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theminordetail

restart, day 1

Jun 20, 2011 14:25

after i picked up my sister from the airport
(i have impeccable timing, can i just say?
took me exactly 45 minutes to get from our gate to NAIA 3 bay 5),
we went to the supermarket, and bid our farewell:

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packages, shopwise, spices, cohen

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aphazia June 20 2011, 06:54:03 UTC

Yay! Will also send yours soon, sorry I've been out of town, but now am back :)

theminordetail June 21 2011, 03:44:42 UTC

haha no rush! :) this is shaping up to be a busy week! i'll see if i can get to the courier! :)

jalapeno June 21 2011, 09:56:54 UTC

hey just wondering why you're spacing your meals 5 hrs apart? is it because to "keep your metabolism" humming? it's actually a dieting myth. :)

theminordetail June 21 2011, 10:08:56 UTC

i'm following an eating plan prescribed by Dr. Cohen, which you can read more about here. :) the plan was made specifically for me, based on my body chemistry/blood test results.

It's not essentially "meals" that need to be spaced apart, but the protein :) and this is only for the first phase of the program. The 2nd phase allows mixing proteins already. :)

i'm sure it sounds dubious but i've seen it work for my sister and at least three of my friends :)

THEN AGAIN, maybe IT IS a myth, and the 5-hour space between meals isn't necessarily what makes the program work. :)

jalapeno June 21 2011, 10:12:57 UTC

ahh i see. it works because you're basically eating a high-protein diet and keeping carbs really low (which means lesser calorie intake). kaso ingat lang because when you start eating carbs again you'll gain water weight/bloat and sometimes you end up heavier than you started. :)

eat everything in moderation but focus more on whole foods... that's what i do nowadays. weight loss is slower but easier to keep it off.

theminordetail June 21 2011, 10:17:24 UTC

ideally, on phase 3 - maintenance - you've already rebalanced your body in terms of the necessary hormones - human growth hormone, insulin, and serotonin - so that you don't eat off anxiety, become better at managing cravings, and your body becomes more efficient in metabolizing food. :) it's not high protein at all, some meals actually require more veggies than protein, which are still carbs. :)

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