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I had a great-grandfather who worked in a lumber camp in Canada. They ate five meals every day, but they never gained any weight at all. Of course, they burned 7,000-8,000 calories every day!

It's also worth noting that not only is exercise important, but exercise in the morning is crucial. Exercising in the morning tends to raise your metabolism, which means you burn more calories throughout the day when your body is "idle."

It's also worth noting that not only is exercise important, but exercise in the morning is crucial. Exercising in the morning tends to raise your metabolism, which means you burn more calories throughout the day when your body is "idle."

Right, and not just that, but in the morning, your body tends to be in a fasting state (8 hours, no food), so the main energy supply will be fat..

I am going on an Atkins diet (2 weeks very low car, then switch to moderate, low glycemic level carbs). Everyone in my family (5 sisters, 1 brother) has hypercholesteremia, and lowfat diets have not worked for any of them, we might be Syndrome X types, I am going to give this a try and then have my cholesteral checked in a few months.

Your example is par for the work performed. When I was in College, I worked in a food warehouse. I and my co-workers ate a meal at each of our three breaks, mine was two heavy ham sandwiches at each break. Our job was non-stop work filling grocery store orders (freezer foods) and loading the trucks.

For the last nine years, I have been required to really pour the sweat out in our shop along with the office stuff. On top of this is maintaining the 1.5 acres of the Church for which I belong and my own household and that of some elderly neighbors on occasion.

For these last nine years, my breakfast for the weekday has been six extra large eggs, one quart of milk and two packages of instant breakfast in a blender. I eat a barbecue sandwich or other at lunch and a full supper. Tonight will be my chicken fried steak and gravey.

My wife sent me (made me go)to the Doctor twice in the last year and all of my blood work came up in the perfect range (no, I do not keep up with the numbers, I am a male). Doc told me to keep up with what I am doing. I am 43, 5-11 and 175# with a 31 inch waist.

I understand that if I want to turn into a couch potatoe, that I'll have to change this routine.

Kids...don't try this at home.