weight loss

Originally posted by Rob Copeland It does look Great! Bill, the instructions says "add tomatoes and liquid" but the ingredients don't seem to list any other liquids??? And is it OK to substitute sea salt for the kosher salt? Hi Rob, Use the liquid from the canned tomatoes. It's kind of like tomato juice. And yes, it's perfectly fine to substitute sea salt. Enjoy! Bill

Bill, Good thing I checked in as I am off to pick up some seafood for a seafood lasagne. This will be lovely for lunch tomorrow. I want to thank you so much for all your delicious recipies. Always very healthy and simply delicious. As a person who has to eat so carefully, I appreciate your suggestions. Keep them coming!! Kiwi

You revived a nine year old thread to ask this? I do love all the pizza recipes though...

You revived a nine year old thread to ask this? I do love all the pizza recipes though... While I have no intent to lose weight, I'm glad this thread got revived. I'v never seen it before and it has some really interesting posts.

Women are always on a diet trexlerdam, didn't you know that? Besides some of the explanations about glycogen and gluconeogenesis, were pretty interesting, and I never thought of myself as having dark meat and white meat. I'm not a chicken, after all (and hopefully not a turkey either!). :D

Evolution. The muscles in the lower body, mostly "dark meat," have evolved in such a way that the body powers them by burning fat. Body fat provides an almost limitless source of energy, allowing the muscles to be used for long periods of time, while walking long distances. Lower body exercise like walking, running or biking taps into these muscles' ability to burn fat. The muscles in the upper body are mostly "white meat" and have evolved to be powered by burning glycogen stored in the muscles themselves. These muscles evolved for quick bursts of activity, such as throwing, grasping, tearing or lifting, instead of sustained activity. Since it takes more time to get energy out of stored fat, the glycogen serves as a quick start system. The white muscles will burn fat, but the body resists letting them do it until their glycogen reserves are depleted. Likewise, the dark muscles will burn glycogen for quick bursts of speed, but are optimized to burn fat. The two types of muscle correspond roughly to aerobic and anaerobic exercise, swimming having a large anaerobic component provided by the resistance of the water. Since more muscle mass can store more glycogen, working muscles anaerobically will cause the body to react by building muscle. Exercise that is more aerobic will build less muscle, since the the muscle mass isn't necessary to store glycogen to power the muscles that way. So, Shaky, does this mean that we might speed our weight loss in the pool if we added more kicking to our workouts? I've been trying this week to really be good, food wise, and I might have gone overboard, because I've lost 5lbs in 4 days - I accidentally forgot half my lunch one day & ate only stuffed celery - but it kept me full!! And my appetite is just waning (fortunately). I saw on Dr.Oz yesterday that a good idea for a carb restriction diet is 80gm daily - not complete elimination. But this makes it difficult to workout - you might be fine doing normal things at work & around the house, but a quality workout requires carbohydrates (at least for me). However, I believe you can become accustomed to carb restriction & begin to have quality workouts anyway -- but does anyone have an idea of how long does it take before you "convert" to a more efficient glycogen conversion? I want to ride this train as long as it will let me, but I was trash in the water this morning!!

While I have no intent to lose weight, I'm glad this thread got revived. I'v never seen it before and it has some really interesting posts. I'd never seen it too. thanks for reviving Celeste. I did manage to lose 45 lbs spinning/swimming and knocking out eating junk and drinking to much beer. Took about 12 months or so and I gained about 25 back by slacking. I'm on the way back down again and have added in more running and the weight is dropping and waist and butt are downsizing quickly. My response to swimming and running has been exactly as Shaky described in his original post. I have read that after middle age an alkaline blood pH plays a significant role in muscle development, so I try to eat things that drive blood pH alkaline (certain fruits and veggies and avoid foods that are highly acidic (some cheeses etc.). You can check your urine pH to see where you stand.

From a while back when I could run, yes the pounds came off & stayed off much easier then now. 4 hip operations later & no running ever have added to the "ORCA" size.

Blood pH? Maybe vitamin C is why I can't budge the scale over 164lbs. Being skinny does have advantages but I would like to be at least 170

So no one wants to conjecture about whether or not more kicking will help more with weight loss? After all, the leg & butt muscles are bigger muscles. Help help - I really don't want to learn to run!