Posts by furrybelly

Like others here have said, the annecdotal weight gain may be because artificial sweeteners are said to perpetuate a taste for sugary foods. Weight gain is through eating other sugary foods made more desirable by drinking the sugar free frink.

Personally, it doesn't work that way for me. I find a diet sprite (can't abide coke)every now and again (1 a fortnight -tops- is all I seem to "require") zaps a sugar craving rather than creates it. Not everyone's brain works the same I guess.

As for the Dr Hyman theory mentioned above: My BS alarm rings everytime someone mentions "toxins" as part of their diet/metabolism theory........freakin toxins.....sheesh!

Great work Dawn! Fantastic feeling isn't it? Keep on!

Using foundation that is meant to give you a "dewy glow". BS! I just end up looking like I have enough grease on my face to fry an egg.

As long as you never try to stretch a cold muscle, you can stretch before running as well as after. However in the interests of time saving, I usually only do afterwards. Stretching afterwards is quite sessential. Before is optional IMO

an aussie cheese and salad sandwich is comfort food for me. Has also fueled generations of aussie kids, particularly during the summer months.

tasty cheese, tomato, shredded iceberg lettuce (no fancy stuff), cucumber (skin ON), grated carrot (has to be grated, not sliced), white salad onion rings, and tinned beetroot slices (has to be tinned not fresh). On white bread (traditionally) or wholemeal (my personal preference).

A "modern" twist is to add some avocado.

Ham can be substituted for cheese or added in addition to cheese.

I am salivating right now

My problem is that I really really....no....... really like meat. My husband and I both became vego for animal welfare reasons. I was healthy whilst being a vego and always made sure I ate well nutritionally. (Probably too well. I put on alot of weight).  I became seriously anaemic after 3 months of very heavy and constant bleeding due to uterine fibroids. I had to get my iron stores back up quickly but couldn't handle the iron supplement tablets (gross side effects). I started to eat red meat again which did wonders for my iron stores, but unfortunately found that I enjoyed eating meat too much to go back to being a vego.

Also, I missed eating sashimi......so much

And now my husband has been diagnosed with celiac disease. The thought of trying to organise an interesting vegetarian celiac menu is just too much for me to contemplate (and yes-we both eat the same-I havent the energy to work 2 menus).

I still have trouble reconciling all this with my distress over animal welfare issues. No resolution yet.

I think kikt has bought up some good points here. Whilst the idea of "just eat half" useful, I think you have to be sensible how you apply it.

The idea is in the same ballpark as what I did to lose and mantain weight, but not so extreme. I essentially reduced my portion sizes (not halved all the time- that would be serious deprivation and I would go hungry) by 1/3 to1/4 for most main meals. Like kikt, I didnt cut every meal component in half, but looked to see what components could be cut and which didnt need to be (I do the same thing with pasta- 1/2 pasta, double tomato veggie sauce!_can't do the wholeweat pasta tho-hate the stuff). Desserts etc were cut to1/4 (ie more than half).

So yes, I think the general approach is theoretically sound. Just needs tweaking to make it a viable lifestyle thing (nurtitionally especially) - works for me though

Original Post by antibinge:

I've found that using grated cheese instead of cheese slices makes it easier to eat less of it.

 Hey! what a great idea. thankz!!!!!

Original Post by furrybelly:

Nuffin' is being given up..... life is too short to do that if you don't have to (ie allergies etc withstanding). I choose to enjoy things I like in moderation most of the time. And extremely immoderately a small amount of the time.

All balances out. I'm doin' fine.....

 OK...I lied....well not really lied.....just forgot....cos I haven't had them in YEARS:

I don't EVER drink regular sodas/soft drinks/sports drinks (ie with real sugar in them...but I do drink diet ones) 

Yeah, the chafing, sweating and stinging is blah

I have always had the same problem. I can't wear shorts whilst running cos while I am running, my thighs sort of stick together with the sweat (sorry for the mental images guys...) and the pain and rashes afterwards is horrendous. The only thing which works well is completely covering the area in fabric. Any type - doesn't matter what - cotton, polyester, polar bear fur - it all works. As long as the area down to mid thigh is covered, I'm covered.