Now if you aren't Insulin resistant or a Type 2 diabetic or anywhere close (as most of my active cycling friends are - probably all of the 'readers' here) and you have no issue managing hunger and are at a rock solid weight that doesn't fluxuate.... then this stuff doesn't matter [as much].
But for SO many people it does.
I've watched parents of my kid's classmates over 10 years. Watched them all get slowly bigger and bigger. Been at parties with them, hear them talk about this diet, or watching this, or serving low fat this (dressings) or that (RI pizza... aka big thick flat bread covered in sweet tomato sauce, that's it)... and they all keep getting bigger.
The kids too.
"but we're following the guildelines. We're eating low fat, drinking skim milk with out whole grain cereal in the morning, we're buying low fat ice cream, eating low or no fat yogurt, THAT GREEK STUFF IS WONDERFUL ESP WITH THE FRUIT, oh and the fruit. ALL THE FRUIT WE LOVE FRUIT, SO GOOD FOR YOU!"
And yet somehow they struggle to and are tormented by slowly gaining weight.
I found a link to this Tedx talk this morning. A no meeting day.
I hit the speed button and watched it at 1.5x speed. Didn't feel like trying to catch her talk at full 2x speed but man it helps with the productivity/multi-tasking.
My cousin is running the local ADA ride, and gets INSANELY defensive and absolutely flat out beligerant anytime I bring this topic up. But Sarah Hallberg does it brilliantly. And because I'm not saying it, maybe someone else will listen to it. But unlikely.
I grabbed crappy screen shots from the talk of two graphics she used. The first is basically the whole premise.
Why do I keep being angry about fruits, and fruit juices? IT IS HEALTHY. Yeah okay. How's your insulin level? Yes - i saved it as crappy jpg... deliberate.
Next up, INSULIN. Why is a plate of sausage and eggs, with a bit of arugula/rocket, mushroom and avocado a brilliant kick ass breakfast? BECAUSE IT WILL FILL YOU UP and provide critical energy needs w/o causing an insulin spike. Yes there is protein in there, but you need essential amino acids at the start of the day, CRITICAL ABSOLUTELY because w/o them you can't make the hormones you need or deal with normal cellular functioning.
Here you go.
I'm still looking for the caloric effect of insulin going up. It does it two ways. Takes calories that you ate and stores them. Meaning they are now unavailible and saved for later. What that means is you don't have enough calories on demand. And that makes you hungry. So you eat.
So you start the day with a bowl of oatmeal because that's what everyone says is the best. OMG I LOVE OATMEAL, esp with brownsugar, some maple syrup, maybe some rasins. It is the BEST. Except it is going to make your insulin spike. Store most of those calories as fat (unless you start a CXy race right away or you glycogen is super depleted and you're actively good at replacing it, which most people are not on a physiological level) and then you're hungry way too soon. So you have an apple. Oooo, they are soo good for you. and they spike your glucose, insulin goes up and you need to eat more.
There is a mountain of science behind all this. But that mountain of science pales next to the ingrained 'conventional' wisdom and inertia that has been built up since the last 70s.
If you are exercising to lose weight or to manage your weight you're not doing it right. Exercise is critical for health, make a huge difference for lots of reasons but this food stuff. This is why counting calories doesn't work for most people.
There are people who are wireed differently, have different metabolisms, who can deal with extra carbs w/o hunger pain. There are people who have mental conditioning to be okay with being hungry. There are plenty of exceptions to everything.
Unfortunately there isn't really an exception to this physiological rule. There's variation in expression, and there's tolerance for hunger signalling, but those aren't the same.
Why is it frustrating? It shouldn't be.
Do I walk through the grocery store like an android doing a body scan and a shopping carriage analysis at the same time of EVERYONE THERE? Yes. I do. My brain is always observing, taking in data and processing and cataloging. Always. Can't help it. Do I automatically do it around everyone? Yes.
My daughter made the observation that most people don't listen to me, don't follow my advice. She's smart enough and has a solid understanding of biology and actually understands it pretty well. Why? because I explain things, we talk, she askes really good questions and I work through all the answers, talk about the science, talk about the physiology, talk about muscle fiber types... She also notices what goes on around her too. She's aware of it all.
yeah this ain't no RdR report, GeWilli is close to hulk smash trigger today. Keeping it all in check though, by venting here. Obviously.
eat smart, eat well, eat real food... and ride your bike
heddwch
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