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"Tom" wrote in message news:SF64d.469930$M95.240527@pd7tw1no... I know that I probably won't convince you to totally change the way you eat. But I hope that my reflections can help you in finding a way of eating that works for you. It's tough to know what to do with all the conflicting reports and the way you actually feel as well. You'll have to experiment and do lots of reading and body monitoring no matter what plan you come up with. For me, this is the way I intend to eat the rest of my life, because it works and it feels healthy. Good luck to you Doug. Tom 210/180/180 Tom, you sold me! Thanks for an excellent post ...... now I have to get back to the lo-carb way with a vengeance. Your reflection was quite helpful. -- John V. LC - not quite Atkins, since 1/2/04 262/249/175 |
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"Tom" wrote in message news:SF64d.469930$M95.240527@pd7tw1no... I know that I probably won't convince you to totally change the way you eat. But I hope that my reflections can help you in finding a way of eating that works for you. It's tough to know what to do with all the conflicting reports and the way you actually feel as well. You'll have to experiment and do lots of reading and body monitoring no matter what plan you come up with. For me, this is the way I intend to eat the rest of my life, because it works and it feels healthy. Good luck to you Doug. Tom 210/180/180 Tom, you sold me! Thanks for an excellent post ...... now I have to get back to the lo-carb way with a vengeance. Your reflection was quite helpful. -- John V. LC - not quite Atkins, since 1/2/04 262/249/175 |
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The only problem you cited was the chocolates. Chocolate can be fine if you
make your own and use splenda. Cocoa powder is mostly fiber. |
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The only problem you cited was the chocolates. Chocolate can be fine if you
make your own and use splenda. Cocoa powder is mostly fiber. |
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"Tom" wrote in
news:SF64d.469930$M95.240527@pd7tw1no: I finally came to the conclusion that if I were living 100,000 years ago, the only things I could find to eat were meat and whatever edible plants I could find. Fruits would have been seasonal and a lot smaller and less sweet. High starch foods would have been a lot smaller in size and not as tasty as well. Grains are tough to eat unless crushed and or cooked and they must be gathered by hand first. The body would have had to work quite a bit harder to extract the carbs from all the surrounding fiber of the available plant foods. Sugar would only be available if I was willing to risk being stung by bees. My only beverage would probably have been water or tea. The refined starches and sugars of today's foods are simply too easy to digest and cheap to make. The nutritionists claim that 60% of our calories should come from these high carb foods. I think the best way to satisfy our appetites is to emulate as much as possible the diets that we evolved to eat, Not breads, french fries, and pastas. This paragraph has renewed my strength to butch up and stop 'tasting' things that keep me from losing weight. I've saved it to look at periodically to remind myself why I'm doing this. Thanks! Cate who's maintained a 35-pound loss for 6 months but still has many more pounds to lose |
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"Tom" wrote in
news:SF64d.469930$M95.240527@pd7tw1no: I finally came to the conclusion that if I were living 100,000 years ago, the only things I could find to eat were meat and whatever edible plants I could find. Fruits would have been seasonal and a lot smaller and less sweet. High starch foods would have been a lot smaller in size and not as tasty as well. Grains are tough to eat unless crushed and or cooked and they must be gathered by hand first. The body would have had to work quite a bit harder to extract the carbs from all the surrounding fiber of the available plant foods. Sugar would only be available if I was willing to risk being stung by bees. My only beverage would probably have been water or tea. The refined starches and sugars of today's foods are simply too easy to digest and cheap to make. The nutritionists claim that 60% of our calories should come from these high carb foods. I think the best way to satisfy our appetites is to emulate as much as possible the diets that we evolved to eat, Not breads, french fries, and pastas. This paragraph has renewed my strength to butch up and stop 'tasting' things that keep me from losing weight. I've saved it to look at periodically to remind myself why I'm doing this. Thanks! Cate who's maintained a 35-pound loss for 6 months but still has many more pounds to lose |
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"Tom" wrote in
news:SF64d.469930$M95.240527@pd7tw1no: I finally came to the conclusion that if I were living 100,000 years ago, the only things I could find to eat were meat and whatever edible plants I could find. Fruits would have been seasonal and a lot smaller and less sweet. High starch foods would have been a lot smaller in size and not as tasty as well. Grains are tough to eat unless crushed and or cooked and they must be gathered by hand first. The body would have had to work quite a bit harder to extract the carbs from all the surrounding fiber of the available plant foods. Sugar would only be available if I was willing to risk being stung by bees. My only beverage would probably have been water or tea. The refined starches and sugars of today's foods are simply too easy to digest and cheap to make. The nutritionists claim that 60% of our calories should come from these high carb foods. I think the best way to satisfy our appetites is to emulate as much as possible the diets that we evolved to eat, Not breads, french fries, and pastas. This paragraph has renewed my strength to butch up and stop 'tasting' things that keep me from losing weight. I've saved it to look at periodically to remind myself why I'm doing this. Thanks! Cate who's maintained a 35-pound loss for 6 months but still has many more pounds to lose |
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"Tom" wrote in message news:SF64d.469930$M95.240527@pd7tw1no...
