Comments on: Very Low Calorie Diets http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/ JAG's Fitness Blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:53:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: » Blog Archive » Finally getting organised… http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-96995 » Blog Archive » Finally getting organised… Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:32:53 +0000 http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/#comment-96995 [...] need to eat something before and after my work out, eat more in general actually. She linked me to THIS post as well on an excellent food and fitness blog which is very interesting and explains really [...] [...] need to eat something before and after my work out, eat more in general actually. She linked me to THIS post as well on an excellent food and fitness blog which is very interesting and explains really [...]

]]> By: » Blog Archive » Going Back To Basics http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-96994 » Blog Archive » Going Back To Basics Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:31:41 +0000 http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/#comment-96994 [...] goes and holds on to weight rather than letting it go. It took a while to get my head around it but THIS post by JAG really helped explain it to me. I get it now, I need to eat pretty much all of my [...] [...] goes and holds on to weight rather than letting it go. It took a while to get my head around it but THIS post by JAG really helped explain it to me. I get it now, I need to eat pretty much all of my [...]

]]> By: Edward Platz http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-70199 Edward Platz Wed, 04 May 2011 12:31:50 +0000 http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/#comment-70199 By definition, dieting is eating the right food, in right quantity, at the right time. So why starve?! There have always been fad diets available, such as the "no carbohydrate" diet, the "low carbohydrate diet" and let's not forget the famous "cabbage soup" diet. It may look like you are going on a diet that will bring you the results you want, but it does not. If you ever tried a starving diet, you probably lost some pounds quickly at first, but as time went by, it became much harder to lose the extra weight. Finally, you got to a point that you were actually starving yourself and still not losing weight at all. Starving diets do not work because they slow down the metabolism and put the body into a starvation mode, making it impossible to lose weight in a healthy way. I know it because five years ago, I tried such a “diet”. I felt miserable all the time and I was always hungry and tired. Obviously, after a couple of months I stopped… meaning going back to my regular eating habits… but I had a new problem. You see, when you stop the starving diet, your metabolism is still stuck in a low calorie-burning mode and by the time it catches up, you have gained all the weight back and even a few extra pounds. The other problem is the loss of muscle mass. As you know, muscle mass is a major part of the body that burns fat, but on a very low-calorie diet you are losing fat as well as your muscle mass. When you stop this diet, you put all the lost weight back on, but you also end up with even more fat and less muscle to burn it with. Bottom line, IT IS NOT HEALTHY. Starving yourself will affect your health and damage your kidneys, liver and the rest of your organs. The more you starve yourself, the bigger these problems will become. There is an alternative that will allow you to eat very tasty foods, but in the right quantities and at the right time, so you can lose weight and be as healthy as you can be. It is called a BALANCED DIET... By definition, dieting is eating the right food, in right quantity, at the right time.
So why starve?!
There have always been fad diets available, such as the “no carbohydrate” diet, the “low carbohydrate diet” and let’s not forget the famous “cabbage soup” diet.
It may look like you are going on a diet that will bring you the results you want, but it does not.
If you ever tried a starving diet, you probably lost some pounds quickly at first, but as time went by, it became much harder to lose the extra weight. Finally, you got to a point that you were actually starving yourself and still not losing weight at all.
Starving diets do not work because they slow down the metabolism and put the body into a starvation mode, making it impossible to lose weight in a healthy way.
I know it because five years ago, I tried such a “diet”. I felt miserable all the time and I was always hungry and tired.
Obviously, after a couple of months I stopped… meaning going back to my regular eating habits… but I had a new problem. You see, when you stop the starving diet, your metabolism is still stuck in a low calorie-burning mode and by the time it catches up, you have gained all the weight back and even a few extra pounds.
The other problem is the loss of muscle mass. As you know, muscle mass is a major part of the body that burns fat, but on a very low-calorie diet you are losing fat as well as your muscle mass. When you stop this diet, you put all the lost weight back on, but you also end up with even more fat and less muscle to burn it with.
Bottom line, IT IS NOT HEALTHY.
Starving yourself will affect your health and damage your kidneys, liver and the rest of your organs. The more you starve yourself, the bigger these problems will become.
There is an alternative that will allow you to eat very tasty foods, but in the right quantities and at the right time, so you can lose weight and be as healthy as you can be.
It is called a BALANCED DIET…

]]> By: Steroids http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-44063 Steroids Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:28:34 +0000 http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/#comment-44063 The most common serious side effect seen with VLCDs is gallstone formation. Gallstones, which frequently develop in obese people (especially women), are even more common during rapid weight loss. The reason for this may be that rapid weight loss appears to decrease the gallbladder's ability to contract bile. I don't really suggest a VLCDs. The most common serious side effect seen with VLCDs is gallstone formation. Gallstones, which frequently develop in obese people (especially women), are even more common during rapid weight loss. The reason for this may be that rapid weight loss appears to decrease the gallbladder’s ability to contract bile.
I don’t really suggest a VLCDs.

