Posted on 01/21/2006 7:21:11 PM PST by RightOnline
Wrong. You miss the point entirely. This is about a lifestyle change; proper food intake/diet combined with exercise. Just cutting calories will NEVER do it alone.
Wow, do a Google search on babka with safe search off. There are some yummy babkas out there!
Babka must be Russian for "luscious young hooters." Unfortunately, it's also Russion for "real old woman."
Ugh, I can't stand tofu. The taste is fine (it has none) but the texture just grosses me out.
I've tried all different firmness of it, tried baking/frying/sauteing it, etc - still makes me gag.
The only way I was able to choke it down was to soak it in teriyaki sauce, slice it thin, then cook it down into a sort of tofu jerky in a slow oven for 3 or 4 hours.
I could eat it then but the noise of it wetly sputtering in the oven still made me nauseous.
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I went from getting winded walking to the corner store and back, to running marathons and climbing mountains, while losing 125 lbs. I know what I am talking about.
I was actually very concerned that this time, the weight wouldn't come back off. I gained 77 lbs. with my first son, 55 lbs. with my daughter (she was over 2 months premature), and 72 lbs. with my second son (he was 3 weeks early). The thing is, there are over 4 years between my second and third pregnancies, and I wasn't a spring chicken when God blessed us with children. I actually thought I was going through menopause, only to discover I was pregnant!
I've always had a slim figure and not much of an appetite, so I guess my body's natural inclination is go back to "normal." Thank God! I know women who found their body-type and metabolism had changed after their children came, and it took years to drop the pounds.
Lol! At least you have a sense of humor about it :)
Hubby had triple bypass and they put him on a very low fat diet along with brisk walks. In a year he lost 60 lbs.
Okay, I'm just going to back away slowly now...
Well...You can't live off tofu. :-) Veggies and rice are my staples, and those, too, are very versatile...
All the above advice is fantastic. There are a couple tips I'd add:
The "8 glasses of water" isn't strictly necessary and has been disproven, as far as the old idea that everyone is basically dehydrated all the time. But if you're exercising and sweating out more water than you used to, the water needs to be replaced. Additionally, the body doesn't do a very good job of differentiating between hunger and thirst; sometimes a bottle of water is the cure for a "hunger" pang, especially if you're otherwise eating properly.
The idea of 5-6 small meals a day is tough to do properly. Eating the same three unhealthy meals a day, and adding a 10 A.M. donut and a 3 P.M. bag of Doritos won't cut it. The idea is that the average person trying to lose weight and getting moderate exercise should consume around 1500-1800 calories a day; the point of multiple meals is to divide that caloric total roughly equally among 5 or 6 meals. The simplest way to think of it is that, assuming your "three squares" are themselves healthy and the right caloric balance, divide each of them in half and eat half of one every three hours.
For me, the "day off" of the diet, or eating whatever you want one day of every week, wasn't as big a deal as finding a way to enjoy what I eat on the other six days. I had to find a way to add flavor to the healthy meals I eat, and the key is to find things that are flavorful but not caloric. Spices, like garlic or pepper, are one way. I found myself "addicted" to hot sauce, of which there are literally thousands of different varieties from mild to insane. Fresh vegetables and fruits are another good way to add "healthy" flavor to well-balanced meals.
Finally, exercise should be intense for the person exercising. It's critical to rapid, healthy weight loss, but it can't be standardized. If it's a stretch to walk from the mall to the parking lot, 20 minutes of brisk walking is sufficient; trying to jog for a half hour will result in quitting after five minutes and not trying again. But if you've been jogging for a half hour every day for the past three months and hit a plateau, more is necessary.
Good luck to those just starting out; it really is a lifestyle change.
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Pinging to send to the kid later, thanks for posting this, it sounds like very sensible advice.
You're very welcome. :)
That's what most people do and get fat: meal, snack, snack, meal, snack, snack, meal!
Precisely.
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