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| Weight Loss | Anyone else gain a few pounds after drinking beer the night before? | Apr 23 2009 21:21 (UTC) |
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This past Super Bowl I woke up that morning at 171 and went to bed at 178. Big time beer drinking. It took four days to get back to 171 and I still lost weight that week.
I'm not encouraging drinking, but that's the way it is.
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| Weight Loss | he calls me dumpy n chunky :0( | Apr 23 2009 21:15 (UTC) |
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Original Post by raychelc: If you read nutbox's posts, we all know she won't leave him. She'll probably move in with him and it's so sad nutbox can't see what's going on. That's a challenge to you nutbox to do the right thing. There is no rule that says you have to move in with him right now. Wake up before you make a huge mistake. Shifting the conversation - there are times when women complain they're being "manipulated" and "controlled" when in fact they are not. I've personally had a relationship where I supported a woman beyond any measure and rational expectations of a man's behavior toward a woman and had her say, "You don't support me." What a joke!!! Women do this to men they don't love. So the next time you women complain your guy doesn't support you, take a look in the mirror and ask yourself whether or not you love the guy. But back to nutbox, this guy has demonstrated his behavior physically, and nutbox, get the hell out before you are a statistic. Find a guy that wants you to grow to what you should be.
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| Weight Loss | he calls me dumpy n chunky :0( | Apr 22 2009 07:38 (UTC) |
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Hey you, Listen to your mother. A forum member offered you money back in January to help you get away from this guy. Moving in with him would be one of the biggest mistakes of your life. Don't move in. Ease him off and get rid of him. Start now and get rid of him or you'll regret it. It's tough, but do it.
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| Weight Loss | Male ejaculation burns calories. | Apr 03 2009 01:48 (UTC) |
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Original Post by bigbearjoe: OK, let me thoroughly understand what you're saying... You say your athletic performances increase when you do have sex. That's interesting, I'd rather have a cigarette and fall asleep. And I don't even smoke lol! Most guys have decreased athletic ability, which makes me wonder, have you ever tried not having sex? lol. I'm just teasing, don't take it seriously. And to the other poster, no long term damages. Medical science is no match for a girlfriend.
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| Weight Loss | Male ejaculation burns calories. | Apr 02 2009 10:12 (UTC) |
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Original Post by osainto: Alright I'll answer, but if I get banned from this site it's on your conscience! Anyone in the Army has experienced open bay barracks for 8 weeks of basic and 8 weeks of AIT. 16 weeks. No privacy. The latrine? Forget about it, no stalls. But you can't go 16 weeks. Don't ask how I know, but the complications by week 10 include pain traveling by air, something about the altitude, the same pain guys have when they post themselves on a bicycle. That was a fun trip. And to be accurate there's more. How should I write this... Not much semen, thick and overall the entire experience is not good. I went to my family doctor on leave and he told me your girlfriend will take care of it. He also told me not to get anyone in trouble. So there you go.
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| Weight Loss | Male ejaculation burns calories. | Apr 01 2009 20:55 (UTC) |
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Fighters and boxers do not have sex or ejaculate prior to a fight.
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| Weight Loss | my saturday weigh-in | Mar 28 2009 23:24 (UTC) |
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Saturday weigh-in? Too strict! Go with the Friday morning weigh-ins. Ohhhh, you ruin Friday nights! Let the weekend be the weekend, and it includes Friday night!
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| Health & Support | am i healthy enough... | Mar 18 2009 10:03 (UTC) |
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Summerlovin13, go on your trip and have fun! A serious medical condition in the context of amusement park rides are heart conditions or other diagnosed life threatening medical problems. If it really bugs you, talk to your parents and doctor and I'm sure you'll be reassured everything is fine. The most important thing is be safe on your trip, but have fun!
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| Health & Support | how do different people feel hunger? | Mar 17 2009 21:44 (UTC) |
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terra0514, don't test yourself with taking a bunch of deep breaths with food in your mouth. Wow, no choking please. Very interesting about the deep breath, I'll check that out. And lafoutloud01, it's not a mysterious signal that happens, and it's nothing to worry about if you haven't felt it. It's just a subtle recognition, sort of like your brain saying, "OK, we're full." I'll bet now that you know there is a signal, in the next couple of weeks you'll probably feel it. And here's something else - obviously when you put food in your mouth you intend to eat it, and there are people that chew food for the experience and spit it out. Now I'm not saying that's good or bad, people can do what they want. But, you can develop your ability of knowing your "full" signal mid-mouthful of food, and quite frankly there have been times when I've had a big mouthful of LOTS of calories and I've gotten the signal - so out it goes to the garbage can. Obviously in a restaurant I'd just eat the mouthful. But it does prove the signal is very clear, and when it happens, it happens.
