Is it possible to lose weight without following anmy diet?

[mantishugo]

Hey guys,

I have heard about people who claim that they lost pretty good amount of weight in just a couple of weeks without following any diet. Are those claims genuine? What do you think they may have done to lose the weight... ?

[kronks]

Yes I am sure it is possible, what you should be asking is is it possible to loose weight by going on a diet as anyone who goes on a diet seems to end up heavier they started not too long after they finished their diet, I know I seemed to, so instead of dieting I decided to just eat the right amount of calories for my height, ie a diet with no end point.

I just weighted myself recently and I seem to have lost about 6lbs!! (either that or the scales are broken/readjusted since I sort of broke them, but not by standing on them lol).

I just stick to regular meals, no snacks in between.

Sometimes I do put on weight when I eat too much sweet stuff after a meal, ie two small cakes not one, but when I go back to one cake I lose it again.

The key thing is it only takes a small amount of over eating to put on weight, ie say one biscuit of say
100 calories, in 35 days that is 3500 calories which equates to 1lb of fat, that is nearly a stone in a year!! 5 years 5 stone!!!

So a very small adjustment you can stick to is the way to go.

People go on diets cutting out 5 or 10 times that but then revert to their old eating habits, plus when you cut out that much you go into starvation mode and won't expend much energy.

It is best to choose a diet for life rather than the summer holidays!!

[♫anna♫]

Jul 8, 2015 7:57:56 GMT mantishugo said:

Hey guys,

I have heard about people who claim that they lost pretty good amount of weight in just a couple of weeks without following any diet. Are those claims genuine? What do you think they may have done to lose the weight... ?

Work out like a body builder or a lumberjack. Exercise, exercise and exercise. Most obesity in the Western world is caused by insulin resistance which I discussed on other threads. If you are insulin resistant the only interaction with the body that isn't impaired is insulin's ability to store fat on the belly.

After a half hour of grueling, strenuous exercising insulin will temporarily perform normally and
bring energy to the brain and body and accessing belly fat too, if necessary.

[DAS (formerly BushAdmirer)]

More sex, lots of sex. That'll do it.

[blc]

Jul 29, 2015 18:32:14 GMT ♫anna♫ said:

Jul 8, 2015 7:57:56 GMT mantishugo said:

Hey guys,

I have heard about people who claim that they lost pretty good amount of weight in just a couple of weeks without following any diet. Are those claims genuine? What do you think they may have done to lose the weight... ?

Work out like a body builder or a lumberjack. Exercise, exercise and exercise. Most obesity in the Western world is caused by insulin resistance which I discussed on other threads. If you are insulin resistant the only interaction with the body that isn't impaired is insulin's ability to store fat on the belly.

After a half hour of grueling, strenuous exercising insulin will temporarily perform normally and
bring energy to the brain and body and accessing belly fat too, if necessary.

Stop eating simple carbs like rice, potatoes, bread, pasta and severely limit sugars of all kinds and that reverses insulin resistance.

I did just that since the middle of April and dropped over 50 pounds and had my A1c drop from 6.1 to 5.6. No exercise required, thank goodness. I have limited mobility due to severe spinal stenosis and several herniated discs.

They don't refer to the stomach area as the BREAD BASKET for no reason. Stop the bread and get rid of that extra bread basket.

Now, some are less bad than others, but that doesn't make them good. For instance

Glycemic index and glycemic load for 100+ foods

FOOD Glycemic index (glucose = 100) Serving size (grams)

50% cracked wheat kernel bread 58
White wheat flour bread 71
Wonder bread, average 73
Whole wheat bread, average 71


Low GI Foods (55 or less)

100% stone-ground whole wheat or pumpernickel bread
Oatmeal (rolled or steel-cut), oat bran, muesli
Pasta, converted rice, barley, bulgar
Sweet potato, corn, yam, lima/butter beans, peas, legumes and lentils
Most fruits, non-starchy vegetables and carrots

