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Posted: February 8, 2017 at 10:50 pm
Lena Dunham is on what she calls the Trump Diet, and surprisingly, it does not involve eating carrots until ones skin turns orange.
The Girls star went on Howard Sterns SiriusXM show on Monday and spoke about her recent weight loss.
Donald Trump became president and I stopped being able to eat food, the 30-year-old told Stern, via Entertainment Weekly.
Everyones been asking like, What have you been doing? she said. And Im like, Try soul-crushing pain and devastation and hopelessness and you, too, will lose weight.
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After the news broke, Dunham posted her very funny Trump Diet to Instagram, in which she shares what she eats throughout the day and how she curbs her appetite (she doesnt recommend this lifestyle).
8 am Green Tea (read news, forget about it, grows cold), she writes in the post.
Oh, girl, we can all relate.
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Posted: February 8, 2017 at 10:49 pm
A recent study of Biggest Loser participants showed that metabolism decreases during weight loss and persists for six years. Recently,San Luis Obispo weight loss expert Carol Rowsemittweighed in as to why this occurred. To view her report, see below:
Dr. Kevin Hall and colleagues have gotten a lot of well-deserved attention for their work on metabolism in weight loss attempts in recent years. Our metabolism is determined by thyroid function.
Rowsemitt: The thyroid gland is in the neck. The hormones from the thyroid regulate metabolism. If your metabolism is high, you burn more calories at rest than would be normal. If your metabolism is low, you burn fewer calories at rest than normal. Symptoms of low thyroid include: cold, cold hands and feet, extreme fatigue, constipation, dry skin, hair loss. And with low thyroid, its hard to lose weight and easy to gain weight. Its also really hard to get out and exercise because you are exhausted.
Rowsemitt: Many different problems can cause low thyroid, including lack of iodine in the diet and eating large quantities of cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, Brussel sprouts). However, what is less well known relates to trying to lose weight.
In 1950, a study showed that young men fed a low calorie diet decreased their metabolism. Studies have confirmed this over the years, but the concept was not well known. That same year, a
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researcher burned a pound of fat and found it contained 3500 kilocalories (commonly referred to as calories). The guy with the pound of fat must have had a better press agent because weve all been taught for years that if you eat 3500 fewer calories, you will lose a pound. But if you put the two ideas together, you get a better understanding of the real problem.
We have a thermostat in the hypothalamus, a small portion of the brain. This thermostat sets your rate of metabolism. Eat less and your thermostat recognizes that youre arent getting enough food to support your current weight; the thermostat resets to a lower rate so youll burn fewer calories at rest. You may be carrying an extra 100 lbs. that youre trying to lose, but the body pays more attention to the lack of current food supply. This response results from eons of evolution so that we can survive famine. So the thyroid has decreased function ON PURPOSE. We currently have no way to convince the thyroid to make more hormone during this time.
Rowsemitt: We were all taught to measure just TSH, the pituitary hormone that tells the thyroid gland how much thyroid hormone to make, rather than the actual thyroid hormones. That works fine most of the time. However, when you are in the famine response, youre burning fewer calories at rest, but TSH is perfectly normal because the thermostat has been reset lower. So if youre dieting, doing everything youre supposed to do to lose weight, and your thermostat is reset down, your doctor or other provider may order TSH, find its normal, and tell you your thyroid is fine. The active thyroid hormone, T3, is likely to be at the low end of normal and your metabolism will be low.
Rowsemitt: Sort of. However, most health care providers are not aware of the resetting of the thermostat and how to effectively treat the thyroid to safely eliminate low thyroid symptoms. I gave a presentation at the Obesity Medicine Association meetings in late September addressing these issues.
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Posted: February 8, 2017 at 10:48 pm
Men's Fitness | If you really want to lose weight, you need to stop stuffing your face Men's Fitness But whatever you shovel down your gullet (and how much of it you shovel) will impact your lifetime weight far more than going to the gym or running 5 miles. In fact, a new study suggests that over the long term, your workouts might not matter at all ... |
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Posted: February 8, 2017 at 10:48 pm
Sleep is not only a time for rest and recuperation, but also a time for our body to heal and restore.
Nutritionist Sarah Flower, has explored why a good nights sleep can help us lose weight and is vital to our health and wellbeing.
