Lou, be careful about cutting too much fat. You need good fats. My sister and I both cut so much fat, trying to get our cholesterol balanced. We both developed gaul stones and had to have our gallbladders removed. I nearly died. I had pancreatitis from one of the gallstones blocking the duct. My nutritionist says you should have small amounts of good fats such as olive oil or avacado throughout the day.
40 kgs (88pounds) down and going strong.
by LouBelle 18 Replies latest jw friends
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Kudra
I second the thought about not removing the fats.
Low fat food is pretty high in salt and other worse stuff.
Cutting out dairy, grains (not starches -still eat a lot of yams, squash, etc) sugar and alcohol will definitely do the trick.
Eat a lot of vegetables, quality meat, nuts, oils (coconut oil, avocados etc) and fruit. That has worked for so many people and it is a healthy eating-lifestyle to maintain.
It is so important for you to be healthy (and to have a healthy attitude about your body). We are meant to ENJOY our bodies which is easier when you are not sick and can get around and exercise. Doesn't hurt to show off the curves at the beach -you need your vitamin D too!!
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Kudra
Also higher-impact exercise that puts some stress on the bones is good for women as it increases bone density. This could be running or the like -or, if you cannot do running, weight lifting won't demolish your knees but still puts a GOOD amount of stress on your bones for proper bone density development.
Also, increasing muscle mass will help you burn calories more, and throughout the day which will help with those last few troublesome kilos ;)
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Lied2NoMore
congrats! i have been "downsizing" as of late too. avoiding sugar, animal protein, eating lots of veggies and fruit. funny how my mind cleared up too when i started that. kind of made me think part of mind control is what we are fed.... lots of fats, sugar, processed foods, etc...i woke up about the "ORG" shortly after that.
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LouBelle
FlyingHighNow - I get enough fat from my animal protein. I eat really healthy that is all.
Kudra - I am not doing anything right - I want to lose a bit more bulk and then will be doing resistance training.
I do also get checked up to make sure all is healthy inside too.
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WTWizard
I recommend cutting out much of the bad fats--and some of these include soy, canola, and corn oil. These are usually highly processed, and the polyunsaturated fats are likely to become rancid in the bloodstream. Yes, you have been told that these are "good fats"--by the companies that are trying to get you on prescription drugs. They scare you from butter and coconut oil, and toward things that are going to make you sicker--so you will "need" their drugs. Then they make your money. Coconut oil in place of soy or rape (canola) oil will help--besides being slightly lower in calories per gram, they are burned as energy instead of stored as lard. They also help the thyroid, which will greatly assist in losing weight without gaining it back.
Another thing I recommend reducing or eliminating is high fructose corn syrup. That crap is just about custom made to make people fat, and it is in virtually all processed foods these days. This includes most condiments--even pickles. Artificial sweeteners are also bad--they clog the liver (sucralose and acesulfame K do this especially well) and the endocrine system (aspartame takes the prize here, along with ruining your brain). If you must use artificial sweeteners, I would recommend saccharin, though stevia is better. Xylitol is a good sweetener, too.
Monosodium glutamate, and its disguises, also sabotage your ability to lose weight and keep it off. Its inclusion in foods helps addict you to them, making money for the food companies while you get fat. It also damages the endocrine system and your brain, similar to aspartame. You would be surprised where this turns up--Chinese food doesn't by any means have the monopoly on it. You will find MSG itself, or its disguises as hydrolyzed protein (vegetable or milk), textured vegetable protein, autolyzed yeast, yeast extract, sodium/calcium caseinate, and even gelatin (which is about 12% pure glutamate). It appears in diet drinks (sodium caseinate), coffee creamer (sodium caseinate), soup, many canned vegetables (especially "seasoned"), broth and stock, buillion cubes, spaghetti sauces (cheese based sauce is notorious for autolyzed yeast or yeast extract), all processed skillet dinners, certain macaroni and cheese flavors (extreme cheese varieties are worst), a few candies (besides the gelatin in Skittles, marshmallows, and Starburst, you will find hydrolyzed protein in some Almond Joy and a few of the fancier candy bars), flavored crackers and chips, and many of the dips. Read the labels and see for yourself.
