Best Diet Tips?

" you also burn calories when you do nothing. You are using confusing
terminology. in your example, you can eat 5000 calories per day and
exercise 3720, and burn 2280 more calorie by simply being alive.

Anyway, I think that we understand each other. Eating less by
equivalent of 1 big mac per day and walking 2 hours per day is a good
start.

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comprendo.
Thanks for the explanations.

Why did you change your handle from Ignoramus2586 to Ignoramus7404?

MelbaTatum wrote:

What your best (very short please) diet tips?

Pick one of the popular books. Read it. Follow the instructions
in the book. Do NOT assume that just because you disagree with
the book at some point it must be leaving stuff out and do your
own thing. Actually follow the actual instructions. Yes, some
of the instructions will run agains tthe obvious. That's because
the authors spent years or even decades designing their plan and
in their experiments they came up with the some stuff that runs
against the obvious that also works better than the obvious.

When you follow the instructions, follow the core ones. Do not
search through the book looking for justification to do what you
think is the right thing. You *will* be tempted to do that and
most likely if you search you *will* find discussion of your
exception that looks like it gives you permission. Do not allow
yourself to get sucked into this trap. Follow the directions
that you don't want to follow.

When you follow the directions, take the directions from the
book itself not from rumors and magazines and so on. Few folks
have any idea what's actually involved in any one plan. It
takes a major leap of faith to follow the instructions in the
face of your own doubts. Take that leap of faith. Try it the
way it says. You will be pleased with the results.

Do that and it almost doesn't matter which of the popular books
you pick. They all work when you follow their plans as they
are actually written.

So how do you select which book to use when I've written that
it doesn't really matter? I guess you could just pick my
favorite Doctor Atkins New Diet Revolution. But I was serious
that any one you pick will work fine.

Make your own choice and don't look back.

Chris Braun wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:33:57 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote:

I'm with you, Mary. My response was certainly legit, and I felt it
was useful. It's the approach that worked for me, anyway. I won't be
answering any more questions that Melba might ask.

sheesh, me neither

(I just wrote what worked for me, but really I certainly count in the
easiest-to-lose department -- thirtysomething guy, very active, very
high metabolism, mostly just simple dietary changes (stop eating crap)
required to start losing weight).

Heywood

232/186/182

Chris Braun wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:33:57 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote:

I'm with you, Mary. My response was certainly legit, and I felt it
was useful. It's the approach that worked for me, anyway. I won't be
answering any more questions that Melba might ask.

sheesh, me neither

(I just wrote what worked for me, but really I certainly count in the
easiest-to-lose department -- thirtysomething guy, very active, very
high metabolism, mostly just simple dietary changes (stop eating crap)
required to start losing weight).

Heywood

232/186/182

Chris Braun wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:33:57 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote:

I'm with you, Mary. My response was certainly legit, and I felt it
was useful. It's the approach that worked for me, anyway. I won't be
answering any more questions that Melba might ask.

sheesh, me neither

(I just wrote what worked for me, but really I certainly count in the
easiest-to-lose department -- thirtysomething guy, very active, very
high metabolism, mostly just simple dietary changes (stop eating crap)
required to start losing weight).

Heywood

232/186/182

Chris Braun wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:33:57 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote:

I'm with you, Mary. My response was certainly legit, and I felt it
was useful. It's the approach that worked for me, anyway. I won't be
answering any more questions that Melba might ask.

sheesh, me neither

(I just wrote what worked for me, but really I certainly count in the
easiest-to-lose department -- thirtysomething guy, very active, very
high metabolism, mostly just simple dietary changes (stop eating crap)
required to start losing weight).

Heywood

232/186/182

Chris Braun wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:33:57 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote:

I'm with you, Mary. My response was certainly legit, and I felt it
was useful. It's the approach that worked for me, anyway. I won't be
answering any more questions that Melba might ask.

sheesh, me neither

(I just wrote what worked for me, but really I certainly count in the
easiest-to-lose department -- thirtysomething guy, very active, very
high metabolism, mostly just simple dietary changes (stop eating crap)
required to start losing weight).

Heywood

232/186/182

Never give up!
If you have a cheat day, get back on track.
If you gain weight, don't think that all is lost!
Stay focused and positive and just keep at it!

"MelbaTatum" wrote in message
...
What your best (very short please) diet tips?

Never give up!
If you have a cheat day, get back on track.
If you gain weight, don't think that all is lost!
Stay focused and positive and just keep at it!

"MelbaTatum" wrote in message
...
What your best (very short please) diet tips?