Rinse & rePeat
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"In one of the studies in which rats had been taught learned helplessness so they would drown in five or six minutes, just being able to see another rat escape would let the informed rat go for days without drowning. Just the recognition that someone else did it can make all the difference." Ray Peat
Just like the ill conceived original food pyramid, the weight chart is another "guide" that caused more unnecessary stress and unhealthy "Skinny Fat" people. In case you never heard of the term, they are the ones you look at and say, "Eat a burger already!" The Skinny Fat are the unlucky winners that hit their perfect numbers on the scale, but unfortunately are mostly comprised of fat, without a muscle to be seen. It is another "one size fits all" invention that has also backfired. It gained traction because doctors endorsed it, and those who wanted to prove they cared about their health jumped through the hoops. Going to the doctor for any issue, brought on such stress from the scale, because that number is gonna tell if you've been naughty or nice. Unfortunately that perfect number does not accurately represent what that number is CREATED WITH and COMPOSED OF. Considering that fat is much more volumous than muscle the weight chart ended up praising the "Skinny Fat" and overlook the strong.
"Skinny Fat" is admired in younger years, with their thick supple skin hiding what lurks beneath, and looks fantastic in clothes, but Skinny Fat is nevertheless not a pretty sight in the later years. The older Skinny fat people love to brag about how they have maintained that perfect weight chart number all their years, while their audience, looks and listens worriedly, at the skeletal remains that will inevitably be their fate one day. The fact is Skinny Fat backfires when you get old. The day I realized Skinny Fat self had betrayed me, was the day I was all dressed up for my son's wedding. Having worked hard, dieting, with a healthy lemonade fast , to get into my tiny size small dress, which had no stretch, I felt proud having acheived my perfect number, which was 128 for my 5'4 height. I felt I was being reasonable chosing that approved number, being there were smaller numbers I could have chosen. I had weighed all the past numbers I had acheived, to imagine a now "healthier me. Reflecting back on my previous perfect numbers, when I was 20 and weighed 106, I knew that looked terrible, and my pre-baby weight perfect number of 119, I figured was good for then, buta little too unreasonable now, for my 50's. So here I was feeling ready to impress for the day, until my cousin sees me and says, "You look terrible! You're too skinny". I was not only upset by the timing of his concerned comment, but puzzled as to how he could even see "terrible"! Several months later, I captured glimpes here and there in the mirror, of myself, in certain lighting or certain angles, which showed me what he was seeing, and he was right! That so called perfect number made me look old! Fortunately I was a good year into applying some of Ray Peat's science, removing PUFA's, but I could not get my head around the sugar consumption. Now that i was Skinny Fat, I decided that I needed to gain muscle and started RE-READING Ray's science on the subject, and suddenly the phrase i had read, and heard, many times before about "sugar spares muscle" finally made sense! So I put my mind to it, and told my husband that I was gonna put on 15 pounds, swapping out fat for muscle. Knowing the numbers on the scale were gonna be scary, I just didn't look at them, and added in all that Ray Peat sugar, and what a surprise! Not only did I put on 20 pounds, but I still fit into all my same clothes! I looked strong and young again! My snakey jiggle legs were thick and firm again, and even better than when I was younger and Skinny Fat! I get it now, that when you eat protein alone your body is gonna fight for it's fair share of it, converting some into sugar for energy. The more effective approach to building muscle is to provide your body with sugar first, for the energy it needs, which keeps the dogs happy when you go in and feed the muscles.
Fast forward a year, and many starch splurges later, my girlfriend and I were talking about losing some weight, I suggested the Ray Peat way, with losing fat instead. She was doubtful all that sugar would work for anyone and went her usual path of low carb, zero sugar and intermittent fasting, never to have lost more than a couple of pounds in the past, just to quickly put it back on again. Falling on deaf ears I decided to appeal to her eyes and put on my romper, which was 2 inches from buttoning and sent her the pick. I told her my route would be the Ray Peat "sugar sparing muscle" science, with no starches, high protein and high fruit with some sugar for good measure. When all was said and done I lost no weight and neither did she, but the difference was I fit into my romper! I lost volume! I sent her my pic proof that Ray Peat is right AGAIN! Needless to say she was amazed and puzzled. She could not understand how I was looking like I did in a size small, while she is the same height and build as me, and only 10 pounds heavier in an extra large, so I also sent her a pic with a scale of what 5 pounds of fat looks like compared to 5 pounds of muscle. It speaked volumes to the FACT that FAT is the PROBLEM, NOT POUNDS and that you really are what you eat!
ATTACHED is a photo of two of me, one in rlthecsixmze small m romper weighing 132 from "healthy fasting" with the Lemonade Diet, and the other weighing 152 from "Ray Peating" with lots of protein, fruit AND sugar. I also attached a photo of the volume difference between fat and muscle, and a weight chart from the good old days. Oh no, according to the chart i am obese!
