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On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:26:04 +0200, "JS" wrote:
Hi everybody I have a question. I am 10kg overweight (not sure how much that is inpounds). Approximately what is the minimum, and recommended amount of calories that I should eat in a day? Let's say I don't do any excerice. A normal day (without watching what I eat) gives me 3500 cals, so I realise I have to do much less. How exactly how much without threatening my health? Some of it depends, male or female, age, how tall you are. It's very hard to lose weight if you don't exercise. Next to impossible if you're female and don't exercise. If you reduce calories, lose weight, and don't exercise, you will lose a disproportionate amount of lean body mass. This will result in a lower body weight with a high fat mass, and a lower metabolic rate than you started out with. Outcome is that you'll have a very hard time maintaining. Assuming that you are now weight stable with 3500 k/cal, how about reducing that to 3000 k/cal and walking 2 miles per day? It's only going to take you 30 minutes to walk the two miles, and you'll be much more likely to keep the weight off. Just a thought. Barbara Hirsch, Publisher OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development http://www.obesity-news.com/ |
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"Dally" wrote in message ... Try splenda. It comes in a yellow packet and has zero calories Sorta, and I use splenda, but here's some more info on it: Thank you for visiting the SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener website. We hope you became more familiar with SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener during your visit to the site. The caloric and carbohydrate content for SPLENDA (R) Brand Sweetener is as follows: SPLENDA (R) Granular 1 tsp = 0.5 gm carb = 2 calories one half cup = 12 gm carb = 48 calories 1 cup = 24 gm carb = 96 calories *1 tsp. = 1 serving Packet of SPLENDA (R) 1 packet = .9 gm of carb = 4 calories *1 packet has the sweetness of 2 tsp of sugar Note: Per U.S. labeling laws, anything with less than 5 calories per serving, is properly labeled as "zero" or no-calorie. The caloric and carbohydrate content for sugar is as follows: Sugar 1 tsp = 4 gm of carb= 16 calories one half cup = 96 gm of carb= 385 calories 1 cup = 192 gm of carb = 770 calories Note: The calories and carbohydrates in SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener comes from dextrose and/or maltodextrin, which are added for bulk. Sucralose the sweetening ingredient in SPLENDA (R) Brand Sweetener, has no calories and is not a carbohydrate. Granular - sucralose, maltodextrin (0.5 gram per serving) Packets - sucralose, maltodextrin and dextrose (less than 1 gram per packet) SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener (sucralose) has no known side effects. Sucralose can be used by everyone; including people with diabetes, pregnant and nursing mothers, and children. The safety of SPLENDA (R) Brand Sweetener has been demonstrated as part of our clearance process with the FDA as well as other regulatory agencies around the world. There are no warning labels on the product to exclude anyone from enjoying SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener. |
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"Dally" wrote in message ... Try splenda. It comes in a yellow packet and has zero calories Sorta, and I use splenda, but here's some more info on it: Thank you for visiting the SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener website. We hope you became more familiar with SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener during your visit to the site. The caloric and carbohydrate content for SPLENDA (R) Brand Sweetener is as follows: SPLENDA (R) Granular 1 tsp = 0.5 gm carb = 2 calories one half cup = 12 gm carb = 48 calories 1 cup = 24 gm carb = 96 calories *1 tsp. = 1 serving Packet of SPLENDA (R) 1 packet = .9 gm of carb = 4 calories *1 packet has the sweetness of 2 tsp of sugar Note: Per U.S. labeling laws, anything with less than 5 calories per serving, is properly labeled as "zero" or no-calorie. The caloric and carbohydrate content for sugar is as follows: Sugar 1 tsp = 4 gm of carb= 16 calories one half cup = 96 gm of carb= 385 calories 1 cup = 192 gm of carb = 770 calories Note: The calories and carbohydrates in SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener comes from dextrose and/or maltodextrin, which are added for bulk. Sucralose the sweetening ingredient in SPLENDA (R) Brand Sweetener, has no calories and is not a carbohydrate. Granular - sucralose, maltodextrin (0.5 gram per serving) Packets - sucralose, maltodextrin and dextrose (less than 1 gram per packet) SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener (sucralose) has no known side effects. Sucralose can be used by everyone; including people with diabetes, pregnant and nursing mothers, and children. The safety of SPLENDA (R) Brand Sweetener has been demonstrated as part of our clearance process with the FDA as well as other regulatory agencies around the world. There are no warning labels on the product to exclude anyone from enjoying SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener. |
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"Barbara Hirsch" wrote in message ... On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:26:04 +0200, "JS" wrote: Hi everybody I have a question. I am 10kg overweight (not sure how much that is inpounds). Approximately what is the minimum, and recommended amount of calories that I should eat in a day? Let's say I don't do any excerice. A normal day (without watching what I eat) gives me 3500 cals, so I realise I have to do much less. How exactly how much without threatening my health? Some of it depends, male or female, age, how tall you are. It's very hard to lose weight if you don't exercise. Next to impossible if you're female and don't exercise. If you reduce calories, lose weight, and don't exercise, you will lose a disproportionate amount of lean body mass. This will result in a lower body weight with a high fat mass, and a lower metabolic rate than you started out with. Outcome is that you'll have a very hard time maintaining. Assuming that you are now weight stable with 3500 k/cal, how about reducing that to 3000 k/cal and walking 2 miles per day? It's only going to take you 30 minutes to walk the two miles, and you'll be much more likely to keep the weight off. Just a thought. Barbara Hirsch, Publisher OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development http://www.obesity-news.com/ Thanks for the advice. I will definately try out the walking. I jog/run once in two weeks, and only for a short distance, but I love walking. Unfortunately I do it not often enough. I hate running or walking around the block, so I am going to walk to a specific place - a different target each day. |
