Diet? or Lifestyle?
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What is a diet?
If you eat certain foods that causes you to lose or gain weight or to maintain weight, and decide to do it for your lifetime.....
Is that a diet or a change in lifestyle?
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Yes, I agree that low Carb alone is dangerous. It is actually closely related to Atkins, which proposes low carbohydrates = no grains or rice and no vegetables and no fruits, high natural fats = lots of butter, bacon fats etc and high protein.
Read my blog: The Asian Way - Low Carb, Low Fat, High Fibre, High Protein.
Low Carbohydrates = Low Sugar, Low simple carbohydrates and High complex carbohydrates
Low Fat = Little natutral fats, essential oils and trim off the satutrated fats from your meats
High Fibre = Lots of vegetables and grains like oats
High Protein = Eat your lean meats, so that life is fulfilling and satisfying
And eat some healthy snacks
The whole list of foods are listed in my blog.
My health test from The Singapore Polyclinic shows :
My total blood cholesterol went from 6.17 mMol/L to 5.6 mMol/L to 5.1 mMol/L in one year. My triglycerides is a healthy 0.60 mMol/L. My blood pressure from 151/89 mmHg to 120/80 mmHg. My weight 61.6 kg to 57kg in nine months, seriously dieting and exercising, 57kg to 49kg in six months on low carb, high protein, high fibre, low fat, and moderate exercising. My bmi fell from 25.6 to 19.
My husband went partial for a year and is now off statin ( a cholestrol lowering medicine)
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Don't look at Low Carb and fear it. Read the arguments. Not all low carbs are the same.
My blog tells you:
::How I get there - to Optimal Health, Optimal Weight
My life in dealing with weight gain and loss, using many different
diets.
::Experiments with Food
Telling people to try certain foods especially carbohydrates, dark
chocolates to find out for themselves the effects of these food on
them while on Low Crab, Low Fat, High Fibre, High Protein - the hows
and whys
::What about Sugars
::More about Sugars
Why sugar triggers insulin levels in our body and the results Â
::Trans Fats
::More on Trans Fats
What trans fats are and the harmful effects
:iets
The different diets and how they work, according to the house experts
::How to Start
In general, what to eat and how, a day sample menu of what I eat is
given
::Eating Out
To help people in SE Asia choose low carb, low fat, high fibre, high
protein when eating out at hawker centres, food courts and restaurants
::Reading Labels
The importance of reading labels and what to look out for
::At the Supermarket and Wet Market
List of food to buy
::Walking and Our Fats
Since I walk mostly, I am recommnending this as the main source of
exercise
:ower Walking
::Shape walking
More serious walking for the interested
::Recipes
A list of some 30 plus recipes that I use and like
::Resources
The sources I get my information -
its more like health and wellness.
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I am thinking of changing the title of my blog to reflect my writings. any suggestions? Thanks
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my lifestyle is one of gluttony and not minding if i gain or lose some weight
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i just go exercise.
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Being fat or slim or plump is a matter of eye of the beholder.Originally posted by the Bear:my lifestyle is one of gluttony and not minding if i gain or lose some weight
But being healthy is all important. Don't just look at your shape or size to determine your health. -
Any suggestions from you guys and gals out there?Originally posted by Xiaozzhen:I am thinking of changing the title of my blog to reflect my writings. any suggestions? Thanks -
just had a buffet appt ...
i'll start my diet/change in lifestyle tmr.
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I love buffets. And have them quite often. In this week, Sizzler and Chong Qing Steamboat Buffets.Originally posted by airgrinder:just had a buffet appt ...
i'll start my diet/change in lifestyle tmr.
I eat them without changing my diet, because it is already changed.