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| Health & Support | how do different people feel hunger? | Mar 17 2009 01:01 (UTC) |
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Original Post by chirpp: When I first read your post chirpp, I thought, "Well here's an idea. Why not sell an emergency field kit pack for guys to keep in the car for when ladies get this unknown cranky/crabby I'm hungry affliction. The kit would be complete with biscuits, candy, dried fruits, nuts, protein bars and every known food group of scientific recognition." The trouble is, when the crabby thing hit, that food kit would be tossed out the car window by the woman faster than you can say, "there goes my emergency field kit pack" and you'll end up going to where she wants to go for food anyway.
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| Health & Support | how do different people feel hunger? | Mar 16 2009 18:53 (UTC) |
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Original Post by personaltrainer87:
Ah ha! lol. So you tried a one day warrior. Seriously, I too very seldom actually feel hunger. I understand what you wrote on the other thread about learning to be subtly aware of the actual food group your body is calling for. Those signals are very tricky obviously. But, one signal you can learn to recognize is the very subtle yet distinct signal the body gives when you are full enough and should therefore stop eating. I learned this subtle signal years over 30 years ago. The signal is there, you just have to be tuned into it and then learn to trust it and put the fork down. This full signal may be a signal some people should think about. Evidently the hypothalamus is involved, as well as the brain counting chews - plus other factors I don't recall because college is a fading memory for me.
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| Health & Support | Do guys binge? | Mar 15 2009 17:29 (UTC) |
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personaltrainer87, good post. You'd know better than I because you've evidently gone through it yourself or have firsthand knowledge of someone that has. You mention eating when you're hungry, which I agree with, but I'm not hungry all day. So for me it's not fasting. I haven't eaten all day most of my life so it's not a "diet," it's something that's comfortable to me and has been normal. I also suspect that what some people call "hunger" is actually "craving." I know if I eat carbs, I want more carbs - and it's definitely not hunger I feel, it's wanting, a desire, which is not the same thing as when I'm hungry. I wonder what would happen to a hypothetical binge person if they did did try it. Obviously there would be a poor result if not eating lunch created a cycle of night binges, but I have a hunch they'd have a tendency to put the fork down at night when they felt full, the same as they would at any other meal, and overall they'd lose weight - perhaps simply because they have two less meals, two less chances, to eat too much.
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| Health & Support | Do guys binge? | Mar 14 2009 21:16 (UTC) |
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Original Post by lalce1:
Good post lalce1. First of all, guys are guys and women are women. Just because a man has a binge thing doesn't make him any less of a man. I was thinking about this last night in the car coming home from pizza (as a result of thinking about this thread). I could barely finish my last piece of pizza in the restaurant, I had to wait a few minutes to get into the proper mental state to finally eat it because I was already totally stuffed lol! Sort of like Cool Hand Luke with the eggs. The thing is, I walked into that pizza place knowing I was going to eat a lot. I'd already accepted it. It's not that I don't feel guilt, or don't have a conscience, or don't care, or have a better mental attitude - it's none of that. I think the difference is that I really don't care about food. Sure I love to cook and I love to eat, but food has very little value and importance to me. I never think about eating food, it's never in my thoughts - and if food is in my thoughts it's only thinking about what I'll do for dinner or a fun food for the weekend. So right there is the difference. Importance. Importance of food. People with a binge problem have food as a big part of their lives. Many of these people get comfort from food. Food addiction. ED. I know nothing about regarding research, but one thing is for sure, all these people on this forum who place food in such importance should definitely be on a plan to learn as much about it as they can, preferably by making appointments for counseling, but if that's not possible researching relentlessly on the Internet. Support groups are fine, Calorie Count is a support group and it's a great website, but every person that reads this post with a binge problem knows they need more than commiserating with someone else with the same problem. You want action! lol. And so I have a proposition. Let's find one binge person and put them on the "Warrior" diet for a week and see what happens. The "Warrior" diet is not eating all day and then eating one meal at night. Let's see if not eating all day changes someone's perception of food, and makes it more of a life thing (we need food to live) rather than a comfort thing. And don't give me grief about not eating all day is unhealthy. I have doctor friends and no one knows. Save your vast internet knowledge for someone that gives a rip about what you post. So, I need a guinea pig, er, volunteer. You can have coffee in the morning, creamers with a few carbs and calories are fine. One hard boiled egg in the morning at most, only if you really are hungry. Any takers? Andy binge eaters that want to try this for 7 days? Coffee and one boiled egg in the morning, no food all day, you can't eat until dinner and then you can eat until you go to bed. Those are the rules. Maybe one person will have the nerve to try it, and maybe in the process become less dependent on food. Or maybe they'll binge worse because they waited all day to eat and ended up gaining weight for the week. Fine, if that happens don't do it next week. We don't know, that's why it's an experiment. At the very least, what do you guys think? What would happen?
