View Full Version : not one pound, sigh
A week without sugar and at the same weight, 6 lbs heavier than the beginning of summer. I even did almost 20K steps yesterday.
Ah well, that wasn't the only reason to do this.
tennesseeborder
4-22-18, 7:32pm
You're not going to lose weight avoiding processed sugar. Try to eat more fruits and vegetables, these are low fat. Try to eat less high fat food, like dairy, cheese, etc.
The carb low keto diet has worked for me. I have lost 21 pounds since last summer and am not hungry. It is avoiding not just table sugar but all but small amounts of any form of sugar. It includes high fat foods to fill you up. So there are different approaches you can take but dumping added sugar is a good start. It creates cravings that lead to overeating.
I agree with Yppej--many roads, same destination, to paraphrase Gandhi.
High fat, low carb seems most suited to my body, but I'm playing with intermittent fasting lately, mostly for the autophagy.
I would agree that few people can get away with a sugary diet for long without their health being affected.
Muscle is heavier than fat.
Muscle is heavier than fat.
True--and scales are not a very good measure of progress, as weight can fluctuate wildly day to day.
True--and scales are not a very good measure of progress, as weight can fluctuate wildly day to day.
I gave up on tracking weight a while ago, and focus more on clothing sizes.
I try to weigh once a week, the clothes are also saying I have not lost anything. I lost weight for the first time in years last summer when I started the summer eating super healthy and hiking a lot. I had a better work schedule to support both of those things.
ApatheticNoMore
4-23-18, 4:36am
the only thing I've found to affect my weight and be healthy and sane is lifting weights (and it is actually weight loss not just muscle weighing more than fat although yes if I lift weights I am also more fit and toned). I think you could lose weight theoretically any number of ways (I don't find most of them very conductive to sanity personally but biologically they work for some ...).
goldensmom
4-23-18, 6:31am
I abandoned scales years ago and use how my clothes fit, how much energy I have and how I sleep as measures of fitness. My weight does not matter to me anymore. My 'fitness routine' includes farm chores (which uses all muscle groups) and walking 2 miles/day. I get weighed once a year at my yearly physical and have been losing weight every year for the past few years with no effort or plan to do so.
Muscle is heavier than fat.
A pound = a pound, no matter what it is. Muscle is denser than fat.
In my case, I had been eating too many fruits thinking I was doing something good by substituting it for my sugar craves. But one can overdo say, grapes, too, and gain weight by doing so.
rosarugosa
4-23-18, 5:52pm
the only thing I've found to affect my weight and be healthy and sane is lifting weights (and it is actually weight loss not just muscle weighing more than fat although yes if I lift weights I am also more fit and toned). I think you could lose weight theoretically any number of ways (I don't find most of them very conductive to sanity personally but biologically they work for some ...).
I would love to hear more about your weight lifting regimen!
Baldilocks
4-23-18, 6:40pm
One of the things I've found as far as exercise for weight loss, is getting the intensity level up. Look at the difference between world class long distance runners and sprinters. (I would rather look like a sprinter) I've found going all out for 10 to 15 seconds and then recovering (moving at slow pace) for 40 seconds to a minute works very well. I would do this eight to twelve times. This seem to be better exercise than if I jogged for two hours and it only takes around fifteen minutes. The other thing is, do standing up exercise. This goes for cycling and elliptical's. Any time you are sitting down you are loosing out on the benefit. As far as health goes, they say sitting down is the new smoking.
ApatheticNoMore
4-23-18, 7:01pm
I would love to hear more about your weight lifting regimen!
It is just weight lifting as opposed to not weight lifting, mostly because I hadn't done it much before. So using the weight machines, 2 days occasionally 3 days a week, alternate legs and arms and lost 10-12 pounds without anything else. I don't understand it either, but if anything convinced my diets were something that I would be unlikely to ever bother with again (however if I gain a *lot* of weight someday - only then would I reconsider), at least for me, it's losing weight that easily just with doing exercise enough to maintain some muscle and looking pretty toned just from that. As for my diet it's mostly the same as ever, which is maybe 75-85% healthy and the rest whatever :~).
I experienced that cutting off my sugar consumption can't eventually help losing weight. It has to do something with exercise regularly instead.
Gardenarian
4-26-18, 1:54am
Hey Zoe, didn't you quit smoking fairly recently?
The five years or so after I quit I had to work out every single day and keep my calories super low or I'd put on weight instantly.
Lucky I don't have a big appetite. Eventually I got more or less back to normal.
Quitting was a huge thing for me. I feel like smoking permanently changed my metabolism.
Anyhow, I sure felt healthier after quitting.
And, I've NEVER hit 20k steps! Congrats!
It has been a year, and i didnt smoke that long, however that is interesting. I think that could be a factor, and my age most certainly is as well. It seems like the pre period bloat and weight gain is still happening but the period is every 3 months sometimes.
I did have some sugar this week, and the next morning i was starving when i woke up. I can see that effect on me from sugar.
Yes, the steps are a big deal! I got 20K steps one other day, and get 10-13 a typical work day. I even ran a bit with the girls running team yesterday. It isnt the same to walk at work compared to getting a run in
Gardenarian
4-26-18, 10:30pm
Sounds like you are super healthy - much more valuable than being thin!
Sounds like you are super healthy - much more valuable than being thin!
Oh how sensible is that! I still want to have a waist again, at 51 I think I should appreciate my health more, I am very fortunate.
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