#countyourmacros

[ketokitchen247]

Amazing transformation 📷 leidefit🐛🦋 . There are those who complain about the unforeseen events that occur in our lives. They just want the flowers without going through the winter. But they forget that it is precisely in this period that they are cultivated to succeed in blossoming magnificently as God's response to our prayers. But the truth is that the beauty of life lies precisely in the fact that there can always be changes. . You can transform yourself You can become who you want to be. You control your life, nobody else. Get started now 💪 💪 💪 . . ❓If you don’t know how to start ketodiet properly or do you want to lose possibly 5-10 lbs in the first week alone with keto ??👉Join ""Custom Keto Diet"". ➡️ 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢 @ketokitchen247 . Totally assured with refund policy if you are not satisfied.⁣ . Follow ❤️ @ketokitchen247 for more awesome motivational posts every day!. . . . . . . #lossweightfast #fitterme #faddiet #60dayfatlossrevolution #poundsdown #countyourmacros #fittofattofit #vlcdiet #myfatlossjourney #lods #wetight #weightoss #weightliss #weghtloss #weightloos #weigth #8weektransformation #transformationpic #fitnotfat #goalweight #loseit #nutritionplans #weightjourney #biggestloser #weighdayresults #weightlosstruggle #weightlossjourneyuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ6c1adFqvb/?utm_medium=tumblr

[eatsleepmovecreate]

Ahhh the pomegranate....so delightful but so difficult to eat! There are so many reasons to take the time to scoop those seeds! Poms get their red color from polyphenols which are powerful antioxidants! Antioxidants help remove free radicals, protect your cells, and reduce inflammation! Bonus. Poms are rich with vitamin c, like super rich! Poms can also help with digestion and Arthritis. And.....research shows if exercise is your thang, Poms can help decrease oxidative damage caused by exercise reduce soreness, and improve strength recovery! So grab a pomegranate and scoop those seeds! #macros #macrosmatter #macromissionary #healthyeating #countyourmacros #fitmomofmarshfield #fitmom (at Marshfield, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/COuuXXnLUXc/?igshid=5lo64ettd7e1

[olivialadyangler]

Breakfast has most certainly become my favorite meal of the day!!!! #realfood #healthy #countyourmacros https://www.instagram.com/p/B-CbiEIjRXq/?igshid=18zl2m7vpkmvn

[srichard22-blog]

So, I was a bit apprehensive about this. #cassavaflour #pizza #glutenfree homemade#fiordilatte #bio #greenonions #himalayansalt black pepper from #madagascar #ricottacheese #champignonsdeparis #basilique #makeyourownpizzacrust #goodforyourgut #goodforyourpalette #countyourmacros #iifym #mondayinspirationalquote (at Mauritius) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZEsRuBsYR/?igshid=71vvzmczsr7q

[annakarizza-blog1]

A Cluster Analysis of 3 Reasons You Shouldn't Use Cheat Meals: People Should be Able to Eat What They Please but With Moderation

https://www.liftlearngrow.com/blog-page/3-reasons-you-shouldnt-use-cheat-meals

Introduction

The Author talks about how using “cheat meals” isn’t healthy and why it is bad for you.  The Author gives three reasons why “cheat meals” are a bad idea and why people use “cheat meals.”  Using “cheat meals” encourage binge eating and excessive consumption, they create and reinforce the idea of of “good” and “bad” food, and they are often high in fat and ineffective at raising leptin levels.

