Weight Loss/Maintenance

noamnety

(20,234 posts) Sun Dec 11, 2011, 11:10 AM Dec 2011

Favorite Resources

Some of mine:

An easy to follow explanation of why excessive cardio and calorie restriction can lead to weight loss plateaus, and rebounds when we stop dieting, and what to do about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rhObSu7y2_A

More explanations of why calories in/calories out doesn't address the physical issues (insulin spikes, metabolism slow downs, etc.): Why We Get Fat (Gary Taubes)

Related, but with more specifics on do this/don't do that and basically how to hack our bodies into responding to food the way we want: 4 Hour Body (Tim Ferris)

And finally, a blog post: http://www.fitness-nutrition-weightloss.com/is-your-cardio-a-waste-of-time.html

What else would people here recommend?

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Favorite Resources (Original Post) noamnety Dec 2011 OP

Fat Secret Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #1

This is one of my favourite resources. auntAgonist Dec 2011 #2

I've used http://www.fitday.com/ before, Lunacee2012 Dec 2011 #3

I've used that, too! PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #4

Yeah, it's my fav weight loss web site. nt. Lunacee2012 Dec 2011 #5

Taubes book is great. I use this app - MaineDem Dec 2011 #6

Nice! noamnety Dec 2011 #8

Addicted to CardioTrainer on my Droid. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #7

Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)

1. Fat Secret

Reply to noamnety (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 11:19 AM

Dec 2011

http://fatsecret.com/

It has smartphone apps to log food, with a community of people logging in nutritional information all the time. Most major diet plans are supported. Plain old food is supported.

auntAgonist

(17,303 posts)

2. This is one of my favourite resources.

Reply to noamnety (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 12:34 PM

Dec 2011

http://nutritiondata.self.com/

There is a daily nutritional needs calculator there. A good start.

also.

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/

I'm always looking for low carb HIGH protein foods and recipes.

Thanks for starting this thread

aA

Lunacee2012

(172 posts)

3. I've used http://www.fitday.com/ before,

Reply to noamnety (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 09:22 AM

Dec 2011

but it was a few years ago. I think I'll take another look at that site later today, when I have more free time.

ETA: it's actually pretty quick and easy to sign up, so I did.

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)

4. I've used that, too!

Reply to Lunacee2012 (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 01:46 PM

Dec 2011

I liked it quite a bit.

Lunacee2012

(172 posts)

5. Yeah, it's my fav weight loss web site. nt.

Reply to PeaceNikki (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 03:42 PM

Dec 2011

MaineDem

(18,161 posts)

6. Taubes book is great. I use this app -

Reply to noamnety (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 05:52 PM

Dec 2011

I Map My Walk

It actually maps a walk/run/bike ride using GPS. Pretty cool. I think it was a $2 download on iTunes.

noamnety

(20,234 posts)

8. Nice!

Reply to MaineDem (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 10:12 PM

Dec 2011

I use an ap called MOVE! to map my bike rides. I'm sure they're similar. It's one of my favorite aps.

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)

7. Addicted to CardioTrainer on my Droid.

Reply to noamnety (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 06:42 PM

Dec 2011

And Weight Watchers etools.

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