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Troll_Bait

Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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cdninkorea

Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:20 am Post subject: |
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The whole grain bread instead of refined grain bread is a good idea (# 3), but:
1) the melon recommendation isn't exactly a breakthrough: it's low in calories? Yeah, well so are most fruits. It's high in potassium? Again, so are a lot of fruits.
2) the study of women who drink one glass of wine per day having a smaller waist than heavy drinkers is purely correlational; there's no evidence given that the wine is the cause. It could just as easily be that heavy drinkers also eat more.
4) I wasn't paying attention by the time she got to grapefruit. |
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ReeseDog

Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Classified
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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cdninkorea wrote: |
The whole grain bread instead of refined grain bread is a good idea (# 3), but:
1) the melon recommendation isn't exactly a breakthrough: it's low in calories? Yeah, well so are most fruits. It's high in potassium? Again, so are a lot of fruits.
2) the study of women who drink one glass of wine per day having a smaller waist than heavy drinkers is purely correlational; there's no evidence given that the wine is the cause. It could just as easily be that heavy drinkers also eat more.
4) I wasn't paying attention by the time she got to grapefruit. |
Plus (and here's the rub), you cannot spot burn fat. Can't be done. Create a calorie deficit in your diet through a combination of portion control and exercise, and you begin burning fat for energy. The fat burns all over your body - not just in your gut. |
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MollyBloom

Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:23 am Post subject: |
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Well then...how does someone lose belly fat? The proverbial less calories and more exercise?? I thought there were certain foods that target getting rid of fat in the belly...as said grapefruit. Or is this false also? |
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ReeseDog

Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Classified
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:52 am Post subject: |
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MollyBloom wrote: |
Well then...how does someone lose belly fat? The proverbial less calories and more exercise?? I thought there were certain foods that target getting rid of fat in the belly...as said grapefruit. Or is this false also? |
I believe it to be false, but there's always folks out there who'll disagree. All reliable sources indicate that when you burn fat, you burn it from all over your body. If you have a big gut, that'll be the last thing to completely slim out. Ditto saddlebags, thighs, or whichever body part offends thee. |
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hellakitty
Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Location: Variable
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:04 am Post subject: |
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I've heard that smoking and diet sodas are linked to increased belly fat - while carbonation is linked to bloating I don't quite get the smoking coorelation- maybe because smokers are more likely to be unhealthy in general? My stomach is only perfectly flat if I watch my calorie intake hardcore - nothing to do with specific foods really. Then again, I don't really have much belly fat. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Cut your meals in half. Stop snacking and eating candy. Exercise at least 40 minutes per day for 3 days per week (must break a sweat).
Force yourself to make it through the first 4 days of this, when it's the most difficult. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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If your a guy, no diet is going to help you lose belly fat. Exercise. |
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itaewonguy

Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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wish I could tell you there was some magic pill you could take
the Viagra of fat burning.. but there isn't!!
there is only one way to lose it...
RUN forest!! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!
get on that tread mill... and run your ass off... 3 months of that!
no beer, not sugars, no junk food.. you will lose inches off the belt.. |
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cdninkorea

Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:27 am Post subject: |
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PeteJB wrote: |
If your a guy, no diet is going to help you lose belly fat. Exercise. |
I have to disagree with this. I was at 14% body fat for a long time, and no matter how intensely I exercised, I couldn't get it any lower.
After several months of trying and thinking "if I just stay with it a bit longer, the weight will come off," I started dieting: 6 meals a day, lots of vegetables and lean meats, complex carbs in the morning and sugars after workouts, etc. It's starting to come off and now 10% is on the horizon..
My workout partner put it beautifully: "The battle against fat loss is won in the kitchen." Maybe your experience is differnet though; this is mine and perhaps mine alone. |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:05 am Post subject: |
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Lots of people lose fat by following a "Candida Diet". The idea being that there is yeast in the system and like a loaf of bread the belly bloats.
Get rid of sugars, alcohol , coffee, most fruits and watch the belly bloating go away. It is a difficult diet to follow but it works. |
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Ukon
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:15 am Post subject: |
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D.D. wrote: |
Lots of people lose fat by following a "Candida Diet". The idea being that there is yeast in the system and like a loaf of bread the belly bloats.
Get rid of sugars, alcohol , coffee, most fruits and watch the belly bloating go away. It is a difficult diet to follow but it works. |
More likely due to calorie deficit from removing those things....somethings do cause bloating, but it's not gonna make you huge.... |
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rusty1983
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Get to the gym or something. Yoga has worked well for me, I do a lot of work on the 'core' and I read something about it optimising your metabolism so you use food more efficiently. It works the same if you build muscle, the fat is used to rebuild what youve done at the gym etc etc.
On a related point, what the hell can I eat for breakfast that isnt coated in fat? I have tried eating fruit, I was eating 2 apples, 2 bananas and a pear before work and I was hungry again less than 3 hours later. That was my attempt at a 'diet' and it was rubbish. I realise dieting isnt gonna work for me, I just try and squeeze in as much good stuff to counter the crap as I can.
However, someone close to me recently had a heart attack and Im aware eating greasey bacon sandwiches for breakfast everyday could well send me the same way. But nothing else comes close to satisfying me and I dont have the time for cereal. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Coquitlam, BC
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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I like to throw a couple of bananas, strawberries, milk and psillium husk into the blender. Makes for a decent breakfast. I'mjust wondering what else might one add to the blender? Any cool recipes for healthy shakes / smoothies? Thank you. |
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ulsanchris
Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: take a wild guess
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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oatmeal is a great breakfast food. don't need a lot to feel full and digests slowly so you get energy from it the whole morning. |
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