Posts by alex4422

I don't think anyone can say "Do this and it will work"

But I can tell you as a 6'1-ish male, that when my stomach got too big I started jogging and it went down pretty quickly.

I LIKE the taste of diet soda. There are a lot of myths surrounding it as well, but I can say from experience that I've lost 20 pounds drinking it instead of regular soda. It doesn't make me crave, it hasn't held onto my stomach fats, and it isn't as bad for your health as some people would like you to believe.

That doesn't mean its GOOD for you, but it isnt going to kill you.

Also to the post above me, it isn't unknown. No credible study has ever been able to show that there is ANY negative effect to drinking artifical sweeteners (within normal amounts, meaning not eating or drinking tons of it a day) in humans.

One study did show that when people drank diet soda they had more calories the next day. The flaw is that the next day they drank regular soft drinks. So of course they had more calories.

My simple advice is to take up a sport. You'd still be running but you wouldn't think about it.

Original Post by sealion311:

I HATED it.  It was very condescending and vulgar.  I have been a vegetarian numrous times in my life, and although the book makes some valid points, they just took it too far-aka not funny when you're calling me a fat ass because I eat a hamburger every now and then. More than my response to it though, I hated what it did to my friends that read it. I had one friend who is very "persuadeable" and she became so preachy afterwards, eyeing everything I ate and making comments from the book. It was awful. So if you do read it, dont become her, LOL

Personally, i would rather live my life a normaly weight nice person than a skinny bitch, maybe thats just me.

 Pretty much agree with that. I have also been vegetarian a few times, over a year twice. I've read the start of the book (like 1/4 of it) I just find it stupid. I don't care how good your point is, it's also how you make it. It's not like everything the book says is true either.

I'm only living once so I'll be damned if I'd let a book controll me to that extent.

Original Post by meowmeowhead:

I am so happy to have found this site.  I believe that everyone is different and that telling everyone you have to eat breakfast in order to lose weight is wrong. 

As soon as I started forcing myself to eat breakfast, I started to gain weight, not lose it.  Eating breakfast just started my appetite going and I would eat tons throughout the day. 

Eating breakfast doesn't curb my hunger, it somehow increases it.  I think it more important how many calories you put into your body, rather than when you eat. 

 The way I see it isn't that eating breakfast doesn't help you lose weight. What it does is put more energy into your body. Which means you are more likely to exercise because you don't feel devoid of energy during the day.

That's how it works for me anyway. On days I don't eat breakfast I just CANT jog for 30 minutes like I do on days where I do eat.

It doesn't reset you at all. In fact a day of healthy eating will reset your body much better and you will feel much better. Fasting is only for people who have EXTREME amounts of weight to lose, so much so that it presents them with a major health problem, and also people who do it for religious purposes.

That's great! Keep up the good work.

Strange question, but how tall are you? Because I'm 6'1 197 and I can't fit in a medium shirt lol

Soft drinks can actually dehydrate your body. When your body gets dehydrated to a certain point you often lose your thirst even though your body needs water.

You can't say no negative comments, because there is absolutely nothing good to say about fasting.

So to be technical if you burned 0 calories yesterday you'd gain a pound. The scale may say more but that's water weight, and comes off easy.

One bad day doesn't set you back really, it's letting that day become a habit which you don't seem like you'd let that happen.

I doubt it, because by that logic you could eventually reduce your caloric need to 0 by slowly decreasing.

Your body NEEDS a certain amount of calories regardless of how much or how little you eat. To use an example, if you ate 4000 calories a day your body wouldn't learn to burn that much. If you ate 700 a day your body wouldn't learn to need that little.

Original Post by andrfull756:

today is actually the first day on CalorieCount.

Like 2 seconds ago I found this Analysis Check thing.

I think that might be the problem, eheh. -_- 

I'm eating a lot of carbs and not enough fat.

 Hey don't feel bad....I think most of us love peanutbutter and really don't realize exactly how much we eat sometimes.

Congratulations on losing all that weight though!

That's awesome. I'd love to see a bloopers reel though lol.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

whether a workout is light, moderate, or vigorous is completely dependent on your personal level of exertion.  think about it: my 35-minute 5k might be hard work for me, but for an elite distance runner (even if she's my age, height, and weight), it's a leisurely stroll.

as long as you feel like you're exerting yourself, you're getting benefits.  if you find that it feels too easy, work a little harder!  you'll see results.

one more tip: it can take awhile to see the results on the scale, but you'll start to notice changes in fitness and strength really quickly.  try to focus on that for the first two or three weeks, and you'll be less likely to get discouraged.

 That last part is so true. I started off at 200 pounds with a goal of 185. Working out the first few days my pants started to fit more loosely, but my weight didn't change at all for a week.

Original Post by surfee:

It is possible to eat 'what you like' and 'enjoy yourself' and still be mindful of what you are putting in your mouth. I very much enjoy going out to dinner- we go every Friday night. The whole idea is to learn how to make sensible choices and learn behavior that will allow you to eat what you want and enjoy it and still be healthy (and...dare I say, thin). Choosing not to eat 1500 calories worth of food in one meal does not mean you are not enjoying yourself, eating what you want, or relaxing.

 It would be pretty hard to eat 1500 calories in one meal. That would have to include drinks and so on.

Every single decision you make in your life doesn't have to be based upon calories. Even if she was able to eat 1500 calories worth of food, that isn't even a pound. Doing that once every few weeks or months isn't going to ruin her life. I'm not saying you can't enjoy eating things that are good for you, but sometimes you have to not worry.

In reality we're talking a maximum difference of maybe 200 calories in her dish. Which is my point here. She doesn't have to choose the healthiest thing on the menu. She should choose to eat what she wants to eat. Not have to worry about "No cheese no sauce no this no that" because in reality one meal wont make a difference. The only way it does is if you let one meal turn into two...then three...so on.

I've lost 20 pounds (about 10 more to go) and I still eat fast food, energy drinks, and candy bars. Not every day of course, but those are probably FAR worse than anything she is going to eat one night at dinner.