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Originally Posted by Shazam
Beats me. I got bored of eating Shredded Wheat every morning, switched to some sort of Post Oats'N'other stuff cereal, still lost 30 pounds.
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You can lose weight in lot of different ways. The key is to lose
fat and build muscle. Eating proteins, carbs and fats in different percentages can have quite a different effect on the human body. Changing the source of carbs by itself can have a significant impact.
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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Lots of cereal has a high amount of sugar in it. Thats the only thing I can think of offhand.
Personally I really like the Nature's Path cereals. The Flax/Pumpkin one in particular is awesome.
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Can someone tell me why cereal is so bad? Is it too carby?
I mean Shreddies/Raisin Bran has to be good for you right?
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As FDW said, it is sugar for the most part...some people try and stay away from grains as well in general. A lot of people have an intolerance to gluten which is in grains.
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Originally Posted by HOOT
Fruitloops, Captain Crunch, Coco Puffs, etc. = Garbage
Rice Crispies, Shreddies, Cheerios, etc = Good
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Take a look at the label sometime. You would be surprised how much sugar is in Cheerios. In fact, even milk has tons of sugar...most of the carbs in Milk is sugar. Some of the effects of sugar can be mitigated somewhat if consumed with fat. Fat slows the digestion of sugar...look into Glycemic Index and more importantly Glycemic Load for more information on it..
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Originally Posted by OilersBaby
The sugary cereals are bad for you, but even something like Rice Krispies isn't "good" for you (its just not as bad as those). If you really want to eat a healthy cereal, have something high in fiber. It's good to start off your day that way. Choices are Kashi (I think it tastes like crap personally), but I like eating Oatmeal.
Other random tidbits that could be useful to you:
- A gram of carbohydrate contains 4 calories. A gram of protein also contains 4 calories. A gram of fat, though, contains 9 calories — more than twice the amount of the other two.
- One lb of fat is 3500 calories. So essentially to lose weight, one way is to go in a calorie "deficit" of 3500 calories (not in one day, but you could certainly do this one week). This means that you burn more calories than you consume and are burning 3500 more than you are eating in a week.
- The above is okay if you have a lot of weight to lose. However, for someone like me (Im light, and not trying to lose weight, just trying to gain muscle). Rather than worry about calorie deficits I try to eat more. But that doesnt mean junk food because even though I wont get FAT, I wont get FIT either. So you have to increase your caloric intake by having GOOD calories - veggies, proteins, fruit (though dont have more than 3-4, too much sugar). My best friends in terms of snacks are things like protein bars, beef jerky, yogurt, rice cakes, carrot sticks, and celery and peanut butter.
- When you gain muscle, you will lose weight quicker because muscle burns fat quickly. So the more muscle you gain, the more fat you will lose.
- Some people that are underweight think that to gain weight and get FIT, its all about consuming extra calories. This is true, but I repeat, you want to consume good caloires. While you MAY gain weight by eating pizza and pop tarts, you are going to gain bad weight (ie fat) not good weight (ie muscle).
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Some good advice. One thing to note though is that eating fat does not make you fat. Your body needs fat. Your body needs protein. Interestingly enough...I do not believe there are any essential carbs. That's not to say you don't benefit from some carbs though...epescially green veggies and berries.
Fat loss and muscle gain is very hormonal...and food, excersie, sleep and stress control our hormones.
Some helpful links:
http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/univ...h-and-food.htm
http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/univ...ise-cardio.htm