I bought that Selena Gomez workout video and it’s amazing. I’ve only had it two weeks and I already have a right arm like Arnold Schwarzenegger
The guidelines are based on averages to make it easy for the ‘man on the Clapham omnibus’ to understand. There is a formula which can be applied to determine exactly how many calories you need to consume to maintain the same weight; eat more you put on weight, eat less you lose weight. Naturally it’s also affected by age, activity levels and current weight. I just googled a web site that sets it out for you. It’s a lot more scientific and accurate than simply eating 2000/2500 calories. https://www.calculator.net/calorie-...t=c&cformula=m&cfatpct=20&printit=0&x=61&y=19
I was listening to something on the radio recently which was saying that calorie counting is pointless for weight loss as it’s much more determined by glucose intake and insulin response. They were discussing a diet study wherein 1 group of subjects had a glass of milk with their meals, group 2 had a sugary fizzy drink and group 3 had the diet version of the same drink. Group 1 lost weight despite the milk providing extra calories (but also sated their appetites somewhat), group 2 gained weight (not much of a surprise) but group 3 also gained weight despite the “sweet” drink not actually providing any extra calories. In very simple terms - when you ingest sugar or even a zero calorie substance which tastes like sugar, your body responds by laying down fat.
Thanks Paul but only mildly better, I had a go on a similar site. Your one says (for me):- 2439 Cal to maintain weight, 1439 for Extreme weight loss - that last figure just isn't correct. I really do think they all "bottle it" for some reason.
I have been inducted into the gym via FIT its a trial to help cancer survivors like breast cancer. There isn’t anything for blood cancers so my local hospice has fought for us to be involved so next Tuesday I start the trial to see how I get on and to help my fitness/fatigue I think it’s going to be along the lines of my physio but weekly with a view to getting up to a couple times a week It’s for 10 weeks Watch this space
The combinations of food re health metabolism & fat are very interesting. At the end of the day you won't get fat if you don't eat enough to gain weight. If you are over weight and you eat less than you usually do (especially combined with excercise) you will loose weight. In order to know how much less to eat, an approximation has be made on your current consumption and a target reduction applied. This is all simple stuff but its also the easiest way to explain it to the masses. Counting calories has a use...
Ideally we need to keep the blood sugar levels ie the amount of glucose in our blood, within a constant range. If it falls under that our body screams ‘I’m hungry’, if it goes over then our liver converts the excess glucose into triglycerides which then get stored as fat. It’s an innate genetic biological process in order to protect ourselves from starvation and can’t be avoided. The trick is to consume foods that contain complex molecules that take our bodies longer to break down into glucose thus, ideally, releasing the glucose as required and helping keep the blood sugar level constant. Complex carbs, protein and fats do this, all available from natural foods. Most processed food, which the majority of those on a western style diet consume, consists of foods which break down too rapidly thus releasing glucose too quickly. In the example in the radio interview you heard @Zhed46 , the glass of milk places a fatty lining on the stomach and small intestine thus delaying the diffusion of glucose into the blood stream, that’s why there was a difference. I’d forgotten I knew all about this subject, thanks to all for dragging it up from the recesses of my mind. Now, if only I could apply it to myself
Agree Jez, but to quote you above, this is the simple stuff and you haven't factored in the human bit. If we could follow above guidelines robot-style then obesity would be history. "Now, if only I could apply it to myself" precisely!! ^ - it's the "elefant in the room"! Stuff the:- The Paleo Diet, The Vegan Diet, The Low-Carb Diet, The Dukan Diet, The Ultra-Low-Fat Diet, The Atkins Diet, The HCG Diet, The Zone Diet, and even the Seafood diet. Trying to generalise without offending, with 40/50/60 years living experience, we know what we have to do but.. doing it is another matter.
What was especially interesting was the weight gain apparently caused or contributed to by diet drinks. This, they believed, was due to the somatic (probably not quite the right word) of the sweet taste fooling the body into over producing insulin. They didn’t say it but I suppose this also means that sugar free drinks might be implicated in Type II diabetes?
