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posted on 2-13-2006 at 06:24 PM
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Weight Loss, Exercising and Dieting tips
Something that I've noticed quite a bit of in this forum is the large number of diet/weight threads. Well, to (hopefully) cut down on the amount
here, I've decided to combine as much as I can into one nice little thread. Some of this I've learned in college-level health and nutrition
classes, from personal trainers, and some from my own personal experiences. Feel free to add to it if you so desire. Also, I know there is a weight
loss thread already, but I'm just going to touch on some points they left off and make this more of an information thread than a club thread.
NOTE: IF YOU ARE REALLY, REALLY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT OR DIETING HABITS THEN YOU SHOULD SCHEDULE
AN APPOINTMENT WITH A DOCTOR/NUTRITIONIST
Weight Issues
In any given day there are bound to be many topics about people wanting to know what their ideal weight is. Simply put, your ideal weight is whatever
weight you feel comfortable with, society be damned! If that's not the answer you're looking for, then I suggest:
The Better Ideal Weight Body Calculations
Ideal Weight Calculator
Dieting Issues
Most people would agree that the first step to losing weight is to start dieting. That's fine and dandy, but there's one slight problem with it.
About two out of three people will say that once they reach the weight/body/build they want from dieting they will go back to their normal eating
habits. When this happens, you slowly but surely regain the fat and weight you lost and will get your old self back. That's why if you choose to go
on a diet you have to stick with it, even after you get your desired build. Also, dieting isn't an instant fix-all; if you diet alone it will take
some time, so you'll have to be patient. These are the major diets out there:
Calorie Counting: The most common and most well-known, counting calories is a very effective way to lose weight. Currently it is what Weight
Watchers and Jenny Craig base their programs around. It's quite simple, really; you pick a number of calories to have a day and do your best not to
go over that number. A little known fact is that the calories we take in from food aren't really calories but really kcal, which is 1000 calories.
Don't worry, it's still the same measurement you've always been using, this is just a little science fact. Most nutrition facts labels in the U.S.
say "Based on a 2000 Calorie Diet," but it doesn't necessarily have to be that number. If you're accustomed to eating around 3500 calories a day,
you don't have to jump down to 1800 right from the get-go. Instead, go down to 3,000 for a few weeks, then 2,500 for a few more weeks, then
2,000.
Calorie Control Council
Weight Watchers
Food Pyramid: Ah, yes, the colored triange they've showed you since elementary school. Believe it or not, this baby works, and it's what I
mostly go off of. Not a whole lot to say about it; just looking at it is pretty self-explanitory.
Food Pyramid
Vegetarianism/Veganism: Now this one is a little tricky. Of course it means no meat, but the problem is your protien intake. If you're
still drinking milk and other dairy products, then you can buy protien shakes and drink those. However, if you're going vegan and don't want to
drink milk, you can get your protien from soy beans and other beans in general.
Vegetarianism
Vegetarian Resource Group
Vegan Society
Carb Cutting: Made popular by Atkins and The South Beach Diet, you lose weight by not eating foods with a large amount of carbs (breads, etc.).
I personally cannot recommend this, my reasons stated here.
However, if you're gung-ho on doing carb cutting then you're free to give it a try.
Atkins
South Beach Diet
Weight Gaining: For those of you who want to gain some weight, the easiest way to do it in a healthy fashion is to eat foods with lots of
protien and carbs. It'll also help your muscles grow.
Eating Disorders: It goes without saying that eating disorders are very dangerous and should be taken seriously. Unfortunately, this is a
very sensative subject and I really don't know how to deal with this particular issue. However, these sites do:
Anorexia
Bulimia
Exercising
There are many ways to exercise, be it jogging, dancing, weight lifting, martial arts, you name it. First off, the Weight Loss Help thread has many links to information about various
exercises and routines. Now for some parts they didn't cover:
No matter what exercise you do, start small. If you're going to start jogging and don't quite have the stamina, then start by power walking.
If you want to lift, don't start by throwing two 45-pound weights to either side of the bar and expect to lift it first try. Start by taking the bar
with no weight on it and add weight in incriments of ten (a five pound on each side) until you get your personal max. After that you do reps based on
what you want to work on. If you want stamina, add 55-60% of your max weight and do sets with lots of reps in them. If you want strength, add 80-85%
of your max and do fewer reps per set. If it's size your after, add between 65-75% of your max and do a moderate amound of reps per set.
