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On February 04 2013 03:06 FabledIntegral wrote:
Wasn't the Atkins diet all about no carbs high fat and was eventually shown to be insanely unhealthy for you...? It lets you lose weight but has insanely negative effects longterm, but people liked it because you saw results short term..? I could be wrong, but I even thought Atkins died from something health related due to the diet.
Just reread the entire topic and it seems like it's been noted by others as well. As long as you say you've done your research.... but I'd never go that route. I've lost a ton of weight in just 2-3 weeks by taking pre-workout supplements to get me energy to go to the gym and then taking whey protein after. I've lost a ton of weight since I've worked out so much and can tell a decent amount of muscle growth in my triceps.
Atkin's diet hate was just really dumb propaganda from the heart and stroke foundation. They didn't have any foundation for their arguments and they were easily disproven.
The food pyramid and the "healthy" oats/cereal/whole wheat bread stuff are just lies made up by the grain industry because North America has an amazingly high supply of grain. Most of the rest of the world isn't obese because they have less of a supply of grains.
Source : Why we are fat by Gary Taubes
The book is really good and brings up many different proofs that pinpoint the source of the obesity epidemic.
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Good luck man, although it does look like luck won't help you in Tough Mudder as you're going to get wrecked anyway. Should be fun though, for a little while.
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Good luck on your goals as well as Tough Mudder. I just completed Melbourne TM 3 weeks ago and had such a great time signed up for the winter one this coming September ( and will likely do 2014 summer one as well =] ).
The obstacles a really fun though a bit easy. The tough part comes with the pace you set for yourself in between obstacles. Your time is irrelevant though as your sure to sure to find yourself mucking about with (sabotaging) mates and lending other runner a hand?
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Fantastic Tofu! Good luck!
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Russian Federation3631 Posts
I know we have had our differences in the past, but I sincerely wish you success with this.
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Just take it easy with the running. You will be putting hard pressure on your knees and feets. Just start by fast walking and running now and then imo!
Good luck!
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Good luck, tofu :D
You'll do just fine!
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I firmly believe there are three major factors that help lose weight/stay skinny:
1. Drinking lots of water.
2. Playing football (soccer).
3. Having lots of stress.
For #3, play lots of chess or Starcraft, really focused and tense, hopefully forgetting meals in-between.
Also, very important thing is eating ONLY when you get hungry and stopping ALWAYS when you feel remotely full, regardless of time of the meal or the size of it. Food should be ideally cooked at home, not bought in a food court.
GL
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Tough mudder is so cool, GL!
I need to get my diets etc going as well.. I have a free card to the best gyms in my city but I just can't be arsed. It's not that I'm too lazy to work out (because I'm kinda not), it's more that I'm really fucking protective of my free time. When I'm done with work, I want to go home and relax and dick around, gaming and such, not get my ass to the gym and waste an hour or two over there, effectively making my 8 hour workday into a 10 hour workday.
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
On February 04 2013 00:41 Sauwelios wrote:How is it even possible to entirely miss the controversy surrounding those diets? The sole fact that there is a lot of controversy means that research is not conclusively for or against either side of the argument, which means that there has been research done indicating that low-carb diets are not good for you. Have you really not been exposed to any research contradicting your opinion?
because every research against ketosis is biased or funded by someone with an agenda to sell unhealthy shit that they grow (USDA), or the methodology used in the research is unfeasible in real situations.
On February 04 2013 00:41 Sauwelios wrote:
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and interpret that line as "I've seen the pro and contra research and I conclude that it's safe." This is fair enough, but why not settle for a balanced and non-controversial diet instead? At least that way you can be sure that what you're doing is actually good for you.
maybe you should ask why ketosis is controversial in the first place? once you know that the research against keto are funded by corporations trying to sell you whole grains or sugary drinks, while the research promoting keto are done by scientists with no agenda and the arguments are convincing, it's pretty easy to choose.
gl tofu, you know what you're doing.
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You are a badass, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Keep it up.
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United States87 Posts
Yea don't start immediately killing yourself exercising. Your body has adapted to a state of indolence, which means it has minimized the capabilities of your joints and muscles. You have to start slow and give it sufficient time to redevelop before you can really push yourself. Since you are regrowing tissues it will be fairly quick, about a month lower intensity stuff like power-walking, which may be even be enough to aggravate your knees or shins.
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Hyrule19190 Posts
Yeah woke up this morning and decided not to accelerate my running plan
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I'm not really sure how you are planning to run/train on a ketogenic diet. It may work fairly well as a weight loss approach (though there is some controversy on both sides) but glycolysis is pretty important to running.
Overall, I tend to agree with the general feel here, in that you would be wiser to start out with more work on the elliptical or cycling before jumping into significant running. C25K is a good program though that will ease you into running a pretty comfortable matter, however the key thing here is effort. Almost everyone has a problem with running WAY, WAY too fast/hard when they start running. They come from backgrounds where the only running they did was sports, which generally involved running at quicker speeds (usually 10+ mph), so they jump in and run naturally closer to what they are used to and end up finding running "hard".
In your case given what sounds like limited prior athletic activity you won't start off running fast. I'd say learn to do your initial runs at maybe a 15:00 pace. Yes, you could also probably walk this. That is fine for now, especially as your adjusting. Learn to run easy, and as you get into that easy pace will naturally fall. You'll be less likely to get injured, benefit more from your runs, and make running less of a chore.
Most of the rest of the world isn't obese because they have less of a supply of grains.
Come on.
Grains are not the reason American's are fat. It's our overall trends and habits of exercise, lifestyle, and diet. It's not one or two things, but rather the collective sum of the typical lifestyle.
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I signed up for a Spartan Sprint 2 years ago. It's 5k (3.11miles) of the obstacles and mud and everything else while going up and down Camp Fortune (ski hills). I loved it.
Last summer, I did a Spartan Sprint at the Rideau Carleton Raceway. Not as fun; it was practically all flat. I also did the Super Spartan, which is essentially the same thing but at Mt. Tremblant (bigger ski hills) and for 13k (8miles) instead of 5k...
Continuing in the vein of craziness, I'm signed up for a Spartan Sprint, a Super Spartan AND a Spartan Beast (21k... so half a marathon, Spartan style) this year. I really need to take up jogging again to get ready in time! I find it really sad that I need to sign up for such ridiculous races just to motivate myself to exercise... My physique appreciates it every year though.
It's too bad there's no Tough Mudders locally... I'd like to try one. Apparently they're harder on the upper body than a Spartan but easier overall.
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Tough Mudders are lots of fun according to my friends who have competed in them. There are a couple of difficult obstacles but overall its fun and not too terribly difficult as I was told.
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