6 Things that Will STOP weight loss in its tracks!
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to jpstrucker.
EXACTLY, that's what I've been trying to say and get across........everyone hollering eat eat eat eat, well if I eat less, shouldn't I lose more???
It works for stars, anorexics, etc.0 -
A lot of these suggestions that were made are very very TRUE. Particularly if you are weight training and looking to build muscle and, "cut up". These suggestions are very good for people who want to train at an elite level of fitness, once you get 5-10# away from you goal weight, or you've hit a plateau. It can also be argued that weight loss is simply energy in versus energy expended. This is also true, but lets get down to brass tax.....who wants to be skinny fat? You want to look good or look good naked? That's the difference here.
Eating raw, unprocessed foods alone will speed up your metabolism and produce weight loss results. Try it some time. Buy your produce, meat and dairy from local farmers markets or Whole Food's Market. If you eat the same foods as you always have on your diet, only they're organic, you will drop weight because there aren't hormones and other processed junk in the food.
These are simply suggestions she's made, and are some very good suggestions that might help. Some people are more sensitive to gluten than others, with the extreme being Ciliac Disease. My diet is 40% lean protein, 40% complex carbohydrates and 20% healthy fats. This is ideal for a woman looking to loose weight and build muscle. And building muscle increases metabolism, which speeds up weight loss.
As far as the pill is concerned; this will vary from woman to woman. Typically most women see only a 5# weight gain and then 5# weight loss from month to month, but honestly ladies, when do we NOT experience this? It's just something we have to deal with as part of our cycle. Some women do experience extreme weight gain, but it's not as common.
I like this post's suggestions and here are a couple more:
Eat 6 small meals per day
Aim for 40,40,20 as I stated above and watch your body fat % drop and admire your abs in the mirror (abs are made in the kitchen)
Lift HEAVY weights, I mean, really challenge yourself. Ladies, you will not get bulky or manly looking. You'd have to take testosterone supplements in order to do that. And yes, there are some legal ones out there (scary, I know).
Use max interval training and mix up your exercise. Nobody likes the same old boring stuff.
If you must drink, avoid beer. Drink rum, whiskey, or other dark liquor with diet sodas.
These are just some suggestions to take it to the next level....kind of like what the original post was meant to do.
Muchas Gracias and keep up all the hard work peeps!!
Not sure if your post was serious or not but wow. The only good thing you posted was lift heavy0 -
I should have checked the OP before I opened this.
I am sure I should replace my high glycemic foods with Shakeology, right?0 -
Theres so many differenet opinions on how to loose weight..........ugh, Im just going to do what i feel is right and stay ≤1200 calories a day. If i know its not healthy & if i really want it, im going to manage it, small portion or excersie to counter act it..... Slowly but surely ill get there. I know i will and i cant wait. Steping off the F***k it mentality. Ive been dieting since July 11th, 2012. I can see the difference, I use to drink allot of soda pop and barley any water. Since July 11th Ive had nothing but water and maybe a 1/2 cup 100% juice or milk, If i feel i need it-which is quite rare. Now all i crave is water, my complection is phenomenal, My pores look fresh and not clogged, water works magic, Im a believer.......oh and ive lost 4.6lbs yay me,,,, *<dedicated>*
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1. Too much salt in your diet. Daily intake should be between 2 to 2.5 grams of salt. Sodium found in salt is an important electrolyte to our body functioning, but too much can cause of maintenance of water weight. When our bloodstream has too much salt in it then we need to drink fluids to dilute it to a normal balance. Likewise when you urinate the salt follows it. Hydrating well will help flush the high salt content out. Drinking too much water however in a short period of time can cause the opposite effect of too low sodium levels, also known as hyponatremia, which will cause dizziness, disorientation, and can lead to seizures. Our bodies sweat out salt as well. With marathon running, taking salt tabs every so often can help prevent this especially when drinking lots of water during the race.
I agree with the water intake but the rest I disagree with.
Weight loss plateau is situational with each individual's body. While these things might have worked for you, it doesn't mean these aforementioned things would work for others. Just my two cents.
2. Rid your diet of gluten. Gluten is wheat, barley, and rye and found in many products. Essentially it destroys the villi in your intestines that absorb nutrients. When your body can't get the nutrients it needs, it goes it to starvation mode, and preserves its weight.
3. Not consuming enough daily calories. Once again your body will go into starvation mode if you are not consuming enough calories. Sometimes you are consuming enough calories but the weight stays because it has got use to what you are eating. Consume 100-200 more calories for a few days to boost your metabolism, then go back to your regular caloric intake and see the pounds shed. Don't panic if you initially gain weight.
