Quote (Stealth @ Mar 19 2013 07:26pm)
Its been all about me. I would appreciate it if you could answer a question for my cancer surviving mother
50 Years old
5'7"
160lbs
30% bf guess based on some dumb digital scale
She just conquered breast cancer and wants to lose all this weight! She signed up for a half marathon in October and needs to train properly for that. She used to run marathons so knows how to do it. Her back has had a few cortisone injections and her knees arent what they used to be but she is driven.
Her current workout consists of this:
100 crunches 6 days a week
25 push ups
20 minutes on the elliptical
Our family eats very healthy for the most part. I am on some of your diets to give you an idea :)
She uses my fitness pal to keep track of cal intake but is not sure of cal output. I told her that her current workout is probably only maintaining at best (as a guess).
She has been doing this for 5-6 weeks and has not lost a pound.
She is a chef and can whip up anything she needs. So in case theres just recipes somewhere that are good ideas so you dont have to type out 1001 things
She takes:
2000 mg fish oil
Vitamin E generic size pill (1-2)
Centrum Silver for women over 50
And its important to note that she takes Tamoxifin as a result of the breast cancer. It acts as an estrogen and progesterone blocker. She has to continue taking this. The doctor, who is not a nutritionist said you could eat crackers and water and gain weight with this. Not sure to the validity of that.
We would very much appreciate it if you could whip up a sure fire weight loss/half marathon training and or diet program for a 50 year old woman trying to get it back.
Thank you! Thank you!
Hello there!
I would be very glad to help your mother achieve her goals and stay health.
Before we go any further, I would like to mention a few things:
1. Keto Diets have been shown to greatly reduce the onset of recurring cancer in patients.
2. Antioxidants, particularly Vitamin C, as well as other vitamins such as d-3, have been shown to greatly reduce repeat cancer risk.
3. Greatly increasing water intake (somewhere in the area of 1 gal per day for a woman of her size), has also been shown to greatly reduce repeat cancer risk.
4. An herb called Maca has been shown to greatly increase fat loss as well as improve mood and overall sense of well-being in female breast cancer patients (including those on Tomaxafin)
That being said, I can assure you that if you mother is interested and willing to try Keto, as well as interested in a new exercise plan, and trying different supplements, she will dramatically lose weight, feel a LOT better, and ultimately be a lot healthier and greatly reduce the risk of any further cancer from showing up.
Before I develop a plan for her, please ask if she would be willing to do the above - especially the keto part (0 carbs 13 days in a row, followed by a carb day on the 14th day, then 6 days of 0 carbs, and a 7th day of carbs, repeating over and over)