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Elimination Diet and Symptoms

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Thiose symptoms usually signal hypoglycemia. You may eat and eat and as you said 8-9 small meals a day but...

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Reply: Anybody see the Weight Watchers meeting on Mad Men...

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If you could eat a healthy dinner of____________ what would it be & why?

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Healthy Breakfast: If you could eat_______

If you could eat ___________ for breakfast what would it be & why?

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gained weighed after gastic bypass

I had gastric bypass in 2008 I had lost 125lbs. in 2 years. but now due to having low blood sugar kind of...

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What's enough B12??

My most recent lab test showed my B12 level of 273 pg/ml. My lab says acceptable range is 239 to 931 pg/ml....

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I had the surgery in 2005 I was 265lbs I went down to 180lbs. I gained some weight back an was 200lbs. I am...

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Pre and Post Workout Nutrition Info - PLEASE HELP!...

I need help. I have read so many articles and blogs on the above subject (even one on this site), and I am still...

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I need help. I have read so many articles and blogs on the above subject (even one on this site), and I am still confused. My goals are simple: lose body fat and gain lean muscle. I am about 5 feet 7.5 inches tall and weigh 137 lbs. I take in about 1200 to 1300 calories a day, and I exercise pretty regularly, but I have some fatty areas that need toning (arms, thighs, abs, etc.).

I've read a few articles that differ in opinion, but generally I've gathered the following: I should consume a combination of complex and simple carbs 30 minutes prior to working out to burn fat or a combination of complex carbs and protein 30 minutes prior to working out to build lean muscle. Is this correct?

Post workout is even more of a mystery. I used to drink a whey protein powder smoothie comprised of one scoop of whey powder (GNC Pro Performance AMP Amplified Wheybolic Extreme 60), water, frozen strawberries and bananas. Then I read an article about a carb/protein ration that must be achieved post workout (.15 grams of protein times my weight and .25 grams of carbs times my weight). To achieve this I substituted water with fat free milk. The milk, whey, and fruit gave me the perfect ratio and provided some much needed calcium (very tasty smoothie as well). That lasted a few weeks until I read an article that milk slows down the absorption of whey, so I changed my post workout shake to just water and whey. I also so a few blogs that suggest I consume my protein immediately and then follow it with a meal consisting of more protein and carbs.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. The amount of information on the internet is so overwhelming. The studies, opinions, blogs...they all seem to contradict themselves (e.g., Earlier tonight I saw a study from 2006 that said carbs post workout is bad. On the very same website I read an article that discussed how vital carbs are post workout). Please tell me what I should be doing pre and post workout. I feel like I'm always on the verge of doing something totally wrong and the more research I do, the worse it gets. lol

To put it more succinctly:

1. What types of carbs (simple or complex) and/or protein should I consume pre-workout?
2. How much protein (and carbs, if necessary) should I consume post workout? If I am consuming carbs post workout, which type?
3. Should I consume my post workout protein with my carbs to meet the ratio (e.g., like the smoothie I mentioned above made of whey, fat free milk, and fruit) or should I consume my protein with water followed by a meal of carbs and more pretein?

I know this is a lot (sorry). Thank you in advance for your time.View Thread

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What's your average day like?

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Reply: Foods to eat at dinner

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Reply: Low calorie things to eat

follow up from post above... One of my favorite columnists, Joel Stein, wrote the following in a recent Time...

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follow up from post above...

One of my favorite columnists, Joel Stein, wrote the following in a recent Time article...

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2113162,00.html

Here's a few excerpts...

"Since thin people can't enjoy life, we eke out pleasure by telling fat people how to lose weight, as if they don't know. Cook! Plant a garden! Read this posting of fast-food-menu calories! Buy fresh produce! Bike to work! Do stuff skinny folk would never do...

...But if you're living in an impoverished community where the future doesn't look like a rewarding adventure and instead requires all your energy to figure out how to get by this month, you're unlikely to focus on activities with long-term benefits such as studying, saving, marriage, being drug-free and spicing up quinoa. In their 1988 paper "A Theory of Rational Addiction," economists Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy argued that shooting heroin is a logical choice when all you're giving up is a crappy existence. It also explains why so many people do drugs when listening to Phish...

...I asked Charles Duhigg--whose brilliant book The Power of Habit is about how to trick your brain into making better decisions--what a better solution is. He said telling people to eat well so they'll live longer is idiotic. "The No. 1 way not to form a good habit is to say, 'In three months I'm going to look a lot thinner.' There's no way you can say the long-term reward is going to outweigh a sugar rush," he said. "If you see doughnuts on the counter, it will feel really urgent that you need a doughnut. That's your basal ganglia." One proven way of turning people off doughnuts is to talk about basal ganglia..."

The point is this...

Say, they discover that, by wearing "hairy" pantyhose, you can remove cellulite. Nice to know but what good is it?

Yes, eating a salad before every meal is the answer but, suggesting that people do this is insulting. Its pointless. Its no different than wearing "hairy" pantyhose.

Joel made me realize this...and, with that said, I'm really, really, sorry.

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