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A ketogenic diet is supposed to put your body into a state of ketosis, where you are burning ketone bodies (made from your body's fat) instead of glucose. Your body is set up right now to burn glucose, not ketone bodies, so right now it is NOT set up to burn those. Your body will naturally re-orient itself to produce and…
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Hi, ladies. New to this forum, but not to MFP. Recently (three months ago) came off a medical weight loss plan where I lost 45 lbs. Still need to lose another 30 lbs to reach a healthy weight. I work out three days a week with resistance training, but I need to add more cardio. I am at 1100 cals/day (determined by RMR and…
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If you go from high calorie intake to 1200 calories a day, your body will react as if you are starving. Metabolically and chemically, it will fight to hold onto every calorie, thinking that you are in the middle of a famine. Bottom line: you will NOT lose weight faster, and may even gain weight. You are also at serious…
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As I'm sure you know, there are two kinds of exercise: aerobic/cardiovascular, and strength training. One kind benefits the other, so you need both, but not necessarily equally. Cardio burns calories, and you can do cardio exercises every day. If you walk or use a treadmill or otherwise get your cardio workout in every…
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Yup. Works fine if you are a healthy male in his twenties, with plenty of muscle to burn off that fat. If, however, you are not healthy, or female, or otherwise don't fit this ideal profile, weight loss is a hell of a lot more complicated than this oversimplified formula would suggest. We don't really have that much…
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Okay, he lost me as soon as he started mocking people (young women) who say they aren't losing weight despite a restricted-calorie diet. I'm sure there are plenty of liars out there, but to characterize all those who complain as liars and self-deluded naifs is an insult. How typical of so many in the medical establishment…
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The only thing that really works to keep me motivated is to weight myself Every Single Day. It shows me that a temporary setback is just that -- temporary. Otherwise, a once-a-week weigh-in might catch you at that moment, that single day, when you have gained back the pounds you lost earlier. The next day, they'll be gone,…
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For those struggling with both "acid reflux" (a misnomer) and silent reflux, I can recommend "Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook and Cure" by Jamie Koufman MD and Joseph Stern MD. I am not affiliated in any way with this book; I just bought it and read it and had my eyes really opened. These two doctors are leaders in…
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I went on the Medifast in 2000. Within 8 months I had dropped 88 pounds. I lost several sizes; there were whole shops I could no longer patronize because I was so much smaller. I went through several wardrobes, and looked better than I had in years. My group leader (you should NEVER go on this diet without medical…