Description of Artifact and Context

The Author started out with a quote by Maria Konnikova, a NY Times best-seller and psychology Ph.D from Columbia University.  The quote says, “When we cheat, we have a tendency to rationalize the behavior.  We can’t change the past, so we change our attitude and justify our actions.  But that adjustment, while it may make us feel better, also makes us more likely to cheat again: we cheat, we rationalize it, we accept it, and we cheat once more.”  The quote can be about a lot of other things but the Author used it about food.  “Cheat meals” can be too much and can be a bad thing if one doesn't have self-control.  The Author proceeds by explaining what a “cheat meal” is.  Per the Author the idea behind a “cheat meal” is to stick to your diet during the week then towards the weekend (or when you please) you eat a cheat meal so that you can prevent your body from entering the “starvation mode” by resetting your metabolism to give you a mental reprieve.  The Author explains that the “cheat meal” is a meal where you can eat whatever you please whether that be a pizza, doughnut, ice cream, etc... as opposed to eating your usual bland “clean” diet that you have been eating during the week.  The Author says that the story usually goes that, “By doing this everything will be glorious and you'll be “ripped” in no time,” but that that’s not the case.  The Author makes another example that, “if it sounds good to be true then it probably is?”  The author then continues to say, “This is one of those times.”  The Author then continues on why “cheat meals” are a bad idea.  He explains that that not only “cheat meals” usually lead to over-eating which is an excessive calorie surplus, which will undo all of your hard work, but “starvation mode” for the average gym goer is a myth.  He explains that it isn't that “starvation mode” isn't a real thing, it is.  However, being anywhere close to “starvation mode” you would have to eat less than the body requires to function for a long period of time, which would most likely take weeks or months.  He explains that research shows that after fasting for 60 hours ones resting metabolic rate (RMR) is reduced by only 8%.  Fasting is when one does not consume anything to eat.  He then analyzes it even further where after not eating anything for 60 hours ones RMR is only decrease by 8% then skipping or missing a meal or fasting for a day will not put one anywhere near “starvation mode.”  He explains that in fact research shows that short-term fasting which can be by 36-48 hours can increase the metabolic 3.6-10%.  The Author then jumps into why people use “cheat meals.”  He explains this by using the word leptin.  Leptin is a hormone produced by fat cells in your body to control metabolism and hunger.  Leptin’s role is to regulate energy balance and prevent you from either starving or over-eating.  He then explains that when you eat in a caloric deficit and your body fat levels decrease, your leptin also decreases.  This causes to reduce your resting metabolic rate and decreases your hunger which is why one always feels extremely hungry when trying to diet down to low body fat levels.  “Cheat meals” can be a great way to restore leptin levels,  reduce hunger, and raise your resting metabolic rate.  

Although, while all those makes it seem like “cheat meals” can be a great idea “cheat meals” are still harmful to ones well-being and is not the best way to raise your leptin levels and he then provides his 3 reasons why “cheat meals” are a bad idea.  The first reason is that “cheat meals” encourage binge eating and excessive consumption.  He provides another quote that says “There is the phenomenon in the fitness industry that to be successful at dieting you must be miserable, to each your goals you have to struggle and to lose weight you can't have a social life.”  He backs up his arguments by this quote that you don't need to miserable  trying to be healthy.  He continues on by saying that this is what is normal for others which makes sense as to why ones diet is structured around a restrictive and often bland diet during the week with a weekly cheat meal that they depend on to keep them sane and on track.  The issue that this causes is that comes the weekend and “cheat meals” turns into a full on binge. He then explains that this isn't surprising because comes the weekend and you see or smell food that you have been restricting all week one will more likely overindulge than someone who eats a balanced diet including foods one actually enjoys to eat.  He says that this is the reason why we find ourselves in the routine of being “good” during the week and then throwing caution to the wine at the weekend because one feels like they deserve a treat then you will wind up staring at an empty pizza box, sweets and chocolates wondering how you wound up here.  The second reason is “cheat meals” create and reinforce the idea of “good” and bad” food.  He explains that “cheat meals” contribute to why the mentality of “good” and “bad” food which then often leads unhealthy, unproductive and unnecessary eating habits that cause us to eat and have unbelievable cravings.  When in fact no food should be labeled “good” or “bad.”  People see foods like ice cream, pizza, burgers, and crisps as “bad” food and that is because these foods are high in fat, sugar, and low in vitamins and minerals.  Not all foods are meant to be low calorie but he blames the food die/fitness industry for portraying that foods that don't have a low calorie or high level of vitamins and minerals are considered “bad.”  This concept often leads people to a restrictive eating, guilty feelings, and self-loathing.  He explains that this is why people often feel the way they feel after a “cheat meal” or indulging over unhealthy foods and people feel the need to make top for it the next day until they feel better.  This causes people to eat small portions or fast.  The truth of it is if people were to include the foods they love in moderation by using portions of daily calorie intakes to account for them they wouldn't need to do such restrictive diets.  Which then would lead you to no longer lose control and eat unreasonably.  The third and last reason is “cheat meals” are often high in fat and ineffective t raising leptin levels.  He explains why this matters and that is being when it comes to raising leptin levels research shows that eating too much carbohydrates is superior and that eating too much fats does not affect leptin levels whatsoever.  Also, research shows that overeating carbohydrates results in increased energy for over 24 hours whereas fats don't.  Lastly, research shows that either carbohydrates or fats and fasting on leptin levels which resulted and found that the leptin response was higher after foods high in carbohydrates compared to meals with high fats or fasting.  In addition, the body gets rid of carbohydrates faster than fats and uses carbohydrates over fats as its primary energy source which is why “cheat meals” are no good.  