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"Barbara Hirsch" wrote in message ... On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:26:04 +0200, "JS" wrote: Hi everybody I have a question. I am 10kg overweight (not sure how much that is inpounds). Approximately what is the minimum, and recommended amount of calories that I should eat in a day? Let's say I don't do any excerice. A normal day (without watching what I eat) gives me 3500 cals, so I realise I have to do much less. How exactly how much without threatening my health? Some of it depends, male or female, age, how tall you are. It's very hard to lose weight if you don't exercise. Next to impossible if you're female and don't exercise. If you reduce calories, lose weight, and don't exercise, you will lose a disproportionate amount of lean body mass. This will result in a lower body weight with a high fat mass, and a lower metabolic rate than you started out with. Outcome is that you'll have a very hard time maintaining. Assuming that you are now weight stable with 3500 k/cal, how about reducing that to 3000 k/cal and walking 2 miles per day? It's only going to take you 30 minutes to walk the two miles, and you'll be much more likely to keep the weight off. Just a thought. Barbara Hirsch, Publisher OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development http://www.obesity-news.com/ Thanks for the advice. I will definately try out the walking. I jog/run once in two weeks, and only for a short distance, but I love walking. Unfortunately I do it not often enough. I hate running or walking around the block, so I am going to walk to a specific place - a different target each day. |
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"JS" wrote in message ...
Hi everybody I have a question. I am 10kg overweight (not sure how much that is inpounds). Approximately what is the minimum, and recommended amount of calories that I should eat in a day? Let's say I don't do any excerice. A normal day (without watching what I eat) gives me 3500 cals, so I realise I have to do much less. How exactly how much without threatening my health? The first day's recommended meal plan in my book contains 6500 calories. I don't think you'll be able to eat it all but try as hard as you can . Calories have little to do with weight. The thinnest people on Earth eat the most calories and exercise the least. They do however limit themselves to what is edible in Nature and don't eat foods only edible through technological intervention. Grains, beans, potatoes and refined sugars are only edible to Primates through the chemistry of cooking ( about 300 generations-25 years of white mice). The milk of other species has only been available to humans since Man domesticated cattle ( about 150 generations). By keeping the diet variables to those constant to all Primates and eliminating new variables the resulting fractal of normal human weight distribution ( 10% bodyfat for men 20% for women)will always manifest itself. Aren't non-linear equations grand! As anyone who has tried calorie reduction can tell you, simple thermodynamics ( calories in vs. calories out)does not tell the whole story. " Not only in research, but also in the everyday world of politics and economics, we would all be better off if more people realized that simple nonlinear systems do not necessarily posses simple dynamical properties." [Biologist Robert Mays from his "messianic" paper in Nature (1976)"The Mathematical Intuition"] Ray Audette Author "NeanderThin" www.NeanderThin.com |
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"JS" wrote in message ...
Hi everybody I have a question. I am 10kg overweight (not sure how much that is inpounds). Approximately what is the minimum, and recommended amount of calories that I should eat in a day? Let's say I don't do any excerice. A normal day (without watching what I eat) gives me 3500 cals, so I realise I have to do much less. How exactly how much without threatening my health? The first day's recommended meal plan in my book contains 6500 calories. I don't think you'll be able to eat it all but try as hard as you can . Calories have little to do with weight. The thinnest people on Earth eat the most calories and exercise the least. They do however limit themselves to what is edible in Nature and don't eat foods only edible through technological intervention. Grains, beans, potatoes and refined sugars are only edible to Primates through the chemistry of cooking ( about 300 generations-25 years of white mice). The milk of other species has only been available to humans since Man domesticated cattle ( about 150 generations). By keeping the diet variables to those constant to all Primates and eliminating new variables the resulting fractal of normal human weight distribution ( 10% bodyfat for men 20% for women)will always manifest itself. Aren't non-linear equations grand! As anyone who has tried calorie reduction can tell you, simple thermodynamics ( calories in vs. calories out)does not tell the whole story. " Not only in research, but also in the everyday world of politics and economics, we would all be better off if more people realized that simple nonlinear systems do not necessarily posses simple dynamical properties." [Biologist Robert Mays from his "messianic" paper in Nature (1976)"The Mathematical Intuition"] Ray Audette Author "NeanderThin" www.NeanderThin.com |
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JS wrote:
Thanks for the advice. I will definately try out the walking. I jog/run once in two weeks, and only for a short distance, but I love walking. Unfortunately I do it not often enough. I hate running or walking around the block, so I am going to walk to a specific place - a different target each day. Walking works! I lost almost 100 pounds in a year with walking as my primary form of exercise. Do it! -- Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 |
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JS wrote:
Thanks for the advice. I will definately try out the walking. I jog/run once in two weeks, and only for a short distance, but I love walking. Unfortunately I do it not often enough. I hate running or walking around the block, so I am going to walk to a specific place - a different target each day. Walking works! I lost almost 100 pounds in a year with walking as my primary form of exercise. Do it! -- Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 |
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