The official diet comparison – start: 22.March 2013

Checkmydiet is a diet comparison portal founded by Planet Capital ltd.

We will check out and compare the worlds most famous diet ideas – Low Carb, Low Fat, High Protein – with their prime brands, Atkins, Weight Watchers and the Ice-cream diet.

On the trial are two dieters, male and female, which will support you with all the ups and downs, solutions and results of a whole diet trial of 90 days including  daily 360° shots, weight and meal plans. You’ll be provided with tips, hints, field reports, podcasts and videos, interviews with diet specialists and the every day word of the crowd.

To keep the diet comparison as accurate as possible, the female model will go through all the different diets in person – by putting the weight back on in a one month period in between the diets. The diets will be compared by most accurate and precise methods and are constantly checked by clinical tests and measurements. The models are kept in a constant warm weather environment to minimize the influence of the seasons to their diet and physical behavior; being self-employed and surrounded by a constant level of tasks their stress level is kept as constant as possible. As measuring the amount of food needed and taken can be very difficult, a diet cook prepares and pre-calculates  the meals given to the test models. A second model changes per diet and is being taken out of different age – and body shape groups.

Our female model is an actress and body communication coach named Annrei, 26 years old, her forename a new mix out of the names “Anne” and the German name “Marei”. Our first male model is called Paul, born ’68, and is going to join her on the Atkins diet – start: March 2013!

Read more about Paul and Annrei’s daily changes and challenges to finish the first goal: the ultimate Atkins diet experience.

Cheating can be the potential downfall of any diet. However, Atkins really has to be viewed as a lifestyle choice rather than a temporary diet. You will gain weight if you slip back to unhealthy eating—this is true for all healthy eating plans. These are just a few ways to prevent yourself from indulging in unhealthy food when the craving strikes.

1. Stock your kitchen with the good stuff, throw away (or give away) the junk.

You will be less tempted to cheat if you don’t have carb-rich foods laying around to taunt you. Stock up on ready-to-eat low carb snack options like cheese, celery, berries, nuts or even pork rinds. A little cream cheese mixed with some Splenda can really hit the spot if you’re craving dessert.

2. Remind yourself of the consequences.

One of my best friends used to work at a chain restaurant and told me that many people would order a low carb meal, then follow it up with an indulgent dessert to reward themselves. This definitely is not the recipe for success. One meal might not make you gain 10 pounds, but it will take up to three days before your body goes back into the fat-burning phase known as ketosis. Is a 5 minute indulgence worth 3 days of starting over?

3. Don’t be afraid to say “no thanks.”

Whenever donuts or candy is being passed around at the office, or whether you’re at a party, don’t be afraid to say “no thank you” when offered a treat. If they ask why, just be polite. I always say, “I can’t have sugar,” or “I can’t have wheat.” You don’t have to announce that you’re on Atkins. Truth is, there are so many food allergies and special dieting plans nowadays, so people tend to be more gracious than they used to be.

So, with that being said, we are walking, not running to the gym, starting up our fitness routines and dieting like crazy. We want a hot beach body to show off for summer, lose for Thanksgiving and do it all over again come 2014. Right?

Well, I thought I would share my fitness goals and routine. Firstly, I don’t like to diet. I LLLOOOVVVEEEE to eat. I’m from the South, it’s a requirement! But, honestly, I have had two children and my body is just not the same. Plus, I have this mysterious thing under my back and above my thighs that popped out like, “Wow!”  So trust me I have a lot to lose. But, although I do set a number goal of weight to lose (that I will never share), I just want to look in the mirror and feel like I look good. That’s my ultimate goal. Here is a picture of how I used to look before I got pregnant with my first child….

So, that is me and all my 116 lb glory. Now, I don’t want to look exactly like that, but close wouldn’t hurt.

So, here is what I do…

Wake up in the morning, do about 400 crunches and a Pilates crunch workout that I found on youtube. You can find it on my facebook page. It works me to the core and I know my abs will love me in the end.

Then I do a hour long Pilates workout called, “Crunch: Burn and Firm Pilates.” It’s part of a 4 DVD set (Crunch Compete Pilates), but I found this particular DVD to work for me the best.

Then I walk at sometime during the day. I usually walk down the street to Circle K. Its not long, but I like to walk a little during the day.

I eat healthy, but I don’t buckle myself down and pressure myself to eat only healthy items. For example, I do have cheat days. Not many, but if I do cheat, I make up for it by working out extra hard or eating better for a week or two.

I like the Atkins diet, but I like bread. That’s my cheat item. Atkins is not a long-term diet because you need those other vitamins that non-carb items don’t provide. But, with Atkins you don’t have to workout because the weight is suppose to just fall off withing the first two weeks. But I like to workout so I eat a few carb items now and then.

But,  i love spinach salads with bacon, grilled chicken, cheese and ranch dressing. I also love spinach salad with baked meatballs. Something interesting: When I started eating salads at least twice  a day, bad foods (chocolate, pasta) didn’t taste the same to me, so it added to the dieting. I also stay away from sweets and chips. If I want something sweet, I go for fruit or sugar-free gum.

But, that is what I do. You don’t have to follow me, but feel free to take away what you want. I think dieting and exercise together is the best combo, but you have to find a plan that works for YOU!

What workout/diet plans do you like or have tried and didn’t work. Leave comments!

As with every diet, and the Atkins diet is not any different, you will need exercise to get the best results. In order to get the results you would like from the Atkins diet, you have to take vitamins and work out on a regular basis. If you fail to understand the way the Atkins diet works completely, you can cause yourself more harm than good. You will get information aplenty on the web, but there is no saying how correct it will be. There isn’t much that is regulated on the Internet, when it comes to information, so what you read about the Atkins diet most likely is not true. Trying to be helpful, some people might put up content that is wrong, even with their good intentions.

Going on a diet might have undesirable consequences for a person with a condition of a medical nature, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Your health may be impacted in a negative way if you go on the Atkins diet while your body requires specific nutrients. Any person considering going on a diet needs to speak with a doctor, in the event that there are medical reasons for not doing so at the time. Diets may be altered in order to prevent damage to your health, which is especially vital when there is a pre-existing condition. A diet should make you experience a vast improvement in your health in addition to slimming down. If what you are doing is making your medical problem even more serious, then you will want a different diet.

Do extra research and consult a doctor or a nutritionist to ascertain whether you can safely go on the Atkins diet. The Atkins diet can cause a serious risk if you are expecting. The incomplete range of nutrients in this diet might cause a mental disability in your child. The Atkins diet isn’t really without risk for some, despite its popularity.

Every day, many people consume far too much fatty, salty or sugary foods. To lessen the amount of these foods, people have to be on some kind of diet. You also must exercise consistently for any diet to work, and you should adjust your nutrition intake accordingly. Stick to these guidelines and you should be able to keep to the Atkins diet without the ill-effects.

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After my big bitch this morning, and another day of not fantastic eating (cookies with breakfast, crackers with cottage cheese, and a chicken and salad burger for late lunch. Not too bad and better than the weekend but still..) I have decided I’m going to take a more drastic approach to the whole thing and get serious about what I’m eating. After chatting to my fitness friend over lunch, she gave me lots of good ideas about what to do next and to really kickstart my weightloss combined with lots of healthy exercise. 

Next weekend I have a friend visiting who I haven’t seen in about 9 months – I really badly want to LOOK and FEEL good. The thing I’ve learnt over my bad behaviour this weekend is that even if you have lost a little bit, which is better than nothing, (1.2kg in my case so far this year), it means nothin’ if you don’t feel good and you feel guilty for eating lots of crap.

SO I’m going to take drastic measures – a low carb, low sugar diet. When I eat lots of carbs and sugar, I put on weight. Whether that’s a personal thing or whether that’s the way all our bodies secretly work, I know it’s this way for me. As I’ve said before, last year I shed ten kilos and I gave up sugar. I LOVE bread and grains and was always thankful I didn’t have to say goodbye to them. But now, I think its time to knock myself into gear and take control of my eating to start seeing some real results. 

This isn’t the highly critized Atkins diet, its not even a diet plan. After a bit of research this is what I have concluded. 