4. Eating foods with a high glycemic index. People usually don't gain weight by ingesting fat, but from consuming too much sugar. Our bodies actually learn to store sugar as fat faster if we have sugar addictions, instead of metabolizing it. So stop with the starchy foods, alcohol, pastas, breads, and the obvious cookies and cake. If you must have pasta dishes try to substitute with quinoa spaghetti noodles. Wean your body so that you aren't so sensitive to sugar.
5. Hormone supplementation such as birth control pills.
6. Not drinking enough water. Think of water as the oil for your car, your body. If your body becomes dehydrated it can't function properly slowing fat burning. Dehydration begins way before the first thirst impulse. Water is needed to flush out the toxins, increases oxygen to your muscles needed for aerobic metabolism which is the ultimate burner of calories. A good rule of thumb is to drink half your body weight in ounces. 120lbs=60 ounces= 7.5 glasses of water/day.
If you have any other experiences that cause plateaus please add it in the comment section and please add me as your buddy!!!!0 -
So, let's encourage women NOT to use birth control. Then you'll get preggers, then you'll gain weight, and it'll be even harder to take it off! lol!
There are lots of birth control pills out there that have been proven they do not make you gain weight.0 -
1. Too much salt in your diet. Daily intake should be between 2 to 2.5 grams of salt. Sodium found in salt is an important electrolyte to our body functioning, but too much can cause of maintenance of water weight. When our bloodstream has too much salt in it then we need to drink fluids to dilute it to a normal balance. Likewise when you urinate the salt follows it. Hydrating well will help flush the high salt content out. Drinking too much water however in a short period of time can cause the opposite effect of too low sodium levels, also known as hyponatremia, which will cause dizziness, disorientation, and can lead to seizures. Our bodies sweat out salt as well. With marathon running, taking salt tabs every so often can help prevent this especially when drinking lots of water during the race.
2. Rid your diet of gluten. Gluten is wheat, barley, and rye and found in many products. Essentially it destroys the villi in your intestines that absorb nutrients. When your body can't get the nutrients it needs, it goes it to starvation mode, and preserves its weight.
3. Not consuming enough daily calories. Once again your body will go into starvation mode if you are not consuming enough calories. Sometimes you are consuming enough calories but the weight stays because it has got use to what you are eating. Consume 100-200 more calories for a few days to boost your metabolism, then go back to your regular caloric intake and see the pounds shed. Don't panic if you initially gain weight.
4. Eating foods with a high glycemic index. People usually don't gain weight by ingesting fat, but from consuming too much sugar. Our bodies actually learn to store sugar as fat faster if we have sugar addictions, instead of metabolizing it. So stop with the starchy foods, alcohol, pastas, breads, and the obvious cookies and cake. If you must have pasta dishes try to substitute with quinoa spaghetti noodles. Wean your body so that you aren't so sensitive to sugar.
5. Hormone supplementation such as birth control pills.
6. Not drinking enough water. Think of water as the oil for your car, your body. If your body becomes dehydrated it can't function properly slowing fat burning. Dehydration begins way before the first thirst impulse. Water is needed to flush out the toxins, increases oxygen to your muscles needed for aerobic metabolism which is the ultimate burner of calories. A good rule of thumb is to drink half your body weight in ounces. 120lbs=60 ounces= 7.5 glasses of water/day.
If you have any other experiences that cause plateaus please add it in the comment section and please add me as your buddy!!!!
Take it from a Celiac... normal people will not have an autoimmune reaction to gluten proteins.
Otherwise, great post and highly informative! Thanks for posting.0 -
1. Too much salt in your diet. Daily intake should be between 2 to 2.5 grams of salt. Sodium found in salt is an important electrolyte to our body functioning, but too much can cause of maintenance of water weight. When our bloodstream has too much salt in it then we need to drink fluids to dilute it to a normal balance. Likewise when you urinate the salt follows it. Hydrating well will help flush the high salt content out. Drinking too much water however in a short period of time can cause the opposite effect of too low sodium levels, also known as hyponatremia, which will cause dizziness, disorientation, and can lead to seizures. Our bodies sweat out salt as well. With marathon running, taking salt tabs every so often can help prevent this especially when drinking lots of water during the race.
2. Rid your diet of gluten. Gluten is wheat, barley, and rye and found in many products. Essentially it destroys the villi in your intestines that absorb nutrients. When your body can't get the nutrients it needs, it goes it to starvation mode, and preserves its weight.
3. Not consuming enough daily calories. Once again your body will go into starvation mode if you are not consuming enough calories. Sometimes you are consuming enough calories but the weight stays because it has got use to what you are eating. Consume 100-200 more calories for a few days to boost your metabolism, then go back to your regular caloric intake and see the pounds shed. Don't panic if you initially gain weight.
4. Eating foods with a high glycemic index. People usually don't gain weight by ingesting fat, but from consuming too much sugar. Our bodies actually learn to store sugar as fat faster if we have sugar addictions, instead of metabolizing it. So stop with the starchy foods, alcohol, pastas, breads, and the obvious cookies and cake. If you must have pasta dishes try to substitute with quinoa spaghetti noodles. Wean your body so that you aren't so sensitive to sugar.
