suggestions for jumpstarting metabolism:)

[carrie123]

Hi Cathe. I hate to bother you, I know you must be swamped with everything. I was just wondering if there was a particular diet you could recommend to help me jumpstart my metabolism. I have been exercising faithfully and love it! I am currently following Weight Watchers. I have followed it for about 4-5 months. I have lost about 8 lbs. I need to lose 45 to get to a healthy BMI between 20-24. I stay within my point range. I recieved some advice a couple of weeks ago to follow Wendy's plan for weight watchers, which was to eat more and stagger the points throughout the week. Well the results have only been 1.5 lbs lost in two weeks. Wow, talk about a slow metabolism. I have however, lost 2 inches around my waist, 2 inches around my hips, gained 1 inch around inner thighs, gained 1/2 inch around biceps. Any advice at all would be really appreciated. I have read that eating clean is the way to go. But what does that really mean? Is there a book or something you can recommend? Again, thank you so much for everything, and I hope you get better soon. I'm so glad I found you. You make working out a new and wonderful world for me.


Carrie

 

[Sheilaraecote]

I am not Cathe but I am reading the book "Eat to Live" by Joel Fuhrman and it is very detailed, interesting and hopefully the "cure" for some of my ailments. BTW, 1.5 lbs in two weeks is still pretty good and slow weight loss is better in the long run. I love Cathe workouts myself.

Sheila

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Carrie! Thanks for visiting and for your well wishes too. Glad to hear that we are regular workout partners as well .

As for diets, I actually don't discuss specific diets because it varies greatly per individual per lifestyle. I rather suggest that you contact a local registered dietician or nutritionist in your area so that they can evaluate your specific situation and create a plan that works for you. The information you walk away with will be so worth it, just be sure that your resources are credible.

As far as clean eating, this is simply eating foods in their most natural state. For example, an apple is a food in its natural state but after some processing it can be made into applesauce (sugar has been added and other processing has occured which now has caused the apple to lose some of its nutritional value), or it can be broken down even further and provide even less nutritional value in the form of apple pie. So basically eating foods in their original or closest to original state will be a much healthier choice.

I hope that helps