Posts by ostrogoth

Forum	Topic	Date	Replies

Weight Loss	300 Club	Jan 05 2007 22:05 (UTC)	32
hi kyle.... All sorts of beans are high in protein and low in fat. There are a LOT of recipes here for different things you can do with them. Just be careful if you're buying canned to select low sodium varieties. Even better buy the raw beans and cook them yourself. I've started doing a large pot of black beans on the weekend which I use for different things all week long...like spicy black bean dip or a quick bowl with sliced up jalapenos (not the pickled variety) and sour cream (YUM!).
Weight Loss	Over 200 club	Jan 05 2007 21:40 (UTC)	860
Apparently I've been beaten to the punch....it has already been invented. http://www.gelfmagazine.com/mt/archives/slow_ and_steady.htmlvvv http://www.squidoo.com/walkingwhileworking its an interesting thought...
Weight Loss	Over 200 club	Jan 05 2007 20:40 (UTC)	862
bradstreet: First of all...HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Absolutely we're in this together. I'm pretty sick of my own excuses and those submitted on my behalf by well meaning friends/relatives. I also think the concept of being "on" a diet is the wrong idea completely...its common sense...if you make poor decisions about what and how much you eat you suffer the consequences...if you make wise decisions you reap the rewards. A long time ago I had a friend that, much to the surprise of our group of friends, was addicted to drugs. Try as we might we couldn't talk/bribe/beg her into making changes and one day she ended up in the emergency room fighting for her life. She emerged from this ready to make her own changes. I guess I draw some parallels between this and who I was before I decided to make a change in my life. Friends and family pleaded wih me to start being concerned...the media bombarded me with articles about the dangers of my lifestyle...I halfheartedly (and foolishly) tried the pills and everything from grapefruits to cabbage just to shut everyone up but deep down inside even though I hated what I saw in the mirror I didn't really want to change. Luckily my catalyst wasn't the emergency room or something traumatic but rather the news that my wife and I have a child on the way...our first...and for whatever reason it opened my eyes completely. It is awesome that you are so driven and committed and I for one think you will go the distance. The question is whether means to getting there is really what you want. If you are on a 1200 calorie a day diet you are already placing your system in starvation mode. Men need a bare minimum of 1500 calories a day just for their organs to continue functioning correctly. Anything less than this and your body starts to work against you in a myriad of ways including setting you up for even more weight gain once you resume anything more that 1200 calories a day. You can poke around the forums here and you'll see LOTS of postings about this (http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/4815 .html). If you go to (on the calorie-count menus) Tools -->Allowance and plug in your values this will give you a pretty decent (and safe) level of calories you should be shooting for based on your age, size, weight, and activity level. Just my 0.02... BTW - I'm also a software developer...maybe we should invent a treadmill desk ;)
Weight Loss	Over 200 club	Jan 04 2007 16:27 (UTC)	871
fg: you know I am a binge eater also. I tend to really attack the fridge and surrounding territory in the evening after having been good all day long. Something I've been trying since I made a committment to changing my life is eating multiple small meals per day. I'm finding that I'm not nearly so hungry at night or at any particular point during the day because it keeps my system feeling full. There are a lot of posts here and elsewhere on the web about this approach and I wonder if it might work for you. Apparently the binge eating, besides it being habitual, is somewhat related to blood sugar levels, etc which are effectively dealt with by more frequent (small) meals rather than the traditional 3 square meals per day. The other change I've made is environmental. I sat down and wrote out a list of my favorite binge foods or things I'll grab in passing throughout the day and eradicated them from the pantry/fridge. By reducing the presence of known temptations it is making the process of sticking to the path easier. HTH....
Foods	Pie-Chart Shock - Sodium Nightmare (help!)	Jan 03 2007 16:54 (UTC)
