Lose It For Ever – Dave Elger

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I’ve always been an advocate of a cheat day, or as one of my new clients calls it, “treat” day, with the recommendation that you also make it your long exercise day. 

Never assume.  After reading Weekend calories may wreck your diet, I’ll  make sure people understand the treat period can’t begin with Friday happy hour and end Sunday evening.  

Let’s call it “controlled” cheating so that you don’t undo the entire week.

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Light beer, 12 oz, 90 to 110 calories
Regular beer, 12 oz, 150 calories
Red wine, 5 oz, 120 to 150 calories
Rum or whiskey, 1.5 oz, 98 calories
Gin, 1.5 oz, 120 calories Vodka,
1.5 oz, 98 calories

-Can Alcohol Derail Your Diet?

MY COMMENT: Regular beer has approx. the same number of calories as soda.

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How sloppy is that triple Whopper with cheese? It has 1,250 calories, or 62.5% of the recommended 2,000-calories-per-day diet. The Fried Macaroni and Cheese from the Cheesecake Factory? Try 1,570 calories — according to health experts, you’re better off eating a stick of butter. -time.com

MY COMMENT: Eating out too much is a deadly habit. Stay home and cook!

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“To return to the average weights of the 1970s, we would need to reverse the increased food intake of about 350 calories a day for children (about one can of fizzy drink and a small portion of French fries) and 500 calories a day for adults (about one large hamburger),” -ScienceDaily

MY COMMENT: It’s clear we are eating and drinking more calories than we did in the 70s. We are also not getting as much exercise, however the role of diet is probably more important- and the key to successful weight loss is a modest reduction in calories resulting in slow, steady weight loss. But do not underestimate the importance physical activity has on long-term weight maintenance.

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Research indicates that not all calories are created equal. It take more energy to metabolize calories from protein vs carbohydrate. Also, the addition of fiber appears to block the absorption of some calories. Actually if you snacked on nuts or high fiber crackers that contain more fat you may actually lose slightly more weight than using the pretzels. Pretty small difference though. The extra fat and protein in peanut butter and crackers will also do a better job of satisfying your hunger compared to pretzels.

-medicalnewstoday
findarticles.com

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Surprisingly, the component of foods that has the biggest impact on how much food you eat is water. Water adds weight and volume to foods without adding calories — it lowers the calorie density of foods. Water-rich foods include vegetables, fruits and soups. -msnbc.com

MY COMMENT: Barbara Rolls, Ph. D. has been studying this for years.

Weight Loss Science Barbara Rolls, calories, water, weight

This must be a planned cheat day!

First Course: 631 calories and 32 grams of fat, is a seafood stew consisting of Main lobsters, sea scallops, shrimp and black cod made in a broth of dry vermouth and heavy cream and topped with puff pastry

Main Course: 1,534 calories and 77 grams of fat, features duck breast in skin with cherry chutney and herb roasted pheasant with wild rice stuffing, molasses whipped sweet potatoes and roasted winter vegetables

Dessert: 883 calories and 33 grams of fat, features caramelized apples in a bread crust topped with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream.

source: examiner.com

I am sure if were up President Obama, there would be a pick-up game of hoops in there somewhere to burn this off.

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     Years ago as a graduate student at the Ball State University Human Performance Laboratory, I participated in a study that compared muscle fibers of trained marathoners to sedentary controls.  On average, our muscle enzymes were 7 times more active than non runners.  Needless to say, our group of runners had little body fat and pretty much ate whatever we wanted without weight gain.

     If you are one of those who are obsessed with digital readouts that display how many calories you burn, you are missing the whole point of exercise.  You eat those calories back in a matter of minutes.  I believe the real benefit of exercise takes place deep inside the muscle.                       

     Endurance trained muscles are better at burning fat, and that may be the key to successful weight loss and long-term maintenance that so many people who struggle are missing. 

- from Lose It For Ever, my new book to be released in Jan 09. 

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