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I've been of and on atkins (last year i lost a lot of weight, but put some back on so i'm going back on it... tomorrow!). My old man has recently started the diet, 'cos he's always been overweight (runs in the family) and he kept hearing about atkins on the TV so i lent him the book, and today he tells me "it's strange, for a while nothing happened, then i lost 4 kilos in a week". I had to explain that they call this a "whoosh". He's quite pleased about it, so i've decided to get back on it now my birthday's over and springtime's on its way! I have a question before i start hoarding up on meat, eggs and cheese: does anyone find it helps to keep a journal of what you've eaten, what you'll eat and what exercise you do? Is there any software designed for this, a bit like Microsoft Money only with food? ;-) cheers! alan |
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"alan" wrote:
Hello! I've been of and on atkins (last year i lost a lot of weight, but put some back on so i'm going back on it... tomorrow!). My old man has recently started the diet, 'cos he's always been overweight (runs in the family) and he kept hearing about atkins on the TV so i lent him the book, and today he tells me "it's strange, for a while nothing happened, then i lost 4 kilos in a week". I had to explain that they call this a "whoosh". He's quite pleased about it, so i've decided to get back on it now my birthday's over and springtime's on its way! I have a question before i start hoarding up on meat, eggs and cheese: does anyone find it helps to keep a journal of what you've eaten, what you'll eat and what exercise you do? Is there any software designed for this, a bit like Microsoft Money only with food? ;-) cheers! alan I track everything. I find it very helpful to track progress and look back and figure out why a pattern occurs(such as reactions to certain foods). http://www.fitday.com free online use or buy PC software to download I guess the parts of the book(like phases 3 & 4) that talk about Atkins as a way of life and not a short bus ride to get on and off of didn't connect with you. If you don't learn to permanently adjust your eating to your body you will just gain weight back--sometimes very quickly and often get even heavier than when you started. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) 350/318/Mar-315/200 Atkins since Jan 12, 2004 |
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I guess the parts of the book(like phases 3 & 4) that talk about
Atkins as a way of life and not a short bus ride to get on and off of didn't connect with you. If you don't learn to permanently adjust your eating to your body you will just gain weight back--sometimes very quickly and often get even heavier than when you started. i know, but let's just say that certain events in life have a certain effect on the way (and crap) i eat! i guess i'm back on track now, and i'll give fitday a try, every little help can't hurt! thanks though! |
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Hello! I've been of and on atkins (last year i lost a lot of weight, but put some back on so i'm going back on it... tomorrow!). Welcome back, Alan, and good for you for showing your dad "the way." LOL! -- Jean M. New food of the week: black olives. Do away with flipfloping to e-mail. |
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Saffire, I've done the same thing in Excel. Being a big geek and using
spreadsheet in so many different ways over the year this was normal. I create a sheet for each day, building meals and portions from a lookup database sheet. I also put notes of unusual activity levels. It sums everything and the totals come over to a daily sheet. Mine automatically graphs changes in weight loss vs calories--no discernable coorelation! Weight over time, weight loss vs. carbs. I also do a bunch of coorelation tests and various avrages and trending--I'm a numbers geek. I totally understand about having it exactly the way you want. I've thought about switching over to fitday, but this has become so easy. I started with the Atkins db and have increased to about 600 items. I downloaded the entire SR-16 (USDA-what Fitday uses). I haven't converted it yet, but I'm looking at doing that and adding it into my food db. Eventually I'll archive the daily sheets off so the spreadsheet stays a manageable size. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) 350/318/Mar-315/200 Atkins since Jan 12, 2004 |
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:56:00 -0600, Jean M.
wrote: Welcome back, Alan, and good for you for showing your dad "the way." LOL! -- Jean M. New food of the week: black olives. Do away with flipfloping to e-mail. "The Way", is that the path to true enlightenment? A way to a new god? So silly. Sleepy --------------------------------- The True Axis of Evil Bush - Cheney - Ashcroft - Rumsfeld --------------------------------- |
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says... Saffire, I've done the same thing in Excel. Being a big geek and using spreadsheet in so many different ways over the year this was normal. I create a sheet for each day, building meals and portions from a lookup database sheet. I also put notes of unusual activity levels. It sums everything and the totals come over to a daily sheet. Mine automatically graphs changes in weight loss vs calories--no discernable coorelation! Weight over time, weight loss vs. carbs. I also do a bunch of coorelation tests and various avrages and trending--I'm a numbers geek. I totally understand about having it exactly the way you want. I've thought about switching over to fitday, but this has become so easy. I started with the Atkins db and have increased to about 600 items. I downloaded the entire SR-16 (USDA-what Fitday uses). I haven't converted it yet, but I'm looking at doing that and adding it into my food db. Eventually I'll archive the daily sheets off so the spreadsheet stays a manageable size. Heh, heh. Great minds think alike :-) I'm just finishing up converting 425 CD's to mp3s (wait, I didn't do the classical stuff, so make that about 415 CDs). Actually, I HAVE converted them all, I'm just fine-tuning organization and ID3 tags now. Once that geek-bulb goes off over your head, there's really no stopping until you get it the way you want it :-) -- Saffire 205/166/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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Saffire wrote:
In article , says... Saffire, I've done the same thing in Excel. Being a big geek and using spreadsheet in so many different ways over the year this was normal. I create a sheet for each day, building meals and portions from a lookup database sheet. I also put notes of unusual activity levels. It sums everything and the totals come over to a daily sheet. Mine automatically graphs changes in weight loss vs calories--no discernable coorelation! Weight over time, weight loss vs. carbs. I also do a bunch of coorelation tests and various avrages and trending--I'm a numbers geek. I totally understand about having it exactly the way you want. I've thought about switching over to fitday, but this has become so easy. I started with the Atkins db and have increased to about 600 items. I downloaded the entire SR-16 (USDA-what Fitday uses). I haven't converted it yet, but I'm looking at doing that and adding it into my food db. Eventually I'll archive the daily sheets off so the spreadsheet stays a manageable size. Heh, heh. Great minds think alike :-) I'm just finishing up converting 425 CD's to mp3s (wait, I didn't do the classical stuff, so make that about 415 CDs). Actually, I HAVE converted them all, I'm just fine-tuning organization and ID3 tags now. Once that geek-bulb goes off over your head, there's really no stopping until you get it the way you want it :-) It's true. I converted my CD collection(~475) this past year and I'm more than 60% done with all my vinyl (45s, 12" & LPs). I also obsessively tag music. I have everything in proper folders(over 54 GBs now) with a thumbnail of each cover in each album folder. I use I-Tunes now, I don't let it reorganize the folders(an option you have to uncheck before you use it), just let it build a db, ratings, playcounts. Really a well done product. WinAMP 5 is also very good and similar capability. There are a few 45s from my first vinyl conversions that I need to redo. The software I used to convert wasn't very good back then. I also instituted a backup strategy, complete with an offsite copy. I've got 13 years of professsional, personal, and valuale info on this PC. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) 350/318/Mar-315/200 Atkins since Jan 12, 2004 |
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says... It's true. I converted my CD collection(~475) this past year and I'm more than 60% done with all my vinyl (45s, 12" & LPs). I also obsessively tag music. I have everything in proper folders(over 54 GBs now) with a thumbnail of each cover in each album folder. I use Now THAT'S ambitious! It didn't occur to me to scan the covers -- oh great, now THAT idea's going to stew until I HAVE to do it :-) The LPs (about 300) are still in the garage and I haven't touched them since about 1988. Hmmmmm .... -- Saffire 205/166/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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