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Day 28 of 100 Days -- still 17 pounds gone



 
 
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Old January 28th, 2007, 09:55 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-calorie
Caleb
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Default Day 28 of 100 Days -- still 17 pounds gone

1-28-07
165/248/200
Day 28 out of 100 days, 17 pounds gone.

I got on my balance-beam scale this morning and again I weighed 248 -
well, at least my indicator didn't go over that. I had a few more
calories yesterday than I wanted to - about 1500 calories - but then
again my right foot hurt a bit and with gout, more severe diets are
not recommended, so I eased off a bit on the calorie restrictions.
Today my goal is 1200 calories and tomorrow my goal will be a 1000.

I went up and down a 14 step stairway here in our house - a gain of
about 10 to 12 feet - for 20 minutes with a 45 pound backpack on. Not
too quickly, but after about 10 minutes I was sweating and it seemed
to be good exercise. My legs felt a bit weak after that and the
workout appeared effective.

My clothes are looser than before, and some size 42 pants look very
large on me. In another month, I'll throw the size 42s away.

That article published on CNN concerning the findings by Ravussin is
most interesting. Some of the important points were these - that
increasing muscle mass does not speed up metabolism, that if one loses
weight by dieting there is not a greater proportion of muscle mass
lost, etc. There have been many so-called experts in weight-loss that
absolutely "knew" that such findings were false.

Similarly, everyone "knows" that three meals a day (or more) is the
healthiest way to eat. But then how should one interpret the findings
of neuropsychologist Mark Mattson, PhD, who finds that intermittent
eating helps impart (at least to mice and rats) to the brain
resistance to insults related to Alzheimer's, concussion, etc.?

There is so much bad advice about losing weight and it just keeps
ricocheting around from person to person. Rather like the saying that
truth can't even get its boots on before a lie has twice circled the
globe.

The Eric Ravussin findings again show that the bottom line for weight
loss is calories - although exercise is probably important as well.
But at the end of the day, weight-loss requires taking in fewer
calories than one is expending.

The above seems common sense, but, as Benjamin Franklin said, "Common
sense is an uncommon virtue." It's difficult to know what is correct
and what is not, but it's important to look for the data. And, as
Franklin also said something like, "More people have been taken in by
a lack of skepticism than skepticism itself."

Have a great rest of the weekend and a great week ahead!

Yours truly,

Caleb

 




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