Microwave Diet

[byebyemeat]

Day 13
Weight: 219
Thought for the day: Are salads microwavable

Well I have started a new dieting program today called the Microwave Diet. That's the one where you leave your lunch in the microwave to heat up then run to a meeting and forget that you left your lunch in the microwave. Then you wonder why you are hungry at 4 pm and don't realize that

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... so that was YOUR lunch

[meltho8]

Tina was kind enough to stick it in the refrigerator so it wouldn't spoil. :)

Too little

[meatpop6cle]

Sorry about the "this is the way it is" tone I had yesterday. Today after I read what I wrote, I was like, "who the hell is this guy?" I don't really know or practice this stuff. I'm just sharing what I've read. In that vein... here's some more hoopla for your consideration.

The following are a couple of quotes from Chapter 2 of Tom Venuto's book, Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle

2. Very low calorie diets make you lose muscle The most devastating effect of the low calorie diet is the loss of muscle tissue

energy sources

[meatpop6cle]

Another excerpt from Tom's book:

Fat is stored in the body as a backup energy source (like a “reserve fuel tank”). A 185-pound man with 18% body fat has 116,500 calories stored in his “reserve tank.” Your body can also store carbohydrates, but in much more limited quantities. Carbohydrates are stored in your muscles and liver in the form of glycogen - About 400 grams of glycogen can be stored in the muscles (1600 calories) and approximately 100 grams (400 calories) in the liver.

Your body is always burning a mixture of carbohydrate and fat for fuel. During low intensity, long duration exercise, most of your energy comes from body fat. Most of your energy also comes from fat while you are at rest (Although you don’t burn many calories worth of fat when you’re laying on the couch). During short bouts of high intensity exercise such as sprinting or weight lifting, glycogen (carbohydrate) is the main fuel source. Your primary fuel source also tends to change depending on which fuel is more readily available.