I've quit carbs and sugar for the last 2 weeks. Dropped 10lbs so far.
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I've quit carbs and sugar for the last 2 weeks. Dropped 10lbs so far.
BackLoafRiver
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Are you serious?!? Have you found it difficult?
First couple days are a little rough. But I'm not starving myself. Sort of following the South Beach Diet. I did it 5 years ago and lost 35 lbs in six months. After blowing my knee 2 years ago and my wife getting sick I gained about 20 of that back. So I'm resetting things now and want to get down to 190. I'm around 210 now.
BackLoafRiver
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That's impressive. I heard that once you eat carbs after being off for a bit, you gain it back instantly. Any truth to that?
Marc
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I'd be down about 65 - 70% of my daily caloric intake if I cut out carbohydrates. Of course I'm eating 3500 - 4000 calories daily just to stave off hunger and maintain my weight.
Warp Daddy
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GOOD 4 U WA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work . It is amazing how many of us eat because of sress re3alated pressure or boredom . Its a real mind game
Having lost 45 lbs the real secret is portion control . Its a life style choice . Don't need to deny much just stay with portion restrictions. One HUGE secret is to fool you eye and brain by using a luncheon size plate for DINNER s
I eat most everything but limit it to a strict portion size e.g. never eat more meat than the size of a deck of cards that's it -- i have dessert even snacks and together with a regular exercise routine --watch the lbs melt away .
No, just stick to multigrain stuff for the most part and you are ok. Go back to the refined white breads and pastas and yea it will come back. I kept the weight off for about 3 years until shit went downhill for awhile.
You're one of those mutants with high metabolism.
Marc
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I spend entirely too much time pedalling my bike. My caloric intake goes down with my level of activity in the shoulder seasons.
BackLoafRiver
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It's funny...despite going to the gym more in the summer and MTB, my weight went up last year. :roll: Winter seems to be the "weight-loss" season for me. That has to stop. Summer I should be shedding fat like a mother.
SKIQUATTRO
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Gearing up for a chilly lunch time ride....hill repeats....fun fun fun
RootDKJ
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Just told my boss I put in for a job transfer. He took it rather well.
drjeff
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Watching the landscaping guys that take care of my office use a big 'ol mulch shooter to apply some to the planting beds outside the office. Pretty much looks like this thing
severine
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Must be nice. I increase my activity level and gain weight. I'm up 4 lbs from before Easter. :roll: Nice incentive for biking...
I agree with balance but have also found that cutting crap carbs helps a lot. There's a quality difference it does matter. No more whoopie pies here for a while :lol:. Since I have PCOS, though, I'm supposed to be more careful anyway about crap carbs and balancing them with protein.
I am home. I'm tired. I spent over an hour talking with my English professor about my 14-page paper and how I can improve it since I will also be using it for my grad school application. Luckily, he felt it was pretty good already for our course, but gave some advice on where to beef it up to help with my application. 3 more weeks til break...
Also number crunching for a potential last minute trip.
WJenness
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Being bitter about the fact that I just broke a tooth on a Pringle...
Looks like another visit to dr. Jeff's cohorts.
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Looks like another visit to dr. Jeff's cohorts.
-w
severine
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How the heck did you manage that? :-o Must have been one heck of a hard chip!
I am back from class... We had a tribute to Frank McCourt tonight, who had been a big part of the Litchfield County Writers Project (with which my Wed class is integrated). His brother Malachy was there and he was a riot! Very sweet guy, too. I chatted with him briefly at the book signing and when he asked what my major was, his response to my reply was: "So you'll be poor! Well, at least you're enjoying yourself!"
Also met Colum McCann. It's funny because last year I was supposed to see Frank McCourt when he spoke for the LCWP and I was really excited about the event. Unfortunately, he fell ill and they had to cancel, rescheduling for tonight. Sad that he died over the summer--never did get to see him--but his brother put it well into perspective. Great night!
drjeff
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drjeff
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Not necessarily. I've had patients break teeth on such items as mashed potatoes, a soft piece of bread, and even a jello fruit salad once!
How it happens most of the time, is it's a tooth with an decent sized existing filling in it. The regular grinding motions/wear an tear that we put on our teeth day in and day out cause small stress cracks to form in essentially every natural tooth in our mouths. Basically 99.99% of these stress cracks are completly innocent and don't require any attention(if we treated every since stress crack that we see in peoples mouths, my god would we be doing way too much unnecessary dentistry). Every so often that 0.01% shows up and bam, you've cracked off a piece of tooth. While you may have a certain food item in your mouth at that time, the "damage" was done by regular grinding motions prior to that.
RootDKJ
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In the office for the 1st time in 3 weeks. Not getting much work done though.
Warp Daddy
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Back from the gym and packing for our trip to 495land tomorrow . Hope the weather holds out for the Marathon Monday.
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