Atkins Diet

Crafting Mom wrote:

metonymy wrote:

Dally wrote:


Ever hear the term "FFID"?

No, what does it mean?


Fat [Fellow] in Denial.

Of course, replace [Fellow] with a cuss word if you prefer ;-)


The OP I was replying to had said:

MartB wrote:

Low carbing doesn't work for me, even worse I gain weight on it.
When I eat 1600 kcals a day and exercise and go under my drs
supervision, I still gain weight.

That's the hallmark of a fat **** in denial. He's fat, he's tried, oh
well, nothing works, it must be his lot in life to be fat. Nothing he
can do will change it.

That's denial.

Please understand that I have no problem with people being fat if they
choose to be. What makes him a "fat ****" is that he doesn't seem to
want to be fat but has screwed himself by his illusion.

If he didn't lose "weight" on 1600 calories at 200 pounds with his
thyroid being treated AND exercising then he's just an idiot who can't
tell the difference between fat loss and weight loss. The scale is not
your friend when you're trying to diet. It takes people on the Body for
Life program about 8 weeks to really start to see a difference in the
scale.

Dally

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:15:35 -0400, "Beverly"
wrote:

My ex was from Tennessee and based on what I saw his family eat I can
understandg They had to have biscuits, gravy, bacon, sausage and eggs for
breakfast. Those biscuits and gravy were served at lunch and dinner, too.
Everything was fried or prepared in lots of butter. I

I once read a diet makeover story about a young African-American woman
from the southern US. She said that, growing up, her motto was "If
they ain't fryin' it, I ain't tryin' it!" Not a good food selection
guideline, obviously, but funny :-).

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:15:35 -0400, "Beverly"
wrote:

My ex was from Tennessee and based on what I saw his family eat I can
understandg They had to have biscuits, gravy, bacon, sausage and eggs for
breakfast. Those biscuits and gravy were served at lunch and dinner, too.
Everything was fried or prepared in lots of butter. I

I once read a diet makeover story about a young African-American woman
from the southern US. She said that, growing up, her motto was "If
they ain't fryin' it, I ain't tryin' it!" Not a good food selection
guideline, obviously, but funny :-).

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)

I couldn't find a link with counties of Ohio but this is for the entire
state. Ohio is no better off than many other states in general obesity
category. I'm sure the obesity rate varies from community to community
based on the availability of several things - exercise opportunities, food
sources, etc.

http://tinyurl.com/4zv8b

In general, the western US is *thinner* than the rest of the country. It's a
more health-conscious, outdoorsy-type lifestyle. Utah, Hawaii, California,
Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, etc., all have lower numbers of
obesity than the midwest, east and southeat.

Martha

"Lictor" wrote in message
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"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
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You can stew your vegetables without having to pile on the olive oil -
if you start your onion in the microwave, you don't need any oil at all
to make a ratatouille

Well, I was partly raised South of France, I always have troubles *not*
cooking with olive oil. Besides, it does taste good.
Anyway, the way you cook it is way better than what most diet hint you to.
It seems the only way to cook for them it to steam up stuff.

Don't forget that the highest levels of heart disease are in Scotland, where
deep frying has been taken to an art form. Some places there will fry
*anythiing*.

Martha

"Aquarijen" wrote in message
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"janice" wrote in message
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One of the things that I've noticed here recently is a tendency for a
small number of supermarket fresh but pre-packaged foods (chicken,
fish, etc.) to say "see reverse of label for nutritional information".
Of course, this means you can't read it till you get the pack home and
open it, so needless to say I don't buy these goods. I hope this
trend isn't going to grow, and I really think I should write to the
supermarket(s) concerned to tell them what I think about it. IMO
information you can't read in the shop before you decide whether to
purchase is worse than useless.

janice

As an aside... did you know that farm raised salmon is not naturally
pink?

Nope, it's not.

They color the salmon here. We never would have thought that they would
put
coloring into fresh fish at the market, but my boyfriend found out quickly
as he is severly allergic to food coloring.
-Jen

I would NEVER buy farm-raised salmon. Not only does it taste horrible
compared to wild salmon (sorry, it does), but it also harms the wild salmon
and pollutes the water source. For anyone who buys farm-raised salmon,
please, reconsider.

