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I must admit that I was somewhat of a sceptic when it came to this diet thing but based on reports and on what little I've managed to see of the team in the off season, it seems to be working, even with our promising young guns ~

Top draftees shedding not gaining kilos

Roos said Petracca, who has a powerful frame for a youngster, was around the 93 kilogram mark when he started at Melbourne and would be about 90 kilograms now. Roos envisaged that Petracca's eventual playing weight would be in the 88-90 kilogram range.

[NOTE: We shouldn't forget that at the end of 2013 Petracca was nudging close to the 100kg mark before putting himself on a diet to enhance his draft prospects.]

Roos said Brayshaw had "probably gone from 88 (kilograms) to 84."

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I think the player who has changed body shape most is Jimmy Toumpas. I really struggled to work out who he was at training this week....much trimmer and lean. I would be interested to know what his weight is today compared to draft day for him.

If it has these sort of results, the good wife may insist on a similar diet for me ...

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I think the player who has changed body shape most is Jimmy Toumpas. I really struggled to work out who he was at training this week....much trimmer and lean. I would be interested to know what his weight is today compared to draft day for him.

If it has these sort of results, the good wife may insist on a similar diet for me ...

I am just thinking of my feeble attempt at the diet, as I chomp on a piece of rocky road. Is rocky road ok on the Paleo diet?
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I must admit that I was somewhat of a sceptic when it came to this diet thing but based on reports and on what little I've managed to see of the team in the off season, it seems to be working, even with our promising young guns ~Top draftees shedding not gaining kilos

[NOTE: We shouldn't forget that at the end of 2013 Petracca was nudging close to the 100kg mark before putting himself on a diet to enhance his draft prospects.]

You and me both mate but after trying it out for myself I can say that I am impressed and it really does make sense. You don't have to be a Nazi about it but eating more vegies meat fruit and eggs and less rice pasta and bread (and sugar) is certainly preferable.

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I really hope that dropping the weight does not mean being weaker, i do not know the inner working of muscle tissue and fats and so forth, so i am having difficulty seeing the advantage of losing weight if it isn't being turned to muscle, but i have also heard muscle weighs more than fat, so to me it doesn't make sense, i just hope we are not getting weaker by slimming down.

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I really hope that dropping the weight does not mean being weaker, i do not know the inner working of muscle tissue and fats and so forth, so i am having difficulty seeing the advantage of losing weight if it isn't being turned to muscle, but i have also heard muscle weighs more than fat, so to me it doesn't make sense, i just hope we are not getting weaker by slimming down.

http://info.extremebodyshaping.com/bid/58365/Muscle-Weighs-More-Than-Fat-By-Volume-Fitness-Fact-6

http://www.lifeway.com/Article/muscle-weighs-more-than-fat

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Ok so fat and muscle weight the same but 1 kg of fat is a larger mass than muscle, but the same worry still applies as the players are losing weight. Why would they have this much flab in the first place if they get tested for such things all the time?

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I'm not a dietician and I regard Maccas as good nutritional tucker but I'm wondering if this paleo thing is behind the team's fade outs after half time?

My suggestion is that we feed them pasta all week and see what happens.

Was this a thought to you after we played Gold Coast aswell?
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I'm not a dietician and I regard Maccas as good nutritional tucker but I'm wondering if this paleo thing is behind the team's fade outs after half time?

My suggestion is that we feed them pasta all week and see what happens.

Clutching at straws methinks... it was just a case of the team having a collective brain fade in the second half and then panicking once they woke up to the fact they were being overrun.

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I had heard that they moved away from that diet. It's a 2nd had source so not sure about the truth of it.

Maybe it's not the diet, but rather that 2nd hand source that made them NQR...?!

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I used to run back in the days when carbo loading was the buzz and while I have no scientific knowledge of how these things worked, I always felt better when running after a pasta meal.

It's probably clutching at straws to blame the diet but they certainly looked listless in the second half on Saturday and likewise in the second half of the NAB Challenge against the Doggies so perhaps it might work psychologically for there to be a brief change in the diet. Could we do worse?

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Google glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. You don't need to literally consume glucose to fuel your brain.

I wonder who, in this thread, actually has any serious qualifications (other than Dr Google) to discuss this stuff. Not that lack of expertise stops us discussing many things!

With all due respect to all D'Landers, I would hate anyone to take dietary advice from postings on this board.

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I used to run back in the days when carbo loading was the buzz and while I have no scientific knowledge of how these things worked, I always felt better when running after a pasta meal.

It's probably clutching at straws to blame the diet but they certainly looked listless in the second half on Saturday and likewise in the second half of the NAB Challenge against the Doggies so perhaps it might work psychologically for there to be a brief change in the diet. Could we do worse?

I do a bit of running myself, and I've always found that a pasta meal is just about the worst thing I can eat after a long run. I guess that just shows how important it is to listen to your own body when it comes to health and fitness. Edited by Chook
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I had heard that they moved away from that diet. It's a 2nd had source so not sure about the truth of it.

Maybe 'TDI' could ask at training this week.

Wouldn't surprise me if that were an off-season diet. Allowing them to bulk up and slim down, but then moving to the carbs and extra energy during the season.

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I used to run back in the days when carbo loading was the buzz and while I have no scientific knowledge of how these things worked, I always felt better when running after a pasta meal.

They still do carbo loading the day of a match.

(I believe ...)

The problem on Saturday wasn't what's going on below the neck, but above it.

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Wouldn't surprise me if that were an off-season diet. Allowing them to bulk up and slim down, but then moving to the carbs and extra energy during the season.

They still do carbo loading the day of a match.

(I believe ...)

The problem on Saturday wasn't what's going on below the neck, but above it.

Did hear in preseason that they had ditched the diet, anyway would be interested if true or not. This came supposedly from someone close to MFC but from a supporter of EFC so maybe he couldn't find the records.

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