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| Health & Support | Do guys binge? | Mar 12 2009 23:57 (UTC) |
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Original Post by morganbclaw: You've got it exactly. In my life I've never felt the feelings of binge eating. I don't relate to it. I understand it, and I'm sorry people get upset about it, but I've never experienced it. I have however been associated with a feeding frenzy or two! |
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| Weight Loss | What would you do in this situation? | Mar 11 2009 17:34 (UTC) |
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Original Post by ezzied: ezzied, you got some good advice from these people and to answer your question it's very simple and requires virtually no explanation: Set your calorie deficit at how much weight you want to lose, then do it. Eat at least 1200 calories a day. Obviously many other factors enter the equation, but those two things are your baselines. Don't overcomplicate it! |
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| Weight Loss | What would you do in this situation? | Mar 11 2009 08:07 (UTC) |
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A 2,900 calorie deficit over 2 weeks, if in fact you calculated correctly, probably actually did result in the loss of about 3/4 of a pound. The trouble with what you've presented in this post is you're dealing with fairly small margins of error regarding calorie counting vs calorie burn. And additionally, 3/4 of a pound can be completely hidden due to water retention, when you weigh yourself, etc. For example, to lose an average of 2 pounds a week, I have a calorie deficit of between 6,500 and 7,000 calories a week. This translates to a calorie deficit of around 14,000 calories compared to your example of 3,000. That's a big difference. I'm not saying one way is better than the other, but your deficit is too small to necessarily see what you want to see on the scale consistently. But if you're patient, your calorie deficit will show results over time.
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| Foods | What salad dressing do you use? | Mar 10 2009 19:38 (UTC) |
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Balsamic vinegar with a little olive oil is at the top of my list when it comes to low calorie choices. Here's a good low calorie yogurt salad dressing that can be used either as a salad dressing or to mix up with your favorite chopped up vegetables for a chopped salad. 1 cup low fat yogurt 4 tablespoons your favorite salsa 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon garlic salt 14 calories per tablespoon - compared to 140 calories for 2 tablespoons of most blue cheese dressings. |
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| Maintaining | Mononucleosis(the kissing disease) | Mar 08 2009 17:47 (UTC) |
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Original Post by blondi92: Call your doctor's office and leave a message asking the doctor how much physical activity you're cleared for. Having said that I will tell you my experience with mononucleosis. This is my experience. This is not advice. I had mono when I was 18, the summer after HS. Very tired for a month, swollen glands in my neck that were noticeable, a low grade sick feeling that wouldn't go away. I went to the doctor and found out it was mono. During this time I had been applying for summer jobs and in fact had landed one at a cannery. I knew a guy that worked there and I knew some of the jobs were continuous all day physical labor. I was worried about that because I was sick. The night before my first day on the job I was so worried I couldn't sleep. I showed up at the cannery in the morning feeling lousy, no sleep, sick, swollen up neck. I got one of the worst jobs - stacking boxes of cans as they came off the production line, from the line to pallets. It was brutal. Lunch time came and interestingly I felt great. I reached up and felt the glands in my neck - they were small and normal! I looked in a mirror and I had returned to looking like my normal self. As a matter of fact, all traces of the mono had vanished and never came back. That's my mono story. Edited to add: The point of this story is the human body wants to be exercised. As long as your doctor OK's it, you may find you have more energy than you think you do.
