Sleepy Monday Roll Call
Hey all,
Mondays are always difficult having to be at work at 7am but I like my afternoons free.
I have been watching some instructional DVDs on the Curves Weight Management system and how extensive the research has been. Over 10 years of research and at least 2000 women have gone into this system and it makes sense. I will try to explain it as best I can. The problem with conventional diets is that it is based on low calories in and high energy out. It has been proven without a doubt that this type of diet lowers our metabolism thus makes it extremely difficult to maintain the weight loss. No one wants to diet the rest of their lives but when the metabolism is so low, you would have to. Also it has been proven that 95% of the lost is from muscle tissue, not fat. Remember muscle and metabolism have a lot in common with how we burn calories. If the body senses a "starvation" setup is in place, it will defend itself. Therefore, conventional diets fail. Now, their program has been proven to work to recover metabolism every 30 days by increasing calorie intake. This is done for 2-4 weeks and you maintain your weight within 3 lbs, then it's back to the 1200 calorie diet. This allows the metabolism to recover and again help burn that fat.
My question to the experts is how would this translate to the gastric bypass patient whose internal system has been radically changed. I am going to see if I can get some answers. MAYBE this will give some insight as to why some gastric bypass patients gain their weight back. Remember, we went through a very fast rapid weight loss that HAD to have affected our metabolism as well. I will get back to you on that.
Have a good day all!
Mondays are always difficult having to be at work at 7am but I like my afternoons free.
I have been watching some instructional DVDs on the Curves Weight Management system and how extensive the research has been. Over 10 years of research and at least 2000 women have gone into this system and it makes sense. I will try to explain it as best I can. The problem with conventional diets is that it is based on low calories in and high energy out. It has been proven without a doubt that this type of diet lowers our metabolism thus makes it extremely difficult to maintain the weight loss. No one wants to diet the rest of their lives but when the metabolism is so low, you would have to. Also it has been proven that 95% of the lost is from muscle tissue, not fat. Remember muscle and metabolism have a lot in common with how we burn calories. If the body senses a "starvation" setup is in place, it will defend itself. Therefore, conventional diets fail. Now, their program has been proven to work to recover metabolism every 30 days by increasing calorie intake. This is done for 2-4 weeks and you maintain your weight within 3 lbs, then it's back to the 1200 calorie diet. This allows the metabolism to recover and again help burn that fat.
My question to the experts is how would this translate to the gastric bypass patient whose internal system has been radically changed. I am going to see if I can get some answers. MAYBE this will give some insight as to why some gastric bypass patients gain their weight back. Remember, we went through a very fast rapid weight loss that HAD to have affected our metabolism as well. I will get back to you on that.
Have a good day all!
Clueless about weight loss and weight loss surgery of any kind.
yay, it's monday and I'm off work for the next few days. I went to a Combat workout class with my friend today. It wasn't that hard at all. I couldn't believe how well I did! there's no way in the world I could have done that class last year. I don't really like those classes because I never know all the moves. It was fun and different! I'm still up a pound from the really bad eating I did on Sat but I think I'm learning about how to prevent these situations. have a good week everyone.
285/204/199 starting/current/goal weight
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