Imune system and girl diet

:agree: I really want most people to stick at 1500 cals and see what happens. The number of people who should drop to 1200 are only a very small % of swayers. I think the first step for anyone not losing weight on LE Diet is to drop empty carbs all together, limit grains overall to 2-3 servings of whole grains, up protein to 50-60 g, get more of their carbs from fruits and vegetables, and switch from skim dairy to full fat. Do these things before dropping calories and see if it helps.

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Originally Posted by maidentomother

I've always been interested in nutrition and diet, so whenever I hear of a new diet for any purpose, whether weight loss, weight gain, health or other reason(s), I research it and read/talk to people about their experience on the diet.

I have observed a strong connection between metabolic rate and carb tolerance. Those people who seem to thrive most on low carb diets typically have slow metabolisms and have difficulty losing weight, even on calorie restricted diets. On the other hand, people with naturally high metabolisms who generally eat many more calories than they supposedly 'need', seem to do best when half or more of those calories come from carbs. Of course there are exceptions and not everyone fits neatly into one category or the other.

I suspect insulin sensitivity, hormone levels, glycogen vs lipid storage and maybe even skeletal muscle fiber type (whether slow or fast twitch dominate) are major factors which determine how each person handles carbs. I think these issues relate to swaying, too, though I'm not sure how. But it seems like boy moms often have high metabolisms so perhaps trying to slow the metabolism - which calorie restriction i.e. the LE diet, does - should be the goal when swaying pink. The wrench in that theory is that weight loss becomes more difficult with a slowed metabolism, so I wonder whether weight loss or metabolic rate matters more?

celest, I apologise for derailing your thread, I'm just so curious to understand how all these puzzle pieces fit together! Are you currently counting calories, and if so, how many are you averaging daily? What are your age, height, weight, and activity level? Do you know how many calories you consumed daily before?

:agree: I think we have not even begun to properly guess at the stuff that really actually sways gender (well we have LOL, I mean the traditional old-school sway stuff). People got so hung up on calcium and timing and pH when really it's metabolism and the body's natural methods of preventing and allowing conception that sways gender.

The good thing is that we don't need to have a handle on how it works to emulate it, if we can just decline our conditions a bit the body should know what to do all on its own!! :)

I didn't really count calories before but if I had to guess I would say I consumed average of 1800 calories in the week and sometimes a lot more over weekends. I think I am going to see what happens this week if I just eat less carbs in the evening before going to bed, with more fruits and vegetables and see how it goes. Thanks for all the suggestions! Will let you know how it goes ;)

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