JanD's Maintenance Diary. Week 38 onwards.
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summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
Ah so is that why celery is negative calories then?
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Sorry Jan, but there's no such thing as negative calorie food. Some foods take a small percentage of calories to digest. Some foods take a larger percentage to digest (called TEF, by the way). Celery, though it would take the larger percent, it would still only be about 35%. For it to be a negative, it would need to be over 100%.
Mind you, celery is nice
JanD
maintaining since June'09
EUGH!! NOOOOOO celery is NOT nice xx Blurgh!
That's why I said 'theory is' KD - I take all these things with a pinch of salt (well actually no I don't use salt .. but you know what I mean)
The 'plan' I have is called the negative calorie diet and it does work - as does anything if you stick to it. The 'Fat Burner Food' book is spouting the same theory and reminded me about the lovely veg soup on the "negative calorie diet" which I decided to make again and is simmering on my stove as we 'speak'.
The example cited in that book is a portion of brussel sprouts which they say contains 50 cals but takes 75 to digest thus burning 25 cals of body fat .... don't know how they know .... xx
xx Blurgh!That's why I said 'theory is' KD - I take all these things with a pinch of salt (well actually no I don't use salt .. but you know what I mean)
The 'plan' I have is called the negative calorie diet and it does work - as does anything if you stick to it. The 'Fat Burner Food' book is spouting the same theory and reminded me about the lovely veg soup on the "negative calorie diet" which I decided to make again and is simmering on my stove as we 'speak'.
The example cited in that book is a portion of brussel sprouts which they say contains 50 cals but takes 75 to digest thus burning 25 cals of body fat .... don't know how they know ....
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JanD
maintaining since June'09
Thursday 29th April
Breakie - 2 weetabix, raspberries etc
Plum & half a pear
Lunch (out) - warm goat's cheese on walnut bread with cranberry sauce & salad (laaaaaaaaaaarvly!)
Naughty to follow it with a chocolate and a toblerone cookie though
Tea - Turkey breast pieces in a sundried tomato & cinnamon sauce and about 1/3rd of a pack of bachelors egg fried rice (don't usually eat this but have a few packs going out of date ) xx
v&cs xx
Edit .. crust off sesame & pumpkin seed loaf with phili light & egg & bacon sandwich filler & pkt skips x
edit ... OOOOOPS! Eat natural kid's lunchie AND a boots shapers bar x
Breakie - 2 weetabix, raspberries etc
Plum & half a pear
Lunch (out) - warm goat's cheese on walnut bread with cranberry sauce & salad (laaaaaaaaaaarvly!)
Naughty to follow it with a chocolate and a toblerone cookie though
Tea - Turkey breast pieces in a sundried tomato & cinnamon sauce and about 1/3rd of a pack of bachelors egg fried rice (don't usually eat this but have a few packs going out of date ) xx
v&cs xx
Edit .. crust off sesame & pumpkin seed loaf with phili light & egg & bacon sandwich filler & pkt skips x
edit ... OOOOOPS! Eat natural kid's lunchie AND a boots shapers bar
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summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
Ooooh goats cheese is one of my favourite things!! :drool:
summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
Ah but its one of them things you cant just have a little of!!!!!!!!!
The example cited in that book is a portion of brussel sprouts which they say contains 50 cals but takes 75 to digest thus burning 25 cals of body fat .... don't know how they know ....
Nah, and I read the first book on this "the negative calorie effect", think it was called. But it's just impossible IMO. The TEF of foods can't be more than 100%
For more reading on this, search negative calorie myth
Or perhaps we'll just agree to disagree on this one
and besides, most foods listed as neg calories are usually pretty good foods, low cal, nutritious sort of stuff so all good
JanD
maintaining since June'09
I'm not disagreeing with you KD! ... (wouldn't dare ..... only joking!) Just quoting something from the book. Like I said I take it all with a pinch of salt and just because following a particular programme works doesn't necessarily mean all the theory is correct. I'm calling it a negative calorie diet simply because that's what it's called. I followed the 'Pig2twig' diet once - I didn't really think I'd turn into a twig
As you say - usually good foods so all good xx
..... only joking!) Just quoting something from the book. Like I said I take it all with a pinch of salt and just because following a particular programme works doesn't necessarily mean all the theory is correct. I'm calling it a negative calorie diet simply because that's what it's called. I followed the 'Pig2twig' diet once - I didn't really think I'd turn into a twig As you say - usually good foods so all good xx
summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
It's ok ladies, i'm in the process of creating calorie free chocolate ..............................................
summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
Of course! :giggle:
WAW!!! hahaha.......cant wait, cant wait, cant wait!!!
Talking about Chocolate..have any of you tried that choc that was on telly....Waitrose sell it? Cant remember what it is called now...but I bought some for DH and it is about 70% cocoa and he can only eat a tiny square at a time, if that...I have tried it, and I dont like dark choc but this is really nice, although, again, a small square is all I could have.
Charlie choc or something like that it is called!
Talking about Chocolate..have any of you tried that choc that was on telly....Waitrose sell it? Cant remember what it is called now...but I bought some for DH and it is about 70% cocoa and he can only eat a tiny square at a time, if that...I have tried it, and I dont like dark choc but this is really nice, although, again, a small square is all I could have.
Charlie choc or something like that it is called!
summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
Ooooooh sounds lovely Iris. Dark chocolate is my fave!
Think i'll have to look that one up
Think i'll have to look that one up
summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
Ahhhh yeah i have heard of this, i remember watching the guy who makes it programme that was on channel 4. Was wondering when it was guna be available to us as in the programme he was trying to sell it to harrods/selfridges one of the top stores :giggle:
