Comments on: Day 17: below 80 kg at last! http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/ putting the "personal" in personal development Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amy Morris http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-233 Amy Morris Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:52:09 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-233 i had an ulcer last year because i am fond of skipping meals and working too hard. it was quite painful`'- i had an ulcer last year because i am fond of skipping meals and working too hard. it was quite painful`’-

]]> By: Susana http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-100 Susana Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:33:59 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-100 Like I said in a previous comment one of the reasons you should eat every day is... ...Gastric acid. If a person with a ulcer should not eat every 3 or 4 hours because gastric “destroy” the walls (?) of the stomach that will reconstrate every 3 days, if you eat each 3 or 4 hours. If you don't eat... well, you will have your stomach seggregating gastric acid that don't have any food to dissolve. Sorry for my bad bad bad bad ... english. Like I said in a previous comment one of the reasons you should eat every day is…

…Gastric acid. If a person with a ulcer should not eat every 3 or 4 hours because gastric “destroy” the walls (?) of the stomach that will reconstrate every 3 days, if you eat each 3 or 4 hours.
If you don’t eat… well, you will have your stomach seggregating gastric acid that don’t have any food to dissolve.

Sorry for my bad bad bad bad … english.

]]> By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-91 Pedro Timóteo Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:30:30 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-91 Cris, the point of this is that it's not really a "strict diet"; one might say that it's not even a diet at all. :) But we'll see. Today is, after all, just my 4th day of fasting. Cris,

the point of this is that it’s not really a “strict diet”; one might say that it’s not even a diet at all. :)

But we’ll see. Today is, after all, just my 4th day of fasting.

]]> By: Cris http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-87 Cris Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:26:06 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-87 Some advocate that when you go on a really strict diet, where you starve or eat very small amounts of food, then, when you stop the diet, you gain the weight back quickly, sometimes even gaining more than what you had lost. I'm not a doctor, but I do believe the healthiest way of loosing weight is to eat a balanced and moderate diet. Some advocate that when you go on a really strict diet, where you starve or eat very small amounts of food, then, when you stop the diet, you gain the weight back quickly, sometimes even gaining more than what you had lost.
I’m not a doctor, but I do believe the healthiest way of loosing weight is to eat a balanced and moderate diet.

]]> By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-86 Pedro Timóteo Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:34:48 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-86 Thanks for the comment. :) However, I think you're misunderstanding me; I <i>don't</i> think that the 6-meals-a-day-thing is a license to eat all you can. :) I understand perfectly that you're supposed to eat small doses. What I wonder is how good an idea that is. You're also assuming that my diet is unbalanced, when you don't know that. Unless you think that the mere fact that I'm fasting makes it "unbalanced". I love vegetables, salads, fruit, and other healthy stuff, and I almost never eat carbohydrates-heavy stuff (due to my tastes, not even due to any diet), such as bread, cakes, french fries, and so on. Even rice is rare these days (except when I go to a chinese restaurant). Anyway, even before I ever heard about intermittent fasting, I saw two big problems with the 6 meals a day plan: 1- you spend a huge part of your day either eating, preparing food, or thinking about what you're going to eat. <i>Every day</i>. This means that you can't either work or have fun for long without interruptions and more interruptions. It also means that you have to always carry food with you, or go to a cafeteria several times a day. And don't get me started on having to <i>count</i> calories, carbs, and so on. 2- I never accepted the apparently increasingly common idea that you must <i>never</i> feel hunger, that it's unbearable, that it ruins your health, that you'll faint if you don't eat for half a day or even less, and so on. It's simply not true for any healthy individual. When people "go crazy" due to skipping a meal, it's not weakness or lack of nutrients, it's <i>withdrawal symptoms</i>. Yes, just like any (other) addiction. Anyway, I'm not trying to convince you (or anyone) to change your habits; I'm simply describing what I've been doing, and fighting the "common wisdom" (see item #2 above) which I'm discovering is completely wrong, at least for me... and, since I'm not an alien, it's probably not wrong <i>just</i> for me. Thanks for the comment. :) However, I think you’re misunderstanding me; I don’t think that the 6-meals-a-day-thing is a license to eat all you can. :) I understand perfectly that you’re supposed to eat small doses. What I wonder is how good an idea that is.

You’re also assuming that my diet is unbalanced, when you don’t know that. Unless you think that the mere fact that I’m fasting makes it “unbalanced”. I love vegetables, salads, fruit, and other healthy stuff, and I almost never eat carbohydrates-heavy stuff (due to my tastes, not even due to any diet), such as bread, cakes, french fries, and so on. Even rice is rare these days (except when I go to a chinese restaurant).

Anyway, even before I ever heard about intermittent fasting, I saw two big problems with the 6 meals a day plan:

1- you spend a huge part of your day either eating, preparing food, or thinking about what you’re going to eat. Every day. This means that you can’t either work or have fun for long without interruptions and more interruptions. It also means that you have to always carry food with you, or go to a cafeteria several times a day. And don’t get me started on having to count calories, carbs, and so on.

2- I never accepted the apparently increasingly common idea that you must never feel hunger, that it’s unbearable, that it ruins your health, that you’ll faint if you don’t eat for half a day or even less, and so on. It’s simply not true for any healthy individual. When people “go crazy” due to skipping a meal, it’s not weakness or lack of nutrients, it’s withdrawal symptoms. Yes, just like any (other) addiction.

Anyway, I’m not trying to convince you (or anyone) to change your habits; I’m simply describing what I’ve been doing, and fighting the “common wisdom” (see item #2 above) which I’m discovering is completely wrong, at least for me… and, since I’m not an alien, it’s probably not wrong just for me.

]]> By: velvetsatine http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-84 velvetsatine Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:04:11 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/04/day-17-below-80-kg-at-last/#comment-84 Most people misunderstand the 6 meals a day diet plan. It's not an all you can eat quest, it is a way of people controlling what they eat in a way that make them more aware of what they eat and how they eat. When you have 6 meals a day that means that you must eat smaller portions of food and drinks. For example, it means that for lunch and dinner you'll have soup and fruit and that before you go to bed you drink a glass of milk or have a yogurt, not that you'll eat a steak and chips with some veggies and two hours later you'll be having scrambled eggs. By doing so it is expected that you will be having all the nutrients and vitamins you need in a balanced diet. The fasting thing might work for you to lose a few kilos, however you aren't having a balanced diet and that might have severe consequences regarding your health. You're not eating properly because you're not having a balanced diet of vitamins and proteins. That is the major problem with most diets. People do lose weight but they're not getting a balanced diet. The best way to lose weight, keep fit and healthy is by losing more energy than the one you're getting by eating i.e. doing exercise and eating less (smaller amounts of food). Most people misunderstand the 6 meals a day diet plan. It’s not an all you can eat quest, it is a way of people controlling what they eat in a way that make them more aware of what they eat and how they eat. When you have 6 meals a day that means that you must eat smaller portions of food and drinks. For example, it means that for lunch and dinner you’ll have soup and fruit and that before you go to bed you drink a glass of milk or have a yogurt, not that you’ll eat a steak and chips with some veggies and two hours later you’ll be having scrambled eggs. By doing so it is expected that you will be having all the nutrients and vitamins you need in a balanced diet.

The fasting thing might work for you to lose a few kilos, however you aren’t having a balanced diet and that might have severe consequences regarding your health. You’re not eating properly because you’re not having a balanced diet of vitamins and proteins. That is the major problem with most diets. People do lose weight but they’re not getting a balanced diet.

The best way to lose weight, keep fit and healthy is by losing more energy than the one you’re getting by eating i.e. doing exercise and eating less (smaller amounts of food).

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