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| Weight Loss | Is it bad to eat carbs right before bed? | Mar 05 2009 19:37 (UTC) |
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Original Post by mtobweddingdiet: Carbs are always a bad idea! There's another current thread about eating at night before bed, but since this thread features a forum member wearing a bikini I'm posting here Recent research (and again I'll find a link if pressed) indicates time of day when consuming food is not a factor in weight gain. I think because most people weigh themselves in the morning there is a normal bias in the bathroom scale that points an accusing finger towards eating at night before bed. But just because you eat before bed doesn't mean you've actually gained the weight. In other words, if at lunch you eat a hamburger that weighs exactly one pound and step on the scale, you now weigh one pound heavier. But you haven't actually gained a pound of fat. You don't gain a pound of fat unless you exceed the number of calories your body needs to maintain it's weight, which is generally assumed to be 3,500 calories. The opposite is true, a -3,500 calorie deficit results in a loss of one pound of fat. But we know that, it's why we're here. We're counting calories. Another misconception is losing weight at night because that's when the body burns the calories/fat. It's another illusion because When you sleep you perspire and you exhale moisture out of your lungs - a lot of it. I usually weigh a pound or two less in the morning than when I went to bed - I didn't burn all those mysterious calories sleeping and I wasn't up in the middle of the night going to the bathroom. The body dehydrates itself when you sleep - the fact of which again leads people to believe the body does all it's fat and calorie burning at night, when in fact it's happening over time, all the time. The bottom line is that calorie counting works, and as gi-jane said, gaining or losing weight is a matter of relative calories eaten.
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| Weight Loss | Why Am I Hungry?? | Feb 26 2009 20:58 (UTC) |
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What's with you people and being hungry all the time LOL. Come over to the dark side with those of us that eat once a day. Is this a "hunger" thing or a "craving" thing? Are you in full "weight loss mode" or casually trying to drop a few pounds? You don't have to answer - If it's craving and you're in "weight loss mode" trying to lose weight quickly I'd get rid of that bagel and what I assume is a sweetened yogurt? I think of the body burning fat sort of like lighting a road flare - sometimes road flares are hard to light, but once they get going they keep on burning and burning... And the best way to get the fat burning road flare lit up is to cut the carbs! And when you cut carbs, you cut cravings. But maybe you're one of those people that just gets hungry. My ex was like that - if she didn't eat she turned into something eeriely similar to a demon from hell. The word "crabby" doesn't come close. Yikes, if she ever said she was hungry I learned to instantly drop everything and get that woman a meal LOL. But I digress. Eggs, salads, chicken, beef, tuna, vegetables that fill you up and cheeses are your friends. Ditch the carbs if you're trying to lose weight fast, increase the protein and veggies. Maybe you'll feel less hungry?
And by the way, if I happen to pick up some great bagels on a weekend and eat a few I'm totally hooked for a couple of days... Those darn things are incredibly addicting! Good luck! And like other people said, definitely don't starve yourself. |
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| Weight Loss | Nothing Tastes As Good As Thin Feels.. | Feb 24 2009 21:09 (UTC) |
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| Weight Loss | Nothing Tastes As Good As Thin Feels.. | Feb 24 2009 20:36 (UTC) |
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Danacm, your motto is fine, don't worry about. A simple expression to remind yourself you'd like to lose a little weight isn't a bad thing. But, a lot of "mottos" and self reminders to hopefully prevent us from doing something we'll regret - like binge eating, simply don't work in the long haul. They don't work because you really haven't changed anything - trying to force something to change by willpower doesn't really change anything. To change something, you have to actually change something. Sounds simple, right? Actually it is. Rather than beating yourself up because you tried to do something and temporarily failed, try a different approach. 1. Make a decision to generally eat less sweets. The less sugary stuff you eat, the less you'll want and the less willpower it'll take to avoid them. 2. If you're depressed get that figured out with your family doctor or figure out what in life is bugging you. I'm not saying overweight people are depressed, but I've know enough overweight people to know these two issues - depression and being overweight - should be dealt with separately. There's no sense in a person putting such a huge burden on their shoulders by combining the two issues. 3. Make a simple plan, a life changing plan you can live with. You're probably getting enough exercise chasing three kids around, so concentrate on eating healthy foods. Plan on eating healthier foods the rest of your life. It's OK to eat fun stuff once in awhile, but not all the time obviously. Being thin shouldn't necessarily be a "goal" for anyone. Being thin should be the result of simply making better choices over time. Rome wasn't built in a day. So ease into it and don't beat yourself up. You have the rest of your life, be easy on yourself!
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| Weight Loss | 1000 Calorie Deficit | Feb 20 2009 05:32 (UTC) |
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Original Post by jodiferjuniper:
You ask, "what gives?" and there's no way of knowing because you didn't include a time reference in your post. After a month? A week? Two days? There's no way you're exercising with a consistent calorie deficit of 7,000 calories a week and only losing one pound a week. No way. It sounds to me like your calorie counting is off.
