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elainevdw · 01-28-2007, 01:33 AM

Hi Sean! Thanks for the extremely detailed reply!

I've actually tried the scientific method to fitness and weight loss several times. Each time, I couldn't maintain it more than a few months. It involved me in the kitchen with my laptop logging foods into Nutribase, measuring spoons and a digital food scale handy, taking hours to create custom recipes and make sure I made the recipes consistently every time. I'm really glad I did it, because it gave me a better idea about portion control, how to read food labels, how to assess the nutrition of nonlabeled foods, and also what it feels like to eat 1000, 1300, 1500, or 1700 calories a day -- and what it felt like when it was mostly junk, or mostly healthy.

However, I've moved on to other hobbies now, and would rather spend those hours doing yoga, henna, or working extra hours so I can get my finances in order.

So I guess I'm searching for a more intuitive approach towards getting to and maintaining my ideal weight. Because even though I know that all those numbers would lead me on a near perfect mathematical curve towards the ideal body fat ratio -- in working reality, it won't, because the human component, the interest that keeps one in the kitchen with their calorie calculator every day, just doesn't exist for me.

Anyway, the lesson I'll take from your and Mark's posts will ultimately be: Don't eat too little calories, and vary how much you eat so you don't go into starvation mode and end up with a slow metabolism! That's a nutshell I can digest.

Hazel, I haven't tried EFT yet... but everybody on these forums keeps talking about it, so perhaps I should give it a try. I'm definitely digging the raw vegan additions to my diet, though! A raw smoothie in the morning or half an avo in the afternoon is sheer delight!

01-28-2007, 01:33 AM	#26 (permalink)
elainevdw Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Reno/Tahoe, NV, USA Posts: 375	Hi Sean! Thanks for the extremely detailed reply! I've actually tried the scientific method to fitness and weight loss several times. Each time, I couldn't maintain it more than a few months. It involved me in the kitchen with my laptop logging foods into Nutribase, measuring spoons and a digital food scale handy, taking hours to create custom recipes and make sure I made the recipes consistently every time. I'm really glad I did it, because it gave me a better idea about portion control, how to read food labels, how to assess the nutrition of nonlabeled foods, and also what it feels like to eat 1000, 1300, 1500, or 1700 calories a day -- and what it felt like when it was mostly junk, or mostly healthy. However, I've moved on to other hobbies now, and would rather spend those hours doing yoga, henna, or working extra hours so I can get my finances in order. So I guess I'm searching for a more intuitive approach towards getting to and maintaining my ideal weight. Because even though I know that all those numbers would lead me on a near perfect mathematical curve towards the ideal body fat ratio -- in working reality, it won't, because the human component, the interest that keeps one in the kitchen with their calorie calculator every day, just doesn't exist for me. Anyway, the lesson I'll take from your and Mark's posts will ultimately be: Don't eat too little calories, and vary how much you eat so you don't go into starvation mode and end up with a slow metabolism! That's a nutshell I can digest. Hazel, I haven't tried EFT yet... but everybody on these forums keeps talking about it, so perhaps I should give it a try. I'm definitely digging the raw vegan additions to my diet, though! A raw smoothie in the morning or half an avo in the afternoon is sheer delight! __________________ ~ Elaine.