What's safe to drink?

[Davis]

This isnt a panic thread, well maybe a personal one.

i havent lost any weight since i last posted, ive been stalemated for the past few weeks at 360 or sometimes more.

Today after i told a friend i was drinking 3+liters of lemoande a day, he told me this was my problem. he toldme lemonade has more sugar then pop does, and apparently sugar is converted into fat rapidly.

so my question is, what's good to drink (besides water) while im doing this?

Milk? orange,apple,grape, etc..

PLZ HELP

[Bori De Leon]

Vodka

[Stevo]

small amounts of iced tea are ok. Try herbal teas that don't taste so bad and not loaded with caffeine or sugar. Oh yeah, and Vodka.

[AgrAde]

Some interesting tips if you're trying to lose weight:

The longer you work out, the more fat your body uses as fuel, and the increase is surprising: A one-hour run will metabolize roughly five times more body fat than a 30-minute run.

Muscle helps lose weight

"Generally speaking, you begin burning about 1 gram of fat per minute after 20 minutes of continuous aerobic activity, and 2 to 3 grams of fat per minute after 40 minutes," says Susan M. Kleiner, a registered dietitian and author of "Power Eating." This explains why professional marathon runners are so lean; they train for long periods during each workout.

If shedding fat is your goal, it's better to do two 90-minute cardiovascular workouts per week than six 30-minute sessions. It's also important to monitor your heart rate and to exercise at 60% to 80% of your maximum heart rate during most aerobic workouts.

Next, work the weights. Strength training builds lean muscle tissue, which improves the way you look by giving you more muscle definition. The added muscle also helps burn love handles - even while you're at rest - because 1 pound of muscle requires roughly 22 calories a day to maintain itself. As you gain muscle, you become more of a fat-burning "furnace." That's one reason it's harder to shed weight as we age: We lose that precious muscle mass.

However, mindlessly pumping iron will not produce optimal body toning. Lifting heavier weights fewer times will add muscle bulk to your frame because it breaks down more muscle tissue, and tends to build it back bigger. If fat loss is your goal, the last thing you want to do is expand in size.

Conversely, to build a leaner, more toned physique, you want to lift relatively lighter weights more times. For example: Try two sets of 20 and 15 repetitions per major muscle group. This way you break down less tissue, and the muscle tends to grow back longer and leaner.

Finally, on the nutrition side, the key is to reduce the amount of carbohydrates you eat while including more fresh veg*etables and quality proteins, such as chicken, fish and eggs, in your diet.

More than 30 years ago, the late Dr. Robert Atkins wrote his "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution," claiming that dietary fat wasn't the enemy. Sugars and carbohydrates, which elevate insulin - the hormone that regulates blood sugar levels - are the real culprits in weight gain, he wrote.

Research has largely confirmed his thesis that most people who consume too many carbohydrates are in a continual state of "hyperinsulinism"; their bodies have become so proficient at releasing insulin to help convert excess carbohydrates to fat that there's too much of the hormone circulating through their bodies. Such people tend to store more body fat.

Rapid weight loss, Atkins promised, would be achieved through an "induction diet," in which virtually all carbohydrates are banned from the table, forcing the body into a fat-burning metabolic state called ketosis.

Exercise-diet connection

To achieve lasting fat loss, balance your meals. If you reduce some carbohydrates from your daily diet, you will lose weight without going to extremes.

Remember this fat-loss maxim: You'll achieve the best results by focusing first on moving your body and then on balancing your nutrition. Better exercise almost always inspires a better diet. And, as we all know, it rarely works the other way around.


-randomly found on another forum just then, thought you might want to have a little peek.

[smtkr]

Yeah, then Atkins died of congestive heart failure. PS: I eat tons of carbs and I don't have a problem. The important thing to do is eat what you like and exercise.

[Dgomeat]

I'm fat so i can't help here. But i drink a lot of Green Tea

[Bori De Leon]

Why i always got to tell everything twice

Originally Posted by smtkr

Yeah, then Atkins died of congestive heart failure. PS: I eat tons of carbs and I don't have a problem. The important thing to do is eat what you like and exercise.

Yeh, but if you eat the carbs and then don't burn it all off then what's left gets stored as fat.

[Brucey]

I've been drinking kool aid lately, after 18 years of a cube of pepsi a day (if not more) I just cant stand it anymore

[jenious]

Your best bet is always to just stick with water