Eat all you like

• Meat: Any type, including beef, pork, game meat, chicken, etc. Feel free to eat the fat on the meat as well as the skin on the chicken. If possible try to choose organic or grass fed meat.
• Fish and Shellfish: All kinds: Fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel or herring are great. Avoid breading.
• Eggs: All kinds: Boiled, fried, omelettes, etc. Preferably choose organic eggs.
• Natural Fat, High-Fat Sauces: Using butter and cream when you cook can make your food taste better and make you feel more satiated. Try a Béarnaise or Hollandaise sauce, check the ingredients or make it yourself. Coconut oil and olive oil are also good options.
• Vegetables that Grow Above Ground: All kinds of cabbage, such as cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts. Asparagus, zucchini, eggplant, olives, spinach, mushrooms, cucumber, lettuce, avocado, onions, peppers, tomatoes etc.
• Dairy products: Always select full-fat options like real butter, cream (40% fat), sour cream, Greek/Turkish yogurt and high-fat cheeses. Be careful with regular milk and skim milk as they contain a lot of milk sugar. Avoid flavored, sugary and low-fat products.
• Nuts: Good to eat instead of candy in front of the television (preferably in moderation).
• Berries: Okay in moderation, if you are not a super strict or sensitive. Good with whipped cream.

Avoid if you can

• Sugar: The worst. Soft drinks, candy, juice, sports drinks, chocolate, cakes, buns, pastries, ice cream, breakfast cereals. Preferably avoid sweeteners as well.
• Starch: Bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, French fries, potato chips, porridge, muesli and so on. “Wholegrain products” are just less bad. Moderate amounts of root vegetables may be OK (unless you’re eating extremely low carb).
• Margarine: Industrially imitated butter with unnaturally high content of omega-6 fat. Has no health benefits, tastes bad. Statistically linked to asthma, allergies and other inflammatory diseases.
• Beer: Liquid bread. Full of rapidly absorbed carbs, unfortunately.
• Fruit: Very sweet, lots of sugar. Eat once in a while. Treat fruit as a natural form of candy.

(http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf) 

So there you have it. Seems easy enough and I like the sound of being full. I will have to look into this more and go grocery shopping tomorrow. Any advice is helpful!

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• First, the fresh lemons in the drink instantly acts as a magnet cutting grease and fats from the foods we digest. Lemon is also high in Vitamin C,  which can be great for the body and natural energy.
• Second, the mint leaves, are especially great for boosting a positive mood while leaving a refreshing taste in your mouth.
• Third, the combination of the lemon and mint leaves detox the body by cleansing the system which is great for weight lost!

So, ladies if you’re going to sip on anything this spring let it be some Fresh Homemade Detox Lemonade!

It’s our very own Detox Lemonaide Drink! You’ll just LOVE it, we promise! Because it Taste Great and helps you Lose Weight!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 2 liters of sparkling mineral water
• 6 whole lemons
• 6 mint leaves
• Stevia natural sweetner
• One large pitcher

How to prepare Detox Lemonade:

1. Freshly squeeze / or juice (4) fresh whole lemons. Cut (1) lemon into slice for garnishes. Set the juice aside.
2. Prepare (wash/cleanse) (6) mint leaves. Set aside

Add (2) liters of Sparkling Mineral Water to a tall pitcher, next add the fresh lemon juice and the mint leaves. Stir in (1) table spoon of steveia natural sweetner or if you prefer stevia in the packets add 2 packets.  Refrigerate and enjoy served chilled or over ice.

You can also make our Detox Lemonade into a delicious frozen slushy by just blending the drink with some ice cubes! Have fun with it because you’ll lose weight without trying with this drink!

Additional Tips: You can take your lemonade on the go with you by added it to any kind of tall sports bottle or water bottle like the one pictured to the right. Now remember to replace all soda and fruit juice drink with our Slim Fast Lemonade. And of course for best results drink all day and with meals to cut fat and grease!

Our Detox Lemonade is not the Master Cleanse Diet, instead it’s a more simplified version of that don’t contain the cayanne peppers, maple syrup and or honey instead we use natural Stevia Sweetner.

Please check out this video for information about the power of lemon and water for rapid weight loss. Thank you for visiting our blog post. Let us know what you think about this post @myhotsecrets.com

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The first phase of the program is cleansing. According to Dr. Livingston, if liver falls short to shatter down cholesterol, fat begins to build up and determinants obesity. thus, the number one main concern is to cleanse the liver refurbishing its proficiency to filter toxic compounds, and breaking the vicious fat accumulation cycle.

Once the cleansing is entire, the program proceeds to the second stage, which is heaviness loss correct. This is carried out by a diet comrised of special nourishment with fat flaming properties and an workout program consisting of cardio workouts and strength teaching. Dr. Charles favours shorter cardio workouts as they are more beneficial for heaviness decrease that multi-hour marathons.

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These 12 days of menus are suggestions to get you started on a healthy low-carb diet. They each fulfill a full day’s requirements for vitamins (except in most cases vitamin D), minerals (except, in some cases, calcium), and fiber. They range between 20 and 50 grams of net carb (total carb minus fiber) and from 1500 to 1700 calories. If you are eating more calories, but want to keep the carbs the same, add protein and/or fat. If you are eating more carbohydrate, add more vegetables and fruit (or, if your plan allows, whole grains and other foods from the low-carb pyramid).

1. Low-Carb Menu #1

Heiko Martin

This menu illustrates a principle I found when when creating these menus – that it takes about 30-40 daily grams of net carbohyrate to make it easy to obtain all the essential nutrients. The full version of this menu, at 26 grams of net carbs, has all the vitamins and minerals as noted above. There is also an Atkins Induction version at 20 grams of net carb, but it doesn’t quite make it, nutrient-wise. What is difficult at 20 grams becomes much easier at 30 or 40.

2. Menu #2

William Mahar

You’ll see that a lot of these menus have flax meal in them.  This is because flax is jam-packed with fiber and nutrients including Omega-3 fats.  This menu includes one type of my flax-based muffins, but there are other low-carb muffins you could try instead.

3. Menu #3 – Includes Sandwich for Lunch on Low-Carb Bread

Emily Dolson

This menu has 30 grams of net carb. The bread for the sandwich at lunch is my low-carb flax meal bread. To see how easy it is to make the bread, check out this video.

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4. Menu #4 – No Cooking

Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

This high-protein, low-carb day requires no cooking, and includes a fast-food lunch. You don’t even need a microwave! This menu has 33 grams of net carb, plus 25 grams of fiber.

5. Menu #5 – Includes Fruit and Yogurt

Ruben Joye

This menu includes some fruit and yogurt, and has 40 grams of net carbohydrate.

These menus contain at least the daily minimums of vitamins and minerals. Do you have room for carb in your eating plan? By all means, add more non-starchy vegetables and low-sugar fruits. These will give you the most “bang for the buck” in terms of nutrients. To get a variety of antioxidants, eat a variety of colorful vegetables and fruits. For more information about getting the most nutrition for the least carbohydrate, see Making Your Carbs Count

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6. Menu #6 – Good for Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet

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This menu is designed to be compatible with Phase One of the South Beach Diet, but works on almost any low-carb plan. It has 30 grams of net carbohydrate, and can be varied easily.

7. Menu #7 – Breakfast Burrito

John Burwell

This menu would be good for most low-carb diets, although not for the Phase 1 of South Beach or Atkins Induction. It has 45 grams net (effective) carbohydrate and 27 grams of fiber.

8. Menu #8 – Includes Dessert

Photo: Berit Myrekrok/Getty Images

Dessert can easily be added to most of these menus, as many of my low-carb desserts have only a few grams of carbohydrate per serving. The example in this menu gives you the nutrition of strawberries AND the power of chocolate!

This daily menu has 43 grams net carbs and 30 grams of fiber.

9. Menu #9 – With Pancake Breakfast

Laura Dolson

One of the great things about low-carb eating is that you can eat according to your hunger, rather than having someone else decide the right amount of food for you. If you are still hungry, you can always add more protein or fat to these menus.

The photo here is of pumpkin pecan pancakes, which can be substituted for the almond meal pancakes in the menu for one extra gram of carbohydrate each. The entire day has 34 grams net carb plus 29 grams of fiber and 93 grams of protein.

10. Menu #10 – Very High Nutrient

Photo © Sebastian Vera

You may have noticed that many of my menus have salmon in them. This is due to their high nutrient value. Find out more about eating salmon, including farmed vs wild salmon. Any oily fish can be substituted for salmon. Of course, you can always put in any protein you like, as protein foods mostly have no carbohydrate.

This menu has a Mexican dinner. The day’s total of net carbohydrate is 50 grams.

11. Menu #11 – Easy Menu

Photo © Paul Johnson

This is a very easy menu – no cooking except for the dinner, which is a non-fussy skillet meal. See other chicken skillet dinners It contains 49 grams of usable carbohydrate and 36 grams of fiber.

