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rward086:
--- Quote from: Mikekoz13 on February 01, 2009, 10:12:58 AM ---Hi Ryan-
Thanks for offering to put your expertise to work here for us.
I can take weight off with no problem but the wife isn't so lucky.
I've seen her work out and work out but that last ten pounds just won't go away. She gets pretty frustrated.
She eats pretty good when she puts her mind to it but still no luck.
She does two things that I think keep her from losing that last bit of weight.
1) She skips meals and will go for long periods during the day wihout eating.
(I tell her you need to eat a little something healthy every couple of hours to keep the engine burning but she doesn't believe me.)
2) She drinks a lot of diet soda. (I keep telling her to ditch it but she won't believe me that the chemical sweeteners can change your metabolism).
So I'd like you to tell me what you think so that I can show her your response.
Thanks for your help-
Mike
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1. Skipping meals slows down the metabolism. When your body goes for long periods without food, it goes into survival mode. When this occurs, your body stores a large percentage of the food you eat as the most abundant source of energy, bodyfat. This happens because the body doesn't know how long it will be till it gets another meal. If your wife doesn't have the appetite for more meals, she should consider a meal replacement shake. The ones that Walmart sells, or even GNC are usually crap. I would highly recommend this product: http://www.t-nation.com/productInfo.do?id=525024
2. There has not been and significant research done that diet soda will affect weight loss goals. However, I would steer away from CAFFINATED diet soda. Excessive caffeine produces cortisol in the body, which hampers weight loss.
Razor X:
--- Quote from: rward086 on February 01, 2009, 12:26:06 PM ---However, I would steer away from CAFFINATED diet soda. Excessive caffeine produces cortisol in the body, which hampers weight loss.
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Then why do most of the metabolism-boosting supplements contain high doses of caffeine? ???
pharmer:
Hey Ryan, you stated that the products that wal-mart sells are usually crap. No offense taken. ;) However, as a pharmacist I have always recommended the WalMart brand of Ensure Plus as a basic meal replacement drink. Each drink provides 350 calories and around 15g of protein. Fairly cheap too (around $1 per can). I'm not a supplement expert by any means. Do you feel that Ensure Plus is a bad idea??
rward086:
--- Quote from: RazorX on February 01, 2009, 01:30:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: rward086 on February 01, 2009, 12:26:06 PM ---However, I would steer away from CAFFINATED diet soda. Excessive caffeine produces cortisol in the body, which hampers weight loss.
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Then why do most of the metabolism-boosting supplements contain high doses of caffeine? ???
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Caffeine itself is thermogenic (calorie burning). However, chronic overconsumption of caffeine stresses the CNS (central nervous system) which therefore produces cortisol. Caffeine should be limited to certain times of the day when needed, not when drinking diet soda throughout the day.
rward086:
--- Quote from: pharmer on February 01, 2009, 01:43:02 PM ---Hey Ryan, you stated that the products that wal-mart sells are usually crap. No offense taken. ;) However, as a pharmacist I have always recommended the WalMart brand of Ensure Plus as a basic meal replacement drink. Each drink provides 350 calories and around 15g of protein. Fairly cheap too (around $1 per can). I'm not a supplement expert by any means. Do you feel that Ensure Plus is a bad idea??
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Ensure, along with Slimfast RTD's (Ready-to-drink) have a large percentage of their carbohydrates coming for simple sugars. While they aren't horrible, they certainly are not an ideal meal replacement.
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