Posted on 06/03/2009 12:36:48 PM PDT by fellowgeek
I elected to take a physical health assessment at work today and was not happy with the results.
one thing that helped me was to eliminate food with high fructose corn syrup. I limit dairy, and exercise alot! Best wishes. I’ve been heavy, and now I am relatively slim.
This is the answer:
1) Eat less, but better;
2) Move more.
Exercise is your friend. :)
Here endeth the lesson.
Sounds like you’re getting some good suggestions here. I’m going to check these out as well.
Eat less, exercise more. That's as simple as it can be.
Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator. Walk the short distance instead of driving. Order your meal, cut the portion and take half of it home. No fast food, ever. No soft drinks.
Seriously, don’t skip ^any^ meals, you become a slave to your hypthalamus if you do (you’ll pig-outat your next meal).
I’ve been on a 4 meal diet for the last few months for the same reasons as you.
High fiber cereal w/ milk in the morning (0630)
Fruit and breakfast bar (1100)
Normal lunch (1330) - usually leftovers and moderately heavy on carbs
- Brisk 30-minute walk after work -
Normal Dinner (1900) - heavy on protein.
I’m down about 10 pounds in the last month
I tried everything, but until I found an exercise I liked (Floppin' about in the pool) nothing worked.
Now I'm fine.
Great job. From what I understand, besides turning right to sugar, it actually does something with your neurons to make you feel hungry. We don't drink a lot, but I can't see giving it up.. everything in moderation.. of course to the original OP, I reaffirm to check with your doctor, depending on your personal needs, this may be a good suggestion.
Good for you!
Eat a little breakfast, even just some peanut butter crackers with a cup of coffee at work. Take the kids for a walk, even if in a wagon or stroller. Be the one to pick up the toys at bedtime, so your wife can fold a load of laundry or finish wiping the kitchen counters. Take your time in trying to lose the weight; focus on the direction, not the speed of losing weight. Try to give up refined sugars (candy) as much as possible, and eat nothing after dinner time on weeknights. No bed snacking. It takes some effort but a little progress will help to motivate you. When you fall off or hit a plateau, have faith in yourself and get back on the program. You will also be setting a great example for your children’s future health.
I am not as good about it now as I should be, but for the years during which the kids were growing up and living with me, I was very active, and it seems to have rubbed off on them, as they both work out regularly (21 and 24).
GOOD LUCK
You're a geologist?
You publish dirty magazines?
You sell gravel?
Men's Health magazine has a great feature every month called 'eat this, not that' which shows how small item choices can make a difference. One thing I was shocked about was the Bacon Egg and Cheese English muffin at Dunkin Donughts is actually better for you than the Whole Grain bagel with low fat cream cheese. The former has fewer fat, carbs, and calories. The latter is just marketing.
I agree they are all good suggestions, but it’s hard to get too much exercise with a wife, and 2 kids ages 2 and 4.
I was going to head over to Walmart tonight to look at bikes and a little ‘kiddie carrier’ to pull behind the bike.
Has anybody had any luck with bike riding? What about in the winter?
Thanks again for all these good suggestions.
pasta, sugar, white bread, soda, rice....
Portion control. eat what you like but not more an a cup (I cheated a little on this). Have a steak not the side of beef, with it potatoes (one cup) and veggies. If still hungry have more veggies.
Never go more than 4 hours without eating something. If you have lunch at noon and dinner at 6 or later have a snack about 3.
She told me not to worry too much about calories, etc but keep an eye on the fat content. I was a bacon and eggs guy, now it is Fiber One in the morning.
I get one a day week to eat and drink. During the week it is black coffee in the morning and water the rest of the day, lots of water. On Saturday I have bacon and eggs, etc, have a few other things I like and an adult beverage that evening.
Must say it has really worked for me. I still eat what I like but less of it and I feel great. I am now off of my BP meds and my cholesterol meds have been cut in half.
I lost 20 pounds over a 6 month period by sticking to 1300 calories a day. (I’m a relatively small woman, so this is a healthy intake for me- you can Google your own proper caloric intake.) However, here’s the first key. Keep a food diary and pre-plan everything you intend to eat that day. You can change your plans, but that will require you to go back to your written plan and eliminate something to make it balance out. There are all kinds of handy computer programs that will help you do this, and some make great graphs to keep you inspired. I used “Weight by Date.” It helped me keep accountable to myself.
Forcing yourself to stick to a food diary will eliminate your impulse eating, because you’ll be too lazy to recalculate everything.
Since I’m a mom, I tended to eat similar breakfasts, lunches, and snacks (100 cal popcorn) every day. Then I’d just limit my portion size for whatever I fed my family for dinner to fit into my daily caloric allowance. The 4 PM snack was crucial. Without it, I was out of control at dinner time.
The second key is to MEASURE your serving sizes until you figure out what a normal serving size is. It turned out I was eating up to three times the normal serving size of everything for years.
I didn’t worry about exercise, carbs, fat, food pyramids, or whatever. I just kept a food diary and kept my intake under 1300 calories per day. I’ve kept off the weight for two years so far.
This is probably the healthy way to eat... I did this for about one year around 15 years ago. It was too much trouble/work. My eating regimen is worse than your's (I'm good at doling out the advise - but not following it), in that I skip breakfast and lunch and eat one huge dinner at the end of the day. Worst thing for you. I make up for it (sort of) with copious amounts of exercise. The 5 small meals a day makes sense (keeps your metabolism running at a higher level so that you'll effectively burn more calories) - but it takes work... I'll have to look at that again.
In a nutshell if in is more than out you will gain weight. If you drink alcohol...( i drink no more than 2 glasses of wine a night (6 ozs apiece) it needs to be considered in calories in.
I watch my carb intake. YOU DO NEED CARBS. Do not let anyone tell you different. It provides energy. Stick with mainly slow digestion carbs (veggies oatmeal whole grains.) Watch your carb intake after say 5:00. If you do not burn carbs it turns straight to sugar and will sit on your body all night. Not good.
I also eat 5 small meals a day instead of three big ones to regulate blood sugar.
WOrks wonders for me. I am 38 almost 39 and in great shape.
EXCERCISE!!!!!!!!!!
Even if you order a Big Mac and fries and only eat half of it, you've still cut your caloric/fat intake by 50%.
I lost 110lbs in 10 months.
I swim 1200 meters a day and eat like the Chinese. Steamed rice, fish, and stir fry veggies.
I walk often.
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