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Old November 5th, 2003, 06:43 PM
Wendy
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Default which diet is better for my problem

vivalife wrote:
i am thinking to do one of the follows two diets
1)eat food without carbs and fat and sugar
or
2)eat food with many carbs but no sugar no fat like potatoes,rice ,etc
which of these two types of diet you think is better for my problem?


If I were you I'd try to get 1/3 of your calories from each of the
following:

unsaturated fats like nut oils & fish oils, (not butter or margarine or
corn oil or shortening or animal fats)

high fiber complex carbs like vegetables and whole grains (not white
potatoes, white rice, white bread, or pasta)

lean protein sources like chicken breasts & turkey & fish & protein
powders & soy products & beans

I also recommend you log your foods at www.fitday.com, it will show you
how many calories you are currently eating and where those calories come
from, i..e, percentages from fat/protein/carb.

also because gennerally i do much gym ,3-4 hours every day and everywhere i
am going riding a bike do you think that i will be good to loose the pounds
to a pace 3-4 pounds a week?


No, that is too fast. One of the things you need to be doing with this
diet is retraining yourself to eat like this for the rest of your life. A
good idea would be to figure out the amount of calories you will need to
be eating every day in maintenance at your goal weight and then start
eating that way now. It will be a slow weight loss but it will preserve
the most muscle mass and teach you how to handle maintenance once you get
there. (Obviously a lesson you could use!) :-)

Must you exercise that much? It doesn't sound sustainable to me.

any other advice not to be my skin more flabby from this new diet


You need to treat your flabby skin from the inside: eat fish oils &
flaxseed and drink lots of water. Also protect your skin from the sun &
wind with sunscreen and clothing (and don't use a tanning salon.) With
lots of healthy fats and water and exercise your skin will begin to shrink
to fit the new you - it just takes forever. That's okay, you're going to
be with your skin for a long time. You've got time to work on it.

Are you a man or a woman? What is your age? What is your native
language?

Wendy