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Mar
09

Weighing In 6

hushIt’s that time again – weighing in!

I haven’t gone to the doctor, but I am weighing back in again because I have gone the way of assistance.

Starting weight: 256
Current weight: 254

Yes, I gained a bit of weight back during my time off the scales, but I’m keying in on the pounds lost.

What I mean by ‘gone the way of assistance’ is that I am trying an herbal supplement that is supposed to help you lose weight. Now, I know what most of you are thinking, but it’s herbal first off so I don’t mind giving it a try.

What am I trying? FatBlaster (what a stupid name, I reckon) from Naturopathica. I started it on Saturday.

So far things have been good. I’m a bit thirstier than usual and a bit gassy, but those are the only side effects so far. The thirstier part is a good thing, I think, because it will help me keep drinking enough water.

Today is Labor Day here in Victoria, so I’m not at the gym today, but I plan to get back to it starting tomorrow with more determination than ever.

Who knew two pounds could do so much for motivation?

In the future I hope to get some meal replacement powder so I can start having full, nutritious breakfasts. I love my protein mix cereal, but I think it might be making me tired.

How are you doing with your weight loss? Have you lost any? Gained? Plateau? Are you having troubles with anything? What is your plan of action for this week?

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Mar
09

Life Improvements – Part One

lightbulbGuest Post by Mr. JM

JM’s not well at present and although she wants to try to keep up with everything I figured I might contribute a little and see if I can get her to ‘BACK THE HELL AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER, WOMAN!’ *grins*

Every so often as I read through the science stuff I’m interested in, I have come across something that seems a little different. Science usually explores very constricted alleyways so they can control the parameters and get definitive results from their experiments, but on occasion, the experiments lead into unexpected results.

One such had to do with diet. There is a strange effect observed, originally in mice, but later in every creature they could try it on. If you take the normal healthy diet for a lab mouse and cut it by up to one third, you get a weird result. The mouse lives longer and healthier.

In other words, if the mouse normally lives (say) three years and starts to fade with age at two years, on the calorie restricted (CR) diet it will not only live to maybe 4 years, but the age effect doesn’t kick in till maybe three and a half years. Note the figures are indicative only – for a human it would be normal 75, age effects at 60, under CR, live till 120 with age effects from maybe 115.

Note this was not fad diet stuff. It was still eating a balanced fresh healthy diet, working out what is correct for a given individual then cutting it by between 20% and 30% across the board. So no, you can’t just stop eating brussel sprouts.

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