Many many thanks to everyone who has offered their advice. I would post my normal diet but I went through the past week item by item and recognized certain trends so I'm just going to publicly dissect one lunch which was a simple ham and cheese on whole wheat bread. 1. Ham (550 mg) - I bought this at the store in the deli and it was marked as "healthy" and "low-sodium". When I looked up its actual numbers it was surprising how unhealthy and high in sodium this actually was. I've decided to get away from the processed deli-counter stuff and see whether if I must have meat if some natural (non-enhanced) chicken might be a better choice. I'm open to ideas here if you know of any good solutions. 2. Provolone Cheese (245 mg) - it is so delicious but look how much they pack into that little slice! As it turns out parmesan cheese (depending on which you choose) is much lower in sodium, calories, and another things and has a much sharper taste so you need very little. 3. 100% Whole Wheat Bread (2 slices = 400 mg) - WOW! It even had in big bold letters "Natural" so ummm naturally I thought this = good. My wife and I have decided to just start baking our own bread...it seems like this is the best way to get only what you want without all the extras. 4. Lowfat Cottage Cheese (1 cup = 918 mg) - WOW x 2! I thought this was a good source of lots of things but apparently not! 5. 1 Tomato - almost nada 6. A pile of romaine - nothing but good stuff there. 7. A single itsy bitsy little tablespoon of Newman's Own "LightenUp" balsamic salad dressing (235 mg). As it turns out I just tried some pepper and a small squeeze of lemon juice and it really kicked today's salad up a notch without anything bad added in! This works out to an entire day's RDA of sodium in a single meal! I think you're right clairelaine...giving up salt is going to be one heckuva challenge because it is such a sneaky additive in all sorts of things. Once again thank you to everyone for posting their ideas...my paradigm has shifted considerably!
Foods	Need some protein without the fat	Jan 02 2007 19:44 (UTC)	12
have you thought about one of the myoplex meal replacement powders? Do a search for myoplex and look at either the lite or original powders and see if that won't work. I drink one of the original ones daily (creamy chocolate) and in the blender with ice it tastes so much like a chocolate shake it is scary. I haven't tried the lite version but I imagine they are similarly tasty / healthy. I believe GNC sells the single packets if you just want to try them but they are extremely expensive. I buy all of mine online from the following website: http://www.allstarhealth.com/li.aspx?k=Myople x&rt=GgMyoplex&gclid=COSOn5a_wokCFQGP WAodgH4_NQ One more thing to note...the mix-it-yourself powders are MUCH better than the ready-to-drink or the bars.
Weight Loss	Over 200 club	Jan 02 2007 17:26 (UTC)	895
Hi crazyhsmom... That sounds like a great plan. I've only been on here for a few days but just the action of tracking everything I eat has been enlightening. I'll share one little insight I've had that might be useful. I've started planning out my dinners a week or two in advance and every day the first thing I do is log what I'm going to eat for dinner. Going into my day I know that I have a certain amount of calories I can eat (see calorie-deficit posts) so I treat the log like a bank account...I know that taking dinner into account how much I have left throughout the day. For instance yesterday I got to my afternoon snack and could see that I had about 200 calories to work with and found something that fit right in that range.
The Lounge	What State are you in?	Jan 02 2007 14:28 (UTC)	212
I've lived all over the place but right now I call Dallas, Texas home
Weight Loss	Over 200 club	Jan 01 2007 23:24 (UTC)	899
hey Paul76... It looks like we're in just about the same boat. I'm 6'0 and 315 lbs and have set a similar goal weight. I'll warn you in advance I am a Sooners fan but if you won't hold that against me and want a weight loss buddy let me know and we can exhange email addresses.
Weight Loss	Over 200 club	Dec 31 2006 05:42 (UTC)	919
Hi!I'm 35 years old and tired of the current state of myself. My wife and I have our first child on the way (a little boy!) and I guess I really started thinking about things I didn't quite consider before like I want to be around for this kiddo and I want to be a good role model and a whole bunch of other things...a reality check of sorts. Back in high school I ran cross country track, wrestled, swam competitively and over the years since then I've just kept packing on a little here a little there until now at a whopping 315 lbs I'm tired of my own excuses and procrastination. Just reading through your posts...you are all already an inspiration. That said, I definitely want in.

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