How to Elevate Oatmeal to Superfood
Drink a glass of this with your oatmeal to help elevate your breakfast to superfood status: orange juice.
Why? The nutrients in oatmeal and OJ work synergistically to provide double the benefits you'd expect from simply adding their powers together.
Food Synergy
The phenols in oatmeal and the vitamin C in OJ both help make LDL more stable -- and that's a good thing, because the more stable LDL is, the less likely it is to rupture, stick to artery walls, and cause this. But consume the phenols and vitamin C together and they'll stabilize LDL at twice the level expected from adding their effects together. It's like this: 2 + 2 = 8, not 4, when it comes to phenol + vitamin C benefits. Look up more C sources with this online tool.
Drink a glass of this with your oatmeal to help elevate your breakfast to superfood status: orange juice.
Why? The nutrients in oatmeal and OJ work synergistically to provide double the benefits you'd expect from simply adding their powers together.
Food Synergy
The phenols in oatmeal and the vitamin C in OJ both help make LDL more stable -- and that's a good thing, because the more stable LDL is, the less likely it is to rupture, stick to artery walls, and cause this. But consume the phenols and vitamin C together and they'll stabilize LDL at twice the level expected from adding their effects together. It's like this: 2 + 2 = 8, not 4, when it comes to phenol + vitamin C benefits. Look up more C sources with this online tool.
seymour,thats just not a healthy way to live,and sooner or later,a hungry person is goin to eat,thats why you need to change your lfestyle,not just yer diet....i lost 35 lbs,went from 295-260,by changin my diet,but i still felt like shit,and for the last 2 months of the diet,i didnt lose a fkn ounce,and was starvin the whole damd time...i didnt want to just lose weight,i wanted to feel strong and energetic,like i did before i found the internet..hehehe...if you want all life has to offer,and dont do manual labor 5 days per week,you must do cardio and strength trainin.. been liftin weights since last march,took a hammer,nails, 2x4s,plywood, made myself a weight bench,AND PUT IT IN MY TV ROOM....my motivation was to eliminate all excuses for not workin out,annnd,it worked......i rotate doin,deadlifts,benchpress,curls,etc...'keep the continue'
Gynecologist,
Ive enjoyed your posts for a long time and feel this is actually something I can help you with. After being a high school and college athlete I was always in great shape. Then the wife and 4 kids came along and life kicked me in the teeth. I got all the way up to 319 lbs.
What youre doing now is a very good start. My suggestion is to have a target weight (a goal) and shoot for it. Im not trying to plug the following website, but it has an awesome calorie calculator and can show you how many calories you can eat each day to maintain your weight or to lose a certain amt of weight (http://www.healthyweightforum.org) It shows you basically how to lose 3 lbs per week (which is safe) and you will see results.
Im not gonna add anything to your plan other than maybe one day per week reward yourself with a "cheat day" and looking forward to that day kind of keeps you motivated. Also, I have read that eating the same thing everyday for breakfast or lunch (for instance a smoothie or a slim fast) makes the process alot easier.
Good Luck
Ed
Ive enjoyed your posts for a long time and feel this is actually something I can help you with. After being a high school and college athlete I was always in great shape. Then the wife and 4 kids came along and life kicked me in the teeth. I got all the way up to 319 lbs.
What youre doing now is a very good start. My suggestion is to have a target weight (a goal) and shoot for it. Im not trying to plug the following website, but it has an awesome calorie calculator and can show you how many calories you can eat each day to maintain your weight or to lose a certain amt of weight (http://www.healthyweightforum.org) It shows you basically how to lose 3 lbs per week (which is safe) and you will see results.
Im not gonna add anything to your plan other than maybe one day per week reward yourself with a "cheat day" and looking forward to that day kind of keeps you motivated. Also, I have read that eating the same thing everyday for breakfast or lunch (for instance a smoothie or a slim fast) makes the process alot easier.
Good Luck
Ed
Gyno and others trying to lose - Here's a link to an incredibly inspirational thread on a very solid forum that another poster here (thanks SportsFan818!) referred me to. Lots of great stories from people losing massive amounts of weight *the right way* and some even provide pictures of their progess, or links to their own BodySpace pages. The thread has been going since 2006 and is over 40 pages long currently, excellent reading!
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=898532
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=898532
Thank you very much sir. Why does it seem that everyone from Oklahoma is cool. I've run across so many people from Oklahoma via my job and the internet and you guys are always so cool.
I'll consider a cheat day after a month or a month and a half into things. I need to lose A LOT of weight this first month or so just to keep going. I do have goals and thats to be healthy and not overweight.
I've been consuming around 800-1,100 calories a day since 1/31 and haven't cheated once, complete lifestyle change.
Thanks for the post.. :toast:
Gyno, Congrats on your decision to change your life. I used to run my own personal fitness training business and would like to offer some advice.
Just remember you don't want to loose weight, you want to loose fat. Muscle is what burns calories, you want to protect you lean body weight. If you don't eat enough your body will perceive this as starvation, burning your muscle for energy and saving body fat for the lean times ahead. Without knowing more about you its hard to say how much you should eat, but I'd be surprised if its not at least 2000 calories split into 5-6 meals. Mix in some aerobic and resistance training 3-4 times a week and you'll be on your way to feeling and looking great.
I'm more than willing to help if you'd like, anyway keep it up and good luck.
Just remember you don't want to loose weight, you want to loose fat. Muscle is what burns calories, you want to protect you lean body weight. If you don't eat enough your body will perceive this as starvation, burning your muscle for energy and saving body fat for the lean times ahead. Without knowing more about you its hard to say how much you should eat, but I'd be surprised if its not at least 2000 calories split into 5-6 meals. Mix in some aerobic and resistance training 3-4 times a week and you'll be on your way to feeling and looking great.
I'm more than willing to help if you'd like, anyway keep it up and good luck.
WTFBBQ~!!!@!@#!$
Yes, you're losing weight, muscle mass included. Honestly, if you're exercising and eating properly, you should be consuming 10-12x your bodyweight in calories. Don't excessively limit your caloric intake right away.
Losing weight isn't a sprint, it's a marathon.
:toast:
Gyno,
refer to this thread for eating/diet habits & still maintain/build muscle mass:
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=504751&highlight=stoner
You are indeed correct...it's a total lifestyle change.
GL
refer to this thread for eating/diet habits & still maintain/build muscle mass:
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=504751&highlight=stoner
You are indeed correct...it's a total lifestyle change.
GL
I want to get a lot of weight off the first month or 45 days then progress into a slower plan.. I know I'm being stubborn with this but it keeps me motivated.
I'm actually not starving myself it's a little easier than I thought. The only time it's a little difficult is at night time. I've been drinking a lot of water and coffee seems to limit my hunger.
BTW thanks to everyone who has responded in this thread. God Bless all of you for the time and effort in this thread.