"Doug Lerner" wrote in message ... But I'm very frustrated and really just don't know what do to anymore... doug I realize from your prior postings that you are battling with low-cal vs. low-carb. Here are a few reasons why I continue with low-carb, as well as some helpful things I did to keep myself on it, especially in the beginning. Reasons to continue My acid reflux is totally gone since low-carbing. My cholesterol is now in normal range. Blood pressure is 120/78, down from 136/86. I don't starve while I'm low-carbing. I've lost 30lbs and have maintained my weight within 3lbs either way for the past 6 months. I've lost my fear of eating fat for energy. My joints don't ache anymore. I feel more mobile. Although I never felt highly energetic, I never felt really low energy either. A welcome change from before. Having more endurance. Feelings of being able to control my diet rather than the other way around. Compliments from friends and family. Things that helped me Planning what I was going to eat the day before. Deciding what I could eat and sticking only to those foods. Keeping small baggies of nuts or beef jerky with me in case I was hungry when I went out. Not eating or drinking anything sweet tasting like diet coke or foods sweetened with sugar substitutes. Avoiding low-carb labeled foods. Switching pop for soda water or green tea. Good for you for conquering your acid reflux. Imho, soda once in a while is not unhealthy, but if it affects your reflux, then is good that you are taking inventory of your food and drink intake. |
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"Tom" wrote in message news:SF64d.469930$M95.240527@pd7tw1no...
"Doug Lerner" wrote in message ... But I'm very frustrated and really just don't know what do to anymore... doug I realize from your prior postings that you are battling with low-cal vs. low-carb. Here are a few reasons why I continue with low-carb, as well as some helpful things I did to keep myself on it, especially in the beginning. Reasons to continue My acid reflux is totally gone since low-carbing. My cholesterol is now in normal range. Blood pressure is 120/78, down from 136/86. I don't starve while I'm low-carbing. I've lost 30lbs and have maintained my weight within 3lbs either way for the past 6 months. I've lost my fear of eating fat for energy. My joints don't ache anymore. I feel more mobile. Although I never felt highly energetic, I never felt really low energy either. A welcome change from before. Having more endurance. Feelings of being able to control my diet rather than the other way around. Compliments from friends and family. Things that helped me Planning what I was going to eat the day before. Deciding what I could eat and sticking only to those foods. Keeping small baggies of nuts or beef jerky with me in case I was hungry when I went out. Not eating or drinking anything sweet tasting like diet coke or foods sweetened with sugar substitutes. Avoiding low-carb labeled foods. Switching pop for soda water or green tea. Good for you for conquering your acid reflux. Imho, soda once in a while is not unhealthy, but if it affects your reflux, then is good that you are taking inventory of your food and drink intake. |
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"Tom" wrote in message
I realize from your prior postings that you are battling with low-cal vs. low-carb. Here are a few reasons why I continue with low-carb, as well as some helpful things I did to keep myself on it, especially in the beginning.... (snipped to save bandwidth) Tom- Excellent post! Julie |
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