Martha

"MH" wrote in message
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"Lictor" wrote in message
...
"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
...
You can stew your vegetables without having to pile on the olive oil -
if you start your onion in the microwave, you don't need any oil at
all
to make a ratatouille

Well, I was partly raised South of France, I always have troubles *not*
cooking with olive oil. Besides, it does taste good.
Anyway, the way you cook it is way better than what most diet hint you
to.
It seems the only way to cook for them it to steam up stuff.

Don't forget that the highest levels of heart disease are in Scotland,
where
deep frying has been taken to an art form. Some places there will fry
*anythiing*.

Martha



Seen at a fair here in Central Texas: Deep fried twinkies and deep fried
Snickers bars.
Incredible.

Susan
280/188/140

"MH" wrote in message
...

"Lictor" wrote in message
...
"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
...
You can stew your vegetables without having to pile on the olive oil -
if you start your onion in the microwave, you don't need any oil at
all
to make a ratatouille

Well, I was partly raised South of France, I always have troubles *not*
cooking with olive oil. Besides, it does taste good.
Anyway, the way you cook it is way better than what most diet hint you
to.
It seems the only way to cook for them it to steam up stuff.

Don't forget that the highest levels of heart disease are in Scotland,
where
deep frying has been taken to an art form. Some places there will fry
*anythiing*.

Martha



Seen at a fair here in Central Texas: Deep fried twinkies and deep fried
Snickers bars.
Incredible.

Susan
280/188/140

"SusanLewis" wrote in message
...

"MH" wrote in message
...

"Lictor" wrote in message
...
"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
...
You can stew your vegetables without having to pile on the olive
oil -
if you start your onion in the microwave, you don't need any oil at
all
to make a ratatouille

Well, I was partly raised South of France, I always have troubles
*not*
cooking with olive oil. Besides, it does taste good.
Anyway, the way you cook it is way better than what most diet hint you
to.
It seems the only way to cook for them it to steam up stuff.

Don't forget that the highest levels of heart disease are in Scotland,
where
deep frying has been taken to an art form. Some places there will fry
*anythiing*.

Martha



Seen at a fair here in Central Texas: Deep fried twinkies and deep fried
Snickers bars.
Incredible.

That stuff started in Scotland. They started deep drying Mars bars before
anyone else tried it. From there, it spread out to other countries, fairs,
etc.

Martha

On 11 Aug 2004 13:30:22 GMT, Ignoramus5937
wrote:

In article , Beverly wrote:

I don't know about the Shreddies but the Fruit n' Fibre is very high in
carbs - mostly from sugar. I'm a real stickler when it comes to cereal. I
don't eat it but my daughter who lives at home eats it quite often for
breakfast. We stick mainly to the breakfast cereals we buy at Trader Joe's.
Most of them are low in sugar and high in fiber.




Thank you Beverly. We do not give our kid breakfast cereal at all, and
do not eat it ourselves, but it is interesting to know that there is
some low sugar cereal. Are you sure that you have not missed
ignredients labeled like "dried cane juice". That's what I saw on some
trader Joe's cereals about a year ago. They sould like they don't have
sugar, unless I realized that "dried cane juice" is sugar.


Just in case you're interested: One option, which I eat regularly, is
Trader Joe's More & Less (more protein, less carbs). It does contain
some sugars, but only 2g per serving, from apples, honey, and brown
sugar. Nutritional breakdown for 2/3 cup serving: 100 calories, 1.5g
fat (0 saturated), 50mg sodium, 12g carbs (5g fiber -- 1 soluble, 4
insoluble), 2g sugars), 13g protein. Ingredients a soy protein
concentrate, soy grits, wheat gluten, rice flour, dried apples, corn
bran, maltodextrin, canola oil, chicory root fiber, brown sugar,
honey, natural flavors, salt, caramel color, vitamin E.

I think this is a pretty good nutritional profile, as cereals go, and
I like the taste. I generally combine one serving of this with one
serving of All Bran (for the added fiber, mainly) and one scoop of
protein powder. Easily keeps me full until lunch time.

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)