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[brigsy]

Ta.

[garf]

Deffinatly insulin resistant if you cant stop @ 1. That will need adressing as you've clearly got blood sugar issues. Leaky gut is an intestinal prob where food particles can leak through into the bloodstream & cause intolerance/ allergic response which can be anything from water retention to joint problems. For people withoug insulin resistance a simple calories equation usually works, not so for thos with insulin resistance. I now as I'm insulin resistant myself & have been dealling with that on & off for over a year. If you can find a good nutritional therapist or PT with a biosignature qual I highly reccomend forking out the cash to get it sorted.
To many people are always looking for the simple answes/magic pill to things. It rarely works that way. Take short cuts & your only shortcutting your health / carreer

[brigsy]

If I was insulin resistant (Not sure what that means) What does that mean in relation to fat/weight control? I have now been dieting for 38 days and only lost 2.8 kgs. I don't think I am taking short cuts. It's taking ages.

[garf]

Insulin resistance basically means that your body is resistant to insulin storing the nutrients in your muscle cells. If the cells arent taking it in, there's only 1 place for it to go & thats stored as fat. Its a metabolic problem that comes from to many carbs & is a pathway to diabetes. Its a little more complicated than that explanation, but thats part of what happens. Obviously that has implications for fat loss.

[brigsy]

Thanks, with that in mind how does one counter it in general?

[joeedoom]

What are your BMR calories?

It sounds to me like you are eating too little. Weight loss shouldnt be about how little you can eat and lose weight but how much you can eat and still lose weight. Personally, I dont agree with eating any less than 200kcals beneath your BMR. As your working out hard, I would suggest eating your BMR, what do you reckon you burn during a work out?Lets say for arguments sake its 300kcals, if your eating 200kcals less than BMR then thats 500kcals less per day. If your diet is right then thats 7 days per pound. 12 weeks of this gets you to 5.5kg of fat off your body. Again, if your diet is right that's 5.5kg of blubber.
Your 77kg so I would imagine that weighing 72.5kg having lost 5.5kg of fat would leave you quite lean and job done.

Working way under BMR works for many people, but not everyone. Obviously, my opinion on this is directly shaped by what works for me, I dont drop anything unless I'm at BMR.

[brigsy]

Thanks mate. Thats a nice detailed post. Cheers.

Gonna re-read and digest the info.

[brigsy]

My BMR is 1730. I'm eating at that level.

[joeedoom]

1730? That can not be right for someone who is exercising. Thats less than a womans.

Your BMR should include your lifestyle.

Harris/Benedict formula:

BMR = 66 + (13.75 x weight in kg) + (5 x height in cm) – (6.8 x age in yrs) x your lifestyle. I exercise 5 times a week so I multiply the above result by 1.55.

[brigsy]

Sure. I responded/misunderstood what you meant by BMR. With Harris Benedict to maintain, my TDE is about 2400 for me. To lose it would be around 1900 but that did nothing for me.

I am booked to see a Nutritionist next week. I have been fighting this weight for so damn long now and have read so many conflicting things I don't know where to turn. Hope to get somewhere this way.

Thanks for your help. Appreciated.