Wight loss

Actually, looking up 'wight' on dictionary.com, I just noticed that the 'Isle of Wight' essentially means 'island of man'; it's like Dublin and Blackpool meaning the same thing. Words are great.

xpost vaguely to CJ

Cut out the snacks in between meals, munch on raw carrots and celery if you get really hungry, reduce the size of the portions you eat for proper meals, drinks lots and lots and lots of water, and cut down the amount of alcohol you drink. Walk everywhere you can, run up the stairs at work instead of taking the lift, get up an hour earlier every morning and do some vigorous exercise (and if you haven't got an exercise bike or a rowing machine, just make up your own step aerobics routine on the bottom few stairs, add loud music if possible to make it less boring). Or join a gym, or go for a swim every night after work. Get your heart rate pumping, and it makes you burns of calories much faster for the whole of that day.

Don't fall for the advertising hype of tablets/faddy diets etc. It's just a waste of your money.

----oh man what are they called? Where do you get them?

makes you burn off calories

Gah. Stupid fingers.

Started going to the gym five times a week, cut out refined sugar, cut down on carbs.

Trust me, I have shitload of weight to lose and I hate exercise, however I'm not staying fat to stick around for side effects such as: Incontinence and Hirsutism. Therefore, the fat has to go.

This concept seems like a depressing and soulless way to live life, although I can see the value for losing weight.

I would definitely try walking/jogging each day and maybe cutting out fried foods and cutting down on desserts and a little portion control. You won't lose weight quick, but it'll definite make a difference and you'll slowly get the weight down.

Inverse proof of this: for the last three months I have been living at home (w/parents) and--due to the existential crisis that living at home with my parents in a very rural area provokes--I have been drinking quite a bit. For the three months previous to that I was drinking significantly less (ie - two drinks a week vs. 3-4 drinks a night).

Consequence: I've gained nearly 20 lb. Barftastic.

Everyone I know that drinks rarely/never is automatically in better shape than all of my borderline-alcoholic friends.

This is so so wrong. Most people that are overweight don't see food as a source of pleasure--it's a habit. A thing to do. Like smoking. Treating food like Energy Pills is a huge part of the problem.

The reason we all eat garbage food is because it's easy and convenient and requires little to no forethought or preparation. When I eat a bag of Cheetos I don't sit back and munch each log(?) slowly and deliberately; I shovel them into my mouth until I can't stand it anymore. Ditto for fast food, ditto for baby effin' carrots.

However, when I decide to take the time to make myself a meal from ACTUAL INGREDIENTS (you know, like vegetables and good meat and stuff), the process becomes ritualized and more deliberate. I enjoy the food much more and--usually--it's healthier stuff.

Basically: learn to cook. You'll eat tasty food that's better for you. The only sacrifice is time.

Haha.

A: 22 1/2

Yeah, people assume overweight people sit on the couch and eat junk food 24/7. For me, I grew up in a family where you didn't get any dessert if you didn't finish everything on your plate (and these were massive platefuls of food). The whole food-as-a-reward-system thing is so firmly ingrained now, that I find it difficult to stop even when I'm full.

Strangely enough, nobody else in my family is fat. Damn it all.

Also what is non fatty snack food that I can graze on. Can't do fruit too much due to messed up stomach lining.

I think that, in response to all that was said above, its about moderation. The 5% body fat freaks (no negative connotations - really) b/c they OBSESS about every piece of food that enters their body and about their exercise routines/programs. Without this level of obsession, you'll find results like 5% body fat impossible to achieve.

If you realize what it takes to make you satisfied, but not full, you'll be that much further along. Its GOOD to feel hunger before meals - that's your body telling you "Hey! Let's eat something!" But don't go TOO long without or eat TOO much. you want to get as level an intake curve as possible.

Personally, I tend to eat carbs in the morning to give my metabolism a kick, and then more protein as the day goes on so I don't get the dreaded food coma.

lol @ title

so i have lost all of the extra pounds put on over the last 5 years or so. must be somewhere in the 25 lb range. waist is back to beanpole levels, my chin is totally defined again and not receding under middle-age bloat. first 2 weeks of diet consisted of pretty hardcore low-carb approach, last 3 weeks were built on anxiety/stress/depression : /
starting to resume semi-normal eating habits, last couple of days i could actually taste food instead of going through some completely joyless mechanical process. been avoiding the NN thread because obv. not eating healthy (or eating much at all) but i intend to follow as much of that diet as possible once i get out of my funk.
i am glad to get my old physical self back but the way i did it is not recommended

:(

xp - going through the same thing - at this rate, next week i'll need a new belt.

Thought thread would be about lost Jimi Hendrix tapes, either resurfacing or being lost forever.

my mistake was swapping all those carbs for white wine

bagel for breakfast, soup for lunch, salad for dinner

i can't even imagine

unrecommended wight loss diet: 2 packs of cigarettes, 2 cups of tea, four slices of whole grain whole wheat toast w/butter

Woha.

I would have said: have two kids, cause that makes you forget about food. It did for a while but I gained back about 6 kilos. ARGH. Can't seem to shake it off. :-( I think mainly because I've been feeling exhausted (sinus, sleep deprived,...) and hence eat crap. :-( No excuse I know;, but life's a bit hectic atm.

sorry, velko :(