She said: Lack of sleep can affect our relationships, our work, and our energy levels, making us moody, irritable, unable to concentrate, hungry and tired, however, what is less known, are the ways it can also affect our health and even our weight.
How sleep can aid weight loss
When you are sleep deprived, you upset your natural hormone levels including Ghrelin - a hormone that sits in your stomach telling you to eat more, stimulating our appetite, especially for carb-rich and sugary food.
At the same time, our leptin response falls, failing to tell the brain when we are full, so we are constantly hungry - a reason why shift workers find it so hard to maintain a healthy weight.
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Lack of sleep can affect our relationships, our work, and our energy levels, making us moody, irritable, unable to concentrate, hungry and tired, however, what is less known, are the ways it can also affect our health and even our weight
A study by the University of Chicago, found dieters lost more than 56 per cent more fat than those who were sleep deprived. Those who were sleep deprived lost the same amount of weight but this was found to be more from muscle mass.
Reduce inflammation and repair
Sleep is a time for our bodies to repair and rejuvenate, as well as conserve energy.
When we sleep, we move from a catabolic state (where energy is used by the body for multiple functions) to an anabolic state (when we conserve energy in order to repair).
Research has also shown that those who are sleep deprived have higher levels of inflammatory proteins in the blood, making them more susceptible to whole body inflammation, putting them more at risk of diseases such as heart disease.
Lack of sleep also lowers the immune system, and it has been shown that those who have long-term sleep problems have a shorter lifespan.
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Memory function
Sleep plays a vital role in setting and consolidating our days activities and memories as well as learning from these experiences.
Recent research demonstrates how our brains declutter and detoxify as we sleep, clearing away any toxins and plaque, which is believed to help lessen the risk of Alzheimers.
Lack of sleep can make it hard for us to concentrate and focus the following day. Being sleep deprived can affect our focus and even our reaction time. Studies have shown that our section time when driving after lack of sleep is, shockingly, as detrimental as being drunk at the wheel.
Relax
Our whole body goes through a relaxation period when we sleep. Our muscles relax and repair, our breathing slows down, our blood pressure lowers and our heart beat reduces.
As we get more tired and sleep deprived, our body slows down in preparation for sleep - a natural way for our bodies to reduce inflammation and repair itself.
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Temperature regulation
Our body temperature dips as we start to sleep, being at its coolest in the early hours of the morning. The cooler our body temperature, the better our sleep, which is why it is always advisable to have a cool bedroom as this not only aids sleep but also produces better quality of sleep.
Hormone regulation
We are governed by our hormones. To get a good nights sleep, our body converts serotonin into melatonin. Melatonin synthesis is triggered by darkness which helps induce and maintain sleep.
The production of melatonin is affected by lack of nutrients as well as computer and TV screen glare. Research has shown that exposure to noise and light during sleep can suppress the immune system as well as disrupt natural sleep patterns.
During sleep, our body pumps out a growth hormone which is responsible for repair and rejuvenation of our cells. It also help regulate our other hormones such as cortisol.
When we are stressed our bodies produce more of the hormone cortisol. This can have a negative effect on our health as well as our sleep. When cortisol is working correctly, it can help maintain our blood sugar balance as well as aiding a good nights sleep, making us less prone to weight gain, hearth disease and even diabetes.
Not eating after THIS time helped a woman lose weight.
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Posted: February 8, 2017 at 10:48 pm
This subject is probably one of the most annoying things in my life besides my husband's loud chewing and the kids' toe nail/boogie picking. Don't get me wrong, I've come a long way with my weight issues and nowadays I actually don't care about "the number" and I don't even hate my body anymore. In fact, I totally accept it and most days I quite like it. Sure, it's not a Ferrari, but it's a pretty economical and reliable station wagon and for that I am grateful.
BUT. But. But. But.
How is it that when a man says "I'm going on a diet!" he simply quits one or two things, such as beer or Coke (and instead takes up vodka and creaming soda), eats pretty much as he usually does after the healthy food thing wears off a few days in, then does a gigantic crap one morning and magically loses 6kg? Boom! Goal weight in well under a fortnight, motherf**ker!
