12 Jan, 2010  |  Written by Sara  |  under Diet & Weight Loss, My Weight Battle

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Try this, it really is interesting. Have a piece of paper & pencil ready to write your answers. U need to add them up @ the end. I’m a slow oxidizer

In the morning, you
A. Don’t eat breakfast
B. Have something light like fruit, toast, or cereal
C. Have something heavy like eggs, bacon or steak, and has browns

At a buffet, the foods you choose are
A. Light meats like fish and chicken, vegetables and salad, a sampling of different desserts.
B. A mixture of A and C
C. Heavy, fatty foods like steak, ribs, pork chops, cheeses, and cream sauces

Your appetite at lunch is
A. Low
B. Normal
C. Strong

Your appetite at dinner is
A. low
B. normal
C. strong

Caffeine makes you feel
A. Great-it helps you focus
B. Neutral-you can take it or leave it
C. Jittery or nauseous

The types of foods you crave are (sugar is not listed because everyone craves sugar when they are tired or run-down)
A. Fruits, bread, and crackers
B. Both A and C
C. Salty foods, cheeses, and meats

For dinner you prefer
A. Chicken or fish, salad, and rice
B. No preference-choice varies daily
C. Heavier, fatty foods like pastas, steak and potatoes

After dinner you
A. Need to have something sweet
B. Could take dessert or leave it
C. Don’t care for sweets and would rather have something salty like popcorn

The types of sweets you like are
A. Sugary candies
B. No preference
C. Ice cream or cheesecake

Eating fatty foods like meat and cheese before bed
A. Interferes with your sleep
B. Doesn’t bother you
C. Improves your sleep

Eating carbs like breads and crackers before your bed
A. Interferes with your sleep, but they’re better than heavier foods
B. Doesn’t affect you
C. Is better than nothing, but you sleep better with heavier foods

Eating sweets before bed
A. Doesn’t keep you from sleeping at all
B. Sometimes makes you feel restless in bed
C. Keeps you up all night

Each day, you eat
A. Two or three meals with no snacks
B. Three meals with maybe one light snack
C. Three meals and a lot of snacks

Your attitude toward food is
A. You often forget to eat
B. You enjoy food and rarely miss a meal
C. You love food and it’s a central part of your life

When you skip meals, you feel
A. Fine
B. You don’t function at your best, but it doesn’t really bother you
C. Shaky, irritable, week and tired

Your attitude toward fatty foods is
A. You don’t like them
B. You like them occasionally
C. You crave them regularly

When you eat fruit salad for breakfast or lunch, you feel
A. Satisfied
B. Okay, but you usually need a snack in between meals
C. Unsatisfied and still hungry

What kind of food drains your energy?
A. Fatty foods
B. No food affects you this way
C. Fruit, candy, or confections, which give you a quick boost, then an energy crash

Your food portions are
A. Small-less than average
B. Average-not more or less than other people
C. Large-usually more than most people

How do you feel about potatoes?
A. You don’t care for them
B. You could take them or leave them
C. You love them

Red meat makes you feel
A. Tired
B. No particular feeling one way or the other
C. Strong

A salad for lunch makes you feel
A. Energized and healthy
B. Fine, but it isn’t the best type of food for you.
C. Sleepy

How do you feel about salt?
A. Foods often taste too salty
B. You don’t notice one way or the other
C. You crave salt and salt your food regularly

How do you feel about snacks?
A. You don’t really snack, but you like something sweet if you do.
B. You can snack on anything
C. You need snacks but prefer meats, cheese, eggs, or nuts.

