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
Forget. The word is "forget," not "remember."One thing to remember is that "a calorie is not a calorie", in the sense that its all got to do with insulin and the proportions of macronutrients that you are eating. There is a big difference between eating 50g of fat (which won't spike your BG) , 50g of protein (which will turn any daily excess to glucose and then to body fat) and 50g of carbs (pretty well all to glucose - often with serious spikes - and most to fat). This is why so many people (including many runners!) have switched to LCHF versions of eating. If your mate eats like this and you are still following all the 'healthy eating' low fat high carb advice... well there you are... Also. too many spikes mean more insulin produced, and eventually not enough insulin produced, and there is a big risk of insulin resistance -- that means its much harder to lose weight. Anyone who started fat (ie more thn about 30 pound of body fat, mostly around the middle) probably was pre-diabetic. The sure way to check all this out is to try something really ordinary like just planning meals with no straches or sugars for a couple of weeks AND plot the meals out honestly on MFP. Keep any carbs around 20 grams a day, like beginning atkins or whatever, just for a while. If you are insulin resistant, you will know pretty fast. (From my point of view, as a very old person, I've only ever considered low fat high carb as the 'fad diet' actually, and low carb high fat the way the world in general has always prefered to eat!)
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There seems to be a lot of debate about whether a calorie is a calorie. It makes sense to me that sugar and starch will spike blood sugar more than eggs and chicken breast. Is this true or not? If I eat nothing but ice cream and beer will I still loose weight as long as I keep my calories under the limit? I've heard that alcohol causes extra stress on your liver thereby slowing down the work that your liver needs to do on regular groceries. I'd like know what the reality is. Not that I want to eat a diet of ice cream and beer, but....0
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The reality is that weight loss is about caloric deficit. Even if all the calories are from ice cream. Or twinkies.0
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