The Diet

[t.o.leafs.fan]

I just follow Canada's Food Guide, making sure serving sizes are according to their recommendations. It works and I don't have to worry about cutting carbs (why would I do that, I love them). I exercise daily and I haven't been healthier.

 

[Yoga Face]

Yoga Face's post is bang on. It's the only one in this thread that makes perfect sense and is backed up by data.

Leave the fad diets in the women's magazines. A diet is the worst thing to do. As you've noted, it's too restrictive and anything that makes you feel like you're losing out will eventually fail. The key is a healthy, gradual shift in lifestyle.

I started the year off at 263. Been obese my entire life and hated myself. I made a habit of hobbying to release stress, and then completed the visit by a stop at any nearby pizza place for 2 slices of meat lovers afterwards. I smacked all day on fatty comfort food (street dogs, poutine, McD's breakfast, Five Guys).It had to stop. It was killing me.

First thing I did was download a food diary app on iTunes called MyFitnessPal. It's got a huge database of food and calories and nutrition. All I had to do was estimate the amount (not hard, and I always guessed high). It's even easier when you eat at chains as the exact calories are listed (eg.Subway tuna sub, 6").

Having it was an eye opening experience right away. You really see where the calories come from. You have to commit to entering everything, even handfuls of pretzel chips etc. once you start to log your food, it's simple math of calories in vs. out.

I'm 6 months into it and just weighed in this morning at 215 lbs. I've donated 6 black garbage bags of clothes last month, have new wardrobe for the summer, and I'm still at it for my ultimate goal of 180lbs. I'm giving myself until Dec for that. It's been an effortless, craving less, logical way to go. No magic recipes, no restrictions as long as I'm in budget. Only thing that's changed is I've willingly deleted empty calories from my food (cheese, white bread and rice, excessive beer, fatty meats) as the app shows me that it's not worth eating it as I'd rather use my food credit towards something else . I am never hungry but sometimes I still crave pizza so I grab a slice of Veggie Delight at Pizza Pizza that's filling, makes me happy and is only 180 cal.

It's a long journey but it took me 40+ yrs to get to 260+ so I'm patient

Good luck.

Btw if you don't want to wear a CPAP ask your dentist to make a snore guard. You can't put a price on good quality sleep. Makes the whole day better!

Too much effort to count calories

count the carbs IE starch and sugar EG just look at carb count on the label then subtract fiber and sugar alcohol , the rest is starch or sugar (they do not mention starch so you have to subtract then what is leftover is starch)

In fact, do not even bother to count

just do not eat it if the count is high

while protein can turn into fat if ate in excess, it is sugar and starch that is the worse fat producer

 

[shack]

while protein does turn into fat it is sugar and starch that is the worse fat producer

Protein doesn't have to turn into fat. It already contains plenty of it in its' original form. (Different proteins contain different amounts of fat i.e. marbled steak vs. chicken.)

 

[Yoga Face]

Protein doesn't have to turn into fat. It already contains plenty of it in its' original form. (Different proteins contain different amounts of fat i.e. marbled steak vs. chicken.)

you are talking about saturated fat which I think does not turn into fat but does clog your arteries

always cut it off and eat extra lean hamburger

fish has fat but it is the good fat so take fish oil pills

the good thing about saturated fat is it makes you feel full and makes a hamburger juicy

a hamburger trick is to drain all the fat then add low carb sauce to get the juiciness back

health food hamburger

it is BS that vegetarian lifestyle is the healthiest or even helps you lose weight

 

[GPIDEAL]

Too much effort to count calories

count the carbs IE starch and sugar EG just look at carb count on the label then subtract fiber and sugar alcohol , the rest is starch or sugar (they do not mention starch so you have to subtract then what is leftover is starch)

In fact, do not even bother to count

just do not eat it if the count is high

while protein can turn into fat if ate in excess, it is sugar and starch that is the worse fat producer

For everyone's benefit, 4 gm of sugar = one teaspoon of sugar. Be wary of fructose, glucose, etc.

 

[GameBoy27]

I watched this movie a while ago. It's amazing the positive changes his body went through as he lost weight. No more pills etc.