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| Weight Loss | Day 6 of ongoing binge-HELP!! | Feb 13 2009 23:36 (UTC) |
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OK, you said, "any help" so keep in mind I could be totally off base. You say you are, "eating fairly healthy" which indicates perhaps a few more carbs than you'd otherwise care to eat. And as you know, the more carbs you eat, the more you want. I'm sure more than one reason is involved in this non-stop hunger, but that's what I'd consider first. Cut the carbs. As an experiment you could eat only tuna fish out of the can for two weeks. lol, just kidding! After two weeks of tuna fish you'd be bonkers, sure, but you probably wouldn't be hungy. OK, it's a joke - but I'd consider how carbs are fitting into what you eat. Good luck!
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| Foods | yogurt and...? | Feb 12 2009 06:09 (UTC) |
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Original Post by spatch: Sounds interesting, I love yogurt. I'll try that when I have a "carb moment"
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| Foods | yogurt and...? | Feb 12 2009 00:39 (UTC) |
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Great yogurt salad dressing, or to mix up with your favorite chopped veggies for a chopped salad. 1 cup low fat yogurt 4 tablespoons your favorite salsa 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon garlic salt 14 calories per tablespoon - compared to 140 calories for 2 tablespoons of most blue cheese dressings. Enjoy!
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| Weight Loss | Anyone tried The Warrior Diet? | Feb 11 2009 23:02 (UTC) |
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This "Warrior" diet is exactly my lifestyle in ALL the years I've been thin or normal weight - which is virtually most of my life. I had no idea there was a name for it, but I like it lol. I take that back, in the Army I ate three meals a day in boot camp. Edited to add: The only reason I ate three a day in basic training is because the Army, when I went through basic, only allowed one trip through the chow line and the amount of food was meager. The only times I've weighed too much (3 times) were 1. Final two years of a long marriage eating at restaurants and ordering out every night of the week. 2. Nightmare one-year marriage wherein the only good thing was her cooking. 3. My son coming home from college and being the good dad cooking everything he likes and going out for pizza and burgers. When I started this current calorie counting five weeks ago I attempted to eat breakfast and lunch, but I'm not hungry during the day and went back to my own lifestyle/routine of not eating during the day - and yes I know all about the theories of weight loss and keeping your stomach busy, but my results clearly show it doesn't make a darn bit of difference to my body regarding how quickly I lose weight. No difference. So flame away if you'd like, but this is how I've always lived and I'd stack my health up against anyones. |
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| Weight Loss | anyone interested in trying a low carb/atkins style diet??? | Feb 11 2009 16:51 (UTC) |
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At the expense of sounding flippant to people struggling to lose weight, 30 pounds by June 1 would be very easy. You can do it, so get started! I recommend low carb, Atkins or South Beach - both of these diets contain more carbs than I normally eat. Obviously, do your homework regarding calories in / calories out. Find calorie burn rate tools for your weight/height/age here and everywhere on the internet. As you know, for every -3500 calorie deficit you theoretically lose a pound of body weight. Results vary, these figures work for me, I'm in week five and when averaged out I'm losing 2 pounds a week simply by counting calories. Keep a daily calorie log. Make it simple or complex. I made 3 custom spreadsheets - for calories, weight and calorie/weight loss. I log each day and use Friday morning as the "official" weekly weigh in day - Friday is perfect because carb cheating (beer, potato chips) happens on the weekend, yeah baby! LOL, but that's what I do. One or two pounds a week is easy, and if you cut the carbs you'll do it effortlessly. Good luck! PS - Exercise really does help, I walk/jog nearly every day - it burns a few calories but more importantly you simply feel better with any type of exercise. |
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| Weight Loss | HELP with food cravings | Feb 08 2009 19:36 (UTC) |
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I see long lines at Krispy Kreme, I don't ever recall a line forming in the produce department of my grocery store lol. As someone else in the tread said, "craving" a food is entirely different from natural hunger. The foods people crave are typically carbohydrates. Cut carbs in your life and cut craving. It's said you shouldn't go grocery shopping when you're hungry and it's interesting to see what overweight people are pushing around in their shopping carts. Is a shopping cart crammed with enough junk to feed the neighborhood a result of a hungry trip to the store, or is it an addictive choice? Buying junk is a lifestyle choice, and you reap what you sow. Eat healthy foods for a couple of days, get some good excercise, and the cravings you write about will dwindle. PS Green Tea??? It reminds me of that aftertaste tang from eating spinich. Yikes. It's not bad with a lot of soy sauce in it lol.
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| Weight Loss | Why can't I stop eating over my calories? | Feb 02 2009 06:34 (UTC) |
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Sent a PM. |
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( That's my O face).
lol. Hey, I like all you women, if you're female I'm a fan. But I digress.
Works for me - it has most of my life, never hungry during the day, but back to you!