12. Menu #12 – High Protein, South Beach Friendly

Photo © Karen Struthers

This menu, with 32 grams of effective carbohydrate and 103 grams protein, works for Phase 2 of the South Beach diet (there is one serving of fruit).

dairy spread is a dairy product that is high in fat and has zero carbs. Salted and unsalted butter are encompassed as is margarine, which is an alternate to butter.
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Oils

Oils are used for preparing food, are used in salad dressings and sometimes they are directed to the skin to treat dryness. Like dairy spread, they are high in fat and they are free of carbs. demonstrations encompass olive oil, canola oil, avocado oil and soybean oil. limitation furthermore has no carbs.
Fluids

Water is a liquid that assists hold the body hydrated, it flushes toxins from the system and it also helps lubricate the junctions. One thing that it does not do is provide your body with carbohydrates. Other beverages that are carb-free include association soda, diet soda, tea and black coffee.
Eggs

Eggs are high in protein, amino acids, choline, tryptophan, fat and cholesterol. One thing they are not high in is carbohydrates. As a issue of fact, they have zero.
Beef

Beef is an animal protein that is furthermore high in metal, B vitamins and minerals such as selenium and zinc. One thing it does not have is carbs. distinct kinds of beef encompass hamburger patties, steak, base roast and ribs. Even beef hearts are carb-free.
Poultry

Poultry such as pullet and turkey are high in protein and they have no carbs. This also moves for chicken livers and canned pullet.
Fish

Fish is similar to beef and poultry in the detail that it is high in protein. Three types of fish that have no carbs are salmon, tuna and sardines.
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There are some other pieces that are furthermore carb-free such as parsley, hefty whipping cream, olives and mustard.

You do need carbs for energy. And, though someone on the Atkin’s diet can get round this by placing their body into ketosis (consuming zero carbs always), for most persons a reasonable allowance of carbs are needed for health.

Keep in brain that not all carbs are created identical. Simple carbohydrates such as those discovered in white breads and pastas tend to increase blood sugar more significantly. This, through the action of insulin, leads to bigger fat storage in the body, something we are endeavouring to bypass.

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nourishment with No Carbs

So, without farther delay, here are common kinds of nourishment that you may want to encompass in your diet that comprise precisely none carbohydrates:

Meat such as beef, fish, pullet, seafood, and eggs is carbohydrate free. So the following are foods with no carbs:
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dairy cow beef and veal

Pork

Lamb

Fowl – turkey, chicken, duck, goose, cornish hen, quail, etc.

Seafood – mollusks such as clams and oysters

Seafood – shellfish such as lobster, shrimp, squid, and crab

Seafood – all other types of freshwater and saltwater fish, such as catfish, bass, salmon, tuna, trout, flounder, halibut

Game meats such as deer (venison), bison, ostrich, caribou, etc.

Organs of animals, such as heart, tongue, kidneys, mind, liver, etc.

Eggs

Be aware that processed, packaged meats such as warm canines, sausage, etc. can have some carbs due to added type of flavor and preservatives.

In addition to meats, some condiments and seasonings also have no carbs:
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diverse oils such as olive oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil, soybean oil, maize oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil

Vinegar

Whole olives

saline

Ground cinnamon

Many warm dressings

blended seasonings, such as Mrs. Dash

Yellow mustard

Animal fats encompassing lard and fish oil

Vegetable shortening

dairy spread alternates like margarine

At this issue, you may be marvelling if there are any other types of foods with no carbs. The response is, not actually. All plants, fruits, and vegetables contain some allowance of carbohydrates, some more, some less. Most dairy nourishment other than dairy spread and a few cheeses (listed overhead) comprise a significant allowance of carbs. Sugar contains carbs. And, of course, all foods made from vegetables and kernels have carbs including baked baked baked bread, pasta, and so on.

Unless you are on the Atkins Diet or another zero-carb diet, carbohydrates are not actually your “enemy”. although, consuming an excessive amount of carbs, whether easy carbs or convoluted carbs, will certainly make you fat. I wish the registers overhead help you when planning your repasts, by giving you the option to balance out any carbs you may be designing to consume with another nourishment kind that contains none.

In his early publications such as Dr Atkins’ New Diet Revolution, Atkins made the contentious argument that the low-carbohydrate diet produces a metabolic benefit because “burning fat takes more calories so you expend more calories”.[1] He cited one study where he approximated this advantage to be 950 calories (4.0 MJ) per day. A reconsider study released in Lancet[2] concluded that there was no such metabolic benefit and dieters were simply consuming less calories because of boredom. lecturer Astrup asserted, “The monotony and ease of the diet could inhibit appetite and nourishment intake”.

In the most recent publication by Drs. Westman, Phinney, and Volek, the authors propose optimal grades of protein, fat, and calorie intake and have moved away from the metabolic advantage idea.

The Atkins Diet constrains “net carbs” (digestible carbohydrate grams that sway body-fluid sugar less fiber grams). One effect is a inclination to decline the onset of hunger, possibly because of longer duration of digestion (fats and proteins take longer to digest than carbohydrates). Atkins states in his 2002 publication New Diet transformation that hunger is the number one cause why low-fat diets go wrong and that the Atkins diet is simpler because one is satisfied with ample protein, fat and fiber.[1]

snare carbohydrates can be calculated from a food source by subtracting fiber and sugar alcohols (which are shown to have a lesser effect on blood sugar levels)[citation needed] from total carbohydrates. Sugar alcohols comprise about two calories per gram, and the American Diabetes Association recommends that diabetics count each gram as half a gram of carbohydrate.[3] Fructose (for demonstration, as found in numerous industrial sweeteners) has four calories per gram but has a very low glycemic index[4] and does not origin insulin output, likely beorigin β units have reduced grades of GLUT5.[5][6] Leptin, an appetite regulating hormone, is however not triggered following utilisation of fructose. This may for some conceive an unsatisfying feeling after utilisation which might promote binge demeanour that culminates in an increased body-fluid triglyceride level originating from fructose alteration by the liver.[7]

Preferred foods in all classes are entire, unprocessed foods with a reduced glycemic index, whereas limits for low glycemic carbohydrates (black rice, vegetables, etc.) are the identical as those for high glycemic carbohydrates (sugar, white bread). Atkins Nutritionals, the company formed to market foods which work with the Atkins Diet, recommends that no more than 20% of calories consumed while on the diet come from saturated fat.[8]

Atkins’ book, Atkins Diabetes Revolution, states that, for persons whose body-fluid sugar is abnormally high or who have kind 2 diabetes mellitus, the Atkins diet declines or eliminates the need for pharmaceuticals to heal these situation. The Atkins body-fluid Sugar command Program (ABSCP) is an individualized approach to weight command and enduring management of the risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.[9] regardless, the determinants of kind 2 diabetes stay obscure, and the Atkins Diet is not accepted in accepted therapy for diabetes.
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Main item: Ketogenic diet

The initial stage of the Atkins diet is referred to as the induction stage and is considered a ketogenic diet. In ketogenic eating sparingly there is output of ketones that assist to the power output in the Krebs cycle.[10] Ketogenic eating sparingly rely on the insulin answer to body-fluid glucose. Because ketogenic dieters consume couple of carbohydrates, there is no glucose that can initiate the insulin answer. When there is no glucose-insulin answer there are some hormonal alterations that cause the retained fat to be utilised for energy. body-fluid glucose levels have to decrease to less than 3.58 mmol/L (64.5 mg/dl) for development hormone, epinephrine, and glucagon to be issued to sustain power metabolism.[10] In the adipose units, growth hormone and epinephrine start the triacylglycerol to be broken down to fatty acids. These fatty acids proceed to the liver and muscle where they should be oxidized and give acetyl-CoA that enters the Krebs cycle directly.[10] although, the surplus acetyl-CoA in the liver is altered to ketones (ketone bodies), that are transported to other tissues. In these tissues they are altered back into acetyl-CoA in alignment to enter the Krebs cycle. Glucagon is produced when body-fluid glucose is too reduced, and it causes the liver to start shattering glycogen into glucose. Since the dieter does not consume any more carbohydrates, there is no glycogen in the liver to be broken down, so the liver converts fats into free fatty acids and ketone bodies, and this method is called ketosis. Because of this, the body is compelled to use fats as a primary fuel source.[10]
major consequences