Good site about lifting
Weight Training 101
Best home workout programs I've come across.
Well, I hope this helps.
Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree and i'd a danced like the kind of the eyesores and the rest of our
lives would 'a fared well.
FALCON PUNCH!
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posted on 2-13-2006 at 07:16 PM
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big time kudos 
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Leave It To Beaver
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posted on 2-13-2006 at 07:17 PM
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Sticky please.
rawr.
"So kid, you just gonna give up?"
"I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down"
" Because it's tough?... Never!" Triple Infinate CK!
http://tokenminorities.wordpress.com/category/games/ -a
fascinating blend of mature viewpoints about the role of minorities and videogaming
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posted on 2-14-2006 at 02:50 AM
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I probably should. I wonder who to ask....
*EDIT*
Thanks a bunch, sugz!
Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree and i'd a danced like the kind of the eyesores and the rest of our
lives would 'a fared well.
FALCON PUNCH!
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posted on 2-22-2006 at 01:31 PM
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 Good post there dude.
Alot of good information people should/need to read. Well done.
You wish you had a fucking awesome smoking box...don't ya!
I got my eye on you.
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posted on 2-24-2006 at 06:28 PM
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i am doing the low carb program and succedding too.
i am a scotty dog lover
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posted on 2-25-2006 at 12:41 AM
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thanx for the 101
teh wolf here....
about as here as i'll ever be
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posted on 3-23-2006 at 10:56 PM
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For those who want to lose weight, DO NOT CUT OUT CARBS COMPLETELY. Not all Carbs are bad. You need some to function properly.
If you want to cut out something, cut out soda, snacks, and sweets. Count your calories... you should also make a food diary and write down all you
eat and the calories.
Exercise 30- 60 minutes a day.. actually, everyone should be doing that whether or not they are trying to lose weight.
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posted on 4-6-2006 at 03:17 AM
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totally ^^^ there are carbs you can consider good and carbs you can consider bad ... the carbs you find in sodas and sugary snack types of things can
be considered bad ... try eating carbs in the form of whole wheat and such for more sustaining nutrition ...
but major kudos to bassguy ...
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posted on 7-24-2006 at 09:31 AM
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I took a diploma in "Fitness and Nutrition" and here you are some tips:
Here Are a Few of the Reasons that You Overeat:
Guilt
Socializing
Security
Substitution
Purposeful distortion of the way you look
Need for love
Guilt
There are those people who feel that because so many people can’t afford even the basic sustenance to keep their children alive, it would be
a sin not to eat every bite of food placed in front of them.
Then they eat far past the point of satisfying hunger.
There are also those who feel that the richer (and fattening) foods are expensive, and by leaving any provisions on the plate, they are throwing away
money.
Socializing
“Let’s talk about it over doughnuts and coffee.”
“We’ll go over that at lunch.”
“I’ll meet you for dinner.”
“Let’s discuss it over a drink.”
“Four Seasons has the greatest margaritas in town; let’s go over the
terms there.”
“I’ve discovered the best pie shop, let’s talk when we get there.”
And on and on. It sometimes comes as a great revelation when people discover that they can socialize without putting something in their mouths.
Security
Having the extra weight makes some people feel stronger and better
able to protect themselves from aggressors.
Substitution
Gorging oneself, having that extra helping, choosing that extra big cut, is often a substitution for something you want and do not have.
Gluttony is an acceptable vice, easy to satisfy, and so the normal transferal of one need for another is by way of food. It’s also the only
vice that shows.
Purposeful Distortion
Mary Evenson, at a recent Self Mind Control seminar, stood up and asked why she could not stop overeating, why she sneaked extra portions and
sometimes ate four and five full meals a day.
With tears in her eyes and a catch in her voice, she said, “People always tell me not to eat so much. But they never tell me how. How do I
stop?”
Looking at the sad woman and sensing the answer she needed was more than just that of telling her to diet or exercise - she already knew that - the
instructor felt an inspired need to ask her point-blank, “Does your husband still love you?”
This seemed to have nothing at all to do with her question and startled her for a moment.
She stood there, leaning on the chair in front of her, blinking for a long moment, and then tears rolled down her eyes as she shook her head and said
with a sigh, “I don’t know.”
