There's no need to be terrified. According to Dr. Briffa (and I definitely agree, based on my own experiences), the old claim that exercise is the way to lose weight is a myth. Actually, it's a poor way to lose weight, because people who exercise to lose weight, almost always eventually gain back any weight that they lose, plus interest. LOL.Terri wrote:Need to start up exercising more but terrified of losing weight from that
True, it causes the loss of fat, but the fat is replaced by muscle. And burning calories by means of exercise should stimulate your appetite accordingly, so that if you eat right, to match your exercise program, your net weight change should be slight. The difference will be in improved muscle tone and improved health. If you lose a significant amount of weight while exercising, you're starving yourself — that's the message that your body is sending you. It's trying to tell you to eat more protein, and more animal fat, to provide fuel for your exercise sessions.
Note that it is not telling you to eat more carbs. That is clear from the fact that the paleo people and even modern aborigines were/are able to run for days while pursuing animals they were hunting.
Many years ago, (toward the end of the Jurassic period,
), I hunted with a Jicarillo Apache Indian guide. For lunch, I carried a couple of sandwiches and a coke. Guess what he carried — a pouch containing pemmican, which was a mixture of pulverized deer jerky and beef tallow, and a canteen with water. The Jicarillas didn't have any buffalo on their reservation in NW New Mexico, so they used beef fallow in place of buffalo, because it makes much better pemmican than mule deer fat.I realize that most modern bodybuilders and athletes disagree with that position. They believe that carbs are an essential part of the diet for anyone pushing their body to the limit. That's simply not true, though. Carbohydrates are not essential for robust health, and the body can do perfectly well without them. They are simply a source of "cheap" and abundant (and tasty) fuel, and since bodybuilders and athletes burn a lot of fuel in their activities, they have learned to love carbs.
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It just goes to show once again, that we are all different in our response to meds and supplements.