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Finally broke my plateau
Woo hoo that is great!!
"alien" wrote in message 88.18... after hovering 220-223 range for over a month or more. I finally broke it this morning. I am now at 218.5.... woop woop. I tried everything (i thought) to break it. I tried exercising more.Eating less. Changed my exercise routine all together. I read an old post that said this person broke thier plateau by eating more. So I thought what the hell. I upped my calories to a steady 2000. I usually eat 1500-2000 but average 1548 by week end. So I took in a steady 2000 cals a day this past week as an experiment.I even cut out one whole day of my cardio. BOOM I dropped a pound and a half. I guess I was under eating and over training. -- 365/218.5/200 NC In Da House |
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Finally broke my plateau
after hovering 220-223 range for over a month or more. I finally broke it
this morning. I am now at 218.5.... woop woop. I tried everything (i thought) to break it. I tried exercising more.Eating less. Changed my exercise routine all together. I read an old post that said this person broke thier plateau by eating more. So I thought what the hell. I upped my calories to a steady 2000. I usually eat 1500-2000 but average 1548 by week end. So I took in a steady 2000 cals a day this past week as an experiment.I even cut out one whole day of my cardio. BOOM I dropped a pound and a half. I guess I was under eating and over training. -- 365/218.5/200 NC In Da House |
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Finally broke my plateau
"Paul" wrote in
: Congrats on breaking the plateau. I don't understand how you broke it by eating more though. Anyway we are both in the same weight range and heading the same direction and that's GREAT! You started out a bit higher than me though. I started at 300 and am now at 222 so you have me by 3-1/2 pounds right now. Is NC for North Carolina? If so where in NC are you from? I was stationed there in the Marines at Jacksonville, NC. Take care, Paul 300/222/175 I live in Lawndale. It's about an hour or so outside Charlotte. -- 365/218.5/200 NC In Da House |
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Finally broke my plateau
Most excellent! you started out at the same weight i did, so you are
my new inspiration. Kasey 365/305/??? |
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Finally broke my plateau
Why are refeeds helping with losses? I'll never figure this one out
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Finally broke my plateau
Anyways, you are a GREAT inspiration!
FINE JOB!! |
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Finally broke my plateau
"Gloria" wrote in message ... Why are refeeds helping with losses? I'll never figure this one out I think the "short" answer is that it "convinces" your body that there is *no* famine and that it can turn loose of a little fat because it's not going to need it. Even cutting back your calories to 10x weight after a while the body seems to think it's being starved and decides to hold on to the fat and wait and see. I came across an article about this that was called IIRC "Is your brain keeping you fat." I'll look for it again and if I can find the link (which is doubtful, frankly) I'll post it. Tonia |
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Finally broke my plateau
In article , That T Woman
wrote: "Gloria" wrote in message ... Why are refeeds helping with losses? I'll never figure this one out I think the "short" answer is that it "convinces" your body that there is *no* famine and that it can turn loose of a little fat because it's not going to need it. Even cutting back your calories to 10x weight after a while the body seems to think it's being starved and decides to hold on to the fat and wait and see. I came across an article about this that was called IIRC "Is your brain keeping you fat." I'll look for it again and if I can find the link (which is doubtful, frankly) I'll post it. Tonia Refeeds talk more to my scale than to my body. But I will show them your post. -- Diva ***** The Best Man for the Job May Be A Woman |
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Finally broke my plateau
"That T Woman" wrote in message ... "Gloria" wrote in message ... Why are refeeds helping with losses? I'll never figure this one out I think the "short" answer is that it "convinces" your body that there is *no* famine and that it can turn loose of a little fat because it's not going to need it. Even cutting back your calories to 10x weight after a while the body seems to think it's being starved and decides to hold on to the fat and wait and see. I came across an article about this that was called IIRC "Is your brain keeping you fat." I'll look for it again and if I can find the link (which is doubtful, frankly) I'll post it. Tonia Here's a couple of articles on refeed.....one by Krista. I have a good one bookmarked at home. If I remember I'll try to find it tonight. http://www.theministryoffitness.com/.../article18.htm http://www.trans-health.com/Iss3Vol1/diet2.htm |
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Finally broke my plateau
Gloria wrote:
Why are refeeds helping with losses? I'll never figure this one out 1) The idea that "a calorie is a calorie" therefore all loss results from cutting calories and nothing else. This is a false assumption that leads to a false conclusion. But it is *SO* obvious that it should be true almost everyone believes it. 2) Biochemistry. Eat too little carbs, your thyroid T3 output starts dropping to turn down your metabolism. Eat too little fat, there are other hormones that turn down their levels to turn down your metabolism. There's a feedback loop that does the same thing for protein but it's a complex interaction of many hormones. Basically eating too little (carbs, fat, protein or calories) triggers a defense mechanism in the body that many call "starvation mode". Eat plenty and the hormone levels get reset high again. Never under eating in the first place makes the whole refeed biochemistry trick not needed. 3) Poetically, add fuel to the fire and it burns brighter. |
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