HsiaoChu
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Feb 26, 2010
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OK..... I thought that was the stupidest thing I every heard. Except that I (age 61) was consuming about 900 calories a day on low carb since Christmas and not losing any weight. And I only need to lose 15 lbs.
My wife started on a Healthy Diet program. She drinks 48 oz of water every day and eats between 1400-1600 calories a day. She charts what she eats every days for records. The first week she didn't try to died and just drank the water. The next week she did 1500 a day with the water and lost 5 lbs. The third week she drank more water and ate less per day down to 1400 cal a day, and lost 3 lbs. The next week she cut the calories per day to 1300, and lost 2 lb. This last week she only consumed 1100 calories a day and she GAINED ONE HALF POUND.
She was devastated. When she went over the calories with the trainer and she said that her body had gone into starvation mode and was conserving by reducing her metabolism. She needed to eat more.
UNBELIEVABLE. Without her data, I wouldn't have believed it. Apparently my bod has been in starvation mode since Christmas, and its no wonder I can't lose. I've switched to her dies and water drinking.
Z
My wife started on a Healthy Diet program. She drinks 48 oz of water every day and eats between 1400-1600 calories a day. She charts what she eats every days for records. The first week she didn't try to died and just drank the water. The next week she did 1500 a day with the water and lost 5 lbs. The third week she drank more water and ate less per day down to 1400 cal a day, and lost 3 lbs. The next week she cut the calories per day to 1300, and lost 2 lb. This last week she only consumed 1100 calories a day and she GAINED ONE HALF POUND.
She was devastated. When she went over the calories with the trainer and she said that her body had gone into starvation mode and was conserving by reducing her metabolism. She needed to eat more.
UNBELIEVABLE. Without her data, I wouldn't have believed it. Apparently my bod has been in starvation mode since Christmas, and its no wonder I can't lose. I've switched to her dies and water drinking.
Z