Well, technically, it has been a week since my first blog post, and I've lost a pound! Sure, there was a little bit of a spike in the middle, but, being the scientist I am, I'm going to go with "net weight loss"... so, I started off at 202.6, and tonight I weighed in at 201.4! So 1 pound down, 11 more to go!
I'm still working on a recipe to share with everyone, so I guess I will save that for the next pound. My weight loss tip for this pound is going to be about the importance of exercise. Insulin is usually used after a meal to stimulate cell metabolism (ie. what normal people just call metabolism)... its basically the breaking down of what we eat to use it as fuel. This is done by inserting a special molecule that helps facilitate the glucose (the food) to move into the cell. However, exercise is the only thing that also can do this, but without insulin. So, when you exercise, you are promoting cell metabolism, and therefore are burning calories! Also, exercise is what exercise scientists call a "post-absorbtive state", which means you aren't circulating glucose immediately from a meal... therefore, your body has to make glucose from things such as fat! And thats when you lose fat and get skinny!
If that all confused you and you want a better explanation, let me know. Honestly, I would have had something prepared if I had remembered that I had started last Wednesday (well, now I know that Wednesdays will mark my weeks!)... maybe I'll give you something to make up for the not-so-stellarness of this one later in the week.
Tonight's weight: 201.4
Total weight loss to date: 1.2 lbs.
Huge physiology test tomorrow morning, so heading to bed now!
-Austin
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