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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:19 am Post subject: A Diet That Really Works (for me) |
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It's called the Caloric Confusion Diet.
I actually stumbled across this diet by accident, and since it has been really shedding the pounds/kilos, I thought I'd share.
I'm about 6 ft. and I weighed about 190. I wasn't terribly overweight at all, but since summer was coming up I thought I better start dieting.
I'm the type that would order a large pizza and nearly eat the whole thing, granted that is the only meal of the day, but still. I ate pretty badly.
So, I decided to diet.
I wanted to severely cut my calorie intake to about 1000-1,500a day, so I ate maybe two sandwiches from 7/11 and a couple of sausages for the day. It roughly totaled out to 1000-1,500 calories a day. People say it's starving yourself, and if you do starve yourself, your body will go into starvation mode and conserve your fat.
Anyway, it felt like I was starving myself, so I ate a pizza maybe after being on the diet for 3-4 days.
The next few days after, I started dieting again, which confused my metabolism, and now the weight is pouring off more and more.
Basically you eat good for 3-4 days then kind of splurge the next (only for that one day, then you go back to the diet for the next 3-4 days.)
Anyway, like I said, I researched why my diet was working so well and I came across this:
"The Eating plan
1.The preferred method of losing Body Fat is to find out your Maintenance level of calories�the amount of calories needed to keep your muscle and not lose or gain any fat and reduce that by 30%.
2.Using your BMR and activity level each day that Maintenance calorie number can be determined. (for me that is 3000-3300 calories a day)
3.A reduction of 30% will result in 2100-2310 calories a day for fat loss.
4.The problem with this level of calories is that the body goes into starvation mode to conserve fat stores and lowers it set point to accommodate ( this occurs after approx. 3 days )
5.The solution is to raise your Caloric intake every forth day to your Maintenance level..in my case 3000-3300 and then back to 2100-2300 for the next three days.
6.3 days at 2100-2300, 4th day 3000-3300�repeat.
7.Try to eat 6 times ( every three hours ) a day to promote a higher metabolism, keep your insulin levels stable and allow you to process enough protein to keep your lean muscle.
8.I suggest the following supplements; a good multi-vitamin, greens powder concentrate and protein powder.
9.Make sure you drink 10 or more cups of water a day.
10.Work a �cheat meal� into your meal plan once a week to avoid insanity, cheat MEAL not cheat Day!
11.Eat to live not Live to eat!
12.Finally, buy organic when you can."
*You may want to try this if nothing else works. I'm the kind of guy who wouldn't be caught dead in a gym...I start picking up the weights and then say, "damn this is heavy!" and put it back down and leave.
I like this diet because it allows 2 splurge days a week.
Has anyone else tried this diet with any success? |
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Radius
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:25 am Post subject: |
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Yea, maybe this should have been posted in the Official Losing Weight Thread. Mods, do as you wish. |
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highstreet
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:37 am Post subject: |
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Starvation mode has never been proven to be real. And if it were real, it wouldn't kick in after only 3 days...  |
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Radius
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:40 am Post subject: |
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highstreet wrote: |
Starvation mode has never been proven to be real. And if it were real, it wouldn't kick in after only 3 days...  |
I'm pretty sure starvation mode does kick in after about 3-4 days. |
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Madigan
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Radius
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:04 am Post subject: |
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Haven't read the book, but read the primer. Thanks for sharing the link, too. |
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Radius
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:06 am Post subject: |
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Haven't read the book, but read the primer. Thanks for sharing the link, too. |
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Radius
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:06 am Post subject: |
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Haven't read the book, but read the primer. Thanks for sharing the link, too. |
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drydell
Joined: 01 Oct 2009
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:10 am Post subject: |
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What a surprise.. when i clicked this thread I thought to myself - wonder if one of the low-carb drones has popped their little head onto this thread to blar on about Taubes like they always do again and again and again...we need a new name for you lot - maybe hijack-any-diet-related-link-with-Gary-Fuckin-Taubers |
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Madigan
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Oh dear! So, what is your solution? Have the public starve themselves while running marathons? Don't you think that it, at the very least, makes a little sense, intuitively? How did the human body evolutionarily develop? Why did it develop in such a fashion? Human beings have been on this planet, in one form or another, for 2.8 million years, and we have yet to find one hunter-gatherer tribe that sustained themselves without meat. Indeed, in the times before agriculture, human beings sustained themselves, and even thrived, from the fat of the land, as it were. |
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drydell
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Madigan wrote: |
Oh dear! So, what is your solution? Have the public starve themselves while running marathons? Don't you think that it, at the very least, makes a little sense, intuitively? How did the human body evolutionarily develop? Why did it develop in such a fashion? Human beings have been on this planet, in one form or another, for 2.8 million years, and we have yet to find one hunter-gatherer tribe that sustained themselves without meat. Indeed, in the times before agriculture, human beings sustained themselves, and even thrived, from the fat of the land, as it were. |
Taubes = high fat diet and no exercise... you're welcome to it - your funeral..