The consequences of the Atkins diet stay a subject of much argument. Some studies resolve that the Atkins diet assists avert cardiovascular disease, reduceders the reduced density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and increases the allowance of HDL, or so-called “good” cholesterol. Some investigations propose that the diet could contribute to osteoporosis and kidney stones.[11] A University of Maryland study, in which check topics were granted calorie rises when their heaviness started to fall, displayed higher LDL cholesterol and markers for inflammation.[12]
Cholesterol

According to Harper (2004) in a year-long study, the engrossment of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol expanded, and insulin resistance advanced much more in dieters following the Atkins diet than in those following a low-fat, calorie constrained diet. Harper also mentions that there had not been enough former research to permit him to assuredly state that Atkins is protected to be suggested to patients.[13][14]
Methylglyoxal

A 2005 study by Beisswenger and colleagues contrasted grades of the glycotoxin methylglyoxal (MG) before and after beginning the Atkins diet. MG is affiliated with body-fluid vessel and tissue impairment, and is higher in persons with poorly controlled diabetes. The study discovered that MG grades increase two-fold shortly after the diet was begun, noting that the MG rise was related to the occurrence of ketosis. A increase in acetol and acetone was discovered, showing that MG was produced by oxidation. MG also originated as a by-product of triglyceride breakdown and from lipoxidation (ketosis associated to fat intake).[15]

if or not expanded methylglyoxal is hurtful to human beings has been interrogated by the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, who in a 2008 critical overview of diverse studies (including Beisswenger’s study) state, “The authors present a short critical overview of investigations showing both toxic and beneficial effects of methylglyoxal and propose that the beneficial consequences of methylglyoxal outweigh its toxic effects”. While not drawing any decisive conclusions, the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science recommends further study especially in the locality of utilising methylglyoxal to therapy or treat cancer.[16]
The four phases

There are four phases of the Atkins diet: induction, ongoing weight decrease, pre-maintenance and lifetime upkeep.
Induction

Induction is the most restrictive stage of the Atkins Nutritional Approach. Two weeks are recommended for this stage. It is proposed to cause the body to quickly enter a state of ketosis. Carbohydrate intake is limited to less than 20 net grams per day (grams of carbohydrates minus grams of fiber, sugar alcohols, or glycerin), 12 to 15 snare grams of which must arrive in the form of salad greens and other fruits and vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, pumpkin, cauliflower, turnips, tomatoes, and asparagus, to title a couple of of the 54 allowed by Atkins (but not legumes, since they are too starchy for the induction phase). The permitted nourishment include 4 to 6 ounces per meal of all meats, poultry, fish, shellfish, fowl, and eggs; up to 4 ounces (113 g) of hard or semi-soft dairy cheese such as cheddar dairy dairy dairy cheese; most salad vegetables; other reduced carbohydrate vegetables; and dairy spread, olive oil and vegetable oils. consuming eight crystal of water per day is a obligation throughout this stage. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed during this phase.[17] Caffeine is permitted in moderation so long as it does not origin cravings or reduced body-fluid sugar. If a caffeine addiction is apparent, it is best to not permit it until later phases of the diet.[17] A every day multivitamin with minerals, except iron[citation needed], is furthermore recommended. A usual allowance of nourishment, on Induction, is round 20 grams of routinely happening sugars from vegetables (or net carb), at smallest 100 grams of fat, and about 18 ounces of protein or 150 grams.

The Induction stage is usually when numerous see the most important heaviness loss — accounts of deficiency of 5 to 10 pounds per week are not uncommon when Induction is combined with every day exercise[citation needed]. Many Atkins followers make use of Ketostix, little chemically reactive strips utilised by diabetics, but present recommendations disappoint use due to incorrect measurements. These let the dieter supervise when they enter the ketosis, or fat burning stage, but are not always unquestionable for non-diabetic users. Other indicators of ketosis encompass a metallic flavour in the mouth, or the sugary stink of ketones on wind or sweat.[1]
Ongoing heaviness loss

The Ongoing heaviness Loss (OWL) stage of Atkins consists of little, incremental boost in carbohydrate intake, but residual at grades where heaviness decrease occurs. The target every day carbohydrate intake rises each week by 5 snare grams, a very low allowance of carbohydrate. A goal in “ongoing” phase is to find the “Critical Carbohydrate Level for mislaying” for the one-by-one and to work out which foods an one-by-one may incorporate without initiating cravings. This stage of the Atkins’ diet lasts until heaviness is inside 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of the target heaviness.

throughout the first week of Ongoing Weight decrease, one should add a small additional serving of the induction agreeable vegetables. For demonstration, 6-8 stalks of asparagus, one cup of cauliflower or one half of an avocado. The next week, one should pursue the carbohydrate ladder that Dr Atkins conceived for this phase and add cheese. The ladder has 9 rungs and should be supplemented in alignment given. One can skip a rung if one does not propose to encompass that nourishment assembly in one’s permanent way of consuming, such as the alcoholic beverage rung. The rungs for legumes, high carbohydrate fruits, starchy vegetables, and whole grains are not supplemented until the upkeep stage. They are then incorporated in unassuming allowances.

The rungs are as pursues:

boost acceptable vegetables
dairy cheese
Nuts and kernels
edible kernels
alcoholic beverage
Legumes
Other fruits
Starchy vegetables
Whole kernels

Pre-maintenance

every day snare carbohydrates intake is expanded again this time by 10 grams each week from the latter groupings, and the key aim in this phase is to find the “Critical Carbohydrate grade for Maintenance”. This is the maximum number of carbohydrates a dieter can eat each day without gaining weight. This may well be overhead the level of carbohydrates that induce ketosis on a testing stick. As a outcome, it is not essential to maintain a positive ketosis test long period.

Dieters may be adept to add some of the forbidden carbs back into their diet one time a week. In this phase, according to the Atkin diet, one’s body is starting to misplace the protection of ketosis as one prepares for the last phase which is Lifetime Maintenance.

Dieters are boosted to extend to drink at smallest eight glasses of water per day and to boost their every day carbohydrate enumerate by 10 grams each week as long as they extend to misplace heaviness. The Atkins plan suggests that once dieters reach their aim heaviness and are able to maintain that grade for a month or so, then they can boost their every day carb consumption by another 10 grams to glimpse that is possible without gaining. If one profits weight at the grade, the design suggests that one lets slip back levels of carbohydrates in 10 grams increments. It may take some weeks to find one’s one-by-one tipping issue.
Lifetime upkeep

This phase is proposed to convey on the customs came by in the preceding phases, and bypass the widespread end-of-diet mindset that can return persons to their preceding customs and preceding heaviness. Whole, unprocessed nourishment alternatives are emphasized, with the option to drop back to an previous stage if you start to gain heaviness.
attractiveness

The Atkins Nutritional Approach profited widespread attractiveness in 2003 and 2004. At the size of its popularity one in eleven North American adults was on the diet.[18] This large following was accused for large turns down in the sales of carbohydrate-heavy nourishment like pasta and rice: sales were down 8.2 and 4.6 per hundred, respectively, in 2003. The diet’s success was even accused for a decline in Krispy Kreme sales.[19] endeavouring to capitalize on the “low-carb craze,” numerous companies issued special product lines that were reduced in carbohydrates.

In 2003, Atkins died from a mortal head wound maintained in a drop on ice.[20]

On July 31, 2005, the Atkins Nutritional business filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the percentage of mature persons on the diet turned down to two percent and sales of Atkins brand merchandise dropped sharply in the second half of 2004.[21] The company extends to function and the diet plan extends popular, whereas it has not regained its previous popularity.
technical investigations
farther information: health study associated to low-carbohydrate eating sparingly

Because of considerable argument regarding the Atkins Diet and even disagreements in interpreting the results of exact studies it is difficult to objectively condense the study in a way that reflects technical consensus.[22][23] Although there has been some research finished throughout the twentieth century,[24][25] most exactly relevant technical studies, both those that exactly investigate the Atkins Diet and those that investigate alike eating sparingly, have occurred in the 1990s and early 2000s and, as such, are somewhat new. investigators and other professionals have published articles and studies that run the gamut from encouraging the safety and efficacy of the diet[26][27] to interrogating its long-term validity[28][29] to outright accusing it as dangerous.[30][31] Until lately a important criticism of the Atkins Diet was that there were no studies that assessed the effects of Atkins beyond a couple of months. However, investigations are emerging which assess low-carbohydrate eating sparingly over much longer time span, controlled investigations as long as two years and survey investigations as long as two decades.[26][32][33][34]

