Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Can you puhleeaasssee knock some sense into me! Yesterday I posted my new plan - balanced healthy - got some great tips and am all excited to begin my journey! But....I can't help but get distracted by the quick fix. How do you fight it? I am going away in 5 weeks. I would love to do some miracle protein shake fast to drop a quick 20 pounds and worry about a sensible plan when I get back. I know it is wrong and this is why I am out of shape - because I fell into these stupid mind sets. Just curious if I am the only one who thinks like this and can I correct it?
Still struggle with the quick fix
- Thread starter jkmom
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No, you are not the only one who thinks this way, it's tempting. Like thinking the drinking or drug will make you feel better right now, never mind the problem is still there the next morning.
You have to trust that in five weeks, following the eating plan/calories outlined in the other thread, following a serious weight training regimen and reasonable cardio, you can make very quick changes in your body.
If you starve yourself to "jump start" your weight loss, you will lose the weight in muscle, first. This has the long term consequence of further reducing your metabolism. You hit that "magic number" and you are no longer fasting or starving, you now have a further reduced metabolism. Additionally, if you are in starvation mode your body will do everything it can to hoarde fat. You also risk damage to your endocrine system, most specifically, your thyroid which is the master regulator of metabolism. Trash your thyroid and if you think losing weight is hard now look out.
Finally, (and I hate to harp on this), but you (and me in one week) are 45. We are not in our teens or 20s any more. Our bodies do not bounce back from the kind of abuse we used to be able to subject them to without risking repercussions. Going on something like a protein fast is potentially damaging to your thyroid, intestinal tract (need I mention constipation?), and even kidneys.
Simply put, you do more long term damage by trying to starve yourself for the short term. It's like taking one step forward and two steps back. How many times have you done it before? Juice fast, regimented dieting ... and it lasts five or seven days then pffft. For nothing. Worse than nothing, you've made the situation worse because you've lost more muscle.
Long story short, "The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." — Albert Einstein.
Oh I just love you!! Thank you! That made a great deal of sense just like your other comments. And yes - I am soooo black and white - one extreme to the other! Thanks for the ecouragement about the 5 weeks - that is great to hear. In addition I am coming up to my favorite time of year for training and I really want the enrgy to be able to do so. Thanks again!!
You won't have energy by eating (or purely drinking) an unbalanced diet. You need fuel. If you provide your body with steady, wholesome fuel, it goes "Hey, we've got a nice reliable food source. Famine is no longer looming! We don't need to worry about carrying around those long term emergency reserves (i.e., fat) anymore."If you need hard, fast rules just remember this one: Starving yourself = muscle loss = reduced metabolism = fat gain.
It's a snake eating its tail.
Hear, hear!
thank you MM.
Nothing to add to this. Very accurate.
Quick weight loss shakes are an excellent way to produce skinnyfat women.
*ebony*
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perception is reality. you have to change your attitude and your beliefs. you can drop those 20 pounds fast, but do you really believe you will be immune to the rebound effect or that you wont gain any of it back? you know you will, thats why you're wanting to get on a sensible diet in the first place. you have to get your mind around the fact/believe that you can have the same results by following a diet that will nourish and empower you AND the weight will stay off this way. oh and stop telling yourself, that it would take forever, because it doesn't. instant gratification is only fleeting. anyways good luck. its helped me alot to focus on your whole well being. your spiritual, your mental, and physical health are all important and each influence the other. so it a good idea focus them all in a positive direction. good luck sweetie. you'll do fine.
slat1
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It is really hard to get the ball rolling on eating a new way. Just remember how good you will mentally feel when you implement the changes. Its a lifestyle change. You should follow it before, during and after your vacation. If you do, you will never have to make any drastic changes again. It will be really rewarding. You can do it!
