Please help me critique my eating plan?

"Roger Zoul" writes:

::: What kind of bike? Stationary, road, mountain, etc? Just curious...

:: Probably something fairly all-purpose. It's hilly around here, but
:: not mountainous. I'll be riding some on gravel roads, so I don't
:: want tires that are too thin and smooth. My last bike was a cheap
:: Walmart special, and it did okay except that I always wished the
:: handlebars would go higher.

Well, I'm not sure I'd recommend Walmart, but as long as you're
riding it's good.

Yeah, that one was a gift, so I don't think I'll be going that route
again. I may do some looking and see if I can find something nicer
that's used, for a price similar to a new cheap one.

I'm definitely getting a more comfortable seat, too.



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Aaron -- 285/235/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

On May 23, 2:36 am, "Bob in CT" wrote:

Well, that sucks. What do you use for things like hamburgers and hot
dogs? I can eat them without a "bun" (i.e., low carb wraps), but that
limits the appeal of them.

I get several nice sized lettuce leaves, and use that as
bread....works great! Messy, but tasty!

On Jun 4, 1:59 pm, Aaron Baugher wrote:
I'd say as long as you're showing progress, either in size or weight,
be happy and confident and know that you will reach your goal. It's
fine to look for ways to improve what you're doing, but always see
your progress as an ongoing success.

I agree.

Some people are lucky and lose very rapidly; some people have a much
harder time and lose more slowly.

That's good. I just re-committed myself after discovering that I'm
somewhat diabetic, and after two weeks, I'm feeling much better.
Looking at it as a WOE for life instead of a diet does seem to help.
When I thought of it as a diet that would take a particular amount of
time, it was too easy to "put it off." The rationalization would go
something like: "Well, it's probably gonna take me X months to reach
my goal, so I can be good today and reach it X months from now, or I
can eat this tub of ice cream today and start the diet again tomorrow
and reach it in X months and one day. What's one day, compared to 20
years of being more or less overweight?" Not a very productive way of
thinking.

IME, diabetes makes a HUGE difference in thinking of it as a WOE
instead of as a weight-loss diet.

I haven't done that yet, because I'm just not that organized, but it's
probably a good idea if you can do it, especially when you need help.
I'd say at least 90% of the times that someone claims to be doing
everything right and failing to lose weight, there's something in the
menus they post that isn't on-plan, or is technically low-carb but
causes problems for many people.

Yes, but... Annie is not stalled, just losing slowly. Thus "fixing"
things is a bit premature.

Losing is losing... it's moving in the right direction. And as long
as you're moving in the right direction, there's no need to reconsider
your navigation. If you STOP moving in the right direction, then it's
time to reconsider.