Posts by claudius753

If it's only once a week and you don't go way over your maintenance calories for the day, then I say enjoy yourself.  Some people even encourage going over your weight loss calorie level once a week to keep your metabolism from slowing down.

As long as it's not something like 2,000 calories worth of booze, which I used to do , it's not going to affect your weight loss much at all.

It means there are unread posts in that thread.  Once you click on a thread and read it, the yellow dot goes away.  If someone comes along later and posts another response, the yellow dot comes back so you know that there is something new to read in that thread.

Well Stevia has been in wide use in Japan for 30 years now.  With the rat studies, I have to wonder what is considered a "Large amount of a derivative of stevioside" and "large doses of stevioside".  For instance, what if the equivalent amount in humans would equal something like drinking 150 stevia sweetened beverages everyday?

It would also be interesting to find out who funded the studies.

Here's another article http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/25/healt h/he-nutrition25

A recent study funded by Cargill and Coca Cola found no adverse reproductive effects with dosages equivalent to a 150 lb person drinking 1,000 8oz servings of a stevia sweetened beverage a day.  Also no general effects on the body with equivalent 2,000 8 oz servings per day. http://npicenter.com/anm/templates/newsATemp. aspx?articleid=21248&zoneid=26

Marinehead,

Good job on the "Man Lunch".  This is supposed to be a lifestyle change, not just "on a diet" and then you go off it when you hit your goal weight.  Finding ways to fit in your favorite foods while still staying healthy is the right thing to do.  A lot of people go by the 85/15 rule - be "good" and eat healthy foods within your limit 85% of the time, and then for the 15% you can be "bad" and eat whatever you want.  You get all your favorite foods so you don't feel deprived, plus going over your calorie needs every once in a while keeps your metabolism revved up.

Viking,

2100 calories may be a good level.  At higher weights, the height/weight/age method of calculating calorie needs can vastly over estimate how much you should eat.  There is a method that calculates based on body fat percentage that is much more accurate but you'd have to know your body fat % to do that.

Kristy,

I've read that recipe before (yes, I get HG emails even though I'm a "hungry guy" not a "hungry girl).  I've never tried it, but I do like cauliflower so I guess I really should check it out.

Tracy,

Hey, I live in MD too!  I like your sn, I really like the chowder cartoon.  I also checked out some of your lolcats, some pretty good ones

I hope everyone has had a good day and will have a fun weekend, I have to work this weekend and is is supposed to be so nice, mid to upper 50's both Saturday and Sunday!

Glenn,

I'm with you on the smoking thing.  I started when I was 17 and wised up enough to quit when I was 21.  I didn't find quitting hard at all, once I made up my mind to do it, it was easy.  Just don't smoke anymore cigarettes.  Losing weight is much harder.  You can't just not eat, you have to eat the right amount.  It's like telling a smoker that you can smoke just 4 cigarettes a day or telling an alcoholic that you must drink, but only 2 per day.  You can't just "cold turkey" with food, which for me, makes it much harder.

Viking, I know it might sound wrong, but I think you need to eat more.  1300 to 1500 is not enough for a guy, especially when obese like us.  1500-2000 is supposed to be the minimum for a male, especially if you are strength training.  From personal experience, you can lose a fair amount of weight fairly quickly on 1500 calories, but then it stalls and as soon as you eat more than 1500, it all comes back plus more!  I'm trying to stick to 2250 myself.  Maybe you could consult a doctor to make sure of what a healthy amount to eat would be for you?

Also, any importance in "viking" in your screen name?  I didn't know if you were of nordic ancestry or perhaps just a taste in music, I love me some Manowar!

Wow, I am exhausted!  My bag and set of discs for disc golf came yesterday, so today I headed out to a nearby 9-hole course with a friend before work.  We played the full 9 holes first.  Luckily it is winter and the ice skating pond is frozen over, or I would have lost 2 of my discs to the water hazard.  After we finished that, we practiced at hole 1 several times before we left.

It was easily a total of 4 or more miles of walking.  And it wasn’t just flat ground, it was like they purposely had one hole going uphill, then down hill on the next one, then back up!  They weren’t little hills either, they were steep.  From the tee on hole 2 to the basket, it was a good 30-foot rise in elevation in about 100 feet away.  My legs were on fire carrying my big behind up the hill, and I went slow, but I made it up.  Hole 7 was much better, it went from the top of the hill back down to the bottom, a much easier walk, lol.

At least I had a nice reward for the activity, I am now officially closer to 300 than I am to 400 lbs!  Weighed in at 347 lbs, which is nice because I was stuck for a while right at 358, but it seems like it all came off at once instead of a little every week.

All in all, the disc golf was a lot of fun, and it was exercise to boot.  I plan on heading out again tomorrow as long as I can still walk, haha.  I used to go bowling, which was at least some activity, but it always involved having a few beers while there, so that negated any benefit.  At least with the disc golf, it’s outside with no bar temptation, and at $7.50 per disc, it’s easy on the budget.

All I know is that after the disc golf, and now work until midnight, I’ll be asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow when I get home tonight!

