BVickery
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I tried everything - gym daily and pretty much going without eating. After nearly a year it had made no difference. Since I have decided that I'm stuck with whatever weight I am. I go to the gym every day but Sunday and have a different regime MWF from TThS. My goal is to go to the gym - period. I no longer weigh myself and I don't look at calories burned or distance. I go to do the exercise without missing a day and it's entirely to complete the routine. I'm just as heavy (5'10" - 225#) but much happier.
Remember, if you goto a gym and lift weights you can end up replacing fat with muscle. Muscle is twice as dense as fat. I did this once and lost weight super slowly and was hard to measure, but when started to flex the muscle, it actually was defined.
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Today was a bad day with a platinum lining.
I ended up putting back on 5 lbs. But the platinum lining was when the food chemistry type speaker came in and talked about the various fats. Basicly bad choices on my part combined with more poor choices at the SB party.
During the class learned about all the bad fats (Saturated, PartiallY Hydrogenated, Trans) As well as some of the good fats (to a point) such as Cholesterol, Polyunsaturated and Monounsaturated Fats. Also went in about the new Trans Fat replacement called Interesterified Fats.
From what the speaker told us (B.S and Masters in Nutrition/Dietician/Food Chemistry Science who is currently pursuing a PH.D in this) about Trans Fats and the Interesterified Fats are bad basicly because the enzymes in our body are for the most part unable to attach to them and allow for proper digestion. Body doesn't know what to do with it and ends up depositing the fats onto the liver.
Went on to say the best 'good' oil is Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Of important note was that ALL fats contain 9 Cal per gram. Compared to Proteins and Carbs which have 4Cal per Gram (I may have missed the protein one, so if any of the medical people know I got this wrong, please tell me so I can correct). Also of note that Humans digest fats better than proteins or carbs. You will digest/absorb about 93% of the Fat compared to much lower digestion/absorbtion of Carbs and Proteins which can be as low as about 74%.
So, I came home, had my little sheet with some of the basics and went through my fridge/pantry and got rid of stuffs that had Trans Fats and high amounts of bad fats. Wasn't to bad, but I had enough to notice.
When I went shopping, picked up some EVOO, also instead of buying Margarine or the various spreads, just picked up normal unsalted butter. It isn't as good fat, but is def. better than the Trans Fat and Interesterified Fats that where in my margarine.
Also, seems Smuckers has Low Sugar and No Sugar Jelly and Jams. Picked up some Concord Grape and will inform how those are.
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