I'm thinking of going Primal
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 8:47pm
Has anyone tried this? I've done South Beach with great success, and Primal seems a lot similar except with less dairy.It's really popular with people who do P90X, and I'm not getting the results I should be getting, even though I'm REALLY working hard with it.
ok, I'm starting tomorrow. I hate the way I look, my clothes don't fit and I am NOT buying more in a bigger size, so tomorrow I start.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1207629/Jessie-Wallace-sheds-pounds-reduces-ample-cleavage.htmlThis woman is my inspiration. If she can do it, so can I!
Good luck, King Taco! Honestly, Jessie Wallace looked pretty good in her before picture. Just a friendly word of advice: if you want a diet to result in permanent weight loss, you have to keep up with the diet. (As in, it'll only work as long as you're on it, and sometimes not even then). Is a raw food diet something you want to commit to long term?
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i haven't even heard of this diet before i might have to look into it
it's not really a raw food diet, it's more an eating plan where pretty much all processed foods are eliminated. The more I read about it, and the more I do it, the more I feel this is the right idea for me.
I find that throughout my life, if I am not eating right and exercising, before i know it, the pounds start creeping on, and I'm looking at a double-digit size, when I know size 8 is my best size, and I need to do whatever it is to stay there. So I fell off the bandwagon pretty hard this summer, but I'm back on now. The only thing that works for me is moderate exercise (because I'm too lazy to do more than that), and watching what I eat, plus drinking lots of water. So I am slowly working my way back down, I know I could lose it quicker if I did something more drastic, but then I'd just gain it all back.
I think I wouldn't have a weight problem if I worked out less. More vigorous exercise = more calories needed. And of course I want to reward myself for all my hard work so I eat whatever I want and get bigger and need to work out more. Vicious cycle.
KingTaco--I would disagree to an extent. "More vigorous exercise = more calories needed...so I eat whatever I want". That logic doesn't really prove to be true.If you exercise a lot (walk a half marathon), you'll probably burn a lot of calories. More calories than you'd even be hungry for! So it's not always necessary to make up for the calories burned by exercise, nor will you always be hungry for those calories. This also applies for shorter workouts--if you've burned 300 calories, you won't always feel hungry for an extra 300 calories in addition to whatever your recommended daily caloric intake should be. Much of it is psychological--"I worked out, so I should get a food reward." Being conscientious of what you are eating, and how much is the bigger issue. If you only burn 300 calories doing half an hour on the elliptical, and you eat 600 calories as a post workout snack, then you're going to gain weight.Personally, I would say food intake choices are very important to losing weight. But blaming poor food choices on exercise isn't the answer. I personally find that if my excuse for a fatty, sugary treat isn't "post workout snack", it's something else--"I had a rough day" "It's Friday!" "I really really want one..."Again, whatever you choose to do, primal or any other change, it should be something you can stick with.
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