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WW may not be for everyone, but I am not a big proponent of excluding food groups. What helped me on WW was eating avocados and using olive oil and eating nuts. These fats kept me full for a very long time. Real life throws all sorts of food choices at us. Why not be prepared to make the most of all of them?
But everyone has to find there own way. Yours worked for you, and I am sure a lot of other people. But once the weight is gone people tend to go back to old habits, especially if they have denying themselves a certain food group.
Its all about calories in and calories out now matter how you slice it.
I have to say, I think that WW seems to be more easier to follow now than it was a few years back. The points plus system really is great and you do get plenty to eat. Years back, you nearly starved to death on that diet!
I have to say, I think that WW seems to be more easier to follow now than it was a few years back. The points plus system really is great and you do get plenty to eat. Years back, you nearly starved to death on that diet!
I agree it has improved. The the thing that I love the most about WW is that it teaches you how to eat for life and not just a diet to lose weight and then go off of. It allows you to eat a variety of foods that you yourself choose.
RD5050,
Thanks for the article. I missed this in Runner's World. I'm in the same boat as Amby Burfoot, the writer of the article when he says, "I was absolutely certain of this fact for two unassailable reasons: (1) I had read it a billion times; and (2) I had repeated it a billion times. Most runners have heard that running burns about 100 calories a mile. And since walking a mile requires you to move the same body weight over the same distance, walking should also burn about 100 calories a mile. Sir Isaac Newton said so."
I recommend everyone with an interest in exercise read the article and also the comments. I don't know if the study results have been duplicated. One thing to not is it was a small study with only 12 males and 12 females and they ran on a treadmill. Some people believe there are major differences between running outside and on a treadmill. Back to the orginal intent of this thread, the bottom line for Melanie acording to this study is the more intensely she exercises, the more calories she will burn. In addition, the longer she exercises the more calories she will burn. And as we have discussed, weightlifting increase her metabolism and cause her to burn more calories at rest.
And since walking a mile requires you to move the same body weight over the same distance, walking should also burn about 100 calories a mile. Sir Isaac Newton said so."
Sir Isaac Newton never wrote anything about running vs. walking. If he had, he would have acknowledged that the amount of energy required to move an object depends on many things including the rate at which it is moved.
Moving your body is not a continuous motion - your body tries to slow down, so your legs move to accelerate it. When your foot lands on a running step, because your body is moving faster, your leg will compress more. Your leg has to move more forcefully to lift your body. Over and over until the distance is accomplished.
Thinking that walking and running do the same thing is a common myth that dieters want to believe because it makes it easier to NOT run. Running will raise your heart rate more, cause more energy to be used from carb and fat storage, cause you to sweat more, which in turn requires your body to use additional energy to cool you.
Sir Isaac Newton never wrote anything about running vs. walking. If he had, he would have acknowledged that the amount of energy required to move an object depends on many things including the rate at which it is moved.
Moving your body is not a continuous motion - your body tries to slow down, so your legs move to accelerate it. When your foot lands on a running step, because your body is moving faster, your leg will compress more. Your leg has to move more forcefully to lift your body. Over and over until the distance is accomplished.
Thinking that walking and running do the same thing is a common myth that dieters want to believe because it makes it easier to NOT run. Running will raise your heart rate more, cause more energy to be used from carb and fat storage, cause you to sweat more, which in turn requires your body to use additional energy to cool you.
hoffdano,
If you would go back and look, that was a quote from a Runner's World article.
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