What to eat to lose weight
You want to loss weight and you are wondering how? Maybe you have heard how Jennie had to only nibble on foods just to stay slim and you think you can’t go through all that yourself. It is quite alright to feel that way. Eating like a rabbit isn’t part of the weight loss regimen as many people think. You can actually eat normally in terms of quantity and quality. The difference between before and now is that you are trying to reduce calories and that should only reflect in the amount of calories you take. So what you need to learn is the kind of foods you can afford to eat in quantities that satisfy your hunger without accumulating unwanted calories. Fatty foods contain the highest amounts of calories followed by sugary stuffs Chicken and Fish contain lean protein and are excellent as part of your diet. All forms of white meat that contains very little amounts of cholesterol should be part of your diet. For example, eating large quantities of fish shouldn’t negatively impact on you weight loss program. The only precaution is to ensure that you do not use too much fatty oil in cooking it. Some people suggest you do not eat the skin..
Fruits – Fruits are going to be your very good friend from now on. They help to increase your metabolism and so burn up excess energy. Please do not eat fruits alone, you are most likely going to develop iron deficiency anemia. Vegetarians should know better..
Beans- Beans is an excellent food for weight watchers. It contains a lot of proteins but also has some high amount of carbohydrate. So do not eat too much of it at a time Diary- There is a lot of low sugar and fat milk available these days. Cottage cheese too is some very good diary products you should go for. Losing weight is serious business, so you must be prepared if you want to go all out and loss a reasonable amount of fat every month.
Acai Berries- Recently there is this new fruit from the Amazon now very popular ever since it appeared on Oprah show. It is a high fiber content fruit that helps to create quick satisfaction and you actually stop eating. Unlike other products in the market that cause weight loss in the same way, Acai Berry contains high amounts of vitamins and other nutrients and so you do not become malnourished trying to loss weight. These are very effective natural weight loss methods to adopt. Healthy eating habits combined with regular exercises and fat binders in some cases are needed to help you achieve weight loss naturally. You will also need to do some research on your own to find out other harmless foods to add to your regimen. Your diet must have a wide variety of foods in order that you can cope. It is important not to get bored in the process. If you make your diet excite you, you will most likely loss weight consistently every month with very little effort.http://aloeverainfo.co.cc/
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When watching what you eat lose weight, are calories or carbs more important to cut down on?
If you are trying to lose weight. Would it be more beneficial to look for foods with low calories, or low carbs? Also what are some good foods to eat when trying to lose weight?
I am adamantly opposed to low calorie dieting because most people lose a good portion of lean tissue (including vital organs like the heart) along with fat stores. There is no nutrition in fat stores, only energy. Most people get impatient and lower their calories and increase their exercise to a point where they lose so much lean tissue that when they return to what was maintenance level eating they are now accumulating more fat stores because their caloric needs have dropped due to the loss of this tissue as well as their metabolism slowing down to work more efficiently on fewer calories & it becomes a vicious cycle of dieting and more loss (including vital organs like the heart). This stress to the vital organs cannot be healthy.
You can lose more body fat eating protein & fat (don’t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast, eat all you want, but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter & half an avocado a day (for added potassium). Keep the calories high & the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.
The first 2 weeks eat several cups a day of (mostly) lettuce & celery, cucumbers, radishes, mushrooms, peppers & more variety of vegetables thereafter – add 5 grams per day additional every week (20 grams day first 2 weeks, 25grams 3rd week, 30grams 4th week etc) til you gain weight, then subtract 10grams. That will be your personal carb level (everyone is different & depends on how active you are.)
Start with meat, fats & salads for 2 weeks and then slowly add in more green veg, wk4 fresh cheeses, wk5 nuts & seeds, wk6 berries, wk7 legumes, wk8 other fruits, wk9 starchy veg, wk10 whole grains. You will learn how your body reacts to different foods.
The first week is just water weight but fat is lost thereafter if you keep your calories high enough. Otherwise the body will strip it’s own lean tissue for nutrition. Although that may look great on a scale it will make it MUCH easier to accumulate fat in the future (since all that pesky lean tissue burning up calories will be gone). The body won’t release fat stores if you lower calories below what it needs. It will slow metabolism to compensate & store every spare ounce as fat. If you continue lowering calories, it will continue lowering the set point, til it can survive off nothing & store fat on anything. The body will only release it’s fat stores if it knows there is plenty of nutritious food.
Eating carbs while trying to lose body fat is terribly inefficient. When in glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) you have to lower your calories (which slows your metabolism) & exercise heavily to deplete your glycogen stores before burning body fat.
The core of Atkins program is converting the body from glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) to ketosis (burning fat as fuel). Dietary fat levels need to be at >65% of total calories, if not, the body will still remain in glycolysis by converting 58% of excess protein into glucose (via gluconeogenesis).
It takes minimum of 3 days to convert a body to ketosis, (but only one bite to convert back to glycolysis). People feel sluggish the first week but most feel better than ever thereafter.
Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) trigger the fat storage hormone insulin. The more protein the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released.
Simple carbs are addictive & can be disastrous to health. The best way to break the addiction is NO carbs for 3 days. Make a huge batch of deviled eggs, eat one every time you want "something" – have huge omelets with bacon, sausage, peppers, mushrooms & cheese. Pork chops smothered with peppers, mushrooms & cheese – pork rinds & dip or tuna/chicken/turkey/egg salad – steaks – a huge sugar free cheese cake. Eat so much you won’t feel deprived of anything. By the 4th day, the addiction will be gone & you can start making healthy choices.
High insulin levels promote inflammation, weight gain, hunger & unbalance other hormones. Controlling insulin levels will balance out other hormones & allow human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so lean muscle will be gained even without exercise.
Ground flax seed (2 Tbsp) 1/4 cup water, artificial sweetener, mix in a raw egg – let sit 10 min. to absorb liquid, put some cream cheese in the middle & nuke 2 min for daily fiber needs.
As long as you have <9grams carbs per hour, you will maintain insulin control & shouldn’t gain weight, no matter the calories because insulin, the fat storage hormone is not activated. Many people gain weight on high carb, do low carb to lose weight & then are shocked when they return to high carb & gain weight. Many people can return to moderate carb levels but very few can really eat all they want of sugar & maintain weight or health.
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Dr.Atkins was a cardiologist, low carb was a health plan easier sold as a "diet" Read any of his books for easily understandable science. Normalizing blood pressure, blood sugar, insulin, cholesterol, triglyercerides & hormone levels are all bonus features of doing a low carb way of eating. Lutz "Life without Bread" & Taubes "Good calories, Bad calories" are excellent books that dispel all the nutrition myths.
http://www.atkins.com/Program/Phase1/WhatYouCanEatinthisPhase.aspx
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html
low carb recipe websites -
http://forum.lowcarber.org/forumdisplay.php?f=2
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/low-carb-recipes-menus/
http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/recipes.html
calories= energy. calories are in everything, including fruit and veggies, etc. You need them to function.. don’t worry about them..
carbs= foods w. complex sugars in them.. harder on your body to digest… I find that cutting back on things with flour in them is good. Complex carbohydrates like starch are hard on your body to digest.. bread and pasta have lots of this.. in it. it’s ok to eat them, but really take it easy.
it’s ok to eat a lot of food, just as long as it’s good food (unprocessed).. try eating more raw foods and ‘natural’ snacks… Unprocessed food= pretty much anything packaged that has more than 5 ingredients.. try cooking for yourself from scratch. It’s better for you than prepackaged foods loaded with preservatives..
Basically anything that has gone so far as to be packaged with a label on it to tell you it’s ‘healthy’ is a processed food. I believe they are the reason that we have so much obesity in industrialized countries..
Good foods: fruits, veggies, yogurt (bacterial cultures in yogurt are good for digestion), cheese, nuts, dried fruits, meat and seafood (pay attention to where it comes from… avoid hormones), rice, salads, cooking w/ olive oil, anything else is fine.. just be moderate, replace sweets with healthier snacks
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I was raised on mostly unprocessed food and I am slimmer.. I eat a lot of food. I just don’t eat crappy food
do not do a colon cleanse and do not eat a high calorie, high fat diet comprised of meat and cheese. That is stupid. Eating vegetables, fruits in moderation and lean meats (no red meats) all organic will help anyone lose weight. Just eat natural.
To answer your question, they are the same. carbs contain calories. These are all purely sources of energy: proteins, carbs, fats and sugars.
Sugars are the first used by the body, thus a sudden energy rush after eating sugary foods. Carbs are used second as energy during strenuous periods outside daily activity (e.g. exercise). Fats and proteins are different, however, in that fats are directly stored in your body for "rainy day" energy when you can’t find food. Proteins are used to build and repair muscle tissue. All four of these contain calories, per gram, fat has 9 calories, protein has 4 calories and carbs have 4 calories. Thus a high protein diet is also high in calories and if you are not exercising your muscles and breaking them down. Your body does not need protein and stores it as fat. It is the same way with carbs.
While insulin, stress and other factors do affect your body, it cannot work with resources that it does not have. If you give your body the right kinds of foods, everything will fall into place. Nature intended for our metabolisms to regulate themselves for survival purposes. Trust that your body can take care of itself. Processed junk foods ruined the natural process by introducing too much of everything, fad diets are just trying to profit off of "fixing this." Remember, everything in moderation! from broccoli to cake… don’t eat too much and you’ll be fine.
Sorry for a long answer to a short question, but I had to dispel some myths… thanks for your time.
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ALWAYS calories. Low-carb diets can work, but only because you’re actually eating fewer calories!
3500 calories= 1 lb of body fat. Create a calorie deficit through the week this big, and you will lose a pound!
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