Yet when a woman says "I'm eating healthy and changing my lifestyle" it is a serious declaration. She gives up coffee, she gives up wine, she gives up sugar and flour and starchy carbs. She takes up green drinks that taste like cold vegetable soup mixed with the grass out the back... in fact, she increases her intake of everything remotely green grass looking. She limits her portion sizes at meal times using a side plate to trick her brain, she drinks 2 litres of filtered water and exercises for a minimum of 30 minutes every day. She meditates and cleanses her soul, keeps a food journal and spends most of her day in the kitchen preparing and cleaning up healthy meals for her and her family. She has never been 'healthier' yet she is constipated for six out of seven days and when she's not in the kitchen prepping/cooking/cleaning she is on the toilet urinating like some kind of wee God. She resists the urge to weigh in because it is about a lifestyle choice and not a number but surely 18 days of pure good health will harbour some results that are worth seeing...
Am I right?
Arrrr... Nup! A measly 300g gone! How can that be?
Lucky for him, I feel good about myself anyway. I'm not hangry which means he gets to live and I am okay with not losing a single kilo which is good because otherwise I might just have to lace his food with laxatives. But then he would gloat even more over the diarrhoea weight loss. He actually would.
So what the f**k is happening here?
Well this is what it feels like is happening...
The Man body says: "Let's not f**k around mate. We've got a piss up next week and we ain't telling the boys we can't drink coz we are on a diet. So process every fat cell in sight at lightening speed and drop an ungodly 2kg log on day six! Job done!" Cue the naked mirror happy helicopter dance and bicep pashing.
The Woman body says: "Huh? What? We are trying to lose weight? Oh, I thought you said wait! Wait and hold on to every fat cell and digested green bit until it is safe to let it go... Let it go... Let it goooo... Oh, but I can't. Yes you can! Let's do this! This is your time! No... No... I'm not ready... Oh but you are... But what if we need to reserve our fat cells for possible starvation? What the f**k are you on about?" and on and so forth...
What is actually happening?
Simply put, men have more muscle than women and the more muscle you have the more fat you burn. Hence the reason they shed it quicker. Men also have 10 times more testosterone than women, which means their metabolism is 5-10 percent faster than women.
Women have oestrogen -- which helps with the obvious procreation thing -- but this funny little hormone makes it harder for us to burn fat after a meal. Yes, it makes us hold onto it. Which is great if we are in the dark ages and food is scarce. Women also have more cravings -- I don't know why but the research says so. Research also says we are more likely to turn to emotional eating -- yay for us.
And this all must be true because I googled it. So blame the testosterone/oestrogen you don't have/have. Men may have the weight loss edge over us but we can do so much more than they can -- like get aroused without anyone noticing, have multiple orgasms, wear male clothing without anyone raising an eyebrow, multi-task and, if we want, we can push a gigantic baby out of our vagina.
So f**k the testosterone and their fast weight loss. Feel good inside and outside because that is all that really matters.
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Posted: February 8, 2017 at 8:41 am
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THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss may lower older women's risk of cancer of the endometrium, the lining of the uterus, a new study suggests.
"Many older adults think it's too late to benefit from weight loss, or think that because they are overweight or obese, the damage has already been done. But our findings show that's not true," study author Juhua Luo said a news release from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
"It's never too late, and even moderate weight loss can make a big difference when it comes to cancer risk," Luo added. She's an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Public Health.
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer and the fourth most common cancer among women in the United States, the researchers said. More than 75 percent of endometrial cancers occur in women aged 55 and older.
The researchers reviewed data from more than 35,000 American women between the ages of 50 and 79. The study included an average of more than 10 years of follow-up.
Though the study didn't prove cause and effect, losing weight was associated with a significantly lower risk of endometrial cancer, and that benefit was greatest in obese women, the researchers said.
Women over 50 who lost 5 percent or more of their body weight had a 29 percent lower risk of endometrial cancer, regardless of their age or how much weight they lost, according to the researchers.
Obese women who lost 5 percent or more of their body weight had a 56 percent reduction in their risk. Overweight or obese women who achieved a normal body mass index (BMI -- an estimate of body fat based on weight and height) had the same risk as women who maintained a normal BMI, the study authors said.
The researchers also found that women who gained more than 10 pounds had a 26 percent increased risk of endometrial cancer.
The study was published online Feb. 6 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
"There have been more than a thousand studies linking obesity to an increased risk of endometrial and other cancers, but almost none that look at the relationship between weight loss and cancer risk," said Dr. Jennifer Ligibel, an ASCO expert in cancer prevention.
