Acai berries - balls or brilliant?

[Andrew_Culture]

My wife has clicked one of the thousands of Acai berry adverts that little the web and is now interested in giving Acai supplements a whirl to assist weightloss. Her diet is already very healthy and when she's not rearing my offspring she does an active job (she's a horticulturalist).

Any thoughts? And be honest!

 

[lulubel]

The only pounds they'll help her lose are the ones in the bank account.

It's a fad.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

The only pounds they'll help her lose are the ones in the bank account.

It's a fad.

This 200% All of this crap comes with a warning printed on the label "When taken in conjunction with healthy diet and exercise" or something like that. There is reason for this.

Is her diet anything like yours was?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Her diet is slightly different, probably something like :

Breakfast - porridge, banana and toast
Lunch - fruit and a cheese sarnie
Dinner - home cooked meal, often pasta

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Not many calories there for someone in an active job

 

[Red Light]

Wot 'e said. You can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones they're after.

 

[Nihal]

Berries,pills,etc all are crap
The only thing thats gonaa help anyone reduce those pounds is good old Exercise

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Berries,pills,etc all are crap
The only thing thats gonaa help anyone reduce those pounds is good old Exercise

Sorry but this isn't true. You can't exercise off the effects of a terrible diet. Get the diet right to fuel the exercise and recovery - the rest will follow.

 

[Nihal]

Sorry but this isn't true. You can't exercise off the effects of a terrible diet. Get the diet right to fuel the exercise and recovery - the rest will follow.

Agreed,but what i meant was Only exercise(the diet part is obvious,you cant eat two cheese burgers for every workout and say youre reducing weight) can help you reduce weight NOT berries or pills

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Agreed,but what i meant was Only exercise(the diet part is obvious,you cant eat two cheese burgers for every workout and say youre reducing weight) can help you reduce weight NOT berries or pills

It's always worth mentioning as it's isn't always blatantly obvious.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Thanks all, my wife has translated this info into a need to increase cake consumption.

She has started tracking walks with Endomondo, it's a shame Endomondo doesn't have a 'parenting an active toddler' setting

 

[Nihal]

It's always worth mentioning as it's isn't always blatantly obvious.

 

[thefollen]

I dropped around 2.5st around 3 years ago and the diet was an integral part. This was before I got into cycling. Ultimately it was all pretty simple.

My exercise routine consisted of 3 x 1 hour session of cardio per week [10mins rowing (approx 2200-2300m), 30mins treadmill run (6k), 20mins cross trainer 2min intervals between resistance/incline 8-8 and 10-10 keeping the steps per minute above 180].

Diet cut down to two weetabix w/skimmed milk breakfast; sandwich, fruit item & kit kat (2 finger) lunch; dinner- protein item with brown rice and veg. Oh yes, reduced the beers intake lots too.

I'm sure nutritionalists would have a field day on this one- didn't consult any books or other materials, simply did what felt right. I was amazed how the body could perform so effectively on what I considered a relatively small amount of energy input.

Might not work for everyone, but I dropped the weight in under 2 months. Diet's a bit different these days as I do more weight training and enjoy my indulgences. Still, very active and have more or less stayed a similar weight for 3 years.

Sorry for the long-winded post, but would say that if they're overly expensive, there's no real need for acai berries :-)

 

[Nihal]

THere me go,he said it all,with an extensive report too

thefolleno you think,after cutting the rowing part,can the diet be followed to drop a few pounds

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Sorry for the long-winded post, but would say that if they're overly expensive, there's no real need for acai berries :-)

Cheers for the long post! I was much the same, I dropped 20lb in a couple of months to get rid of the worst of the flubber, now I partly cycle so I CAN drink beer and eat cheese