Original Post by amybeth34:

Gee... I have this lovely college education (and am NOT devoid of common sense) and I must be just so incredibly stupid based on the posts. Wow, I understand that all of you think it is a dumb idea. I've got that. Mind not trying to bash my head in, please?

 I do appreciate the advice on zigzagging the cals and changing up the exercise. I was just so frustrated by the plateau... that I got sucked in by an ad that CERTAINLY SEEMED TO BE PROMOTED BY CC!!!!!! Duh, yell at me for "promoting it"... ( I thought all I did was ask a question...)and I got it on YOUR site!!! How twisted is that?

Anyway, Wish I hadn't posted ever... 

Thanks for the good advice from some... and others... I just won't comment ...

Are you after WEIGHT loss or FAT loss?  It is impossible to lose 18lbs of fat in 4 days without surgery.  You don't even need a college education to do the simple math :

3500 calories in 1 lb of fat, so

3500 * 18 = 63,000 calorie deficit

63,000 / 4 = 15,750

So, you would have to burn 15,750 calories MORE per day than you take in to lose 18 lbs of fat in 4 days (actually I think there is a limit to how much fat your body can actually burn in one day no matter how much of a deficit you have, but I don't know the nubmer).

Now, to lose 18 lbs of water weight in 4 days, coupled with modest loss of lean tissue (muscle), now that is certainly possible and certainly something that you do not want to do.

Original Post by melkor:

Well, I was thinking of Claudius mostly - but cardio plays very little role in weight management in any case. Cardio health is separate from cardio performance ability - even Dr. Kenneth Cooper, world-famous cardio loony now says you should do most of your cardio as walking.

 Take a look at this study comparing the effect of cardio vs. weights. You tell me - do you want the weights results, or the cardio results?

Huh?  What did I do ?

Original Post by hatamoto:

Ah, it's not immediately obvious how to add one, but here's a quick walkthrough:

1. On the toolbar, mouse over "Community" and click on "Profile" from the menu that pops down.
2. Under your avatar image (in your case, the pale blue question mark), click "Edit Page".
3. At the top, under the "Edit Profile" header is a link labelled "Get Ticker". Click on that.
4. Choose your poison in terms of options and what to count and hit "Save Changes". The screen will refresh.
   
5. Click "Get Code". A box will pop up with the code you need to embed your ticker.
6. Click in that box. All the code should highlight (turn blue). Hit 'Control-C' which will copy the code to your clipboard.
7. Under the "Weight Loss Tracker" title, click "Edit Profile"
8. Near the bottom of your profile screen will be a large-ish box labelled "About Yourself" where you can type in your comments. On the toolbar of that box is a button with a very tiny "HTML" on it. Click that button.
9. A window will pop up. Click at the end of the text in that window and hit 'Control-V' which will paste the code you copied.
10. Click 'Update', which will close that window. At this point, you SHOULD see the tracker in your box.
11. Click the 'Update' button below the text entry box, and your tracker should be online!

They really could make it a bit easier. ;)

I clicked the "edit profile" trying to make one, but I completely missed the "Get Ticker" link .  Actually, once you make it, you just have to click the check box "Add to Profile" and save, you don't actually have to get the code, though if you do you could add it to your personal site or wherever.

How much protein are you getting?  Protein and high fiber foods keep you full.  For instance, your breakfast of fruit and oatmeal is good on the fiber front, but has hardly any protein.  Maybe add in some egg whites or egg beaters or some low fat meat like canadian bacon.

topeze, I was just about to post about what I made for dinner last night!  I took a skinless breast and covered it with salsa and baked it just like you did.  I thought I invented my own specialty but you beat me to it lol.

Just an idea, but if you don't like "breakfast" foods, there is no rule that says you HAVE to have eggs or cereal or oatmeal.  Chicken breast and broccoli (reheated from the night before) is just as good.

As for me, I love the new eggbeaters with yolk (40 cals per serving).  I use a whole cup of it and make an omlette, it's the same size as 4 eggs but only 160 calories + the small amount of calories in the vegetables and spritz of Pam, and have a small serving of oatmeal for about 350 calories, and I am good to go for a while.

I'm male, 24, 6', and about twice your weight, and yes, mine is mostly in my waist area as well.

There really is no way to "Spot Reduce",ie lose weight/inches from one particular area.  There are a lot of books and products promising that you will lose belly fat, but they are just marketing ploys.  Your body will lose weight from wherever it wants.

You can do ab exercises, but that doesn't mean that is where you will lose the weight.  Kind of a PITA really, but that's how it goes unfortunately.

Jerry,

Welcome to the group.  I see we have very similar stats, I'm 24 years old, just over 6' tall, started at 362 lbs and am currently 358 lbs.

Norma Jean,

I joined CC almost 2.5 years ago 7/06.  I was at 260lbs and I wanted to lose 60lbs to be 200 even.  Here it is 2009 and I am 360lbs.  Instead of losing the 60 I wanted to, I instead gained 100!

There's nothing I can do about it.  It's done, I gained the weight.  The only thing I can do is go forward and lose the 160lbs I need to drop to get to my goal.  Don't dwell on past missteps, learn from them and move forward.  You'll get there!

Being here is a great first step forward.  Don't beat yourself up!