How do you feel about sour foods like pickles, lemon juice, or vinegar?
A. You don’t like them
B. They don’t bother you one way or the other
C. You like them

How do you feel about sweets?
A. Sweets alone can satisfy your appetite
B. They don’t bother you but don’t totally satisfy you
C. You don’t feel satisfied and often crave more sweets

When you just eat meat (bacon, sausage, ham ) for breakfast, you feel
A. Sleepy, lethargic, or irritable
B. It varies day to day
C. Full until lunch

When you eat heavy or fatty foods, you feel
A. Irritable
B. Neutral-they don’t affect you
C. Satisfied

When you feel anxious
A. Fruits or vegetables calm you down
B. Eating anything calms you down
C. Fatty foods calm you down

You concentrate best when you eat
A. Fruits and grains
B. Nothing in particular
C. Meat and fatty food

You feel more depressed when you eat
A. Fatty or heavy foods
B. Nothing in particular
C. Fruits, breads, or sweets

You notice you gain weight when you eat
A. Fatty foods
B. No particular food. You gain weight when you overeat
C. Fruits or carbs

What type of insomnia, if any, applies to you?
A. You rarely get insomnia from hunger
B. You rarely get insomnia, but if you do, you often need to eat something in order to fall back asleep
C. You often wake up during the night and need to eat. If you eat right before bed, it alleviates the insomnia

Your personality type is
A. Aloof, withdrawn, or introverted
B. Neither introverted nor extroverted
C. Extroverted

Your mental and physical stamina are better when you eat
A. Light proteins like egg whites, chicken or fish and fruits
B. Any wholesome food
C. Fatty foods

Your climate preference is
A. Warm or hot weather
B. Doesn’t matter
C. Cold weather

You have problems with coughing or chest pressure.
If yes, “C”: if no, move on to the next question
You have a tendency to get cracked skin or dandruff
If yes, “C”:if no, move on to the next question
You have a tendency to get light-headed or dizzy
If yes, “C”: if no, move on to the next question

You eyes tend to be
A. Dry
B. Fine
C. Teary

Your facial coloring is
A. Noticeably pale
B. Average
C. Pink or often flushed

Your fingernails are
A. Thick
B. Average
C. Thin

Your gag reflex is
A. Insensitive
B. Normal
C. Sensitive

You get goose bumps
A. Often
B. Occasionally
C. Very rarely

You are prone to
A. Constipation
B. No stomach problems
C. Diarrhea

When insects bite you, your reaction is
A. Mild
B. Average
C. Strong

Your body type is
A. Short and Stocky
B. Average
C. Tall and thin

Your nose is
A. Dry
B. Normal
C. Runny

Scoring your metabolic typing test

When you have finished the test, add up the number of A, B and C answers you have circled A____B____C____

If your number of C answers is 5 or more higher than your number of A or B answers, you are a fast oxidizer.

If your number of A answers is 5 or more higher than your number of B or C answers, you are a slow oxidizer.

If your number of B answers is 5 or more higher than your number of A or C answers, or if neither A, B, nor C’s are 5 or more higher than the other two, you are a balanced oxidizer.

If you are still not certain, you can try these two other drastic tests.

1. Niacin test: Take 50 milligrams of niacin on an empty stomach. If you experience and immediate flush, you are most likely a fast oxidizer. If you feel a moderate flushing effect, you are a balanced oxidizer. If you experience a significantly delayed flushing or nothing at all, you are a slow oxidizer.

2. Vitamin C test: Take 8 grams of vitamin C in equally divided doses over 8 hours. The fast oxidizer will respond by feeling acidic and uncomfortable, and may even experience other symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea or increased intestinal gas. A true balanced oxidizer may find that his or her stomach feels less acidic. A slow oxidizer will have no response at all.

*Fast oxidizers
You require foods with higher percentages of protein and fat than carbohydrates. Make sure there is protein in everything you eat including snacks. Your ideal macronutrient ratio is 20 percent carbs, 50 percent protein, 30 percent fat.

All proteins are not created equal. The ones that are best for you are high-purine proteins, which are commonly found in fattier meats. This is not to say that you should cut out chicken and fish, but you need the heavier proteins most because they help slow down your rate of oxidation. Choose from this list of proteins when deciding on a meal or snack.

High purine:organ meats (pate, liver, etc.), herring, mussels, sardines, anchovies.

Moderate purine:beef, bacon, dark meat chicken, duck, lamb, spareribs, dark meat turkey, veal, wild game, salmon, shellfish (lobster, shrimp, crab), oysters, scallops, octopus, squid, dark tuna

Low Purine:cottage cheese, milk, yogurt, eggs, cheese, white meat chicken, turkey, fish

The best veggies for protein types are asparagus, cauliflower, celery, mushrooms and spinach
The best fruits are avocado, olives, apples and pears(in limited quantity and never without protein on the side or better yet first)
It is best to avoid grains altogether, but the best grains would be sprouted grain bread.
The best legumes would be tempeh and tofu.