But do you have to literally hijack every other diet thread? can you low-boring-carbers just not resist just once? I'm sorry but you are like the fundamentalist Korean Christians of the diet world.. and you know what?...most of what you have read is-bullshit. |
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Madigan
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Well, to be honest, I am not sure whether or not he is right. The most we can say is that his ideas need more study as nothing in science is ever conclusive. However, he does raise some questions that I feel are pertinent. The ones I listed above, for example. It is unclear why simply submitting an idea related to the topic is considered hijacking, or why you think waving your hands while screaming "Bullshit!" does anything for your case? In fact, I am not even sure what your case is. But if you are trying to falsify a hypothesis, this is certainly no way to go about it. |
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drydell
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:12 am Post subject: |
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Madigan wrote: |
Well, to be honest, I am not sure whether or not he is right. The most we can say is that his ideas need more study as nothing in science is ever conclusive. However, he does raise some questions that I feel are pertinent. The ones I listed above, for example. It is unclear why simply submitting an idea related to the topic is considered hijacking, or why you think waving your hands while screaming "Bullshit!" does anything for your case? In fact, I am not even sure what your case is. But if you are trying to falsify a hypothesis, this is certainly no way to go about it. |
look - the main argument taubes makes is this (and it's important).... taubes claims since the 80's everyone adopted a 'low-fat' diet and got fatter.. this is not true- they ate more fat- just the overall percentage of fat went down - big low carb myth..they ate more junk food and ate more sugary refined carbs too - everything that was crap
look up all the critiques of Taubes online before buying into his argument - and don't take my word for it - even in the 'low carb' world there are plenty of critiques...
http://weightology.net/?p=251
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bray-review-of-gcbc.pdf |
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Madigan
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:25 am Post subject: |
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^ That's fine. I just read his book last week. I honestly don't know what to think, but I thought he raised some very good questions. As for not exercise, don't be silly. I would never tell people not to exercise. I regularly run and lift myself, and I am always open to new ideas on how to take care of my body.
However, truth be told, I still trust fat way more than carbs. (e.g. I eat way more meat and green vegetables than I do fruits or grains.) |
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itistime
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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�I'm about 6 ft. and I weighed about 190. I wasn't terribly overweight at all�
OP, some readers/posters would absolutely shriek at your comment. �I�m 200 lbs and I�m not fat�, some might say. Unless you�re a muscle head and you weigh over 200 lbs, you�re overweight. Stop lying to yourselves and letting others convince you that you�re not. I don�t want to hijack this thread while calling out fatties, but most people are certainly disillusioned. Why is that? Media? Acceptance of a large portion of cultures being overweight? Many different reasons can be given.
Fat = cancer in the majority of cases. Are you eating lean meat all the time? Not here, you�re not. Everybody�s body has a different reaction to food products. Ie, lactose intolerance, gluten allergies, etc. But, sugary carbs and meat is not the answer to your woes. I think that is part of the argument drydell is making.
Digestion (yes, as simple as it may seem) plays a monstrous role in your body make-up. Chew your food!!! It can sit in your intestines and colon for years on end. This is a whole other topic, but worth a brief mention. Do you have a permanent pot belly and don�t know why? Think about it for a minute.
Easy solution. Stop eating ish, get a decent amount of rest and do your exercise. You really only need 30 mins of cardio a day. Sometimes that can mean skipping the escalator on all your subway stops and taking the stairs. Don�t be afraid to sweat. You won�t regret you did these things if you actually do them. Too many people regret that diet coke (what a joke), low fat pizza burger and small ice cream sundae they were so proud of adding to their diet plans. You can never eat too many vegetables. As for food diet. Many people that think they eat healthy can be as disillusioned as those that don�t think they�re overweight. Eating and being healthy is a full time job. That�s why most people are late for work.
Good luck to all that are trying. I�m sure you�re proud of the changes you see. |
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