In supplement to research on the efficacy of Atkins and other low-carbohydrate eating sparingly, some study has exactly addressed other areas of wellbeing influenced by low-carbohydrate diets. For demonstration, opposing to popular belief that low-carbohydrate eating sparingly impairment the heart, one study discovered that women eating low-carbohydrate, high-fat/protein diets had the identical or somewhat less risk of coronary heart disease, compared to women consuming high-carbohydrate, low-fat diets.[35] Other investigations have discovered likely advantages to persons with diabetes,[36] cancer,[37][38] and epilepsy.[39][40] One study matching two grades of low-carbohydrate eating sparingly (ketogenic—the smallest carbohydrate level—and non-ketogenic) discovered that both had affirmative consequences in periods of insulin sensitivity, heaviness loss, and fat loss while the ketogenic diet displayed slightly higher dangers of inflammation and somewhat smaller perceived grades of vigor, recounted as “potentially hurtful metabolic and emotional side-effects” (although it should be noted that one of the investigators of this study, Barry Sears, markets The Zone as a vying low-carbohydrate diet).[41]

A 2007 study finished at Stanford University health School, The A to Z heaviness Loss Study, contrasted the Atkins diet with the Zone, Ornish, and discover eating sparingly in a randomized assembly of 311 obese premenopausal women over a time span of 12 months. The study found that heaviness decrease was significantly higher for the Atkins diet contrasted to the other three eating sparingly. lesser components such as HDL-C, triglyceride levels, and systolic blood force were furthermore found to have advanced to greater grades compared to the other diets.[42]

A 2012 study done at Boston Children’s Hospital contrasted a very low carbohydrate diet (the Atkins diet) with a reduced fat, high carbohydrate diet, and a reduced glycemic catalogue diet. Reduction of the relaxing metabolic rate as a result of eating sparingly, a key factor in the flops of eating sparingly, was the least in the very reduced carbohydrate diet. In supplement, measured total power expenditure in the patients was the highest in the very reduced carbohydrate diet, proposing that a very low carbohydrate diet would be the most expected to produce a maintained heaviness decrease. A likely negative edge effect was that C-Reactive Protein grades, a marker for likely future cardiovascular infection, trended rather higher in the very reduced carbohydrate diet.[43][44][45]
Controversies

An analysis conducted by Forbes magazine found that the experiment list from the Atkins Nutritional Approach is one of the peak five in the expense category of ten designs Forbes investigated. This was due to the addition of recipes with some high cost components such as lobster follows which were put in the publication to demonstrate the kind of nourishment which could be consumed on the diet. The analysis showed the median mean of the ten eating sparingly was roughly 50% higher, and Atkins 80% higher, than the American nationwide mean. The Atkins diet was less expensive than the Jenny Craig diet and more expensive than Weight Watchers.[46]

Low-carbohydrate eating sparingly have been the subject of warmed debate in health rounds for three decades. They are still controversial and only lately has any serious study supported some facets of Atkins’ assertions, particularly for short-term weight-loss (6 months or less). In a evaluation study by Dansinger and colleagues (2005), the aim was to contrast popular diets like Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers, and Zone for the allowance of weight lost and a heart infection risk decrease. In the study there were 247 persons and it lasted for 1 year. All the topics were overweight at baseline, and had an advanced risk for cardiac diseases. One of the eating sparingly was allotted to each person.[47] The Atkins diet group ate 20g of CHO (carbohydrate) a day, with a gradual boost in the direction of 50 g daily. But according to Table 2 of the study, increased to well over 130g after the second month and up to 190g by the sixth month. At this issue, the Atkins diet assembly were consuming carbohydrates matching to the other three assemblys. The Zone assembly ate a 40-30-30 % diet of carbohydrates, fats and proteins respectively. The heaviness Watchers group was to hold the “points” of their nourishment in a very resolute variety, founded on their heaviness. The Ornish group ate a vegetarian diet with 10% of calories approaching from fats. The heaviness, waist size, body-fluid force, and a body-fluid sample were taken, at the beginning, after 2 months, 6 months and 12 months. All four diets produced in weight loss with no important difference between the diets.[47]

But numerous in the technical community furthermore lift grave anxieties:

Dr. Robert Eckel of the American Heart Association states that high-protein, low-carbohydrate eating sparingly put people at risk of heart disease.[48] A long term study released in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2006 discovered that while women on low-carb eating sparingly were generally healthier than those on high-carbohydrate eating sparingly, women eating more protein and fat from vegetable causes, rather than from animal causes, had a smaller risk of heart disease.[49]
A 2001 technical review undertook by Freedman et al. and released in the peer reviewed technical journal fatness study resolved that low-carb dieters’ initial benefit in heaviness decrease was a result of advanced water loss, and that after the primary time span, low-carbohydrate eating sparingly produce alike fat decrease to other eating sparingly with alike caloric intake.[50]
The May 2004 Annals of Internal Medicine study displayed that “minor harmful effects” of diarrhea, general flaw, rashes and muscle cramps “were more common in the low-carbohydrate diet group”.

adversaries of the diet[who?] furthermore state that the primary weight loss upon beginning the diet is a occurrence widespread with most diets, and is due to decrease in retained glycogen and related water in muscles, not fat decrease. They state that no evidence has appeared that any diet will origin heaviness loss unless it decreases food power (calories) underneath the upkeep level and that heaviness loss from the Atkins diet may be the outcome of less nourishment power being consumed by the dieter, rather than the lack of carbohydrates.[51]
Misconceptions about the diet

Many people believe that the Atkins Diet encourages consuming unlimited amounts of fatty meats and cheeses.[52][53] This was permitted and promoted in early editions of the publication. In the newest revision, not in writing by the now deceased Dr. Atkins, this is not promoted. The Atkins Diet does not enforce caloric restriction, or decisive bounds on proteins, with Atkins saying in his book that this plan is “not a permit to gorge,” but rather that consuming protein until satiated is encouraged. The controller of research and learning for Atkins Nutritionals, Collette Heimowitz, has said, “The media and adversaries of Atkins often sensationalise and simplify the diet as the all-the-steak-you-can-eat diet. This has never been true”.[8] although, this new approach by Atkins Nutritionals is often at odds with the previous writings of Dr. Atkins.

A common misconception arises from confusion between the Induction Phase and rest of the diet.[53] The directions for the induction phase have altered since the first printing of Atkin’s Diet transformation, in which all carbohydrates were counted the same. Today’s type of the diet differentiates between carbohydrates, and counts only “net carbs” in the direction of the daily total. The first two weeks of the Atkins Diet are firm, with only 20g of ‘net’ carbohydrates allowed per day. The snare Carbs number reflects the grams of carbohydrate that are said to considerably impact body-fluid sugar grade, and thus, sugar alcohol carbs are not counted and neither are those in fiber when doing the newer type of the Atkins plan.

Atkins states that a dieter can securely stay at the Induction stage for several months if the individual has a lot of heaviness to lose.[54] Induction, although, is only a stage to get the body utilised to fat, and cure cravings for high carbohydrate foods. step-by-step, through the phases of the eating design, carbohydrate levels are increased, though carbs are still considerably underneath USDA norms. Once the weight-loss aim is reached, carbohydrate grades are raised again to a state of equilibrium where no heaviness is lost or gained, which may or may not be below USDA norms, depending on the individual’s metabolism, age, and their workout level.

Dr. Eric Westman, director of the Duke University’s Lifestyle Medicine Clinic and co-author of “The New Atkins for a New You,” believes low-carb or Atkins should be viable options amidst eating sparingly.

“The Atkins diet was labeled as a high-fat diet,” Westman said in an interview with The New York Times. “We’ve been told over the past 40 years that fat in the diet is awful. Now we understand that fat is not bad. What’s occurred is that there is a paradigm shift in conceiving about carbohydrates, fat and protein and health.”[55]
Atkins Nutritionals
Main item: Atkins Nutritionals

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. (ANI) was founded in 1989 by Atkins to encourage the sale of Atkins-branded goods. Following his death, waning popularity of the diet and a decrease in demand for Atkins goods, Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy defence on July 31, 2005 citing deficiency of $340 million.[56] The business appeared from bankruptcy on January 10, 2006, inserting “a new enterprise strategy that focuses on supplying great-tasting portable foods with a exclusive nutrition advantage to healthy, hardworking men and women.”[57] whereas the marketing aim has altered, the goods are still low-carb. It is also stated on the packages the stage of the Atkins Nutritional Approach where they may be used.

