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WT Brooks wrote:
My mom was never big on making biscuits, so I latched onto the fast food ones pretty early. When I was 17, I worked at McDonald's and made biscuits some mornings. I don't know if they still do it this way, but when I took a pan of biscuits from the oven, I was to brush butter flavored Wesson cooking oil all over the them. They wanted me to drown those *******s in that stuff. Man, that must have been fattening. I used to live with roommate who ate at Popeye's chicken every single day. Sometimes I would accompany him and as I'm not a big Popeye's chicken fan I would get an order of biscuits. Some of those things would actually be dripping when I picked them up. Now that I think about it, it's pretty damn gross. I loved 'em at the time, though. -- PL (320/291/170) (First mini-goal: 299 Reached! 08/26/04) (Second mini-goal: 279) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.754 / Virus Database: 504 - Release Date: 9/6/2004 |
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"WT Brooks" wrote in message
. .. Yes, I do plan to get almost-daily excercise. My only problem with that is that I'm recovering from a herniated disk right now. The walking and running will have to wait until I get better, but I am able to get on the excercise bike to some extent. If you like swimming and have access to a pool, this might also be an option. Swimming (especially on your back) is easy on the back and builds some muscles in that area... |
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"WT Brooks" wrote in message
. .. Yes, I do plan to get almost-daily excercise. My only problem with that is that I'm recovering from a herniated disk right now. The walking and running will have to wait until I get better, but I am able to get on the excercise bike to some extent. If you like swimming and have access to a pool, this might also be an option. Swimming (especially on your back) is easy on the back and builds some muscles in that area... |
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"WT Brooks" wrote in message
... I count calories and stick to foods that are under 30% cals. from fat and just try to eat lots of good veggies, lean meat and go easy on the white flour foods. There is really nothing wrong about fats, as long as : - You're aware of the difference between healthy fats (nuts, olive oil, fatty fish...), not so healthy fats (saturated fats) and really unhealthy fats (hydrogenated oils). - You take into account that fats are the densest nutriment, and you limit your portion size. Fats have some advantages : - Good fats can improve your blood lipids (LDL,HDL,triglycerides) - Fats are packed with essential nutriments : vitamins, essential fatty acids... - Fats bring lasting satiety The current advice here (France) is to get 50% of your fats from mono-unsaturated fatty acids (olive oil, rapeseed, nuts...), 25% from saturated sources and 25% from poly-unsaturated sources (walnuts, walnut oil...). That sounds about reasonnable. The main reason I wanted to go ahead and post is that I've always had a history of trying to lose weight but not sticking to it. Maybe coming clean in a public forum would keep me accountable long-term. You also have to learn to be accountable to yourself. You have started to try to understand why your diets failed in the past. That's a good thing, keep working on that front, and you will be able to see early signs of failure and correct them. The bad thing is that all the bad foods seem to keep me in a mental haze that makes me feel like I can't cut down. When I'd get hungry, I'd get REALLY hungry and high-fat food (especially Mexican food) would be the only thing that would fix it. That's a natural process. The hungrier you are, the more the body will crave for calorie dense food. So, don't get that hungry in the first place. You should strive for never feeling bloated after a meal, not for feeling hungry all the time. Mexican food doesn't have to be "fattening". A chili con carne can be a very decent diet meal, it's high in legumes, not that high in fats, and usually packs long lasting satiety... I was even able to resist a huge temptation last night because I was in a high-stress situation and was very hungry. Stress = hunger. There is no reason for that. Actually, for many people, intense stress is an appetite suppressant. You have to perceive the difference between real hunger (your body needs energy) and emotional hunger (your brain needs a comforter). You can try skipping a meal (breakfast or lunch) to let some real hunger build up. Try to slow down a bit and dig at your feelings. How does being hungry feel exactly. If you're familiar with meditation or similar processes, that would be a good time for them. Then, you can eat as slow as possible, while tasting the food and focussing on eating (no TV, no reading...). Notice the point when the hunger disappears and gets replaced with feeling well and satisfied. Notice how the taste of the food feels less and less appealing. That's the cues that tell you that you were really hungry, and then, that you have eaten enough to satisfy that hunger. Likewise, you can try to work on the stress level. Try to find non-eating related activities that can help the stress level. It can be anything : meditation, music, physical activity, reading... The best would be to find a short ritual that allows you to reduce the stress right *before* a meal. A few deep belly breaths with eyes closed can do the trick. If you're into religion, prayer can also work (I actually think it was one of the social role of the pre-meal prayer). You have to cut the link between stress and eating/hunger. I knew it would be hours before I could make it home to eat, but a KFC was convenient to me. Let's see. You're 205lbs. Let's assume 30% body fat. That's 60lbs of fat at 3,500kcal per pound. So, you have 210,000kcal stored as body fat, with an additionnal 1,200 stored as glycogen (glucose). That would have been plenty enough to survive until dinner. You could also have eaten a little something and wait for dinner at home. Or even cut a single dinner into two small meals. Or you could carry some food to eat between meals, I used to carry some nuts for instance. Skipping a meal from time to time to feel your hunger will also make you feel that it's a perfectly survivable experience. But of course, the urgency was probably more with dealing with the stress than with the hunger itself. I went there and got a 2 piece dinner, but I skipped all of the crust and skin and ate half of everything else (OK, I ate one bite of crust). It was just enough to make me feel better without overdoing it. Good thing. If you can keep that kind of control, eating at KFC is probably not such a problem. |
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