Also, with monosodium glutamate, another clue is a pair of additives. You might just see "spices", "natural flavors", or "broth" on the label. If you see disodium inosinate or disodium guanylate, you are probably looking at disguised monosodium glutamate. These are added to make it work better, and are too expensive to add alone. If you see one or both, you should probably leave that package on the shelf.
All this, and they focus too much on the sugar, salt, and fat. Which raises the question: How did people manage to stay fit during the 1700s and 1800s? They ate far more fat than we do now (including pork, butter, lard, and coconut oil). They often ate sweets, usually sweets made from maple syrup and home-grown sweets. Yet, they almost never became tubs of lard. And they ate more calories. Of course, they didn't have monosodium glutamate (except gelatin, which they ate sparingly, and parmasan cheese which contains a small amount naturally), high fructose corn syrup, doctored soy or rape oils, margarine, egg substitutes, aspartame or sucralose, or all the prescription and non-prescription drugs we have today.
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lisaBObeesa
All this, and they focus too much on the sugar, salt, and fat. Which raises the question: How did people manage to stay fit during the 1700s and 1800s? They ate far more fat than we do now (including pork, butter, lard, and coconut oil). They often ate sweets, usually sweets made from maple syrup and home-grown sweets. Yet, they almost never became tubs of lard. And they ate more calories. Of course, they didn't have monosodium glutamate (except gelatin, which they ate sparingly, and parmasan cheese which contains a small amount naturally), high fructose corn syrup, doctored soy or rape oils, margarine, egg substitutes, aspartame or sucralose, or all the prescription and non-prescription drugs we have today.
Very interesting stuff about the MSG. Thanks for posting that info! However, I do think the amount of sugar/white flour consumed is also a huge reason why people in the 1700's and 1800's were not fat.
People back then didn't eat refined sugar at every single meal and in snacks through the day (or even at all), but many of us do, they ate whole grains, not refined white flour (instant sugar in the body) like we do, and of course, they moved around working all day long while we sit in a chair working on a computer.
Today, there is refinded sugar, or worse, high fructose corn syrup (as you mentioned), in your cereal, in almost all breads found in grocery stores (even in most of the 'healthy' breads), in the sandwich meat, in the mayo, in the sodas, the rotisertie chickens that are cooked for you at the grocery store, in the canned soups, in the frozen foods, in the seasoning packets sold for meat, in the fast food, in yogurts, in protien and health bars, salad dressings, canned tomato sauces, dried fruits (already naturally sweet! why add refined sugar??), sports drinks, energy drinks, chicken nuggets, most all other processed foods, and on and on!
And those are just the foods we don't think of as 'sweets.'
Add to that that candy and soda are everywhere in our society (at the gas station, at the grocery store, at work in the break room, at school in vending machines...), and of course we are tubs of lard. also, we don't feel very good.
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Broken Promises
How did people manage to stay fit during the 1700s and 1800s?
Umm, it was called work. Physical work. Men and women had to chop wood for the fire, wash their own clothes by hand, walk everywhere, kneed dough, build and maintain their own houses....
Today, we don't have the same kind of physical labour so we "exercise" as a way to lose weight. Something that would have been practically unknown and not needed by the majority of mankind back then.
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LouBelle
WtWizard - yeah I'm very careful of what I put into my body now, very aware of labels etc. One can gain enough of the good fats from eating the correct combination of foods (salmon, avo) but again you have to be aware of how much you are putting into your body. I do prefer getting my fats from healthy combination of foods than adding it as extras into my diet.
Broken Promises - people back then used to work hard. Walk to work, physical labour, play with their children in the park. Today it's just so backward. If I had my way I would own my own little farm, grow my own veggies and have my child grow up outside :)