Bowflex XTL - Manual (Page 74)

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-age 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.
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