Actually she hated herself because she disliked the reflection of that self she saw in the mirror. She knew herself better than anyone else did. If,
knowing herself as well as she did, she hated herself, how could anyone else not dislike her?
"I don’t love the way I look either, so why should my husband?"
With a philosophy like that it would be difficult for her to believe that anyone could even like, much less love her. She believed that her husband
didn’t love her because of the way she looked.
“Well,” she subconsciously thought, “that’s all right. I don’t love the way I look either, so why
should my husband?” She could cope with that.
But if she were to lose weight, look good, and come to like herself again, and her husband still did not love her, then it was her he didn’t
love, and not the way she looked. And that she couldn’t cope with.
No matter how many diets she went on, there was no way that her inner consciousness was going to allow her to lose weight and look good.
Looking good was seen as a threat by her inner consciousness and was to
be avoided at any and all costs.
Need for love
Did you ever heard words like these when you were a child?
“Eat everything on your plate, dear.”
“If you want Mommy to love you, you’d better eat those peas.” Or spinach, squash, or whatever.
Hearing this over a period of time, the child soon equates food with love. As an adult needing love, he or she eats because food equals love.
If you can’t find love, find food; eat it all up, every bit; isn’t that when Mommy loves you the most?
Lack of love, moreover, feels like emptiness. Many who want to fill that emptiness with love fill up with food instead.
With so many reasons for eating and overeating, it’s a wonder that everyone isn’t overweight. Why aren’t they?
As with all things, one’s viewpoint is critical. Food represents different things to different people.
Do you see food as a
means of socializing?
substitute?
method of keeping your self-esteem?
expression of love?
Or do you see food as energy, pure and simple, like a log on the fire, gasoline for the car, or electricity for your lights?
If you’re overweight, you can bet that you don’t view food as energy, and that your problem is covered in one of the above
groups.
Many people have gone on ten-day fasts and felt the better for it. A few people have gone on forty-day fasts.
Cesar Chavez, the great man who conceived and started the Farm Workers Union, in 1977 was a student in my seminar.
At the time he was involved with a protest and strike involving Mexican field workers. He was in the twelfth day of a forty day fast.
Therefore we must assume that the average, healthy body can get along just fine without food for, let’s say conservatively, five days. And
yet there are people who can eat two eggs, potatoes, toast, and coffee at 8:00 A.M., a Danish pastry and coffee at 10:30 A.M., and then at 1:00 P.M.
say, “I’m starving, let’s get a bit of lunch.”
Obviously, you can’t “starve” between breakfast and lunch, so what is the reason for the hunger pangs?
The answer is semantic.
The empty stomach message you are receiving is only being interpreted as hunger pangs. It’s actually potential energy waiting to turn
kinetic.
". . .instead of using it in play, exercise, or work, the energy is used in eating still more."
This feeling of energy has been interpreted as hunger for so long that it has become an empty stomach feeling, when actually your body is telling you
that it has energy to spare, please put it to some use. But instead of using it in play, exercise, or work, the energy is used in eating still
more.
The body has plenty of fuel and is demanding use with the message, but instead more fuel is thrown in to the stomach and the energy turns inward to
digest the new onslaught of food that the body didn’t want in the first place.
Learn to interpret this feeling of hunger as energy.
Then use the energy.
You will soon find that you have more energy than before you learned to interpret the energy message as a feeling of hunger.
In the beginning of this chapter you read that there was no magic to reducing your weight; all you had to do was to eat less. That’s the
greatest diet in the world.
An even better diet can be summed up in four words. “Eat less, exercise more.”
That is really all there is to it.
Simple Methods of Eating Less
Here is one excellent way to eat less. It may pose a problem if you have a guilt complex. But that will clear up once the pattern of eating less is
established.
Order what you normally do when dining at a restaurant and serve your usual portions when dining at home, but eat only half of what’s on
your plate.
Divide
Before you begin eating, divide the portions in half and eat the left half only. It is a simple, uncomplicated method of eating less.
Healthier Choices
Eat fruit. For more than a hundred years, indeed since the first book on diets was written late in the last century, dietitians have recommended fruit
consumption as one meal of the day.
By eating an orange or two, or an apple and a banana, you will find that your hunger message disappears, and you will still have the energy to put to
some use. A full diet of fruit is not recommended, since we need more nutrients than a fruit regimen can provide.
Modify
Once you get used to eating a few pieces of fruit for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, you will find many of your eating habits changing. You do not need
a formal diet.