The Cluster Method

The Cluster Method is another method introduced by Kenneth Burke.  The Cluster method is used to identify how the rhetor’s words are intended and how the audience understands it.  The Cluster method is used to analyze the rhetor’s article, photo, poem, etc... by first identifying the key terms used and then finding the words that cluster the Ley terms to be able to understand the rhetor’s intent.  

Analysis

In the article the Author uses the words “cheat meals,” “starvation mode,” and “leptin” as his key terms.  He focused his article based on these to explain and make the audience understand the point he is trying to make.  He uses words like “detrimental,” “good” and “bad” foods, “indulge,” “overeating,” “fasting,” “missing a meal,” or “starving” as clusters to describe his key terms.  We use the cluster method to analyze and break apart the clusters to try and understand the author’s point of view.  The Author uses “cheat meals” as a key term throughout the article to explain that “cheat meals” re not good for you.  “Cheat meals” encourage binge eating and excessive consumption, they create and reinforce of “good” and “bad” food, and are often high in fats and ineffective at raising leptin levels.  He uses the words “detrimental,” “good” and “bad” foods, “indulging” as clusters to describe the what “cheat meals” does and causes you to do.  “Cheat meals” causes us to think of foods and separate foods as “good” or “bad.”  Foods should not be labeled “good” or “bad” there are no such things as “good” or “bad” foods.  Foods nutrients might fluctuate when it comes to how much protein, carbohydrates, fats, sugars, sodiums, etc... but the diet/fitness industry has made it where people label foods this way when in fact foods vary and have different nutrients.  The Author also used “starvation mode” as a key term and used “fasting” or”missing meal” as clusters to describe it’s key term.  Here the Author use “starvation mode” to make his audience understand that it is impossible to reach “starvation mode” and one must eat less than the body requires for a period of time most likely weeks or months.  He uses the words “fasting” or “missing a meal” here and there will not cause you to hit “starvation mode.”  The other key term is “leptin” and he uses this word to make the audience understand what “leptin” is and what it does to you.  “Leptin” is a hormone produced by fat cells in the body to control metabolism and hunger.  The Author uses the words starving or overeating to make the audience understand that “leptin’s” role is to regulate energy balance and prevent you from starving or overeating.  

Conclusion

In conclusion, the Author wanted the audience to understand that cheat meals is not the answer to eating healthy and staying sane.  Cheat meals won't help you in the long run and will only encourage you to binge eat and excessive eating, creating and reinforcing the idea of good and bad food, and high in fat and ineffective at raising leptin levels.  Cheat meals isn't the answer.  The answer is eating in moderation meaning that counting your macronutrients and being able to eat what you please.  The author is saying that so long as you count your macronutrients such as how much protein, fats, carbohydrates, sugar, etc... you can track what you eat and can do it moderately where you don't end up binge eating, indulging too much, fasting, missing a meal, or starving yourself.  You can eat what you please and even eat the cake as long as you do it moderately.  