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1. Become acquainted
Read about various low-carb diets, or none in on one. Ideally, read one of the publications and become familiar with the values. Above all, don’t fall for the widespread myths about consuming low carb – such as that there are no vegetables or crop, that it can’t be wholesome, that it has to be dull, etc. Like other ways of eating, low-carb consuming can be healthy or not, balanced or not, and there is certainly no reason for it to be dull. Rest guaranteed that research is on the edge of cutting carbs – possibly not for everyone, but for many of us.

2. Start Making Easy alterations
While you are discovering about low-carb eating, you can start to make some alterations towards decreasing unhealthy carbs in your diet. select one or two things to change at a time. You may be surprised that some outcomes can be accomplished with less effort than you considered.

3. conclude on an Approach
There is no one low-carb diet. The popular designs span a variety of carb levels and food choices, though essentially all of them cut out most sugars and starches. afresh, the best thing to do is to read one of the publications – go to your library and browse, and none in on something that looks doable to you. vitally all of the popular publications can be purchased utilised online for very little cash.

Alternatively, if you just understand you’re not the kind to read a publication and pursue somebody else’s idea of a diet, the “No White Diet” works for numerous persons. fundamentally, you just halt eating nourishment with sugars, white wheat wheat flour (pasta, bread, baked cake, donuts, etc), white rice, and potatoes (some include milk). This effectively slashes back on the carbohydrate in your diet, especially the high glycemic kinds. Just recognize that there are furthermore white nourishment, such as tofu, cauliflower, and onions, that are reduced in carbs and good for you!

Another choice is use my Low-Carb Food Pyramid as a direct. Many people have in writing to me to report that following these simple guidelines permitted them to be thriving.

4. Get well known with What You Can consume
It’s easy to fall into thinking a allotment about what you can’t consume, but much more productive to aim on what you can consume. At first, it’s likely best to hold it simple – for demonstration, you can just consume the identical dinner as before, exchanging vegetables for the starch.

5. design Your First Week
not anything halts a new consuming plan much quicker than getting to the fourth day and realizing you have no concept what to snack on, or fix for evening meal. Planning a full week of meal lists and snacks devotes you a buffer time span when you don’t have to concern about it.

6. Get Support
Inevitably, things you didn’t believe of will come up. The first two weeks of a diet change can be tough. The temptation when trying something new is to chuck it overboard at the first obstacle. To be thriving, you must accept that unforeseen “speedbumps” will happen, and make a firm pledge ahead of time to work through them. This is the time to get advice from other ones who are ahead of you on the road.

Ferriss is not a doctor, so he relies on interviews with other scientists and medical professionals for his information. Any author who talks to Gray Cook and Stuart McGill about rehabilitation and movement is a OK in my book. Those two guys are at the forefront of injury rehabilitation and movement analysis.

There is A LOT of information in this book, and sometimes it seems contradictory. In some sections he talks about low rep exercises to failure, and other he talks about never reaching failure with lifting exercise. At times the book seems to lose focus on exactly what you should do.

His Slow-Carb diet is pretty similar to other Low Carb/High Protein diets (Atkins, South Beach, Paleo). He focuses his diet on eating different forms of protein throughout the day. His top 5 rules: Avoid any food that is white (or has ever been white), Eat the same meal every day, Don’t drink calories, Don’t eat fruit, Mandatory CHEAT day every week. Pretty simple rules, and I have found that cutting out all refined carbs and adding protein at breakfast has given me more energy. I don’t really agree with the ‘don’t eat fruit’ part of the plan, but he backs up his ideas with the science of how the body has trouble metabolizing fructose. He talks a lot about the hormonal response of food on the body especially for men, and how dairy and soy have a strong estrogenic reaction in the body that can really stifle muscle growth.

Overall, I found the book really informative, and recommend it to any male reader who wants to get lean, get stronger, and start a healthy diet. Pick it up, and skip around to the chapters that you find the most interesting. Happy reading!

-Jamie the Trainer

http://fourhourbody.com/

Normally, there would be a food diary. Unfortunately, I was so busy I didn’t keep one and, even worse, no workouts this week!

Monday, I was supposed to do an inspection at 10:00 am. I get a call from the client at 9:00…cancelling the appointment. No problem, as we had to get a bunch of stuff ready for an upcoming consignment sale, I spent the day cleaning stuff up and getting everything ready, so when the wife came home, she could tag everything.

Tuesday. I had an eleven month inspection on a home that was next to the new home I inspected last month, which is probably headed for a lawsuit.  This inspection took around six hours and, I hurt my shoulder trying to get into the attic, and as if that wasn’t bad enough, the Clients pest control guy is trying to kill the family! He had placed a bunch of little packets around the home that contain boric acid. After telling the homeowner that they were safe, I showed the homeowner the package where it specifically states, “Keep out of the reach of children and pets! If ingested, contact poison control immediately!”

Not only did he put these packets everywhere, he also decided it would be a great idea to place a bunch of Boric Dust in the air handler closet…..where it can be drawn into the system and spread through the entire home! Back in the days when I did pest control, this product was only permitted to be used in sealed areas. The attic and wall voids mostly.

Wednesday. Time for my yearly physical exam. As usual, I am in perfect health. I still have to get a bunch of blood work done, but everything looks good. With the exception of my calves. Since my fast run last week, both calves have been hurting and are not getting better.  We will see what the rest of the week brings.

After my exam, time to drop of the 150-plus items at the consignment sale. Finished that task in 45 minutes!!!! Now, it was time for physical therapy, where it was discovered that my shoulder has been re-injured. My therapist worked on it for almost 40 minutes trying to get it to loosen up. Finally I was able to use it and do my exercises.

Some unfortunate news. When we got home, I looked at the answer machine and the message indicator was blinking. I played the message and it was our neighbors daughter informing us, that our neighbor, Don, who was diagnosed with cancer, had passed away. Rest in Peace Don.

Thursday. An inspection on a home that was vacant for two years! Oh Joy!!! I was still recovering from the Boric Acid poisoning and now, mold!!!!

This inspection only took two hours, because it is easy to do the inspection when everything is wrong!

I get home and do the inspection report. I feel like crap as the combination of mold and boric acid is wearing on me!

Friday. This was supposed to be an off day. Not the case. The phone started ringing at 8:00 am and continued the entire day. E mails about wind mitigation reports, open permits, you name it, it happened! I also decided to try a new supplement, Actigin, which we got at some trade show. It appears as though this product doesn’t play well with other supplements or, I am allergic to it!

I developed a violent rash all over my entire body. I was hot and my skin turned red. I also experienced a “heavy” heartbeat.  I didn’t know it at the time what the cause was. I am still feeling the effects of this as I type this entry, Saturday morning. Friday night, we went out to dinner with Marshalls Aunt Rose Marie and Uncle Ted. We went to a place called J Alexanders. I seem to remember this place being pretty good. Since we weren’t going to Carrabbas for the pre-long-run meal, this would have to do. I ordered the Prime Rib and smashed potatoes. Along with, a Ceaser salad. After dinner we went home and time for bed, at 10:00.

At 12:30, I woke up withe severe cramps, gas, and, for those playing the drinking game, several trips to the bathroom. This went on until approximately, 3:30 am. Did I mention I was going to wake up at 4:30 am for the 17-mile run today? Of course, as I returned from the bathroom adventure, not one, but both cats decided to play their usual games. Sophia, with her big head and loud purr, was right in my face demanding that she be petted. Then, Samantha took over with the usual treading on my bladder for 15 minutes, prior to her falling asleep on my chest.

Sophia

Samantha

Finally, I fell asleep…only to be awakened by the alarm going off…followed by the wife storming off into the middle bedroom to shut off said alarm!

I knew that no run was happening today, between a lack of sleep, all of my fuel being “washed out”, the effects of Boric acid poisoning and the supplement, along with my aching calves, the run today has been postponed until next Saturday.

Tomorrow will be the last day of the RenFest, and then, a full week is in-store for next week already. I will try to post everything.

In future events, we have signed up for the half marathon “Race Around the Lake” in Clermont, the 20th of April, so, another race to train for! The goal for this race is to finish in under 2:30. The next race is the Disney Wine and Dine in November. We are already registered and thanks to our friend, Jennifer Upton, Mousekeplanner Extraordinaire, our rooms are locked in as well! If any of the followers of this blog are attending the Wine and Dine race, or any other Disney event,give Jenn a shout!

Until next week..Have a great weekend!!

Most time known for its ” all meat, all day” characteristics the Atkins diet is a high protein low carb diet designed to help you burn fat fast. Generally our bodies burn carbohydrates for energy but an over abundance of carbs will turn to fat if not burned off. For those of us who are sedentary/lightly active the Atkins diet is sort like a dream come true. However the rap that it has gotten in the past may scare some into not trying this diet.