We do not recommend any of them because all of them tend to control you, and since no one enjoys being controlled by an outside force, you will be
subconsciously fighting any diet.
Better to modify your diet; that you can do. It is much easier, for example, to eliminate a type of food that you believe may be causing you a problem
- sugar perhaps.
Simply eliminate sugar and you will be well on the way to recovery. You know which foods are heavily sugared: cake, cookies, candy, ice cream,
desserts, and so forth.
You cannot avoid sugar totally; it is in almost all processed foods and in most breads. It’s not necessary to eliminate it, though, only
modify your intake.
You may decide to eliminate bread from your eating program, or salad dressings, or oil and butter, or alcohol. You may decide to modify your eating
habits by eating moderately and enjoying it more.
Immature People Need Instant Gratification
Attitude has much to do with respect to food.
If you see food in general as two groups, those being food you want in your mouth and food you want in your stomach you will find yourself considering
each choice differently.
How is the food you choose to eat going to affect you later?
Sugared foods, fatty foods, fried foods, you want in your mouth but not particularly in your stomach. Grains, vegetables, fruit, you want in your
stomach but not all people care for them in their mouths.
The trick is to consider how the food you eat is going to affect you an hour after you eat it, a week after you eat it, or a month after you eat it.
Be mature as to your choices.
Immature people need instant gratification, that’s mouth food. Mature people look to the future and consider the consequences of what they
put in their stomachs.
An Attitude Change
Gunther Hagen had a problem with both fear and guilt.
His downfall was apple pie with a large slab of vanilla ice cream on top of it.
The man was overweight and always on one diet or another, but he could not bring himself to give up the pie and ice cream.
He sneaked out of the house to the local restaurant and crammed the dessert down his throat every day, looking about him furtively for anyone he knew
who might see him there, feeling guilty about the entire process.
He was afraid of the consequences of what he was doing, and for hours afterward asked himself why he did it. Then the longing and inordinate desire
overwhelmed him once again and he looked for a means to sneak out of the house so that he could gorge on apple pie and ice cream once again.
After the seminar he decided that if he was going to eat the pie, he was going to enjoy it. One of the keys to satisfaction is moderation. When you
are moderate in the things that you do, you are generally happy about the outcome.
So our overweight friend decided that he would be moderate. Gunther set a day for himself that would be apple-pie-and-ice-cream day and on that day he
would eat without fear and without guilt.
"When the day came, he enjoyed his ice cream. . ."
He decided that once a week would do it for him. As long as he knew that on each Tuesday he could have his pie and ice cream, he could live his life
during the rest of the week without the incessant craving. He programmed himself to that degree at level and it worked.
When the day came, he enjoyed his pie and ice cream as he never had before. It was, as he reported, a miracle. After four weeks he changed the
schedule to monthly pie-and-ice-cream days.
After three more months, when pie and ice cream day came around, he didn’t feel like any and so did not have any. He reported to the people
at a subsequent seminar that for the first time in as long as he could remember, he felt truly free and in control.
And yes, he did reduce his weight to where he wanted to be and has kept to his present size. Without dieting. Simply by eating the same foods he had
always eaten, but in moderation.
Of course all that extra energy had caused him to think about putting it to some use, and so he started taking long walks to use the energy, and that
beneficial side effect helped in his weight reduction program as well.
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posted on 7-25-2006 at 05:13 AM
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Thanks for the input. However, it looks like you just copy-pasted something from a website. Either
1. Delete the post before we get slaped for plagarism,
2. Clean it up and give a link, or
3. Shorten it a lot and give a link.
If need be I will alert a mod to do the work for you.
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posted on 12-10-2006 at 03:56 AM
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Hey thanks for the great info. I never read long articles but this is one was absolutely worth it. Here's one more than worked for me and my friends.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by forever_evil
For those who want to lose weight, DO NOT CUT OUT CARBS COMPLETELY. Not all Carbs are bad. You need some to function properly.
If you want to cut out something, cut out soda, snacks, and sweets. Count your calories... you should also make a food diary and write down all you
eat and the calories.
Exercise 30- 60 minutes a day.. actually, everyone should be doing that whether or not they are trying to lose weight. |
This is not TIamat it's bubblecharmer here, I agree, cutting good carbs will have you zombie-like in no time. Of course you will lose some weight
right off the bat, but it will not be healthy and you will gain it back quickly. Just cutting out soda in your diet can have you lose like 60 pounds a
year. You know what you are doing wrong.
