FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: Real talk about weight loss resistance, how to fix your post-baby belly, and how different exercises impact hunger

by Darya Rose | Aug 11, 2017

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This week real talk about weight loss resistance, how to fix your post-baby belly, and how different exercises impact hunger.

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Links of the week

Cleaning a Dirty Sponge Only Helps Its Worst Bacteria, Study Says – Ewwww. I use a plastic brush rather than a sponge, but not sure that’s better. (NY Times)
Plant-based diet? Sure, but first understand what that really means. – This was very refreshing to read. I’ve never considered “plant-based” to mean vegetarian or vegan, especially after reading Michael Pollan’s excellent book In Defense of Food, but the propagandist have tried to co-opt the term. Let’s take it back. (Washington Post)
Can You Be Resistant to Weight Loss? – One of the smartest conversations I’ve listened to about the subject from two of my favorite experts, Yoni Freedhoff and Monica Reinagel. (Nutrition Diva)
Flattening The ‘Mummy Tummy’ With 1 Exercise, 10 Minutes A Day – I had never heard of diastasis recti (separation of your abdominal muscles that makes you look forever pregnant) until my BFF, a pilates instructor, gave me some exercise tips when I got pregnant (hint: DO NOT do crunches), but it affects 30-60% of pregnant women. Fortunately there are exercises you can do both during and after pregnancy that can protect and/or repair your abs. (NPR)
Why Americans Lead the World in Food Waste – People love to harp on the need to produce more food to feed a growing population. But when you realize we’re throwing out 50% of the food we produce, it gives you a more nuanced perspective. (The Atlantic)
Why Failure Is a Useful Kitchen Tool – I love this so much. Failure is the only way to become a great cook. (Lifehacker)
Is Your Metabolism to Blame? – Real talk. (Nutrition Diva)
Exercise as a Weight-Loss Strategy – Small pilot study, but still interesting. Different exercises impact hunger differently. Likely this depends on you as a person as well. The only way to know what works for you is to try out different things and see how your body responds. (NY Times)
Gnawing Questions: Is Sugar From Fruit The Same As Sugar From Candy? – In case you didn’t know. (NPR)
BULGUR STUFFED EGGPLANTS WITH TAMARIND, CURRANTS & PINE NUTS – It’s eggplant season! Love this unique take on one of my favorite summer veggies (I used to hate eggplants btw. Expand your palette, it’s way more fun.) (The Full Helping)

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Tags: diastasis recti, Exercise, food waste, fruit, Health, kitchen, metabolism, mindset, motherhood, Psychology, sugar

8 Responses to “FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD: Real talk about weight loss resistance, how to fix your post-baby belly, and how different exercises impact hunger”

Summer Wright says:

August 11, 2017 at 11:13 am

I understand the problem with kitchen sponges but I am so confused on what to use instead? ( I haven’t gotten rid of mine)

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Drew Kime says:

August 11, 2017 at 12:54 pm

After the 90-minute run, the men reported feeling less hungry than when they had sat around the lab, even an hour and a half later. But after the short, intense workout, the volunteers soon felt peckish, despite still having low levels of acylated ghrelin in their blood.

So long runs = less hungry, and intense workout = more hungry. And their recommendation is:

But the results also intimate that if we hope to have workouts reduce our appetite, we may wish to increase the intensity or, even more, the duration of each session.

Am I mis-reading something, or is that conclusion entirely self-contradictory? I certainly hope this is the reporter getting it wrong, and not the study.

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- Darya Rose says:
  
  August 14, 2017 at 12:10 pm
  
  Good point, very likely the reporter’s error.
  
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Dawn Jentz says:

August 11, 2017 at 7:50 pm

Have you viewed What the Health? It made some really good points. I am super surprised you would call it propaganda.

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- Darya Rose says:
  
  August 14, 2017 at 12:21 pm
  
  I couldn’t make it through the whole thing, but I know the people involved and their arguments well. There are many other documentaries that are basically the same (Forks Over Knives, etc.), as well as books I’ve read (The China Study, etc.). This argument has been around for decades.
  
  Yes there are certainly some valid points. Would we all be better off eating more vegetables, legumes and intact grains? Absolutely. Are the industrial food and medical systems biased toward unhealthy measures? Absolutely. Is a vegan diet healthier than the average American diet? Yep. Does the healthiest way to eat require excluding all animal products? Absolutely not.
  
  Being vegan requires vitamin supplementation to even be viable. There are certain animal foods that are uniquely healthy that cannot be replicated by plants. The producers of this film deliberately ignore these truths to promote an ideology. I consider that propaganda.
  
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Jules says:

August 13, 2017 at 1:42 pm

Thanks for the ab exercise link Darya! Super excited to finally get my abs back to normal.

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Allie says:

August 13, 2017 at 5:05 pm

Hi Darya! First off, congratulations on your pregnancy news, I’m so excited for you! And thanks for the article on abdominal separation. As it happens, I just had my second girl 3 days ago and have been researching this lately. After my first, I had a pretty large separation but didn’t realize or know it was even a thing until long after the pregnancy. This time around I’m hoping to do something about it as soon as I’m healed enough.

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Amy P says:

October 27, 2017 at 7:42 pm

Heck out Ali Kamenova on YouTube for more post-baby abdominal vacuum guided videos . I really feel like her Yoga videos are a really fun and challenging addition to my yoga practice.

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