As you all know I had been juicing for quite sometime (almost a year)and it is definitely a great feeling to indulge in natural sugars it can still do the same as those bad white carbs. Also I had begun to notice that I was losing my natural muscle tone and that’s one thing I cannot sacrifice. While in nutrition school I am learning so many different dietary theories and making myself a guinea pig to find out what works best for me. I will be juicing in the future just not for extended periods of time.

Facts vs. Fiction

It is very true that the Atkins diet is a high protein low carb diet but that does not mean you are snaking on bacon and ribs all day.

Atkins suggests:
White meat chicken
Fish
Turkey
Veal
Pork
Steak
Lamb
Seafood

All of these sources of protein should be grass fed or organic to avoid harsh chemicals and processed meat like hotdogs and deli meat should be avoided due to the hidden sugar content.
Other permitted protein sources can come from dairy (eggs, cheese,etc)

Remember this isn’t just all meat!

All vegetables are suggested besides those high on the glycemic index. After the induction phase you will gradually learn to add in the “right” carbohydrates each phase after. Starting with 15-20 net carbs and gradually moving up 5 grams each phase.

Following these guidelines while drinking lots of water and exercising at least 30 minutes a day will yield quick results.
Sooooo
Lets see how this goes
I’ll be sexy for summer!!! What are you doing to get ready??

It goes without saying that we were inclined to go off of the Atkins diet for the sake of Jesus rising from the dead and all.  (How those two things relate, I have no idea.)

When the cashier was checking us through his line, he could not help but make the following comment about our selection of groceries:

Cashier:  ”Well, it looks like you’ve got a pretty well balanced menu here.  Cheerios and milk, M&M’s, hairspray…”

At that moment I was thinking that it was too bad that we didn’t have tampons or hemorrhoid cream so that he could feel free to announce that to the entire store over the intercom while he was at it.

Judgmental Bastard.

Rea pointed out:  ”We also have dog food.”

Me:  ”Yeah, and it’s the ‘Healthy Diet’ dog food too.  I feel kind of guilty that we’re putting Nash on a diet while we’re indulging in Easter candy…”

Cashier:  ”Yeah, I don’t think that dogs can actually tell the difference between diet food and regular food.”

Me:  ”You haven’t met our dog.  He’ll take one sniff of it and give us a look that says, ‘Really?  Are you kidding me with this shit…?’ and then he’ll moan and groan and sigh every time he sees an M&M going into our mouths.”

Cashier:  ”Yeah, it’s a pretty unfair world sometimes.”

Rea and I laughed.

Cashier-Boy wasn’t laughing.

It was a very strange moment, feeling the need to justify to the Fred Meyer checker that our dog lives a happy life.  Didn’t he know that dogs are allergic to chocolate and that he could die if he indulged in the glorious gluttony of Easter Candy?  I wanted to assure him that we are usually on a sugar-free diet and this was only a splurge.  The vet told us that we needed to put Nash on a diet!  We are going to go back on our diets tomorrow…or whenever all of our junk food is gone!  Whichever comes first!

STOP LOOKING AT US LIKE THAT!!

In the end, we remained silent.  We took our Easter Candy, ridiculously expensive hairspray, milk, Cheerios and “Healthy Weight” dog food and went on our way.

For the record, the pastel-colored, peanut M&M’s were just as fresh and as wickedly satisfying as ever.

And Nash totally knew that he was eating diet dog food.

And it really is a pretty unfair world sometimes, but you know what?

Get over it.

HE’S A DOG!!

 ”One should eat to live, not live to eat” -Benjamin Franklin

Eat Less:

.Refined Grain Products: breads, pasta, crackers and cereals

.Nuts, Seeds and Beans:  nuts and seeds that are roasted in oil and salted.

.Meats, Fish and Poultry: Eliminate red meat high in saturated fats, fried fish, chicken and turkey

.High Fat Dairy Products:  cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream, ice cream, whole milk, 2% reduced fat milk and whole milk yogurt

.Bad Fats and Most Oils: trans fats, lard or hydrogenated oils

.High Glycemic Sweets:  fruit juice and candy and sweetened foods, like sodas, bakery goods, prepared cereals, canned goods and most packaged foods

Eat More:

.Grains & Legumes: brown rice, wholemeal pasta, wild wehani. or red rice, millet, quinoa, oats, buckwheat, sprouted grain bread (wheat free)

. Nuts & Seeds: raw or dry roasted walnuts, pumpkin seeds, unsalted sunflower seeds, almonds, chia seeds, psylillium husk, linseed ect.

.Vegetables: (9 servings per day is ideal) broccoli, brussle sprouts, turnips, leeks, dark and leafy greens( kale, collards, mustard, Bok Choy, tatsoi, chicory, watercress) arugula, romaine, red & green leaf lettuce, seaweed carrots beets, winter squash, sweet potatoes, parsnips.

.Fruit: lemon, lime, grapefruit, apples and pears

.Fats: avocado, nuts and flax-seed oil, olive oil and fish oil

.Protein: fresh small white fish, wild salmon, lentils, split peas, chickpeas, black, kidney, pinto or any variety of dried beans.

I myself have battled with the fluctuation of my weight and I to have struggled with changing my eating habits, but I did it and I feel amazing! My body has really started to transform I feel like I can breathe easier I feel lighter, I sleep better, my skin is much more clear and my hair and nails are growing like crazy. Think about what you put in your body because it’s the only one you get…. so take care you it!

 To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to  keep our mind strong and clear – Buddha

First though, a look back almost 200 years, to a time when the smart people seem to have been pretty damn smart. Not only truly awesome clever clogs like Leonardo Da-Vinci, but also about a topic that holds a large part of the developed world in a state of perplexity even today, to wit, how to lose weight…

Read the following, and see if it reminds you of anything:

“Oh Heavens!” all you readers of both sexes will cry out, !oh Heavens above! But what a wretch the Profesor is! Here in a single word he forbids us everything we most love, the little white rolls… and those cookies… and a hundred other things made with flour and butter, with flour and sugar, with flour and sugar and eggs! He doesn’t even leave us potatoes, or macaroni! Who would have thought this of a lover of good food who seemed so pleasant?

“What’s this I hear?” I exclaim, putting on my severest face, which I do perhaps once a year. “Very well then, eat! Get fat! Become ugly, and thick, and asthmatic, and finally die in your own melted grease: I shall be there to watch it.”

This is an extract from a book called “The Physiology of Taste”, by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, first published in 1825. Born in 1755, he became first a lawyer, then a politician, though his passion was food and drink, or “the pleasures of the table” as he put it. He began writing down his thoughts in the 1790′s until he finally published the book in 1825. And died two months later, of pneumonia.

What he is describing though is what was common knowledge among doctors until the 1960′s. It is the basis of the Atkins diet introduced in 1972, and what has suddenly come to be described as a fad diet in recent times. Oh, and pretty much the Paleo-diet as well. Hardly anything new or faddish though, it was just forgotten for 40 odd years while all the supposed experts went on a wild goose chase looking for other truths. Which sadly haven’t worked out too well, given hos it is proven fact that neither exercise, starvation or alphabet-diets actually have any long term effect on obesity . Oh, and while there is an epidemic of obesity and funds are available for reseach, why not poke around and try finding a gene that makes people fat?

For supposedly smart animals, humans can be pretty dumb. You get it though, right? Is this a topic that warrants further post?

The Atkins Diet

The Atkins diet is based on high protein, low-carbohydrate fare. It allows all of the meat and vegetables you want with no restrictions on fats. Fruits are kept to a minimum. Bread, pasta, and other grain products are restricted. Many people have had weight loss success on the Atkins’ Diet because it offers many delicious food options. However, it can be high in fat, possible harmful over long periods of time and low in fiber and calcium.

The Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet

This is another reduced carbohydrate diet that allows meats, dairy, vegetables, fruits, and grain products, but restricts all other carbohydrates. It tends to be quite high in fat and saturated fat.

The Choose to Lose Diet

This is a low fat diet that allows you to eat from all of the major food groups. You are only restricted by a “fat budget” that you choose how to spend. Carbohydrates are allowed, as well as lean meat, poultry, seafood, fruits, vegetables, bread and pasta. The Choose to Lose Diet allows an ample amount of fruits and vegetables and it is low in saturated fat and it provides a fairly healthy eating plan for fast weight loss.