Pickle Pleasures by bubblecharmer
Green, crispy and bumpily clad,
Your sour juices make tummy so glad.
Vinegar, salt, brine and dill,
Deprive me of my pickles and I will kill.
I love you, pickly pickle, you are so rad.
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1. Two times a day... morning and night, 45 minutes of Cardo.
2. Small piece of lean meat... no bigger than your palm PER DAY. Lean, no breading...
3. Eat your fruits, but remember... still have sugars... lots, have more veggies.
4. Don't weigh yourself every day. Won't help you... might make you more depressed, leading you to eat again. Weekly, or biweekly.
5. Don't stress it, as long as you stick to it, you'll be fine.
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*bump*
Now for my personal bit of two cents on dieting tips.
Let's face it--everyone hates the word diet. For some people the word is enough for them to find refuge in the fridge. I personally can't help but
see a waif picking at a piece of lettuce when I hear the word. 
I'll admit, the way I lost 35 pounds (I'd originally lost 40 pounds, but I've gained five back--you'll see why momentarily) was not the healthiest
way--I got boxcarred with cold and flu bugs for about two and a half months straight and was so miserable I couldn't hardly eat anything.
Needless to say, I also looked like a damn zombie because I wasn't getting very many nutrients into my system.
However, once I fully recovered and was able to eat stuff that required chewing again, I knew that if I reverted to my old eating habits and portions
I'd gain every ounce back and then some. (Not to mention I'd also recently purchased about $150 in new clothes that fit better and got rid of all
the "fat pants"--and quite frankly I'm a bit of a penny-pincher and I hate wasting money!) So I tweaked my diet and yes, I did gain back 5 pounds
but it's all muscle from the heavy lifting I have to do at work. Here are my suggestions for tweaking your eating habits, divided by category of
food:
Junk FoodChips, cookies, etc.
It really is best if you can ixnay this stuff completely. Of course, for most people (myself included) that is just unrealistic. So instead try one of
these ideas:
1. If you're a chip fiend, give baked chips a spin. Yes, they do cost more than the regular chips but not by much. For example, the baked Cheetos are
(to me, at least) better than the regular Cheetos with the same delicious messiness we all know and love. Baked Ruffles are also really good. Pretzels
are also a healthy choice. But just keep in mind that baked or not, they're still snacks, not meals. Watch your portions!!!
2. Don't let cookie brands like Snackwell fool you. Yes, they might be reduced calorie or whatever, but they're still empty calories and the
"reduced calorie/fat/etc." label actually results in people eating more in one sitting.
3. Fruit really is a better choice than a candy bar anyday--while both will give you a sugar boost the fruit will keep you filled up longer and won't
cause the sugar "crash" that occurs when the candy wears off. Fresh or dried, fruit is a sweet and healty way to satisfy that sweet tooth.
4. If you absolutely must have your chocolate fix, go for the dark chocolate to benefit from antioxidants and flavinoids. Another benefit of dark
chocolate is that most people can't tolerate large amounts of dark chocolate due to the high cacao percentage, which makes it almost totally bitter,
especially in large amounts. It also has a tendency to upset one's stomach in large amounts, making you not want chocolate again for a very long
time.
Just remember to enjoy as an occasional treat, not an everyday thing because it is VERY fattening!
5. Every now and then you're just going to crave some good ol' junk food. It happens, don't kick yourself for indulging. Just don't binge on
it--keep it to a reasonable amount. Indulging occasionally can actually prevent binging.
Fast Food
1. If you can avoid it, don't get it!!! (Save money and calories
)
2. If you can't avoid it, either get a kid's meal, salad, or other small-portioned meal that will be tasty but not so artery-clogging. For example,
let's say you stop at a Wendy's. A healthy choice there would be a plain baked potato and a small chili. (You can pour the chili on the spud. Just
be careful with that sour cream usage  )
Bread, Pasta
1. Whole-wheat bread and pasta is generally best. Add home-made marinara sauce for an extra-healthy boost. You still have to keep reasonable portion
sizes, however.
