What do you eat for a quick , and tasty fat fix?

by | Feb 4, 2013 | Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

Below is a copy of another post I made at lowcarber forum about high-fat snacks

 

Hi aramaya,

Small high fat snacks say? Well, here’s two coming up!

The first is…. a ripe avocado cut in two, take out the pit, fill the hole with mayonnaise and dust to taste with cayenne pepper. Absolutely delicious and the cayenne pepper does wonders for your health.

Staying on the avocado theme, dice up the flesh of an avocado into about quarter of an inch cubes, finely chop half a small onion and an optional clove of garlic. Mix the avocado, the onion and the garlic together. Sprinkle over a little bit of olive oil and lemon juice, mix, salt and pepper to taste.

I would normally have that with cottage cheese but as cheese isn’t something that likes you very much, the alternative is two chopped up hard boiled eggs with half-and-half mayonnaise and thick cream, salt and pepper to taste. Delicious!!!!

Cheers,

Mark

Ready to go full lo carb & training for a marathon. Tips please

by | Feb 4, 2013 | Low carb diet, Questions about low carb | 0 comments

Here is a copy of a recent comment I did on a post over at Jimmy Moore’s regarding low carb

 

Hi whitehorse,

Thanks for your very interesting post. Nice to see that you’re looking after yourself and that you have quite a worthy goal ahead of you.

I read through most of your post nodding to myself until I got to the last part where you said you’ll be working out on an empty stomach which in essence means that you’ll be following what is in effect an intermittent fast. Now if that is done properly that can be a very effective way of losing fat because fasting increases the resting energy expenditure while at the same time decreases insulin levels thus allowing the fat that we’ve got stored in our  body to burned for fuel.

The other thing fasting does or  intermittent fasting in particular does is that it encourages the body to produce human growth hormone which is one of those brilliant hormones that burns fat while at the same time helps our body to build muscle.

Now as an athlete you’re going to need protein and that needs to be high quality protein and the general consensus is that is should be eaten within less than an hour after you finished training.

As a dedicated organic fellow, I would encourage you to get that quality protein from meat but many athletes, although I hate to say it, seem to get positive results using whey as well.

The other great thing about intermittent fasting from an athlete’s point of view is that our body will naturally preserve any muscles that we’re using.

I know there is a lot of concern in low carb circles about our bodies’ consuming our muscle tissues if they’re not given enough protein or fat for energy but that’s only partly true as yes, the body will break down other tissues but it won’t break down active muscles as in those being exercised.

This is actually quite a fascinating and surprisingly effective way of reshaping or sculpturing your body if you prefer and I think the best thing I can do is give you a link to find out more about it. The most readable information I found so far is on Mark Sisson’s blog called marksdailyapple.com. He goes into this in quite some detail and I think you’ll find many of the answers you’re seeking there.

Hope that helps,

Mark

New starter

by | Feb 4, 2013 | Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

This is a copy of the comment I made on a post at lowcarber forum about low carb diet

 

Hi Cazzabella and a very warm welcome to you and well done for wanting to start a low carb diet.

You can be sure it will be something your body will thank you for but do please keep the advice of Mondaygirl for two reasons: One, its easier as all the work has been done for you and two, it’s been tried and tested.

Hundreds and thousands of people have followed these diets and seen their health improving enormously and actually it will be a huge time saver for you because you can just slip yourself into whichever plan appeals to you knowing you’re virtually guaranteed success and you won’t waste any time trying things your own way that may actually not work and let’s face it we’re all after results as quickly and as safely as possible and the best way to get results is find a plan and stick with it.

As for your feeling about asking questions, well, that’s what we’re here for.

Once again well done for starting. Keep up the good work.

Mark

 

When to repeat induction phase?

by | Feb 1, 2013 | Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

This is a copy of a recent post that I made at About forums regarding induction

 

Hi yogi,

Well firstly don’t beat yourself up. This is a sort of thing that happens to everybody from time to time. The crucial thing is that you got back on track despite the hiccup.

Yes you could go back into induction but if you’re still seeing the  weight go down, then you’ll probably just as well continuing where you left off.

Hope that helps,

Mark

 

HELP! A bit TMI, lets talk poop

by | Jan 31, 2013 | How Your Body Works, Low carb diet, Metabolism | 0 comments

Below is a copy of the recent comment I made at 3fatchicks about a question on constipation

 

Hi Aarrixx,

I eat hardly any vegetables and don’t suffer with constipation at all but what I do is make sure that my stomach bacteria have been salted out and are kept well fed.

So on a fairly regular basis as when needed I take a good quality probiotics and I keep them well fed by having natural home made yogurt made with unpasteurized milk and from  time to time also take enzymes for the stomach that way everything is kept nicely in order but not a Psyllium husk in sight.

Cheers,

Mark

Breakfast if you don’t like eggs…

by | Jan 31, 2013 | Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

Here is another copy of the comment I made at 3fatchicks regarding breakfast choices

 

Let’s just say we don’t have to follow tradition to decide what we eat and when.

I quite often have colt meat and cheese for breakfast. Some mornings I’ll have cottage cheese and avocado. Other morning it’ll be bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes and all sort of good things like that and I like eggs so I will have an egg with that.

There are so many things we can eat fro breakfast providing we don’t follow our own Western traditions.

Just use your imagination because you really don’t have to go to work on an egg.

Cheers,

Mark