The best nuts are (in order of protein content) walnuts, pumpkin seeds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, almonds, cashews, brazil nuts, filberts, pecans, chestnuts, pistachios, coconut and macadamias.

Good fats are butter, cream, almond oil, peanut oil, coconut oil, sesame oil, flaxseed oil, sunflower oil and walnut oil.

*Slow oxidizers

Your ideal macronutrient ratio is 60 percent carbs, 25 percent protein and 15 percent fat.

*Balanced oxidizers

Your ideal macronutrient ratio is 40 percent carbs, 30 percent protein, and 30 percent fat.

10 Sep, 2009  |  Written by Sara  |  under Diet & Weight Loss, Ramblings

I’ve been trying to reduce my calories to make -2lbs a week. I knew it wouldn’t be perfect so I should be able to expect -1lb a week. It’s been working so far but I’ve hit a wall after -7lbs lost. Time to kick it up a notch. My belly is getting a bit flatter because I’m working the muscles and it brings it in more.

29 Jul, 2009  |  Written by Sara  |  under Diet & Weight Loss, On TV

more12 More to LoveI saw the first episode last night. It wasn’t too bad, they showed a lot of great women and I noticed how they all seemed to be instant friends, very warm, friendly and real with eachother. You don’t see that with skinny bitches. They smile and giggle but they are very fake and judgemental with eachother. Well the show was ok, the host seemed useless and it was messed up that he gave out the promise rings, took them back then gave them out again to his choices. It seems very retarded. Plus how they shoed food everywhere. They didn’t do that on the regular show. Plus some girls seemed a bit pathetic. Why the heck was that one girl constantly crying in the interview. NON STOP. I think they kept her for that reason. Lately, I think it’s sad in all Bachelor shows, this one especially, when they kiss and more just so they can be favored. In other words, women feel a need to slut it up a bit to get a guy. It’s very sad and pathetic behavior. He’ll like you alright, he has a penis, but not for the right reasons.

27 Jul, 2009  |  Written by Sara  |  under Books, Diet & Weight Loss

You want to get your omegas in the natural way but you must fear mercury. The MB Aquarium has a fish to eat  guide – very handy!

You can see more when you go to the site.

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26 Jul, 2009  |  Written by Sara  |  under Twitter
  • Harry Potter was not worth the money or the time. I’m a fan but they could have made it a meaning full half hour movie. #
24 Jul, 2009  |  Written by Sara  |  under Diet & Weight Loss, My Weight Battle

I’m one year old and at my highest weight. I think it’s time to try again. My husband and I want to have kids soon so that’s even more motivation to get healthier. Back on the horse. I’ve been working out and counting calories. I’m iron deficient and have been taking supplements for it. I have a lot more energy by doing that alone.  Maybe that was part of my problem.

27 May, 2009  |  Written by Sara  |  under Diet & Weight Loss, Websites

A friend just tweeted a website that makes your picture thinner. I’m tempted to try it. They limit it to a fifty pound wieght loss and it takes them two days to get back to you. Worth it? Post your pix in the comments if you want.

From his new book:In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto:

1. “Don’t eat anything your grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.”

2. “Avoid foods containing ingredients you can’t pronounce.”

3. “Don’t eat anything that won’t eventually rot.”

4. “Avoid food products that carry health claims.”

5. “Shop the peripheries of the supermarket; stay out of the middle.”

6. “Better yet, buy food somewhere else: the farmers’ market or CSA.”

7. “Pay more, eat less.”

8. “Eat a wide variety of species.”

9. “Eat food from animals that eat grass.”

10. “Cook, and if you can, grow some of your own food.”

11. “Eat meals and eat them only at tables.”

12. “Eat deliberately, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure.”

14 May, 2009  |  Written by Sara  |  under On TV

More pictures of the new skinny Tara. You go girl~
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