Weight Loss Thread

[SnowyTater 0]

Double post!

Amber how is your sister doing? Is she out of surgery? I couldn't find the topic for it glub glub.

[Niels Bohr 72]

I think the best way to loose weight is to diet and exercise. Nowadays, people are too lazy to do that so they look for alternative by changing their daily intake of food. LOL. I find it very funny how lazy we are.

[Nessa 23]

I think the best way to loose weight is to diet and exercise. Nowadays, people are too lazy to do that so they look for alternative by changing their daily intake of food. LOL. I find it very funny how lazy we are.

not everybody has time and or money to exercise. Imagine you're a working mom, you're sleep deprived and have a huge commute to work and 4 kids to take care, you can't possibly find time to exercise or even to watch what you eat; or you're really depressed, so don't generalize, really.

My lifestyle allows me to work out and to watch my diet. I don't only lower my daily intake of food, I watch the amount of protein, carbs, sugar, etc I'm having daily. But that is not something I do all year long. I have times where I spend weeks without watching anything, without dieting, without exercising. Usually when it's winter and i don't feel like going anywhere and there's all the holidays and all the food. Around that time of the year I know I lack exercise and proper dieting.

But I allow myself to take that time just to be lazy. I don't want to be a diet/exercise slave. I do what I have to do to be in shape and healthy and that's it. If that means I'll gain some weight and that work to lose it, so be it. It beats being forever deprived.

[SnowyTater 0]

I wish some study would come out saying it's proper and good for you to take days or weeks out of the year sometimes, or even just one MEAL out sometimes, to just...feast and pig out and not care. I read health articles that say stuff like you should NEVER go over 500 calories at one meal, you should never eat this much meat/sugar/bread/whatever else, you must do this and this and this at ALL times and any variation on that is and will always be bad for you.

I'm a bit skeptical of that, I don't know...it doesn't really seem to fit with humans anthropologically or historically. I mean I guess in hunting gathering days there would be long stretches where you were virtually starved and then you finally get a kill and your danged right you're gonna eat and eat and eat before it goes bad. And festivals, holidays, these 'merry-making' times to get through the long brutal winters, have always been around. It seems natural for people to turn to food for that or to want to gorge sometimes, etc. I'm skeptical that we're meant to ALWAYS maintain this pretty precise balance.

[Nessa 23]

I honestly doubt many people can eat less than 500 at a Thanksgiving dinner.

[Alex+R 0]

I wish some study would come out saying it's proper and good for you to take days or weeks out of the year sometimes, or even just one MEAL out sometimes, to just...feast and pig out and not care. I read health articles that say stuff like you should NEVER go over 500 calories at one meal, you should never eat this much meat/sugar/bread/whatever else, you must do this and this and this at ALL times and any variation on that is and will always be bad for you.

I'm a bit skeptical of that, I don't know...it doesn't really seem to fit with humans anthropologically or historically. I mean I guess in hunting gathering days there would be long stretches where you were virtually starved and then you finally get a kill and your danged right you're gonna eat and eat and eat before it goes bad. And festivals, holidays, these 'merry-making' times to get through the long brutal winters, have always been around. It seems natural for people to turn to food for that or to want to gorge sometimes, etc. I'm skeptical that we're meant to ALWAYS maintain this pretty precise balance.

I think you should be skeptical. I'm pretty sure almost every diet suggests you take a meal off once in awhile and not be fanatic. I don't think there's anything you're saying that the medical/nutritional/diet industry establishments haven't agreed with for awhile.

[Amby 490]

I wish some study would come out saying it's proper and good for you to take days or weeks out of the year sometimes, or even just one MEAL out sometimes, to just...feast and pig out and not care. I read health articles that say stuff like you should NEVER go over 500 calories at one meal, you should never eat this much meat/sugar/bread/whatever else, you must do this and this and this at ALL times and any variation on that is and will always be bad for you.

I'm a bit skeptical of that, I don't know...it doesn't really seem to fit with humans anthropologically or historically. I mean I guess in hunting gathering days there would be long stretches where you were virtually starved and then you finally get a kill and your danged right you're gonna eat and eat and eat before it goes bad. And festivals, holidays, these 'merry-making' times to get through the long brutal winters, have always been around. It seems natural for people to turn to food for that or to want to gorge sometimes, etc. I'm skeptical that we're meant to ALWAYS maintain this pretty precise balance.

One meal a week I eat whatever I want no matter how many calories it is as a reward. Normally I have chinese food because it's my guilty pleasure.

[TheATeam 0]

With the ladies that I work with doing nutrition sessions and designing meal plans I always tell them to eat something yummy at least once per week! Some of them pick chocolate and spread it out over the week every day, some of them it's only once and that's it. It's completely up to you, but I've found for me that it makes a HUGE difference if I know that I can indulge. I seem to want to do it less, cause I know I'm going to get it!

[Amby 490]

With the ladies that I work with doing nutrition sessions and designing meal plans I always tell them to eat something yummy at least once per week! Some of them pick chocolate and spread it out over the week every day, some of them it's only once and that's it. It's completely up to you, but I've found for me that it makes a HUGE difference if I know that I can indulge. I seem to want to do it less, cause I know I'm going to get it!

I agree with you that's why one meal a week I just do whatever I want. My dr said as long as you're doing good 80% of the time you're doing a pretty good job

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Its gotta be a biotch livin life with self imposed retrictions. You got one whack at it. Love it. Gonna worry about your weight when your dead? Gonna take your skinny ####### to the grave? Life is a ####### shoot! You get what you get and thats IT! Its so frickin simple yet ppl love to complicate it.

[Amby 490]

anyone still dieting? maintaining? how are you doing?

[Nessa 23]

I've been doing pretty good lately. I've been working out more (since I'm at the gym 5 days a week anyway and I have 1 hour to kill ) plus I'm back on being motivated to do so, I always lose my motivation when it's winter.

I started working on increasing my protein intake, still I eat too many carbs, but they're good carbs at least. I feel good. I'm preparing myself for the summer, my body is well defined and I'm good to start showing some skin

[Amby 490]

I've found that I eat too many carbs too but like you mine are good carbs as well. I've been eating a bowl of 3oz grilled chicken breast and 2 hard boiled egg whites a few times a week to try to up my protein intake. also trying to eat more meat for dinner.

I'm so happy it's getting warm outside because I love to grill. Can't wait for my garden and all my fresh veggies and lots of grilled foods. We went last week and had the tank filled for our grill. I grilled on Thursday night because it was so nice out. Hubby hates cooking so much he won't even grill! He thinks since he married a chef he can go his whole life without cooking a thing.

Edited March 24, 2008 by Amber&Neil

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Well, I am joining you guys on the weight loss thing now.

I want to drop a dress size

[Amby 490]

GOOD LUCK JULIE! You will do better dropping weight once you consume the rest of those sugary buns hehe When should we start the iron chef VJ? maybe we could do one every weekend or something so people will have time to try the recipe.