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I'm 73 and was brought up on this kind of diet. Provolone cheese and Genoa salami and red wine. But the belly fat's too much. I do hour-long cardio walks daily and 50 push-ups a day but it doesn't make any difference.
1 posted on 07/21/2021 3:34:42 PM PDT by 4Runner
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Weight training 3 days a week 45 mins each session will do wonders.

You need good equipment for the range of motion.


2 posted on 07/21/2021 3:38:14 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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I hate to pass this on, but the only thing that works past 60 is calorie control. You probably need to get below 2000 calories a day and closer to 1500 to lose weight.


3 posted on 07/21/2021 3:39:41 PM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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Due to my low thyroid even with proper blood test results with levothyroxin, I can barely lose a couple of pounds. Guess I would be like Michael Moore if I DIDN’T do the exercise and dieting, though.

Heard of the guy who gave up drinking, smoking, sitting around watching TV and eating junk foods? He now remembers those as the worst 45 minutes of his whole life.


4 posted on 07/21/2021 3:41:04 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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I do hour-long cardio walks daily and 50 push-ups a day but it doesn’t make any difference.


Do you do any core or ab workouts?


5 posted on 07/21/2021 3:41:55 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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I’m 73 and I lost a big belly with intermittent fasting.

I can eat whatever I want, because with intermittent fasting, it’s not what you eat but when you eat. Of course, how much you eat plays into it a bit, too, but not as much as with diets. Just eat until you’re satisfied. Don’t overdo it. You know when you’re overdoing it.


6 posted on 07/21/2021 3:44:22 PM PDT by Westbrook
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What and how much you eat is the main factor regarding how much you weight. Working out just firms everything up.


8 posted on 07/21/2021 3:46:06 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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What has really helped me is intermittent fasting combined with low carb diet.

Basically I try most days to not eat until noon. But if I'm really hungry, I'll have a breakfast scrambler for breakfast.

And I've been eating

low carb pizzas.

  1. You take a carb balance medium sized flour tortilla (net carbs 4).
  2. Sprinkle a thin layer of mozzarella on half of it and fold it over. You basically want the cheese to seal the two layers of tortilla together when it cooks.
  3. Then spray the top layer with olive oil, to prevent the sauce from soaking in to the tortilla.
  4. Put a couple of teaspoons of pizza sauce on it and spread it around. (4g carbs /0.25 cups) so <1g carbs.
  5. Nice layer of mozzarella on that.
  6. Italian seasoning
  7. A little extra salt
  8. Toppings. I like the mini pepperonis.
  9. Place in Air fryer on foil for 4 minutes on the steak setting.

    Excellent Pizza taste and very low carb.


10 posted on 07/21/2021 3:50:49 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Reduce calories consumed.
Visceral fat is the first to go.
Don’t snack between meals.
Eat more earlier in the day.
Go to bead hungry.
Activity is a good thing, but not for losing weight.


11 posted on 07/21/2021 3:54:41 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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You’re eating too much, sorry to say. And eat less caloric dense foods.


13 posted on 07/21/2021 3:58:00 PM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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Read Dr. William Davis’s book, “Wheat Belly.” I read it, gave up wheat, and lost 15 pounds. More importantly, my LDL dropped 40 points the first month. I’m a female, very small person. Now weigh 118. My doc put his hand on my muscular upper arm when he met me and said, “You’re very strong. You’ll live to be 100.” Muscular strength is the top indicator of a long life.

Work out with weights at home or join the gym. Do a mile every day on the treadmill or walk around your ‘hood.

BTW, I eat butter, steak, chicken and eggs. Cheese is fine too. No pork because pigs are as smart as dogs and I wouldn’t eat my dog.


14 posted on 07/21/2021 4:03:24 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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And, I have a glass of red wine every day for my heart’s sake. It has resveratrol. My sister’s cardiologist told her to drink it for her heart, but she’s a recovering alcoholic and won’t. Blueberries are a wonderful source of resveratrol too. Or you can buy it in capsules which are ridiculously expensive. If you’re a big man, two glasses of red are probably good for you.


17 posted on 07/21/2021 4:08:20 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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“...(think squats, presses, and deadlifts) ...”

Think this!😎


20 posted on 07/21/2021 4:44:32 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Ditch sugar as much as possible....you will lose weight.


22 posted on 07/21/2021 4:50:01 PM PDT by ealgeone
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Well, I guess I’ll go early, but at least I’ll be happy.


23 posted on 07/21/2021 4:52:07 PM PDT by alephnull (Islam is not a religion of peace. It is a cult of death.)
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Then why live?


25 posted on 07/21/2021 4:56:21 PM PDT by null and void (Our two party system is not two views fighting. There is only one view. Government needs more power!)
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Cutting out white sugar and corn syrup will do a body wonders!


27 posted on 07/21/2021 4:59:21 PM PDT by An Appeal to Heaven
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The only way to lose weight is to take in fewer calories than you consume. All the rest is crap.


31 posted on 07/21/2021 5:28:23 PM PDT by bigbob
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A guy I know lost around 60-80 pounds on a strict diet of water, meat (steaks, chicken or hamburger patties), hard liquor and vegetables excluding potatoes. No beer, no wine, no breads, no pasta, no potatoes, no rice, no cookies, no cakes, no candy, no sodas.


32 posted on 07/21/2021 5:49:23 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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It’s the sugar. It screws with the insulin which builds vitreous fat in yer gut.


34 posted on 07/21/2021 6:29:49 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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Funny:

I’m eating a pint of ice cream every night, followed by a single, quality IPA, and I’m fast on track to reach my goal.

Oh, and pizza is definitely on the table (weekends).

I haven’t touched white flour in years (bad for the gut).

If folks need a name for it, I’m doing the ‘french fry & ice cream diet’. Lost 20 pounds by next week this round of health recovery (had a run of antibiotics due to an infection awhile back and weight gain was automatic).

Didn’t read the OP source. Don’t care. More BS from those who don’t know jack. Hope to publish by next year on how I regained my health and lost over 60 pounds total without ‘dieting’.


38 posted on 07/21/2021 6:54:46 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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