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"Fred" wrote in message ... Some friends here attend a weird series of conventions like that and was it Dr Who or No??? I just like the show. This one he used to attend was pretty weird - not my thing at all - people all dressed up like aliens, etc... I remember thinking that they were all very "out there". DH never dressed up, but enjoyed having a few beers with the others and meeting the sci-fi authors that attended. Dr. Who used to be one of his favorites. When he was a kid his mom made him a Dr. Who scarf :-) Link to Dr. Who's scarf example http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...%3D%2 6sa%3DN I have watched since the first one when I was back in college or just after... Wow.......... On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:37:53 -0800, "Brenda Hammond" wrote: I'm not a Star Trek fan, but you must be. DH is a science fiction fanatic - not as bad as he used to be mind you. Before we got together he used to go to the yearly Science Fiction Convention. I went once, but didn't enjoy it - for some reason he hasn't gone since then - he has mentioned a few times that he should go again though. |
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Thanks for your notes of support people. I didn't respond separately to
Anna because I misplaced her message and can't seem to find it again. But I also am forcing myself to limit protein sizes. In fact, the changes I'm making seem to be what most people have suggested. So we'll see what happens by next Friday. What I am definitely *not* doing is going off my diet! doug |
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In message , Doug Lerner
writes Thanks for your notes of support people. I didn't respond separately to Anna because I misplaced her message and can't seem to find it again. But I also am forcing myself to limit protein sizes. In fact, the changes I'm making seem to be what most people have suggested. So we'll see what happens by next Friday. What I am definitely *not* doing is going off my diet! doug Congratulations, Doug! I know it's tough, but it'll be so worth it -- Anna (in UK) Start Weight: 174 lbs Goal Weight: 146 lbs Current Weight: 165.5 lbs |
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If I knew when I was satisfied I would never have been overweight, many are
successful using core and making out a menu to avoid the pitfalls you have described, Lee, just starting to read Doug Lerner wrote in message ... Well, I was *hoping* that Core would help me continue on the road to weight loss after not being able to do so on Atkins. It seems like a real healthy program. As I mentioned in my previous note, where I summed up the different diets I've been on over the years, it seems like sensible, low-glycemic with reality checks built in to prevent abuse. Week one I lost 1 kg (2.2 lb) which was a small loss for somebody at my weight (119.5 kg to start = 263 lb), but I found the Core eating list easy to abide by and continued for a 2nd week. This morning, the end of week 2, I weighed in and found my weight had creeped up to 119.0 kg, a weekly gain of 0.5 kg (1.1 lb). This was not a daily fluctuation, because I'd been sneaking peeks all week and saw my weight gradually creep up. I think I know what the problem is, but unfortunately my thinking leads me to conclude that Core doesn't provide enough weight-loss guidance for me (while I can imagine it working better for others). The problems, as I see them, are (1) some items on the Core list itself and (2) the lack of specific limits. In other words, everything that makes Core enticing to begin with. Some examples: (1) While potatoes, whole grain pasta and brown rice are limited to one serving a day, other starchy and even rather high caloric vegetables and fruits are not. What does this mean for me? Well, I like broccoli. But I love corn. I like green peppers. But I found I really like red kidney beans. Since all of these vegetables and legumes are on equal Core footing (unless I am misunderstanding how Core works), and since none of them seem to particularly trigger hunger cravings in me, I've been eating the vegies and legumes I love more and more and the lower calorie vegies like broccoli, spinach, green beans and green pepper less and less. Corn and legumes are just more satisfying to me. But they are relatively much higher calorie too. (2) Soba (buckwheat noodles and buckwheat flour) are on the Core list. So if I was hungry in the afternoon I might have "zaru soba" from the convenience store. These are just plain, cold buckwheat noodles. Almost zero fat. But at 370 calories a serving it's higher calorie than, say, having an apple instead. But I find the noodles more of a comfort food. I don't overeat them. And just buy single servings. So I am definitely just eating to "satisfaction" and not stuffing myself. But things like that add up throughout the day. (3) This is probably the worst offender, calorie wise - meat and poultry. Just looking at the Core list, beef, chicken and fish are on the same footing, as long as you select the lean cuts of meat with no visible fat. I like fish and chicken, but found myself eating more meat than fish at dinner. I was always scrupulous about selecting cuts with no marbling or extra fat, but even so meat has at least twice the calories of fish, on average. All these things have added up, obviously, to prevent me from losing weight. And I didn't even mention bananas this time, because I avoided them this week. But given a choice, I would much rather eat a banana than an apple. So I find myself here Friday morning wondering what to do now... I see basically two choices (don't mention exercise - that is needed, I know, but I want my eating choices alone to promote weight loss, not hold me back) as far as dieting goes: 1. Try to create my own Core list, eliminating all the foods I like from the current list. That is overstating it, I know. It might be possible to modify the Core list in certain places only. For example, I might decide that WW is ridiculous to include beef in Core and just remove it, forcing me to eat mostly chicken and fish and use flexpoints if I want beef. Maybe a dozen modifications like that would help... 2. Go back to trying to count calories, despite my repeated lack of success in doing this since going off my 700 day low-cal successful diet in 2000. Both are hard choices. I don't see any advantage in trying to journal and count WW points over just counting calories. Both seem equivalent to me. How are others doing on Core? Does anybody else experience the same problems I do? doug |
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I did miss this group, Lee, LOL
Fred wrote in message ... On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:50:31 GMT, "Laura" wrote: Another idea would be to combine Core and Flex points into one program. Some call this Flore. Oh, afraid to call it "CEX!" (gd&r) |
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Also, I counted calories about 3 years ago and had huge success as well!!! It came so easy and I almost became obsessed with my new hobby, counting calories!!! This year I could not get back into the swing of things. I just didn't work, I kept trying. I started doing ww and counting points and it is working so well! Keep it up! |
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