The DASH Diet

The DASH diet allows for a high carbohydrate intake, with moderate amounts of fat and protein. It was originally designed as a low-pressure diet. The DASH diet follows the principles of the Food Pyramid, but it suggests more servings of fruits and vegetables (up to nine daily,) and more dairy servings (two to three daily servings of low fat or nonfat dairy.) The DASH diet may require too much food for most people to see weight loss results.

The Eat More Weigh Less Diet

This diet is an extremely low-fat diet that focuses on vegetarian fare. It allows fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, egg whites, and some nonfat dairy products. This is a very restricted diet that limits even healthy foods like lean organic meats, poultry, and low-fat dairy products. This diet is great for vegetarians, but it is low in calcium, and it may be too difficult for most people to follow long enough to see weight loss results.

The Eat Right For Your Blood Type Diet

This diet plan bases you food choices on your blood type. For example, those with Type O blood follow an eating plan that includes lots of meat. Some of the “blood type” diets in this plan are too restricted in calories and they may be poor in nutritional balance. Little proof is offered on basis of the diet, that blood type should affect dietary choices.

The Pritkin Principle Diet

This diet focuses on restricting calories and eating more “watery” foods that fill you up quicker. (It follows the same principle that suggests you should drink a full glass of water before each meal to make your stomach feel full faster. It allows fruits, vegetables, pasta, oatmeal, soups, salads, and low-fat dairy, but limits protein sources to lean meats, poultry and seafood. This is a low-fat diet that offers plenty of fruits and vegetables, but it can be low in calcium.

The Protein Power Diet

This is a very high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet. It allows for lots of meats and fats but limits that consumption of fruits and vegetables. This is a very restrictive diet that limits healthy foods like whole grains and beans. It is very high in fat, especially saturated fat and it is very low in calcium.

Power Busters

This is a low-carbohydrate diet that is high in fat and protein. Fruits and grain products are forbidden, but high-fat meats and dairy products are allowed. Like many other low-carb diets, the Power Busters diet is high in fat, high in saturated fat, and low in calcium.

The Slimirex Diet

I highly recommend the Slimirex diet. I’ve found use of weight loss product Slimirex combined with moderate exercise at least three times per week and a moderate diet to be an effective method of losting the weight you want.

Volumetrics

The Volumetrics diet is a restricted calorie diet that allows fruits, vegetables, pasta, oatmeal, soups, salads, lean meats, poultry, seafood and dairy. High fat food and “dry” foods like crackers, pretzels, and popcorn are restricted. It is low in saturated fat and provides an ample amount of fruits and vegetables..

Weight Watchers

This diet does not restrict followers to a set meal plan. Dieters are able to plan their own diet every day following a point system that allows the dieter to spend a certain “allowance” in each category. This diet allows moderate fat and protein intake and high carbohydrate consumption. Generally, vegetables and whole grain products have the lowest point value and high fat foods “cost” the most amount of points.

]]> http://myhotsecrets.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/summer-curves-2/ Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:15:50 +0000 myhotsecrets http://myhotsecrets.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/summer-curves-2/ Summer is almost here and you best believe that your bum bum will be the center of attention!!  However the question is what kind of attention: Will yours be an eyesore or a feast for the eyes to see?

Ladies and gentlemen are you ready for all that attention your bum bum will get. Well, if so, then we got your back with tips on how to firm it up, tighten and tone it up in just 7-days! Who needs surgery when you have My Hot Secrets! so people you can expect more curves around the corner  just in time for Summer!

Start with a Proper Diet: DIETING FOR A BIGGER BUTT:

Your diet should consist of lean proteins, good fats, whole grains, veggies, and fruits. Good fats are extremely important if you want to grow a full-size buttocks. However consuming good fats is kinda of difficult but listed below are tips that can help you improve your diet to help grow a bigger buttocks now!

FOODS TO EAT MORE OF —-> Avocados, Whole Milk, Brazilian Nuts, Whole Eggs, Real Butter, Fatty Fish, Poultry, Pork, Beef, and Fish.

Great meals for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: May include eggs, bacon, avocados, with whole milk. Or, Tuna Sandwich with Mash Potatoes with whole milk. And Dinner, try a Roasted Chicken with veggies and mash potatoes with a glass of whole milk remember NO SUGAR in your mash potatoes!!

** Drinking (whole milk) with your meals is key to gaining a fuller backside!

FOODS TO EAT LESS OF—–> Bread (white), Rice, Oatmeal, and Cereals.

PLEASE AVOID——-> Sugar with the exception of (RAW FRUITS), Soda, Fast Foods, Pizza, Pasta, and Diet Foods, Like Low Drinks, and Processed Microwavable Meals.

Start with the Right Supplementation: VITAMINS FOR A BIGGER BUTT:

Now you can help boost that booty by taking the right vitamins and supplements that promote a round curvaceous buttocks naturally. I recommend taking our herbal supplements called the (Perfect Curves) they provide a good source of vitamins and nutrients along with plant estrols (estrogen) that stimulates your natural hormones. For example the Perfect Curves Kit is great two part system that shapes, firms, and sculpts the hips and buttocks area without surgery. Because the supplements and the firming butter work together to target buttock fatty tissue production to add more fullness and volume to the area best of all feminine curves will be noticed in just 30-days! Purchase the kit is the first step to a better looking backside. The Perfect Curves supplements  and the Body Firming Butter are sold only online through My Hot Secrets.com

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Another supplement I highly recommend taking is the Egyptian Black Cumin Seed (cold-pressed oil) along with the Perfect Curves supplements and the Body Firming Butter to maximize your results! Black see oil should be injected by mouth. Simply take one spoonful of the Black Seed Oil daily to get a dose of my Omega’s 3,6, and 9. You should take the liquid in the morning before taking the Perfect Curves supplements. I did notice really good results combining the Black Seed Oil with the Perfect Curves formula.

Start with the Right Exercise: FITNESS FOR A BIGGER BUTT:

Now you can lift and shape your glutes using this Simple Treadmill Technique. Just do this 3x’s per week to sculpt and shape a bigger, firmer, and rounder backside in just three days! We promise it works wonders. Simply try it, and you’ll see for yourself. The next time you’re in the gym take up the incline to the highest level. Incline levels will range from machine to machine most treadmills range in incline levels from 12-15 depending on which machine you may be using. Anyhow, the key to getting the results you want is to begin with a 5 minute warm up first on the lowest incline. After your warm-up you’ll proceed with what we call a interval technique that combines (walking with skipping) to target the fast twitch buttocks muscles to build a bigger backside in just three days. You’ll begin the cycle by first walking on the highest incline for period of 30 seconds, thereafter you’ll immediately begin skipping for the remaining 20 seconds of one full-minute. Now repeat the cycle over again until you reached 15 minutes on the treadmill. This technique really builds the buttocks muscles fast which results in a round curvaceous backside. Follow-up with a protein shake to feed those muscles.

Here’s what women are saying about the treadmill technique:

” After trying you Bigger Backside – Treadmill Technique my booty was rounder and firmer just after two workouts, my favorite jeans fit perfectly as I notice my backside finally protruding out” – Kimberly Castillo (LA, California)

“Wow omg it works!!! I tried this little treadmill technique and my butt grew in just three days! I even started taking the Perfect Curves supplements and notice ever great enhancement Yes, after two weeks on the supplements using the technique I saw faster results and they lasted permanently! – Bianca Stewart

Let us know @MyHotSecrets what you think about our tips? Gracie Jimenez

March 6, 2013

And, the run today:

Mile one:                           12:35

Mile two:                           12:17

Mile three:                        13:43

Mile four:                          12:06

Mile five:                           12:10

Total:                                 1:02:51

Total run

Distance: 5.25 miles                Total time: 1:05:41                                     Average pace: 12:31

Before I ran, I still had a lot of pain in my shins. I suspect, I may actually have hurt myself! I started my run using the run/walk interval set at 3 minutes running and one minute walking. Three minutes was a bit much! Although it did produce some good starting times, it was just too much time. I reset the pace to 2 minutes running and one minute walking at mile three.

As a result, mile four and five were much easier to run. I also began to run on the front of my feet to ease the pain in my shins. This worked and I also picked up some speed. I was actually surprised to see that miles one and two were as fast as they were. Looking at the numbers, walking a minute less for miles four and five made the run easier and faster. I find it strange that I can run for a minute more and go slower! Maybe that Jeff Galloway really does know what he is talking about!

Tomorrow is a busy day, two inspections and Saturday is the Heart Walk.

Next week is already booked up with inspections and Doctor visits, then, Saturdays run of 17 miles! I can hardly wait!!