The most I've gained above my ideal weight is 20 lbs. Even that made me feel like crap so I can't imagine how awful it feels being 50-100 lbs. overweight. The key for me (during the week) is to eat 6 small meals a day, drink lots of water and stay away from, potatoes, bread, rice, juice, pop etc. On the weekends I allow myself to cheat a bit, but eating healthy and low crappy carbs during the week keeps my weight within a pound or two year after year.

If I'm feeling hungry, I'll snack on some almonds, peanuts or cashews. Just a few kills the hunger and they're good for you.

Good luck in getting down to a healthy weight Insidious Von. You're body will thank you. And you'll also live a lot longer. As my my Mum once said, there's no overweight people in old folks homes.

 

[Marla]

I just follow Canada's Food Guide, making sure serving sizes are according to their recommendations. It works and I don't have to worry about cutting carbs (why would I do that, I love them). I exercise daily and I haven't been healthier.

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[Spacealien2]

I'm on a low carb diet, I'm at 145 lb and still losing. Good job!

 

[MPAsquared]

Dr Poon is covered by OHIP and is low carb and I am on it


I slowly lose weight because I drink

While alcohol has no carbs, your body burns the alcohol for energy before fat so it slows the burn down considerably

There is low carb wine called Skinny Grape and low carb beer both lower in alcohol as well as carbs

Program definitely works

Lift weights to lose even faster as your growing muscles will burn fat for energy

Fruit has carbs, especially fruit juice, so lose the apple juice

Juicer are BS IMHO, how do they release the nutrients and do we need more nutrients are questions you should ask yourself as you take out the fibre which we do need more of and even veggy juice has too much sugar and starch


lose any veggy that grows under ground IE beets, carrots as they are stored starch which your body converts to sugar which converts to fat

eat all the leafy greens you want IE spinach as very little carbs and lots of nutrition

A salad with zero carb dressing and tuna and nuts is a great snack

cauliflower and cabbage and meat to make this tasty item

use low sodium broth and extra lean meat

Eat all the fish and meat you want just cut the saturated fat out of the meat for health reasons


you can buy low carb bread at low carb stores

Eating raw is nonsense as cooking actually helps body get rid of carbs

your diet is waaaaaaay to restrictive so you will never do it long term


Mangoes are high in sugar -- for example, mangoes have 3 times the sugar content of raspberries.

I question your diet

Some bad news is your initial lost weight may be water as you have restricted salt which retains water so that does not count

Sleep apnea is a serious problem, if you have insurance the cost of everything will be a couple hundred if not then perhaps $1000

the mask is not big deal at all as I do not even know I got it on

weight is not the initial cause of apnea it just contributes to it

Love this diet. Works incredibly well.

 

[Insidious Von]

Latest weigh in: 227 lbs, that's 26 pounds in 41 days.

Yesterday I had a panzerotti, cheat days are important. Without them the hunger pains would become unbearable. If a diet plan advertises that you will not feel hungry on their program they are full of donkey cakes, avoid with extreme prejudice.

There is one drawback, I'm smoking more. I'm up to a pack a day and it has to be brought under control.

I walk 6 km of The Humber Trail 4 days a week, this suits me very well. I have tinnitus and cannot wear headphones, thus walking the streets is not an option. The scenery is gorgeous with the occasional eye candy tossed in for good measure. Since losing the weight Woodrow has been feeling spry as of late.

Another video from my guru:

 

[Insidious Von]

Mangoes are high in sugar -- for example, mangoes have 3 times the sugar content of raspberries.

I question your diet

I just went through your diet MPA, I agreed with most everything you said except this.

There are a wide variety of mangoes to chose from, if you've ever been to Mexico you would know this. The mangoes used in Vietnamese Mango Salad are savoury and loaded with nutrition. They are also rich in pectin, an enzyme the digestive system needs to work efficiently. Since I've been on this diet I no longer get heartburn and the skidmarks in my briefs have disappeared.

Mangoes are also rich in Vitamin A and C, as well as potassium and zinc. The later two nutrients are very good for the salsice. In spite of the extra sugar I encourage all men to include generous portions of mango in their diet.