Medium GI (56-69)

Whole wheat, rye and pita bread
Quick oats
Brown, wild or basmati rice, couscous

High GI (70 or more)

White bread or bagel
Corn flakes, puffed rice, bran flakes, instant oatmeal
Shortgrain white rice, rice pasta, macaroni and cheese from mix
Russet potato, pumpkin
Pretzels, rice cakes, popcorn, saltine crackers
melons and pineapple

- See more at: www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/understanding-carbohydrates/glycemic-index-and-diabetes.html#sthash.oddeWGXL.dpuf

Now, remember that 100 is the top of the scale, so even though they call 55 or less low, 55 is sill over half of 100. So, its really only 'less bad', but you can work with it if you keep your portions smaller so the GI load is less. You can also eat something extremely low with something low to help lower the load. Want that bread? Then eat something extremely low with it, to help reduce the overall GI load.

[♫anna♫]

Excellent post blc !
Even as a child I had an instinctive suspicion and dislike of white industrial processed rice and bread. The industry has always looked for excuses to gain control of what the farmers produce and the processing gimmick combined with advertisement got them a profit, but now the hoax is being exposed.
I hope farmer markets become more popular.

The so called "sugar rush" seems to accelerate the onset of insulin resistance. Soda pop, fruit juices, syrup, etc. quickly brings massive amounts of sugar into the body and forces a quick production of insulin, which isn't healthy and makes the body react against this insulin. Apparently all hard to cure or incurable drug addicts likewise crave this sudden "rush", which they often obtain from injections. This immediately upsets the body's hormonal equilibrium and stimulates the brain's pleasure centers in those prone to a drug addiction.

For people who are insulin resistant the only way to lose weight ( fat weight, not muscle weight ) without significant exercise is the ketogenic diet.

[blc]

It should also be noted that the body only uses so much carbs in a certain time frame. The rest gets converted to sugar and stored as fat. That is why carb portion control is so important.

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Sometimes it depends on our genes, as to what rate we can lose those pounds.

Also I think exercise is underestimated. It's not just what we eat but we have to move those bodies too!

[♫anna♫]

Jul 31, 2015 8:37:41 GMT blc said:

It should also be noted that the body only uses so much carbs in a certain time frame. The rest gets converted to sugar and stored as fat. That is why carb portion control is so important.

True When someone is suffering from insulin resistance the body will not interract with insulin for the needed energy it supplies and if the afflicted person doesn't overeat muscles will be metabolised as energy instead. Insulin in it's unsuccessful attempt to access belly fat for energy only blocks ketones and other hormones from metabolising belly fat. Thus we see people with big bellies and thin arms and legs.
This industrial sugary starchy slop is killing people in a very degrading manner.

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Jul 31, 2015 1:40:30 GMT DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) said:

More sex, lots of sex. That'll do it.

but that always gives me an appetite!

[blc]

Jul 31, 2015 17:14:38 GMT ♫anna♫ said:

Jul 31, 2015 8:37:41 GMT blc said:

It should also be noted that the body only uses so much carbs in a certain time frame. The rest gets converted to sugar and stored as fat. That is why carb portion control is so important.

True When someone is suffering from insulin resistance the body will not interract with insulin for the needed energy it supplies and if the afflicted person doesn't overeat muscles will be metabolised as energy instead. Insulin in it's unsuccessful attempt to access belly fat for energy only blocks ketones and other hormones from metabolising belly fat. Thus we see people with big bellies and thin arms and legs.
This industrial sugary starchy slop is killing people in a very degrading manner.

Yes, this is one of the reasons high fructose corn syrup is so bad and its in almost everything. You have to really read the labels and avoid it plus anything that ends with ose.

I've seen a few skinny arm, skinny legs alcoholics with the big belly syndrome and that is because alcohol converts to sugar in the body and the body stores the excess.