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YOU : On a Diet (4/5) | Aug 12, 2007 | roberta robinson | uniontown oh US |
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I like this book, especially when he describes how our bodies work, such as omentum fat, say what?! anyhow I learned alot I understand digestion better, hormones, etc, but I had to find just one or two faults here, one is that you have to fool your brain into excepting less calories so you create a calorie deficit, (thus the you have to eat less to lose weight). I don't believe the brain or body is arbitrary, it is not a computer with in put and out put. It is actively involved in trying to adapt to environmental stressers including famines that people self impose in this country. If you lost weight 2 or 4 years ago due to dieting efforts, your body hasn't forgotten. If you even make token efforts after a history of dieting and weight loss, you have trained your body to expect famines and it acts accordingly. That is why you can lose weight fast the first attempt when young. but subsequent dieting efforts don't work as well your body remembers. Also he said that you have to burn off your glycogen stores before your body goes to burn fat, of course I may have misinterpreted that statement. I disagree, covert bailey, among others said that sugar is the catalyst and fat the log. sugar gets the reaction started and fat burns longer and hotter. your muscles prefer fat and burn it as long as you get enough O2. Though you need sugar to burn it efficiently and completely as opposed to ketosis where you burn fat only partially and inefficiently I might add. Sugar is your brain fuel. funny, the brain is mostly fat and yet requires sugar, but the muscles are mostly sugar with nitrogen, and it requires fat. I forgot to mention, I disagree with forcing your self to fidget, if your body deems it is in it's survival interest to burn excess you will automatically fidget without trying. YOur body makes you overeat on junk or crave salads, not your willpower. Believe me been there done that with diets and seen it in myself and I am very obese, but have slowly lost some already, but slow is the key here I didn't force it or whatever, didn't even know I was losing at all. I just been following the lead of my body. So if you read this book and remember to regain your trust in your body's cravings and hunger cues including food thoughts and remember it is famine/feast cycles that get you fat not any particular food you can benefit from the information here because you will recognize myths and reality. there are two types of famines by the way: quality, and quantity. Atkins is a quality famine. Weight watchers is a quantity famine. Get it? anyway I do recommend this book for those aware of these facts. those not, read how to be naturally thin by eating more, body fueling. too, they have websites just type the title. RR |
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