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Watched this on the BBC this morning. Some nutritionist saying smoothies are not part of your 5 (or 7) a day as the Fiber is broken down. <face palm> Dietary fiber comprises of long chain polysacharides which we cannot digest. Putting these chemicals in a blender will not break them down any more than puting crude oil into…

in UK Vegetable recommendations now 7 servings daily Comment by snowbike April 2014

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in Starvation Mode - Adaptive Thermogenesis and Weight Loss Comment by snowbike October 2013

3 kg is water. Low carb diets deplete your glycogen stores in your muscles and liver. Studies show for 1g of g;glycogen you store an addtional 3 grams of water. Once your back on the carbs your muscles carb load and additional water is used to store the glycogen. For me this can be over 7lbs from normal balanced carb…

in Coming of a low/no carb diet Comment by snowbike October 2013

Tapeworm expermiments kept me skinny in the 70s...

in why were people so skinny in the 70s? Comment by snowbike October 2013

been there done that. I was told I would be on medication for the rest of my life. Totally normal BP now. but had to lose 6stone to do it. WELL DONE!!!

in No more blood pressure Comment by snowbike October 2013

It been mentioned before but you need to avoid the status quo of being in "maintenance". You now just need a new set of goals. This varies from person to person. Some want to get a 6 pack, some want to run a marathon some want to start a new sport they never have been able to do because of weight. In my case I wanted to…

in How on Earth Do You Maintain?! Comment by snowbike October 2013

Apparently its all nonsense and even if oils do produce toxins, our bodies are quite capable of coping with it... http://scienceornot.net/2012/09/15/is-it-safe-to-cook-with-olive-oil/

in The Truth About Olive Oil Comment by snowbike August 2013

Ive been maintaining for over a year now and Im an endurance Mountain biker. I Daily burn over a 1000cals on week days and my weekend rides are 3000 on training weekends to 8000 on event weekends. I do carb loading leading up to weekends Particularly event weekends where I over eat on carbs thurs and friday to load muscles…

in Maintaining weight while exercising a lot. Comment by snowbike August 2013

YES it is possible. The body can burn 32 cals per lb of fat a day. To lose about a 6.5 lbs a week you need a deficit of 3250 an day Assuming you need to eat aprox 2000 to function you would need burn 5250 cals a day. So you would need an excess of 164lbs of fat and do cardo 6 or 7 hours a day. Become a cycle courier. :P

in A poll to convince my a**hole boyfriend he's wrong Comment by snowbike August 2013

Theres a great rebuttal on you tube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgNcpSKR3ZY "During 2004 filmmaker Soso R. Whaley ate exclusively at McDonald's for the month of April. Unlike the results seen in "Super Size Me", the documentary "Me & Mickey D" demonstrates that you can lose weight and improve your health even while…

in How gross is fast food to you Comment by snowbike August 2013

Between 44bpm and 47bpm ( i'm 47 years old) . I'm an endurance mountain biker. Before I lost the weight I was up in the 70s. I use my RHR to monitor recovery. While the body has to fix stuff the heart rate will be slightly elevated. As part of recovery, I allow My resting heart rate to recover at or near my RHR before…

in Resting heart rate... Comment by snowbike July 2013

If i've been over doing it a bit , I walk backwards to un-burn some of my forward walking calories :P

in people walking backward on treadmill Comment by snowbike July 2013

Unless you are carrying alot of fat you will be losing muscle as well as fat. In perfect circumstance, the human body can only burn 32 cals from each pound of fat in 24 hours. This means you will need to be carrying MORE than 80lbs of fat to lose 5lbs in a week. This is why larger people initially can lose more weight…

in High carb + running = slow weightloss Comment by snowbike June 2013

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in The mental aspect of losing 100+ pounds Comment by snowbike May 2013

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in Have people's concepts of normal become too fat? Comment by snowbike May 2013

IM in again. going for 500 miles off road this month. 1 10 miles 2 29 miles 3 19.2 4 10 5 22 Total 90.2 %done 18.04 409.8 miles to go

in May Cycling Challenge Comment by snowbike May 2013

Borrow a heart monitor and see how many calories it burns. I bet you will be surprised! Riding a fixie is why you dont feel it. They get you bike fit really quickly to point you have superhuman biking stamina :D

in 14 Mile Bike Commute - Count as Exercise? Comment by snowbike May 2013

Goal was for April : 13 miles a day AVG (390 total) ALL OFF ROAD 90% on singlespeed! Final Total was 491 Miles 101 over my goal!!!! So that sets the challenge for may ... 500 miles OFF ROAD WELL DONE ALL! My Fat % has dropped because of this :D

in April Cycling Challenge Comment by snowbike May 2013

I'm 6ft 2 and currently 177 . Im very slight framed and cyclist. I really wanted to shed another 10 lbs to be at fighting weight for mountain biking events. This is gonna be hard as im now down to 11-12% body fat. (I have massive quads) I've now stopped upper body weights to shed some are muscle to loose that little bit…

in goal weight for taller people Comment by snowbike April 2013

Goal for April : 13 miles a day AVG (390 total) OFF ROAD 1/424.4 Miles 2/4 9 Miles 3/4 24.4 Miles 4/4 14.9 miles 5/4 7 miles 6/4.31.8 miles 7/4 17.8 miles 8/4 9 miles 9/4 9.7 miles 10/4 12 miles 11/4 24.2 miles 12/4 0 miles (rest day much needed) 13/4 17 miles 14/4 27 miles 15/4 15 miles 16/4 0 miles (gardening) 17/4 19.4…