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  great links smilnrunr

  Thanks for the links smilnrunr. Im sure I will find some helpful information there. I need some time to dig into it and read if first. Have had some days off and didnt even think about diet. Felt good for my brain and body to live normal for some days. But Im back here now and will give it a new go.

  Posted about 1 year ago by ooh

  
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  websites

  Hi Ooh, so here are a few web pages with some notes: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drsquat6.htm This one is a great basic explanation of how to eat this way depending upon your ultimate goal. It stresses slow fat loss with a 6 month timeline and gives a great example of what happens long term with too rapid of weight loss. http://www.naturalphysiques.com/tools.php?itemid=64 This page is a calculator for figuring out the weekly total and the daily calorie guidelines to meet that weekly total. http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm# This calculator is a little more personalized. I tried it with my information and I am reluctant to advise the "extreme fat loss" amounts for either calculator. My personal experience has been when I've cut calories too much all weight loss has stopped for me. I've also been told that I become very emotional and difficult when I've done that. But the other set of numbers seem good. http://www.leighpeele.com/ I've listened to Leigh Peele on podcast on a different show and this is her blog. She is a masters trained nutritionist who specializes in fat loss with her clients. Since her passion is body building she really focuses on fat loss and muscle retention since the body cannot lose fat and gain muscle at the same time. I've not read all of her entries or looked over her entire site but I have listened to her on the Fitcast Podcast for over a year and with education I have, her information does seem very well grounded.

  Posted about 1 year ago by SmilnRunr

  
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  Thanks

  Thanks for the encouragement! Meeting my running goal felt fantastic.

  Posted about 1 year ago by dianebl

  
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  Hi Smilnrunr

  Didnt see your post here before now. Yes please! I would like to know more about the diet you mentioned. If you find information about it, it can hep me to understand more about how your diet works, you seem to move on very good ... and having a stabile loss too. I like this site too, and found the tools here very helping to get a bigger picture of "whats going in and whats going out" when it comes to foodintake and burning calories. I got pretty hang up on claorie counting since I came here, I guess that is a part of my problem. When I lost the first 30 kgs, I didnt count calories but only havened the last days meals in half for 3 days in a row, repeated it and had one day breack from the diet. I only vas very careful of not getting the carbs higher than 60 for the days I was on the diet, and I guess both protein, fat and calories became higher the days I ate less. That worked for me, and I didnt gain any weight after I stopped the diet. So what I do wrong this time, I dont know, but I think it can have to do with that Im this time also reduced the protein, and calories. But thats just a guess. Hope you find some information about your diet, I will be happy to read about it. I must say you did a great job! Looking forward to follow the last part of your diet journey here. :)

  Posted about 1 year ago by ooh

  
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  Don't get discouraged!

  This is a lifestyle change rather than a "diet". Although it's frustrating losing weight slowly is still making positive progress and has less of a chance of weight regain. So I've been thinking about your diet because it sounded familiar to me. What you're doing is similar to zig zagging or calorie shifting (same diet, two different names). The difference is that with calorie shifting the focus is on keeping your weekly calorie count at what your basal metabolism would be during that seven day period. The calories shifting happens with high days and low days but because the weekly average is at the basal rate you don't experience your body going into "shocked starvation" mode and you don't mess your metabolism up. It seems to work really well for women. I wanted to find some web pages that explain it better than I do and give calculators but I'm at work and am finding it difficult to do a thorough web search. If you are interested I will get you more information. It looks like we are at the same spot on the scale although your goal is less than mine (but I'm taller-- so my goal 63kg). I really admire your ability to work back from such a major injury. This is a good site to see what others are doing and the success they are having for encouragement and for learning purposes. I don't know about you but it helps me knowing I'm not the only one out here.

  Posted about 1 year ago by SmilnRunr