I hate to exercise

by | Jan 28, 2013 | Exercise, Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

Here is a post over at lowcarber forum where I have commented on about exercise

 

From BlueDress:

So… I hate to exercise. I hate to feel hot. I hate having sweat pouring down my face BUT I want to feel fit & healthy. I want the whole package and I’m going to give it a solid go. I’m going at my pace. The goal is to improve my fitness without injury. I’m working with a bad back and weak, left leg that I inherited after a long episode with sciatica. Inever want to go back to that so safety is my first priority. 

 

My comment:

Hi BlueDress,

Yes I know exactly where you’re coming from. That’s the part about exercise I never really liked, feeling hot, sweaty and uncomfortable. But the great thing about doing exercise is that it gradually gets easier as you’re finding out and does we get fitter the exercise we do becomes easier therefore less hot and less sweaty.

Years ago when I used to do weight training when I first started, almost by the end of the first exercise I felt like I was melting yet towards my affair with that type of exercise I went low carb and within a very short period I was doing the same type of exercises with much heavier weights and a much faster pace and many times wouldn’t even break out into a sweat.

So you just keep going doing what you’re doing, knowing that’s it doing you good and the only pace that matters is yours.

Well done you!

Mark

Eating habits are contagious infographic

by | Jan 25, 2013 | Obesity | 0 comments

Below is a post at Jimmy Moore’s about eating habits that I have commented on

 

Jimmy Moore:

Eating habits are contagious infographic: http://www.nourishinteractive.com/blog/8…nfographic ~ Fascinating new health infographic for you to check out. They claim you’re 57% more likely to be obese if your friend is obese? But I contend this statistic is only true if you have not become enlightened to find the nutritional plan that is right for you. Then again, perhaps you find friends that look like you–and if you’re obese, they’re obese. The pressure to fit into your circle by eating what they do can contribute. But Paleo and low-carb dieters are well aware of the challenge of being a part of the group while staying true to your dietary principles can be tricky. It’s not impossible or inevitable though.

 

Me:

I see too basic human traits being played out here.

The first that if you can say that obesity is something that’s contagious then you can legitimately hold up your hands and say “It’s not my fault, I caught it from somebody else” which is a very nice way of sidestepping any responsibility that you might have for your body being the way it is.

The second thing is that people generally prefer people who reinforce their own way of being and conversely will avoid people who make them feel uncomfortable about the person that they are. So it should be no surprise that you will find overweight people preferring to mix with other overweight people. They simply have so much more in common.

Cheers,

Mark

Are avocados good for me?

by | Jan 25, 2013 | Food Choices, Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

Here is another of my comments on a post about avocados at Jimmy Moore’s

 

Jimmy Moore wrote:

Are avocados good for me?: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/heal…cle7524624 ~ Do we REALLY have to ask this question about a real food like avocados? Unfortunately in this fat-phobic culture we live in these days, yes we do and it’s indicative of the mountain of work that’s still in front of us to convince people that dietary fat (especially from whole food sources) is NOT the problem. I credit the registered dietitian for answering this question well except for her dig at butter and promotion of “whole grain toast” towards the end. Is there a mandate that fat be demonized and grains heralded in the RD manual or what?

 

My comment:

I absolutely love avocados. Many years ago I was staying in a small chalet in the garden of a friend’s house. The gardener has planted something like 35 years beforehand and all around the chalet there were 12 different varieties of avocado, each one fruiting to maturity at a different time of the year so you virtually have avocados all year round.

Everyday for breakfast along with cottage cheese we used to have an avocado salad that was simply the pulp of 2 fresh avocados cut into small cubes, mixed in with finely chopped onion and dressed with a little lemon juice, salt and pepper. The secret was to leave it for about 20 minutes so all the flavors exchange before you eat it. It was absolutely delicious in fact thinking about it now makes me want to go and make something just like that.

Incidentally the owner of that garden lived well into his 90s and strangely enough he had avocados virtually every day.

Definitely a food for thought.

Mark

I’m back?!?!

by | Jan 25, 2013 | Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

Here is a post at lowcarber.org where I have commented on about low carb diet

 

Blackstone said:

After a long and counterproductive leave of absence, I am back! Day 2 to be precise. I just finished a large break fast of 3 scrambled eggs w, cheese, sour cream and salsa. I was feeling very hungry this morning. Probably because I am so bloated and use to eating carbs until they’re coming out my ears. Last time I weighed myself I was at a devastating 240. That is 3 pounds higher than my highest ever point. I am not going to weigh myself for a few days. Just too hard. I am just glad I made it through day 1. Had a nightmare that I was chowing down on pasta w/alfredo sauce and thought “oh well, I start tomorrow” which I have been saying for about 4 months now. I was so relieved to wake up this morning to realized it was just a dream. 

I’m trying to be truthful with myself. I have a hard time switching gears from making this a life style vs. a diet. I’ve seen time and time again people jump on and off this diet…only to come crawling back after they went astray and gained back all their weight and then some. I really am not able to say “I’ll just have one piece of bread, a handful of chips, etc” I am truly addicted to these things. I can’t feel deprived because that doesn’t work for me. What does work for me is to research and find tons of wonderful food that my body can deal with. 

I’m so uncomfortable with my size…none of my clothes fit and I don’t even attempt to make an effort anymore. The sweats have got to go! And sick of the carb/sugar hangover that has been lingering over my head for far too long. So here’s to yet another go…another start..another chance! Cheers!!

 

My response:

It seems for most of us our low carb journey is a longer very narrow path that is also easy to slide off of.

I found the best way for me to avoid temptation is not to bring it into the house. As I’m going around the store, I’m looking at things that are oh so tempting and saying to myself “No I won’t buy that, it won’t be good for me” and I’ll save 195 or whatever the price happens to be.  It seems in the store that when temptation has a price it seems much easier to resist.

Does anyone else have any good tips for avoiding temptation?

Cheers,

Mark

Sports drink for Low Carb cycling Part 2

by | Jan 24, 2013 | Questions about low carb | 0 comments

This my comment on a previous thread about sport drinks at forum.lowcarber.org

 

jludders:

Thanks

Sounds like a good alternative what sort of ratio’s would you recommend and could you use a potassium salt for the mixture?

 

My reply:

Hi jludders!

As we’re on a low carb forum, I am of course assuming that you’re getting your daily potassium intake from good green vegetables such as broccoli and spinach and so on. Just three good servings of those will give you around about 2,500 to 3,000 mg of potassium each day. Obviously it is important that you maintain a slightly higher potassium to salt ratio. As for salt I would also recommend that you choose a good natural salt without any chemicals added.

The last thing of course, to bear in mind is the ratio of salt and potassium to liquid that you take.  After all you want to make up for what is lost, I would assume rather than just correct the imbalance.

So rather than just pick some figures out of the air, it’s probably better that you have a look at some of the more accessible scientific literature. Here’s an article that should give you most of the answers that you need and if you want anything further, please do come back to me or follow some of the links that you’ll find on this website.

Hope that helps,

Mark