Citation 

https://weheartit.com/boss_babe/collections/108153988-cheat-meal

https://weheartit.com/margolyon/collections/147172015-cheat-meal

https://www.seedtosole.com/blog/2017/2/fast-food-cheat-meal-pineapple-ginger-chickn-stir-fry

https://www.trifectanutrition.com/blog/best-cheat-meals-cutting

https://www.pinterest.com/alphamalebp/cheat-meals/

https://www.pinterest.com/alphamalebp/cheat-meals/

https://www.pinterest.com/alphamalebp/cheat-meals/

[heroandlegend]

Pre-Workout Keto Snack #HeroAndLegend #MartyCP #MarcoMartinez #ChickenSalad #FoodScale #Keto #WeighYourFood #CountYourMacros #Workout #KetoJourney #MyWifeTheKetoCook #EatFatLoseFat #KetoLifestyle #TimeToChange #HomemadeIsTheWayToGo #Fitness

[hippyliftingmermaid-blog]

Sweet Potato Hash Egg Cups 8g protein, 6g of fat, 4g carbs

[jaymaslar]

Enjoying the hell out of my new-to-me cast iron pan. 1 lb steak, pan seared on each side for 90 seconds, then baked at 275 degrees for 18-20 minutes. Oh, and it was pan seared in beef fat from making bone broth soup last weekend! #fromthekitchen # . . . . . #castironskillet #skillet #steak #castironsteak #cooking #food #foodie #keto #ketogenic #ketodiet #beefitswhatsfordinner #fuckthatsdelicious #heathy #countyourmacros #🐄 #healthyasfuck

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[ketokitchen247]

Amazing transformation 📷 leidefit🐛🦋 . There are those who complain about the unforeseen events that occur in our lives. They just want the flowers without going through the winter. But they forget that it is precisely in this period that they are cultivated to succeed in blossoming magnificently as God's response to our prayers. But the truth is that the beauty of life lies precisely in the fact that there can always be changes. . You can transform yourself You can become who you want to be. You control your life, nobody else. Get started now 💪 💪 💪 . . ❓If you don’t know how to start ketodiet properly or do you want to lose possibly 5-10 lbs in the first week alone with keto ??👉Join ""Custom Keto Diet"". ➡️ 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢 @ketokitchen247 . Totally assured with refund policy if you are not satisfied.⁣ . Follow ❤️ @ketokitchen247 for more awesome motivational posts every day!. . . . . . 📸 kadietamulonis . #lossweightfast #fitterme #faddiet #60dayfatlossrevolution #poundsdown #countyourmacros #fittofattofit #vlcdiet #myfatlossjourney #lods #wetight #weightoss #weightliss #weghtloss #weightloos #weigth #8weektransformation #transformationpic #fitnotfat #goalweight #loseit #nutritionplans #weightjourney #biggestloser #weighdayresults #weightlosstruggle #weightlossjourneyuk (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQl0000l7TX/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ketokitchen247]

Face to face Friday!!!!!! I took the selfie on the left feeling myself and super happy about starting my journey last year (it taken around February of 2019)! Still as happy today 🤣🥳 - If you don't know how to start keto properly or do you want to lose possibly 5-10 lbs in the first week alone with keto? Then sign up now for "CUSTOM KETO DIET" to start your own keto journey and lose weight from now on and in the long-term. ➡️ LINK IN BIO @ketokitchen247 ⬅️ . . . 📷 @getfitwithcabi #lossweightfast #fitterme #faddiet #60dayfatlossrevolution #poundsdown #countyourmacros #fittofattofit #vlcdiet #myfatlossjourney #lods #wetight #weightoss #weightliss #weghtloss #weightloos #weigth #8weektransformation #transformationpic #fitnotfat #goalweight #loseit #nutritionplans #weightjourney #biggestloser #weighdayresults #weightlosstruggle #weightlossjourneyuk (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbiZj7ALN5/?utm_medium=tumblr