2. Pasta makes an excellent hiding-place for sneaking in veggies into your diet. 
Fruits and Veggies
1. Okay, so you still hate brocoli. A bit of dip never hurts--just don't overdo the dip, even if it is fat-free.
2. Fruit juice < real fruit. Real fruit has fiber in it; fruit juice doesn't. Also, fruit juice has fruit sugar and white sugar--not
good!
3. White potatoes are more of a starch than a veggie, so if you're carb-counting, watch out for spuds.
4. Go easy on the sauces when eating veggies. If the veggies taste bland, try some spices before you hit the sauces; it's a no-cal way to spice up
your palate.
Meats
1. Try to reduce your red meat intake. If you love burgers, substitute real meat burgers with soy burgers--with all the fixings on them, you can't
tell the difference except a slightly different texture.
2. Like pumkin_pie said, keep your meat portions very small. Yes, it has protein which is good for you, but it's also got bad fats in it.
3. Chicken and fish are the best bets for those who have to have meat, with the occasional allotance of beef and pork (for those who aren't Jewish).
4. For those vegetarians out there, get your protein from legumes: beans, nuts, and soy. Beans are also an excellent source of iron.
Dairy
1. Do be sure to get your 2-3 servings of dairy a day. Skim or reduced-fat milk, reduced-fat cheese, and fat-free yogurt are all good ways to get
calcium in your diet. Just don't overdo it because dairy can also go straight where you don't want it if you overdo it.
2. Cheesecake does not count as dairy.
Beverages
Non-alcoholic
Most people don't realize that calories in drinks count too.
1. Cut soda from your beverage list. If that's too hard, try swapping to diet soda, and even then, curb your consumption of it.
2. Water is best--be it plain or flavored water. Sugar-free tea is also good.
3. Fruit juice is good, just don't overdo it as it is loaded with sugar.
Alcoholic beverages
Drinking makes people lose inhibitions. Just ask some of these young celebrities or God (the hexxor), for that matter. Loose inhibitions can equal a
dietary disaster.
1. If you're going to drink, do so in moderation.
2. Mixed drinks not only pack a whallop towards drunkenness, but are also usually very sugary. Mudslides aren't figure-friendly either.
3. If you're absolutelyl carb-concious, light beer is a viable option. Just don't plan on it being very tasty  (You'd might as well drink water.)
4. Red wine--a single glass is usually best--is not only low-cal, but can also prevent heart disease. One more thing to toast to, and it's tasty too.
Not to mention that you don't have to shell out a load of money to find a good red--some of the best wines I've had were about $5 a bottle.
Food Prep Suggestions
- If it can be baked or fried, bake it. It might take longer, but it will be a lot less greasier.
- If oil must be used in preparation of the food, olive oil is a good choice as it has beneficial fats in it.
- In cakes, you can substitute apple sauce for oil/shortening in the recipes.
- If you're cooking for one, don't make super-sized amounts of food; you might be tempted to eat more than you should in one sitting.
- If the food has to be or is just better fried, set it on some paper towel prior to consumption; the paper towel will wick away quite a bit of the
grease.
That's all I have for now...my brain feels fried.
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posted on 4-3-2007 at 06:36 AM
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thx man
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posted on 4-16-2007 at 11:41 PM
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hey tutycat, what if a friend tells me another friend has a crush on me and i just wait for him to ask me out and he never does, could that be one of
the reasons for overeating?
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posted on 6-24-2007 at 12:43 AM
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Hmmm....i know this doesnt have anything to do with health or anything....but im looking for a girlfriend so if anyones interested.........
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posted on 10-29-2007 at 02:46 AM
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Hi
yea, I'm looking for a gf too, no luck here, anyway, I am here to give my input on dieting. I know from experience that it isn't easy, I was at my
top weight of 1050 lbs. 7 years ago, I am down to 450 now and still losing. A balanced diet is a must for all who are trying to lose. I know that I
eat 6 small meals a day and it is doing wonders for me. I do 60 minutes of cardio a day and some light weight training 3 days a week. I like helping
others with weight problems, because I know what it's like.
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posted on 11-29-2007 at 12:07 AM
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science tutor.
check out the powerpoint/outline for metabolism, energy and body composition, getting in shape, diet and health, and physical fitness.
the maker of the website is a biologist who teaches anatomy and physiology and human nutrition. I trust her.
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Led them astray and toyed with their lives.
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posted on 10-30-2009 at 08:04 AM
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Hi,
Great post should be read by everyone for such a great tips.
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