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"martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:00:11 +0000, "Martyn Hodson"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:50:06 +0000, "Martyn Hodson"
> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> >weight loss is best achieved by eating a balanced diet in proportion
> >with
> >> >your energy expenditure
> >>
> >> Doesn't that just stabilise your weight?
> >
> >the proportion doesn't have to be 1 for 1 does it ?
> >
> >
> >obviously to loose weight you are going to have to eat less than you
expend,
> >once you reach a target weight 1: 1 can resume
>
> so weight loss can be achieved by any diet, that involves eating less
It's a bit more complicated than that but if a person is overweight because
they eat too much junk food, rather than because of a medical condition,
then yes you can lose weight by eating less fatty foods and carbohydrates.
Carbo's can be addictive and too many carbo's in a diet can make a person
put on weight but if you stop the carbo's suddenly and are an addict, then
it's sheer hell cos it's just like a junky going cold turkey! The only way
to beat it is to gradually cut down on the carbo's, trying to substitute for
complex carbo's that take longer to be absorbed into the system, rather that
give the "quick fix" of a bar of chocolate ( or 12 in some peoples cases!).
Anyone who is a carbo addict, can develop/have Hypoglycaemia and/or become
diabetic.
If you are overweight cos you eat too much, then cos of the large amounts
you consume, then you have to "educate" your stomach, by gradually eating
less so your stomach shrinks to expect less and eat a more healthy diet,
cutting out stuff like red meat that the body can't break down properly and
which mostly stays on the body.
Of course anyone wanting to lose weight, should also exercise, not just so
you burn the calories faster but to tone up the muscles and skin so that you
don't end up with huge rolls of stretched blubber hanging off your belly
like some weird kind of festoon window blind!
--
Peachy
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news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:00:11 +0000, "Martyn Hodson"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:50:06 +0000, "Martyn Hodson"
> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> >weight loss is best achieved by eating a balanced diet in proportion
> >with
> >> >your energy expenditure
> >>
> >> Doesn't that just stabilise your weight?
> >
> >the proportion doesn't have to be 1 for 1 does it ?
> >
> >
> >obviously to loose weight you are going to have to eat less than you
expend,
> >once you reach a target weight 1: 1 can resume
>
> so weight loss can be achieved by any diet, that involves eating less
It's a bit more complicated than that but if a person is overweight because
they eat too much junk food, rather than because of a medical condition,
then yes you can lose weight by eating less fatty foods and carbohydrates.
Carbo's can be addictive and too many carbo's in a diet can make a person
put on weight but if you stop the carbo's suddenly and are an addict, then
it's sheer hell cos it's just like a junky going cold turkey! The only way
to beat it is to gradually cut down on the carbo's, trying to substitute for
complex carbo's that take longer to be absorbed into the system, rather that
give the "quick fix" of a bar of chocolate ( or 12 in some peoples cases!).
Anyone who is a carbo addict, can develop/have Hypoglycaemia and/or become
diabetic.
If you are overweight cos you eat too much, then cos of the large amounts
you consume, then you have to "educate" your stomach, by gradually eating
less so your stomach shrinks to expect less and eat a more healthy diet,
cutting out stuff like red meat that the body can't break down properly and
which mostly stays on the body.
Of course anyone wanting to lose weight, should also exercise, not just so
you burn the calories faster but to tone up the muscles and skin so that you
don't end up with huge rolls of stretched blubber hanging off your belly
like some weird kind of festoon window blind!
--
Peachy
email is valid, just remove "nospam"
