tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895458698085133127.post6009064934277391536..comments2023-10-20T06:33:12.334-07:00Comments on Gigi's Success Story: Getting Starteddaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18305502450529232995noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895458698085133127.post-5069129038682869762009-12-07T11:51:01.433-08:002009-12-07T11:51:01.433-08:00All the best for your plans. Sugar is evil so cutt...All the best for your plans. Sugar is evil so cutting it is an excellent choice. You will make it. Hope you'll enjoy all the sports exercises.<br /><br />Always come to our blog when you feel you need some support, Gigi! :)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00603695723113677007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895458698085133127.post-19304208223579627332009-12-07T08:30:49.551-08:002009-12-07T08:30:49.551-08:00I forgot to add that with the interval training, 2...I forgot to add that with the interval training, 20-30 minutes is good enough. Once you're used to the minute and minute and half, you can go minute to minute, then two minutes of 3.5 and one minute of 1.5.Brandi Hutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378509475444662541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895458698085133127.post-52672033706496819742009-12-07T08:27:35.056-08:002009-12-07T08:27:35.056-08:00I watched a really good lecture on UCTV about how ...I watched a really good lecture on UCTV about how sugar, especially refined sugar is about equivalent to alcohol, which means it's poisonous(sp?) to our bodies just as much as alcohol is in mass quantities. Also, in the 80s when 'fat free' became a major craze, it was really just a big govt deal to start putting high fructose corn syrup in everything since it costs almost nothing and is an easy solution to adding flavor. Many research studies were never published about how sugar is bad for your liver and other organs. Thus the obesity epidemic. Sugar also triggers endorphins, and the reward system in the brain so it's harder to get off sugar because of an addiction. <br /><br />He also mentioned that carbs from bread are digested completely different than sugars, so the low carb thing is also bad for us. You can eat carbs without turning it into fat, just don't eat carbs with sugar (and stick to complex carbs like whole wheat/oat). And fat isn't bad for you like the 80s and 90s told us. As long as it's not too high in fat, you're okay. <br /><br />As for exercise, the newest research has suggested a lot of resistance training and interval training on a treadmill. So, you don't have to do hours and hours of cardio if you have an interval pace. At an incline of about 12.0, you can do a minute of 3.5 then a minute and half of 1.5 to keep your heart guessing. Also, there is a difference between burning fat and burning calories. When you're burning fat, your heart rate is usually at the target heart rate of about 140-155 depending on your height and weight. Mine is 146. When you go over your target heart rate, it's just excess energy going to waste because you're not burning more fat, just calories. <br /><br />Oh and back to that lecture, the researcher said it's really weird that burning calories is such a big deal when it really isn't about that. It's about burning the sugars and everything else we eat into energy instead of storing it. When we eat a lot of sugar it goes through the liver more slowly and triggers certain enzymes that transform it into fat. Those enzymes are dorment when exercising and when processing carbs. So the goal is trying to stay away from those enyzmes so more fat isn't created.<br /><br />Whenever I'm at the store and I see sweets, I just think of them as I did alcohol as a child, it's poison. If you try to convince your mind of this it's easier to avoid.Brandi Hutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378509475444662541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895458698085133127.post-58518049298080568172009-12-06T20:13:25.042-08:002009-12-06T20:13:25.042-08:00Sounds like a great plan. I'll be cheering you...Sounds like a great plan. I'll be cheering you from afar. You are inspiring!Tina.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09978741118220520803noreply@blogger.com