Shaselai

I am 240 or so... I gained some back when I was 200ish

yeah you are right... but i guess what i was getting at was it has up and downs similar to HIIT - one song (3-4min) high intensity to a medium one then back up . YMMV depending on instructors of course but the place i go to is very much high intensity...

i do mostly zumba. I think it kind of qualifies as HIIT...or similar to it. Lots of jumping, squatting turning etc. and most importantly it is an excercise i can and love to do.

I think he is implying (i used the number for general purpose not end all be all) that each person's body composition is different and there's more in play per person in weight loss than pure numbers. But i use it for number crunching... at least it gives me a ballpark number. There is probably a "hidden" margin of error…

i see... my abdomen probbaly has most fat but i think i did have fat "all over" too as my wrist has shrunk a bit. I have a fitbit and i was about 3 "notches" before the end before dieting now i am using the last notch...

vismal, how old were you when you lost it all the weight? i am 32 and i am curious how much age will impact the skin etc...

But from your pic you look great already! What is the body fat% of that photo?

Vismal, I have a question about belly fat/skin. I am 205 now and can see my skin a bit sagging especially around the belly region. Ideally i need to get to ~170ish given my heigh/age so theres still a way to go. I guess my question is will the remaining 30 odd pounds be from the belly part or "nobody knows"? i still have…

i am in fairfax...

wow 4 hours a day... interesting enough today i wore those sleep eyeblind things and went to bed an hour early than usual and i woke up an hour earlier!... so i kind of stared around and tried to go to sleep and ended up in a semi sleep mode till alarm hit... kinda weird

i guess i used to be able to sleep much longer. but before keto i suppose i slept slightly more than now. Also i am also suspecting whether it is the apartment because the sun hits directly into it in the morning so maybe the light is causing me to wake up? maybe i should get the eye covers and see if that makes a…

I used ankrl calculator and got a summary of your current stats: 27 g Carbohydrates (5%, 108 kcal) 108 g Protein (20%, 432 kcal) 178 g Fat (75%, 1602 kcal) so total caloric intake is ~2142 lets just say 2200 Assuming lightly active you are expending ~2700 calories so you have daily deficit of 500 X7 = 3500 or a pound a…

feel free to add me too..

Like others have said bulk is your friend and also it depends on your caloric intake as well. For me personally i like to buy sausages, chicken thigh with skin on, hamburger patties at costco. I like fatty cut pork like pork belly and costco doesnt have them so i go to asian market to get my fix on them.

I see... thanks for the info. I did get my vita D test back with a 27... doctor recommended taking OTC for supplements or she could prescribe a stronger dosage...I think OTC probably better for now and if it doesnt get better after 3 months i will do prescription.... As for the meditteranean diet i didn't ask her…

So saw doctor friday and she was cautious about the ldl and told me about statin but said she wouldnt try to force me to take it unless my ldl was over 190 so we just agreed to do another test 3 months from now and see what happens. She mentioned Mediterranean diet again and how it could help cholesterol etc.overall decent…

thanks for the info - i have been in keto 3months a little bit when i took the blood test so not sure if that's considered short or long or "in the middle" as far as cholesterol levels are concerned. I hope my doctor is not too old school - i know that when i mentioned LDL particle sizes (i wanted to take that test last…

I see. I also read omega6 seems to come more from processed foods and vegetable oils and possibly non-grass fed animals. With that said and how my diet itself *might not* contribute to LDL then what can i do to reduce it? I am going to see doctor friday for blood work review (basically just the cholesterol) and i think she…

Ok i will request a VAP test done. I am basiclaly looking for the particle size right? If it returns that there are lots of small particles i should be worried? Dont different fats reduce LDL or increase HDL though? That would help a bit no? Any recommendations? I am trying to get in some fish/salmon in every other day..

So you are implying the it might be weird that my ldl and hdl stayed the same? I dont see any other abnormalities from the exam i took nor did the doctor's note mentioned anything else either.... maybe i should watch what kind of fat i eat from now on like maybe more fish and coconut oil instead of fatty pork and beef and…

zumba DVD is very low intensity compared to classes. i would sincererly recommend whomever interested in Zumba to not judge it purely by the videos. Instructors has a lot more song variations and some more "known songs" as well so you can sing along if you wanted to. Yes you can do low intensity substitutes instead of high…

New member here. Working on Keto diet so far. I am a Zumba lover and I go to Sensazao in alexandria and also a Golds gym member mostly going to Gallows in falls church, tysons and sometime chantilly. If anyone in the area we can join classes or something. I live in Fairfax

I am not getting adequate protein which is one of the reasons i am thinking of using BCAA. Because Keto focuses on fat more than protein and i am cutting so i need to preserve all the muscle i can while still lose. Do you know if there's a way to tell if BCAA is working or no? And is it something i can just add in water…

Comparing to my test 3 months ago Trig lowered by ~90 points while HDL and LDL are practically the same.

On a sidenote, i dug up my records from 3 months ago my trig was lowered by ~90 points but HDL,LDL all pretty much the same... what does this tell me?

define regular macros? I havent read anything about the body having side effects if you suddenly ate more carbs...only you get kicked out of Keto...

i am still in Keto so I can't give a definitive answer but are you done with dieting or simply sick of Keto because of its restrictions? You say you count calories but what does that have to do with Keto? You can still count calories in Keto...

so i should listen to whatever doctor says? If she wants me to change my diet (which is causing me to lose weight) to a Mediterranean diet i should do so?

I think Ketosis is a lifestyle just like low carb, paleo, vegan etc (an to an extent what Vismal is doing). Is it restrictive on the carbs? Sure it is but it also provides food availabilities that some other diets dont (high fat). I think for me at least I want to use ketosis to lose the wieght first because it is the only…

vismal, thanks for the previous reply - i have a couple more questions if you dont mind... 1. How important do you see exercise in general is for you and your journey? I understand at the basic level that Weights = preserve muscle while cardio = better heart but i have read many people saying that exercise ultimately dont…