5. Hormone supplementation such as birth control pills.
6. Not drinking enough water. Think of water as the oil for your car, your body. If your body becomes dehydrated it can't function properly slowing fat burning. Dehydration begins way before the first thirst impulse. Water is needed to flush out the toxins, increases oxygen to your muscles needed for aerobic metabolism which is the ultimate burner of calories. A good rule of thumb is to drink half your body weight in ounces. 120lbs=60 ounces= 7.5 glasses of water/day.
If you have any other experiences that cause plateaus please add it in the comment section and please add me as your buddy!!!!
great story bro- tell it again.................:noway: NOT!:explode: :mad:
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interesting, thanks0
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I HOPE THE GLUTEN INFO IS INCORRECT SINCE I KNOW PEOPLE WITH CILLIAC AND I WOULD HATE TO STICK WITH A GLUTEN FREE DIET.0
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2. Rid your diet of gluten. Gluten is wheat, barley, and rye and found in many products. Essentially it destroys the villi in your intestines that absorb nutrients. When your body can't get the nutrients it needs, it goes it to starvation mode, and preserves its weight.
Stop. Just stop.
Going gluten free will not necessarily make it easier for you to lose weight. I don't know if you've noticed, but there is still a ton of crap out there that's labeled "gluten free". There are items that are not good for you that are naturally gluten free. Mexican food can be made gluten free by using corn tortillas instead of flour. You can make Italian food with gluten free pasta. And it can be every bit as bad for you, sometimes worse depending on your substitutes, as its gluten filled counterparts.
I have Celiac disease, and have to eat gluten free for my health. It's idiotic misinformation like this that causes people to not take me seriously when I tell the waiter at a resturant that I need salad free of croutons, or to grill my chicken instead of breading it. Too many people take it as the next Big Diet Craze when it's not.
Sorry if this seems ranty, but it's been grating on my nerves lately.
Edited to say: I'm not saying this statement in particular is wrong, but saying everyone should go on a gluten free diet because it's a great way to lose weight is. Unless you need to go on a gluten free diet, don't bother. If you're eating wheat bread and pasta and reaching your goals, please continue.
Thank you for posting! This rant is far more articulate than the one I nearly posted...
I hate this fad gluten free diet garbage that's floating around. "Gluten free" alternatives are higher calorie anyway. People will follow any fad like sheep sometimes. Weight loss doesn't come from giving up perfectly healthy foods for no medical reason. It comes from lifestyle change. Please people, don't listen to this flawed logic... if you reacted to gluten, you'd know.0 -
I HOPE THE GLUTEN INFO IS INCORRECT SINCE I KNOW PEOPLE WITH CILLIAC AND I WOULD HATE TO STICK WITH A GLUTEN FREE DIET.
Don't worry, there is zero truth to it. Carb-laden foods often contain gluten so limiting them in your daily diet is helpful in caloric restriction only. This has nothing to do with the fact that they contain gluten.0 -
I'm curious about something. If not eating enough causes "starvation mode" why are there skinny anorexics? Shouldn't they be really, really fat as a result of "starvation mode"?
I'm just saying...
I laughed. The whole starvation mode concept is basically a myth. It is important to note that your body adjusts to caloric intake. Eating <1200 cals a day lowers your metabolism to only require 1200 cals a day. If you were to eat more, your body simply would't know what to do with the extra. That's when it may get held onto as excess weight. It's the reason all those skinny anorexic people will gain weigh quite quickly during recovery.
I hope that helped make sense of it a bit!0 -
i'm on the pill and it hasn't made me gain weight. i gained weight because i ate too much!
I agree 100%! I was at my lowest weight when on the pill because of the food I ate and the workouts I did.0 -
If I don't take my birth control I will most certainly gain weight! LOL.
:laugh: Too true!0 -
Only half is crap so you shouldn't be too hard on her.
#1, 2 and 4 are flat out wrong but getting enough water is very important and hormonal pills do have some sort of an effect on weight loss.
Not true. They refuted that long ago--there are low dose bcps that have no significant effect on body weight.Yes If you get the depo provera shot you MIGHT gain some weight but this blanket statement about it preventing weight loss or causing plateaus is simply untrue.0 -
NO BIRTH CONTROL?!! Sweet Jesus WHAT AM I GOING TO DO IF I BECOME PREGGERS....:sad: :sad: :sad:0
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great! :grumble: :noway:
ok guys... for newbe like me its confusing now.:sick: Please direct me to the right post!:frown:
Try this one:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/668418-corn-used-my-man-parts-as-a-speedbag?
And ignore the title, the OP was having some fun!!
