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Has anyone tried the new Jillian Michaels QuickStart Rapid weight loss program, Maximum strenght fat burner pills, or the Thincare international Jillian Michaels maximum strenght calorie control tablets, or the triple process body detox and clense. If so could you tell me is it safe and is it worth the money?
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As someone who has had Anorexia Nervosa for 6 years and had to be hospitalized for it and is now a personal trainer and fitness instructor...starvation mode is real. There is difference between eating 300 calories/or none a day and 1000 calories a day...both put your body into starvation mode...however when you're eating as little as 300 or zero calories, the initial reaction for the body is to drop weight...rapidly. When you give your body calories it stores it as fat when in starvation mode, but when you feed nothing to it at all...well that is a no brainer. But after that ends after the rapid weight loss...as I have encountered and many of the other girls that were hospitalized with me, weight has gone up without changing exercise routine or caloric restriction..because the body is essentially freaking out,thinking it will not be fed again so it stores whatever it can as fat for energy..and holds onto that fat for dear life.
March 19, 2010 - 7:44amMy body is still in starvation mode simply because I am extremely active and still don't get in enough calories so I'm not rail thin like I should be...but it's hard to eat more when headlines (and people like you) scream that it's all calories in calories out...well it's not, there is a lot of grey area for some people and having some compassion for them would be nice, especially if you read up on this in medical journals...you'd see that starvation mode is really a thing when the body isn't getting the bare minimum calories it needs to function and fuel the organs (which is why my organs don't function properly anymore)...not even medical journals, go ask a trainer at your gym or even just watch The Biggest Loser..and those trainers talk about how you have to get in a certain amount of calories to lose weight, getting in too few only harms you.
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what is PCOS?
November 29, 2009 - 12:06pmThis Comment
PCOS is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Some call is PCOD (disorder instead of syndrome) Some say it is a hormone disorder, some say it is a metabolic disordoer...but really it is both...your wacked hormones cause you to be insulin resisitant. Many have a hard time becoming pregnant if at all. I was on fertility drugs but was able to finally conceive. Get on web MD for a detailed summary of PCOS...it is a website I trust.
December 2, 2009 - 7:02amThis Comment
Have you had your thyroid checked? If you have a underactive thyroid that could cause weight issues. It can make it hard to loss weight. I know from experience.
July 17, 2010 - 9:59pmThis Comment
what is PCOS?
November 29, 2009 - 12:06pmThis Comment
PCOS is polycystic ovarian syndrome.
January 4, 2010 - 10:33pmThis Comment
HMM if you work out like that then something else is wrong... Umm are you following the calories in and calories out it is such a big thing with Jillian..I worked out and followed her Master your matabolism and in the first 10 weks lost 45 pds and my cals were around 1500 but you have to eat sensible and follow her to a T.. I dont know what your doing but obviously you arent doing it right...Get That book READ it and you will be amazed what your Hormones to to your body if just one is out of Whack...Good Luck and keep it up something should change.
November 19, 2009 - 9:44pmThis Comment
Your not eating enough for your body to burn anything. when you work out keep track of the calories that you are burning and then you need to add that to the food that you eat for the rest of the day. your body things that it is starving and this is why you aren't losing any weight.
November 18, 2009 - 10:20pmThis Comment
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Multiply your ideal weight by 10 and the number you get is the amount of calories you need IF and ONLY if you are not doing killer work outs. The more you work out, the more calories you'll need.
November 11, 2009 - 9:09amThis Comment
According to that, I need between 1200-1300. We'll see. :)
November 11, 2009 - 9:42amThis Comment