Why Those Pounds Aren’t Coming Off

Posted: March 26th, 2011 | Author: Dr. Bill Stillwell | No Comments »

Today, I thought I would touch upon a few reasons your
elbeeze (pounds) may be sticking on you harder than you
thought possible.

At times, we can be our own worst enemies, when it comes to
weight loss. Many people do this by underestimating the
number of calories they are taking in. A while back, I got
a note from a woman who told me she ate at the salad bar,
at Ruby Tuesdays and no weight was coming off. She was
getting vegetables, fruit and so on and such forth.

I decided to check on the salad bar, at Ruby Tuesday, since
I hadn’t been in one for quite a while. After a couple of
trips to the salad bar, I had it figured out. Ruby Tuesday
does indeed have a few vegetables on the salad bar and some
fresh fruit. But it also has a good number of prepared
salads and I can tell you a couple of things about them,
just by tasting.

They are:

a) Loaded with fat.

b) Loaded with sugar.

c) Loaded with fat and sugar.

If you eat the pasta salad, potato salad, or anything they
have already prepared; you might as well get the bacon
cheeseburger, with fries, and have some apple pie, too. You
are fighting a losing battle, when you add any prepared
food to your plate.

Here’s a little tidbit that should startle you: They deep
fry the croutons on the salad bar, then flavor them with
garlic salt. That’s why people love them. But imagine the
hidden calories that entails and it will tell you why the
flubber isn’t coming off.

Another problem people have is making too many exceptions.
In other words, you convince yourself that you are
behaving, but you’ll use any excuse to break the rules.
Pretty soon, you have more exceptions than good behavior.
Now, I never advocate being a saint, because it doesn’t
work. But if you follow the rules 90% of the time, you
don’t have to worry about slipping in a slice of pizza,
once in a while. Notice I said A slice, not slices. A piece
of pie, not three pieces.

As we get older, our metabolisms slow down and we get more
sedentary. This means that we lose muscle, gain fat, and
our shape changes before our eyes. The longer this goes on,
the worse off you get and you are just inviting ill health
in the front door.

You need to start training, lift some weights, or do
bodyweight exercises. I don’t have a horse in the race,
both get results. Walking is great exercise and it’s free.
I’m not a fan of running, but I’m not going to stop you. I
would recommend you do high intensity running, if you’re
going to run, which is essentially sprinting. You do 8-12
good sprints and in 15-20 minutes, you’re finished.
Remember, it isn’t how long you run, it’s how intense the
run is. Endless slower runs, either outside, or on the
treadmill, will not reduce your weight.

Remember the immortal words of Tonto to the Lone Ranger:
“Make muscle, Kemosabe, not lard.”

It’s true: the more muscle you have, the less of a lardass
you’ll be:

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I’ll be back tomorrow with more.

With my best wishes for your optimum health,

Dr. Bill

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