Just like the ill conceived original food pyramid, the weight chart is another "guide" that caused more unnecessary stress and unhealthy "Skinny Fat" people. In case you never heard of the term, they are the ones you look at and say, "Eat a burger already!" The Skinny Fat are the unlucky winners that hit their perfect numbers on the scale, but unfortunately are mostly comprised of fat, without a muscle to be seen. It is another "one size fits all" invention that has also backfired. It gained traction because doctors endorsed it, and those who wanted to prove they cared about their health jumped through the hoops. Going to the doctor for any issue, brought on such stress from the scale, because that number is gonna tell if you've been naughty or nice. Unfortunately that perfect number does not accurately represent what that number is CREATED WITH and COMPOSED OF. Considering that fat is much more volumous than muscle the weight chart ended up praising the "Skinny Fat" and overlook the strong.
"Skinny Fat" is admired in younger years, with their thick supple skin hiding what lurks beneath, and looks fantastic in clothes, but Skinny Fat is nevertheless not a pretty sight in the later years. The older Skinny fat people love to brag about how they have maintained that perfect weight chart number all their years, while their audience, looks and listens worriedly, at the skeletal remains that will inevitably be their fate one day. The fact is Skinny Fat backfires when you get old. The day I realized Skinny Fat self had betrayed me, was the day I was all dressed up for my son's wedding. Having worked hard, dieting, with a healthy lemonade fast , to get into my tiny size small dress, which had no stretch, I felt proud having acheived my perfect number, which was 128 for my 5'4 height. I felt I was being reasonable chosing that approved number, being there were smaller numbers I could have chosen. I had weighed all the past numbers I had acheived, to imagine a now "healthier me. Reflecting back on my previous perfect numbers, when I was 20 and weighed 106, I knew that looked terrible, and my pre-baby weight perfect number of 119, I figured was good for then, buta little too unreasonable now, for my 50's. So here I was feeling ready to impress for the day, until my cousin sees me and says, "You look terrible! You're too skinny". I was not only upset by the timing of his concerned comment, but puzzled as to how he could even see "terrible"! Several months later, I captured glimpes here and there in the mirror, of myself, in certain lighting or certain angles, which showed me what he was seeing, and he was right! That so called perfect number made me look old! Fortunately I was a good year into applying some of Ray Peat's science, removing PUFA's, but I could not get my head around the sugar consumption. Now that i was Skinny Fat, I decided that I needed to gain muscle and started RE-READING Ray's science on the subject, and suddenly the phrase i had read, and heard, many times before about "sugar spares muscle" finally made sense! So I put my mind to it, and told my husband that I was gonna put on 15 pounds, swapping out fat for muscle. Knowing the numbers on the scale were gonna be scary, I just didn't look at them, and added in all that Ray Peat sugar, and what a surprise! Not only did I put on 20 pounds, but I still fit into all my same clothes! I looked strong and young again! My snakey jiggle legs were thick and firm again, and even better than when I was younger and Skinny Fat! I get it now, that when you eat protein alone your body is gonna fight for it's fair share of it, converting some into sugar for energy. The more effective approach to building muscle is to provide your body with sugar first, for the energy it needs, which keeps the dogs happy when you go in and feed the muscles.
Fast forward a year, and many starch splurges later, my girlfriend and I were talking about losing some weight, I suggested the Ray Peat way, with losing fat instead. She was doubtful all that sugar would work for anyone and went her usual path of low carb, zero sugar and intermittent fasting, never to have lost more than a couple of pounds in the past, just to quickly put it back on again. Falling on deaf ears I decided to appeal to her eyes and put on my romper, which was 2 inches from buttoning and sent her the pick. I told her my route would be the Ray Peat "sugar sparing muscle" science, with no starches, high protein and high fruit with some sugar for good measure. When all was said and done I lost no weight and neither did she, but the difference was I fit into my romper! I lost volume! I sent her my pic proof that Ray Peat is right AGAIN! Needless to say she was amazed and puzzled. She could not understand how I was looking like I did in a size small, while she is the same height and build as me, and only 10 pounds heavier in an extra large, so I also sent her a pic with a scale of what 5 pounds of fat looks like compared to 5 pounds of muscle. It speaked volumes to the FACT that FAT is the PROBLEM, NOT POUNDS and that you really are what you eat!
ATTACHED is a photo of two of me, one in rlthecsixmze small m romper weighing 132 from "healthy fasting" with the Lemonade Diet, and the other weighing 152 from "Ray Peating" with lots of protein, fruit AND sugar. I also attached a photo of the volume difference between fat and muscle, and a weight chart from the good old days. Oh no, according to the chart i am obese!
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