I also like this one:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/496770-misinformation?hl=misinformation+is+bad
I like this one too--It's very detailed, but it has a wealth of info if you really dive into it.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-120 -
Good post!
However - about the gluten.
Gluten does NOT destroy villi in the intestine in the average person, who is not sensitive/intolerant of it. In people with Coeliac disease, or a degree of gluten intolerance, gluten can affect the villi in the intestine and alter absorption. This represents up to a maximum of around 10% of the population.
However in the rest of the population, it is fine. In fact, avoiding gluten for a prolonged period of time if you are not intolerant can induce gluten sensitivity (as you are not exposing your body to it, it does not know how to process it if you try to start eating it again).
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great! :grumble: :noway:
ok guys... for newbe like me its confusing now.:sick: Please direct me to the right post!:frown:
Try this one:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/668418-corn-used-my-man-parts-as-a-speedbag?
And ignore the title, the OP was having some fun!!
I also like this one:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/496770-misinformation?hl=misinformation+is+bad
Yep - thats a good one too.0 -
Good post!
However - about the gluten.
Gluten does NOT destroy villi in the intestine in the average person, who is not sensitive/intolerant of it. In people with Coeliac disease, or a degree of gluten intolerance, gluten can affect the villi in the intestine and alter absorption. This represents up to a maximum of around 10% of the population.
However in the rest of the population, it is fine. In fact, avoiding gluten for a prolonged period of time if you are not intolerant can induce gluten sensitivity (as you are not exposing your body to it, it does not know how to process it if you try to start eating it again).
(Medical student)
Awww--you completely destroyed your credibility with the "good post" despite the fact that what you say about gluten is true. The OP asserts that birth control pills will halt weight loss--along with high gi foods...uum have you checked the gi of most fruit? The post is completely ridiculous and lacks reputable support.0 -
I love unsolicited advice....tell me more.0
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I love unsolicited advice....tell me more.
And downright incorrect--I Want more too!0 -
If I don't take my birth control I will most certainly gain weight! LOL.
^^^^ This
Because birth control, like cookies and cake, is totally an option and should be cut out. Right.0 -
Oh Know!!!! This post just confirmed my weight loss is merely an illusion!!?!?!?!?!....0
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1. Too much salt in your diet. Daily intake should be between 2 to 2.5 grams of salt. Sodium found in salt is an important electrolyte to our body functioning, but too much can cause of maintenance of water weight. When our bloodstream has too much salt in it then we need to drink fluids to dilute it to a normal balance. Likewise when you urinate the salt follows it. Hydrating well will help flush the high salt content out. Drinking too much water however in a short period of time can cause the opposite effect of too low sodium levels, also known as hyponatremia, which will cause dizziness, disorientation, and can lead to seizures. Our bodies sweat out salt as well. With marathon running, taking salt tabs every so often can help prevent this especially when drinking lots of water during the race.
2. Rid your diet of gluten. Gluten is wheat, barley, and rye and found in many products. Essentially it destroys the villi in your intestines that absorb nutrients. When your body can't get the nutrients it needs, it goes it to starvation mode, and preserves its weight.
3. Not consuming enough daily calories. Once again your body will go into starvation mode if you are not consuming enough calories. Sometimes you are consuming enough calories but the weight stays because it has got use to what you are eating. Consume 100-200 more calories for a few days to boost your metabolism, then go back to your regular caloric intake and see the pounds shed. Don't panic if you initially gain weight.
4. Eating foods with a high glycemic index. People usually don't gain weight by ingesting fat, but from consuming too much sugar. Our bodies actually learn to store sugar as fat faster if we have sugar addictions, instead of metabolizing it. So stop with the starchy foods, alcohol, pastas, breads, and the obvious cookies and cake. If you must have pasta dishes try to substitute with quinoa spaghetti noodles. Wean your body so that you aren't so sensitive to sugar.
5. Hormone supplementation such as birth control pills.
6. Not drinking enough water. Think of water as the oil for your car, your body. If your body becomes dehydrated it can't function properly slowing fat burning. Dehydration begins way before the first thirst impulse. Water is needed to flush out the toxins, increases oxygen to your muscles needed for aerobic metabolism which is the ultimate burner of calories. A good rule of thumb is to drink half your body weight in ounces. 120lbs=60 ounces= 7.5 glasses of water/day.
Nope - disagree with a lot of this. What will stop weight loss in it's tracks is eating too much. And what's up with all the 'gluten-haters' lately? Unless there's a medical reason there's no reason to eliminate gluten from your diet. As with everything is all about moderation.0 -
Gluten and wheat will only react to your body the way you stated if you have Celiac disease or a gluten intolerance. This does not happen to everyone.These people need to be assessed, diagnosed and put on this diet by their doctor / gastroenterologist. Just wanted to point that out as I am Celiac myself.0
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