I read this article from e-Diets.com and wanted to share it. It all makes sense and I really like the part where they talk about drinking green tea. Am I a monomaniac or what?????e-Diets Article

Enjoy!!!!!!

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Interesting article. Don't let Kim see the part where the guy insists we eat breakfast or I'll never be able to drop out of the breakfast challenge! LOL

I'm not sure what standardized EGCG is in green tea, but I bet when they talk about standardized caffeine, they don't mean the decaf that I drink. Oh well, I can't do the real thing except for, maybe, one cup a day otherwise my body (heart) gets all out of whack.

The hydrotherapy idea makes sense. The idea of drinking very cold water to cause the body to heat up and burn calories might be an interesting way of getting in more water. I'm not fond of water, but usually drink 1 or 2 cups while downing my vitamins in the evening.

And exercise in the morning? Makes sense, but geez....I'm hardly awake enough to get myself dressed and out the door to work, much less exercise. Still, I really, really would like to fit the treadmill into my morning twice a week before work. I CAN do it...but CAN and WILL are two different things. SIGH.

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Melissa

Thanks, Barb! That is an interesting article. I agree that the part about drinking the cold water 30 minutes before eating sounds interesting, but am not sure I could swing 32 oz. cold, first thing in the am, maybe in the summer tho!
Very interesting stuff.

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Cynthia

OMG, I see another challenge coming! Seriously, the tips are very interesting. We've got the green tea thingy down pat. I just might try the water-first-thing and the exercise-first-thing (hmmm, which comes first?). Thanks, Barb!

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Alida
5'1" ~ 59 years old
Highest weight: 165
Atkins 7/10/2004
160/126/125
RE-DO, January 2008:
167/162/135

I'm delighted to see so many of my good habits reinforced. I wish it worked weight-loss magic. But as with all good advice, YMMV.

This time out on LC, I'm working all the angles. Supplementation, green tea, and counting carbs to the 5 gm increment. That's in addition to morning exercise (lots of water and no breakfast before that), good breakfast, etc.

Now I'm working with my brother the doctor on diagnosing what I still think is a thyroid dysfunction, in spite of the medication I'm now on. I'm off to the library to find the book he recommended, The Thyroid Solution by Dr. Riddha Arem.

Needless to say, I consider fitness, especially weight management, my Number One hobby. It takes that kind of time and energy!

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Excellent article! Looks like I've got all those going for me now...actually, I haven't done the calorie cycling thing yet...but maybe some day, when I'm comfortable doing something of that sort...for me, the 32 oz of water comes after I exercise, because you will want to be by a bathroom for about an hour after drinking that much water in one sitting. I used to do 64 oz of water in the morning...and I stopped 'cuz I needed to be by a bathroom for about 2 hours! But it was effective...

Sheyla

Isn't it nice to see that we are doing at least SOME of this stuff right???? It's nice to get that reinforcement.

Melissa, EGCG is found in both decaf and caffeinated, so not to worry!!!!!! Drink up!!!!!

Barb, Let us know what info you glean from that book!!!!!

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You know -- I'm just excited to know that I burn more calories reading than watching t.v.! Wooohooo! Time to order more books! ;-)

I am now the proud owner of a gazelle and a treadmill. I also have a spare bedroom/computer room that's going to get a major redo this week. Out comes the junk - organize some stuff - and in goes the equipment. Presto, I have an excercise room. Fortunately, both things will fold up and slip under a bed if neccesary. I'll see if I can work in 15 mminutes in the morning. May have to get up earlier, but I think I can (maybe) manage that.

Thanks for the great article.

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melissa! its too late..*L* i see you trying to get out of the breaky club! no way jose' *L*

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Rhalvahn, that is awesome!!!!!! Someday I hope to get there, with an exercise room. That would be so cool.

Melissa, are you trying to get out of eating breaky???? tsk, tsk, tsk, no-no!!!!! Gotta eat breaky!!!!! Rev up that metabolism.

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Dang, Kim! You found me!! LOL

Barb, I did try to get out of the breakfast challenge this month. I noticed that my weight stall happened about the same time I joined the breakfast challenge. But Kim convinced me to give it another month. The good news is that today I lost 1 pound. We'll see if it sticks. Even if it doesn't stick it was good to temporarily see a new, lower number. It gives me hope that I won't be where I'm at forever.

And yes, I'll be having breakfast tomorrow. Most likely an Atkins strawberry shake as I get ready for work.

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Melissa

SEEEEEEEEEEEE that one pound gone was due to THE BREAKY CLUB!!! *L*... yall really like those shakes eh? i had one ONCE that daughter1 got me.. the coffee one.. didnt taste like it had ANY coffee in it..*L*.. and since i dont like SHAKES i guess it was doomed from the get go..*L*

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I love the Atkins strawberry shakes. I don't care for Slim Fast's low-carb version.
The last time I had Atkins chocolate shakes they were good. But the first time I had two bad ones in the four-pack. They smelled like spoiled milk.

The good thing is that the shakes are sweet, tasty, low-carb and give me a nice protein start to my day. In fact, I started drinking them BEFORE I started low-carb eating. I was having hypoglycemic symptoms and knew that I needed some morning protein but I was too lazy and not hungry enough to fix breakfast.

After a couple weeks of drinking the Atkins shakes, I thought, "What the heck. I'll give the Atkins diet a try." Not only did I lose weight, but my hypoglycemic headaches are gone. And while I sometimes still get mid-day fatigue, it's nothing like I had before.

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Melissa

MMMmmm..........LOVE those strawberry shakes.

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REAAAAAAAAAAALLY.. how interesting! now ya see.. ya learn something new about a person everyday.... i had no CLUE thats how ya got started...
pretty cool..
okay.. i got a one of those coffee kind atkins in the fridge.. and i bought instant coffee just to try to add a bit of a kick to it... might try that tomorrow... not LIKELY.. but ya never know..;-)

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