Rynni's Journal, 12 Feb 15

Welcome to the world of physical exercise, it consists of constant pain & niggles. The reality is that you must move on & persist, make pain your friend, because as the saying goes "no pain, no gain" & that is the ugly truth. Counting calories is a good thing , but only in the context of a well structured eating plan. I use fat secret to not only count my calories, but to track my macro nutrients. My daily goal is to take in around 3600 cals consisting of at least 80% saturated fats while keeping my carbs to a minimum (below 50 grams). If I eat any less that tat I lose weight, my goal is to have a lean mass of 90 kg. Now, if your favourite food is a drumstick, I'm sorry to say that your destined to utter failure, if your goal is to be lean, anything with sugar in it represents a disproportionate number of calories & cannot be counted as a normal calorie, matter of fact anything with fructose (which makes up 50% of sugar) will be automatically stored as fat, due to fructose has no place within the bodies metabolic process. The biggest problem we have is that we are fed masses of miss-information when it comes to what is commonly touted as a BALANCED diet, if it includes a regular & predominantly higher proportionate intake of carbohydrates it will make weight loss virtually impossible. If you want to learn a little more about how to take control of your food & in turn your long term health, I suggest a book called the real meal revolution by Prof.Tim Noakes. Good luck & keep at it.  

80% saturated fat Marcoss?? Maybe briefly in the context of a particular bodybuilding goal or similar, however as a health professional all the alarm bells are going on with that one...  

Rynni, with the body issues - as always it's a balance. Listen to your body, but don't stop moving altogether. I know what you mean about being hard to break the calorie counting habit once it becomes routine! 

Calorie counting/carb counting etc has it's benefits but if you're hungry, just eat. It's a simple case of not overdoing it and ensuring you are balancing calories out with exercise. I see too many people on here feeling guilty and stressing over eating too many calories/carbs but I think people also need to remember that more importantly, if you don't eat enough calories then your body will go into starvation mode. This means that when you do eat like a 'normal' person again, you will put on weight. This is why so many people have dramatic weight loss only to put it all back on when they stop depriving themselves and eat regular meals. We probably all need to step back at some point and realise that what we're doing shouldn't be a 'diet' it should just be a way of life. When you think of it like that, you have to consider if you can sustain how you are eating and exercising now for the rest of your life - and if we can't then we all need to pause, stop rushing our bodies and make changes which are much more sustainable. And Marcoss...sorry bud, but I really don't agree with your comment regarding having a drumstick and utter failure. In fact, I think you're much more likely to be destined for utter failure if you don't have a drumstick every now and again :-) 

Wow. I's say everything in moderation whether it's a drumstick,fat or fructose. Keep to reasonable calories and aim for a healthy deficit to lose weight healthily. To the people eating 80% saturated you're the ones keeping my dad busy at the cardiovascular research department.  

I was surprised at how much I did actually eat when I tracked it properly. Its maybe not so wise to "just eat" but instead select the best foods you can within your daily allowance 

To those of you that do not understand the function of insulin & the damage done by glycation, go ahead you dont have to agree. As for the cardiovascular research department, you may ask them what causes arterial plaques, is it saturated fat, or is it the long term effects of inflammation due to elevated glucose levels & triglycerides. When you people are up with the latest science & you stop parroting outdated & absolutely wrong dietary guidelines, maybe then you will start to lose some weight, your health will improve & you will learn something new.  

To be fair, I don't think anyone on this thread has given Rynni any dietary guidelines, apart from yourself. It would also seem that everyone who has commented is losing weight, and hopefully along with that, improving their health so I guess we're all doing something right. YAY for everyone :-) 

Thanks Justin. I'm not losing weight, matter of fact I'm steady on 90kg with around 13% body fat. Since going on the low carb high fat, my body fat has dropped considerably, my metabolic health has greatly improved & my bloods are the best they've been in the 16 years that I've been having them tested. Why wouldn't I want to share this with people who I would assume are striving to improve their health? ;-)  

Correction @Justine I apologise, I misspelt your name.  

That's ok - I get called Justin all the time by mistake so I don't even notice it anymore :-) What fantastic results for you, you've obviously found what's working for you and stuck at it which is something I'm sure we can aspire too. Absolutely agree that you should share your experiences, after all, that's what we are all on here for - support, motivation and to share. We all have different reasons for being on here and as we know there isn't just one simple solution out there. I know the my diet certainly wouldn't work for a lot of people as the gluten free/dairy free things I eat for health reasons often contain more calories than their gluten/dairy alternatives. I think that's why this is such a great forum, you never know when you might find a bit of advice out there that could help you on your journey to better health. I still couldn't do without my (diary free) ice cream once a month though haha :-)