Bowflex TreadClimber TC5000 - Manual (Page 61)

58 Bowflex ® TreadClimber ® Owner’s Manual
Body Leanness Program
Questions & Answers
Q. I often get headaches when I eat only 1000
calories a day. What should I do?
A. Your headaches may be caused by going
longer than three hours between meals or
snacks. Try spacing your meals and snacks
where there are fewer hours between them.
Some people who are used to drinking
regular coffee with caffeine notice headaches
when they stop consuming coffee for several
days. If this is the case with you, you might
want to ease off the coffee more gradually.
Q. I don’t like red meat. I notice that the Lean
Cuisine ® Lasagna with Meat Sauce contains
beef. What can I substitute for it?
A. Lean Cuisine ® has many other frozen dinners
that you may substitute for Lasagna with Meat
Sauce. Try to find one that contains the same
calories, with approximately 15 to 20 percent
of the calories coming from fat. Some of the
Lean Cuisine ® dinners actually have too little
fat for my nutritional requirements.
Q. May I have dinner for lunch and lunch
for dinner?
A. Yes.
Q. I tend to get a headache when I drink cold
water. Can I drink water without it being
chilled?
A. Yes, but you won’t get the 123 calories or
more thermogenic effect from warming the cold
water to core body temperature. Try a more
gradual drinking of the cold water. You may
have been consuming it too quickly.
Q. Is it possible to drink too much water?
A. Certainly. To do so, however, you’d probably
have to drink four or five times as much per
day as I’m recommending. There are a few
ailments that can be negatively affected by
large amounts of fluid. If you feel you have
a problem, check with your doctor before
starting the program.
Q. Is bottled water better than tap water?
A. Research shows that bottled water is not
always higher quality water than tap water.
The decision to drink bottled water or not is
usually one of taste. If you dislike the taste of
your tap water, then drink your favorite bottled
water. But first you might want to try a twist of
lemon or lime added to the water from your
tap. Some people say it makes a significant
difference in the taste.
Q. I’m a middle-aged woman who gets black and
blue marks on my legs when I diet. Am I doing
anything wrong?
A. I doubt you are doing anything wrong. Such
black and blue marks are usually the result of
an increased level of estrogen circulating in
your body, which weakens the walls of the
capillaries and causes them to break under
the slightest pressure. When this happens,
blood escapes and a bruise occurs. Estrogen
is broken down in the liver, and so is fat.
When you are dieting, your liver breaks down
the fat, leaving a lot more estrogen in the
bloodstream.
It may be helpful to supplement your diet
with a little extra vitamin C each day to help
toughen the walls of the capillaries.