]]> By: Cass http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-40861 Cass Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:05:09 +0000 http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/#comment-40861 Hi Someone recommended your blog on WLR so having checked it out myself and subsequently been inspired by you - who has done the 'journey' and understands fitness and health I hope you wont mind me posing some questions to you. I have had a hellish year where weight loss has been concerned having had a method of contraceptive inserted (and then taken out 6 months later after much begging) and being left with the legacy of 1 stone and 1/2 weight gain. I am one of the women that you refer to who, after a couple of monts of unexplained weight gain (was following another weight loss plan which you referred to on one of your past articles - I did it cos I did it in the past and knew it worked or so I thought) , restricted my calorie intake drastically. Since being with WLR (November timeish) I am having to 'relearn' everything I thought I knew about eating and weight loss. In fact, only the past week or so have I been making a concerted effort to eat both my daily allowance and at least half of any exercise calories earned but, it is not without some fear and consternation that I do this. A little voice in the back of my head is saying 'you're gonna get fatter' (I have a stone to lose having had a good loss in the first week which has not been repeated since alas, maybe cos I was barely eating my quota) and I cannot for the life of me get my head around it all. It seems so simple coming from the perspecitve of eating too much/the wrong things but when its the other way round it seems hard to fathom that by eating more it will encourage weight loss. I see that in the past you too have experienced this mentality - how did you get past it? Was it literally 'experience' that enabled you to learn from this? Did you (as I suspect I will) put on weight initially and then start losing? Would greatly appreciate your thoughts/comments on this. Thanks in advace Cass Hi

Someone recommended your blog on WLR so having checked it out myself and subsequently been inspired by you – who has done the ‘journey’ and understands fitness and health I hope you wont mind me posing some questions to you.

I have had a hellish year where weight loss has been concerned having had a method of contraceptive inserted (and then taken out 6 months later after much begging) and being left with the legacy of 1 stone and 1/2 weight gain. I am one of the women that you refer to who, after a couple of monts of unexplained weight gain (was following another weight loss plan which you referred to on one of your past articles – I did it cos I did it in the past and knew it worked or so I thought) , restricted my calorie intake drastically. Since being with WLR (November timeish) I am having to ‘relearn’ everything I thought I knew about eating and weight loss. In fact, only the past week or so have I been making a concerted effort to eat both my daily allowance and at least half of any exercise calories earned but, it is not without some fear and consternation that I do this. A little voice in the back of my head is saying ‘you’re gonna get fatter’ (I have a stone to lose having had a good loss in the first week which has not been repeated since alas, maybe cos I was barely eating my quota) and I cannot for the life of me get my head around it all. It seems so simple coming from the perspecitve of eating too much/the wrong things but when its the other way round it seems hard to fathom that by eating more it will encourage weight loss. I see that in the past you too have experienced this mentality – how did you get past it? Was it literally ‘experience’ that enabled you to learn from this? Did you (as I suspect I will) put on weight initially and then start losing?

Would greatly appreciate your thoughts/comments on this.

Thanks in advace

Cass

]]> By: Just a Girl http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Just a Girl Tue, 11 May 2010 11:55:57 +0000 http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/#comment-598 Even though you read like an automated, spam comment, I will say thank you just in case you aren't Even though you read like an automated, spam comment, I will say thank you just in case you aren’t

]]> By: Megan ChikenRunner http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Megan ChikenRunner Tue, 11 May 2010 07:16:15 +0000 http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/#comment-590 Really cool blog you have here. It would be nice to read more concerning that theme. Thnx for sharing such data. Really cool blog you have here. It would be nice to read more concerning that theme. Thnx for sharing such data.

]]> By: Parmesan Chicken & Proscuitto and pan-fried chickpea salad « Jags Fitness Blog http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Parmesan Chicken & Proscuitto and pan-fried chickpea salad « Jags Fitness Blog Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:40:44 +0000 http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/2009/07/27/very-low-calorie-diets/#comment-179 [...] lovely reader, who is also a distant relative of mine, has told me that she is finally ditching the Cambridge Diet after reading and learning from my blog. She is now going to clean up her diet and eat a balanced [...] [...] lovely reader, who is also a distant relative of mine, has told me that she is finally ditching the Cambridge Diet after reading and learning from my blog. She is now going to clean up her diet and eat a balanced [...]

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