- I talked to a guy at a party this weekend who lost 45 pounds in 50 days on an intense diet plan. Eating 1000 calories a day, less than 35 grams of fat and 28 grams of carbs a day. No extra exercise.
- I checked out this site: Ripped Planet Eating Plan. A R.I.P.P.E.D. class is coming to the fitness center at work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The workout sounds like a "The Biggest Loser"-made famous cross-training type. But the nutrition part interested me.
- I heard somewhere that eating four walnuts a day will make you smarter.
Now, I'm not sure any of the above are "good" or right. Here's my take on them:
- I can't imagine eating only 1000 calories a day and essentially no carbs for three days, let alone seven or eight weeks. And, seriously, who wouldn't lose weight on that little food? I'm sure pounds come off, but those extreme and nutritionally unbalanced plans give me pause. You just can't eat like that forever, so do the pounds come back if you don't learn how to eat properly?
- This plan says eat something BEFORE you workout in the morning, which I never do. Should I? And it says eat every few hours. I like that. I wonder if the time you eat and the order in which you eat matters? This, too, is heavier on protein that I eat now. I wonder if just switching up my eating schedule could have a positive effect, even if I didn't change the actual food that much?
- There's a bowl of walnuts on my counter now. Just in case this one is true.
So I think I'm going to up my protein a little. And do my darndest to cut back on the carbs, but I find that very difficult.
Have you experimented with eating like this? What's your protein plan?
5 comments:
Eating that few calories and carbs and super high protein will put the body in ketosis where it uses the stores of fat as energy. Eating that few calories and not being in ketosis is bad. It messes with your metabolism. Per my dietician. You can buy strips at walgreens to check if you are in ketosis.
Onto your second point, you can't eat like that forever. And you don't learn any good habits from losing weight this way. That's what I'm struggling with right now. But I'm fighting and trying to learn. Losing weight is hard, maintaining weight is hard, being overweight is hard.... just have to pick your hard and keep fighting and keep learning. -amber
Eating that few calories and carbs and super high protein will put the body in ketosis where it uses the stores of fat as energy. Eating that few calories and not being in ketosis is bad. It messes with your metabolism. Per my dietician. You can buy strips at walgreens to check if you are in ketosis.
Onto your second point, you can't eat like that forever. And you don't learn any good habits from losing weight this way. That's what I'm struggling with right now. But I'm fighting and trying to learn. Losing weight is hard, maintaining weight is hard, being overweight is hard.... just have to pick your hard and keep fighting and keep learning. -amber
Eating that few calories and carbs and super high protein will put the body in ketosis where it uses the stores of fat as energy. Eating that few calories and not being in ketosis is bad. It messes with your metabolism. Per my dietician. You can buy strips at walgreens to check if you are in ketosis.
Onto your second point, you can't eat like that forever. And you don't learn any good habits from losing weight this way. That's what I'm struggling with right now. But I'm fighting and trying to learn. Losing weight is hard, maintaining weight is hard, being overweight is hard.... just have to pick your hard and keep fighting and keep learning. -amber
THANK YOU for explaining that, Amber. It's so hard to know what to believe because there's so much conflicting information out there. And while I'm wary of the Cabbage Diet or Wheat Belly or Paleo or whatever the book of the month is, you can't deny that they work for some people. And I'm guilty of it in my own way. I have created a system for me that requires too much exercise to keep up with what I'm eating. It's not sustainable forever. Which brings me back to something I've said before. You have to find what works for you. I love what you said about "picking your hard" and keep learning. In the end, we all want to be healthy.
While I'm not a nutrition expert by any means, I can tell you that my previous trainers always made sure I ate something before morning workouts. (Even if just a banana.) It's all about fueling your body so you perform better during the workout. And honestly, I do notice a difference. Here's what the Mayo Clinic has to say about it: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exercise/HQ00594_D. On the protein side of things, while there are a ridiculous amount of brands to choose from ... and because protein shakes are gross (I don't care what anyone says) ... I LOVE Clif Chocolate Mint Builder Bars. I would marry them if I could. They're only 20g of protein, which my husband says isn't that great, but I don't even care. It's a nice reward after a good workout ... and sometimes, knowing I'm gonna get a chocolate fix after the workout makes me work even harder. Food for thought. - Tif
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