"This study tells us that weight loss, even later in life, is linked to a lower risk of endometrial cancer. The findings also support the development of weight loss programs as part of a cancer prevention strategy in overweight and obese adults," she said.
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Posted: February 8, 2017 at 8:41 am
Not everyone is Tomi Lahren-level thrilled by Donald Trump's presidency. In fact, it's making some people pretty damn stressed out. Lena Dunham is one such person. The Girls creator is so disturbed by the new POTUS' decisions which include his recent immigration ban and pick for Education Secretary that it's apparently affecting her eating habits. The actress told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show that her "soul-crushing pain and devastation and hopelessness" following the election is causing her loss of appetite. Now, she has shared exactly what this so-called "Trump diet" entails, and it's...well, a bummer.
Stress and weight loss can sometimes go hand-in-hand, and it's sad that Dunham feels so unhappy that it's causing her to involuntarily alter how she eats. In an effort to seemingly add a little bit of humor to her "hopelessness," she shared how she's been eating while on the "Trump diet."
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Posted: February 8, 2017 at 8:41 am
Trying To Lose Weight? A Calorie Is A Calorie Is A Calorie...Probably Forbes Recent research has shown that exercise is in fact not the key to weight loss, and in some cases, may even lead to weight gain. Although exercise is certainly beneficial to health by reducing the risk of a range of diseases such as coronary heart ... Staying On Track Towards Your Weight Loss Goal Diet Doc Recommends Nutritional Counseling Program For Rapid Weight Loss With FODMAP Diet |
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Posted: February 8, 2017 at 8:41 am
Exercise is fantastic for you, body and soul. It improves your mood better than antidepressants, makes you a more creative thinker, strengthens your bones, protects your heart, alleviates PMS, banishes insomnia, heats up your sex life, and helps you live longer. One benefit that might be overhyped, though? Weight loss. Yep, you read that right.
"Eat right and exercise" is the standard advice given to people looking to drop some pounds. But a new study from Loyola University calls this conventional wisdom into question. Researchers followed nearly 2,000 adults, ages 20 to 40, in five countries over two years. They recorded everyone's physical activity via a movement tracker worn daily, along with their weight, body fat percentage, and height. Only 44 percent of American men and 20 percent of American women met the minimum standard for physical activity, about 2.5 hours per week. Researchers found that their physical activity didn't impact their weight. In some cases, even people who were physically active gained a modest amount of weight, about 0.5 pounds per year.
This goes against everything we've been taught about exercise, right? Not necessarily, says lead author Lara R. Dugas, Ph.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. "In all the discussions of the obesity epidemic, people have become too focused on exercise and not enough on the impact of our obesogenic environment," she explains. "Physical activity won't protect you from the impact that a high-fat, high-sugar diet has on weight."
"As your activity increases, so does your appetite," she says. "This is through no fault of your ownit's your body adjusting to the metabolic demands of the exercise." She adds that it isn't sustainable for most people to exercise long enough while simultaneously dropping enough calories to lose weight. So it isn't that exercise isn't important to your weight at allit's still the best way to keep the pounds off long-term after losing weightbut rather that diet is simply more important for weight loss.
Should you still exercise then? "It's not even up for debate150 percent yes," Dugas says. "Exercise can promote a long and a good life, but if you're only exercising to lose weight, you may be disappointed." Plus, people who diet or exercise just to lose weight quit a lot sooner than people who make healthy changes for other reasons, according to a separate study published in Public Health Nutrition. Start shifting your motives and you might just reach your goals.
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February 7, 2017 9:14 AM
CBS Local Its possible that weight loss isnt directly pushed by exercising, according to a study conducted by Loyola University of Chicago.
Working out promotes good health across the board but not necessarily weight loss. Losing weight includes burning calories, but when the body burns more calories, the hungrier it gets leading those lost calories being replaced. Studies have also confirmed that notion as well as burning calories through exercise doesnt make up the majority of your bodys calorie burning.
Our study results indicate that physical activity may not protect you from gaining weight, said Lara Dugas,lead author an assistant professor of public health at theLoyola.
The study examined 2,000 people fromfive countries over three years. They were measured by weigh ins and activity monitors.
Researchers did not find any significant relationships between sedentary time at the initial visit and subsequent weight gain or weight loss, a press release from the University stated. The only factors that were significantly associated with weight gain were weight at the initial visit, age and gender.
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