It’s easy for us to get obsessed with the exact number on the scale each morning (or week, or month). Yeah, it’s an okay indicator of progress, especially for those of us who have a lot to lose; however, check out this article from Everyday Paleo to see why our weights don’t necessarily matter as much as we sometimes think.
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Lose 27 Pounds Eating Junk!
A professor at Kansas State University lost 27 pounds eating Little Debbie and Hostess snacks instead of meals. His bad cholesterol went down, his good cholesterol went up, and he now has a “normal” BMI. All of this indicates that the quantity of calories one consumes is more important than the quality when it comes to weight loss.
But I mean, really? I doubt that he’s healthier for this diet. And the thought of eating that much sweet stuff makes me feel sick to my stomach. The article doesn’t address how he felt while on the diet at all. Betcha he felt disgusting most of the time….
Fat? Eat for Free!
Over 350 pounds? Eat for free at the Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona.
Fan-effing-tastic.
They even have a commercial on YouTube. I won’t post it here because it’s just…sad.
(found via the Boy via Neatorama)
Glycemic Index
Laura over at Keeping Slim and Getting Stylish wrote an excellent post about the Glycemic Index. I recommend giving it a read!
A Calorie is Not a Calorie
Not all calories are created equal according to a study published in July of this year.
18 subjects were enrolled in a cross-over study (meaning they each ate both test meals) whereby the thermic effect of food was measured following the ingestion of two different cheese sandwiches.
One cheese sandwich was made with cheddar cheese and a multi-grain bread containing whole sunflower seeds and whole-grain kernels, while the other cheese sandwich was made with white bread and processed cheese.
Both sandwiches contained the same number of calories.
The results?
While subjects reported that the whole food sandwich was tastier, both sandwiches conferred equal levels of satiety, and in a not completely surprising, but ultimately fascinating result, eating the whole food sandwich led to roughly double the thermic effect of food than the processed sandwich and that effect lasted nearly an hour longer than the processed meals.
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Calorically what does this mean?
It takes more energy to release the nutrients of the whole food sandwich with the differences between meals resulting in a 9.7% increase in the net energy gain of the processed food meal.
Translation?
Eat processed crap and you’re effectively consuming 10% more calories than you would be were you eating healthier whole food alternatives.
Follow Your Bubbles
Amy W. wrote a beautiful post today. Go check it out.
Bariatric Food Pyramid
Dr. Arya M. Sharma reports that Violeta Moize from the University of Barcelona in Spain published a Bariatric Food Pyramid.
Image from Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes
What do you think of the pyramid? Is it a good tool for bandsters?
Edit: I have a question! Why are legumes under both “preferent intake” and “control intake”?