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[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I figured out to instantly lose 10 pounds of unused weight: chop off my head

Well yeah, but then you would no longer be able to go to the bathroom.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Maybe we can all just go in for group middle section liposuction. (Anything to avoid sit-ups.)

I just started back in with my morning sit-up regimen of 175 crunches in 7 styles.

That usually does it for my mid-section. But I'm also going to have to cut out some admittedly yummy foods if I want the abs these crunches create to be visible.

And I need some kind of fun aerobic workout. Ironically, similar to NA's situation, the dog was my major source of outdoor exercise. His run was half for him and half for me. But the poor pooch can barely walk anymore. And I'm screwed, because I'm not the sit-on-a-machine for 30 minutes type.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I figured out to instantly lose 10 pounds of unused weight: chop off my head

Please don't....cause you know, someone might trip over it and hurt themselves.

It's really just a matter of safety

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

I find it very important to keep my sugar levels properly balanced. Eating several small meals spread throughout the day is very important to me, so, yes, I eat at night and early in the morning and all throughout the day. But I only eat about 1300-1400 calories total.



Actually, no. Anything that I cut out completely or significantly (that goes for the carbs in #4) simply causes me to want to eat it more. The key is moderation. I'm not only eating dessert on holidays. I'm just eating a small serving when I really feel like it, which is maybe once every other week.



I prefer swimming. I do it every morning unless there's, say, a major event that takes up my time (and expends a similar amount of energy or more than the swimming would.)



Not only does this throw off my body/hunger as in #2, this isn't healthy at all. Not only because muscles really need carbs to function, but also because vegetables and fruit are carbs. And they make up the majority of my diet.



Not too little cheese, either. But a little goes a long way. And I tend to choose only the good stuff that I really like, as opposed to soothing a desire with crap I don't. This tends to help me in all ways lately, not just food.

I've lost 20 pounds since April. It's primarily the swimming that helps me (I plateaued while I wasn't swimming during September and October.) But secondarily, it's making food-related changes that are sustainable, because this is a many-years process (forever, actually) and I know what works for me and what doesn't.

So, LB, just try to learn what works for you, what you can sustain for the long term. And I promise you, my ass and Tom's ass combined didn't break Dumbo on Sunday. And I alone am heavier than you currently are.

We basically agree. Special occasions arise for me about every other week. But I've given up things like drinking while I cook, grabbing a piece of cake at some kid's birthday party, etc.

By carbs I meant sugar, starch, grains and the like. Veggies are important. But as to the former, where once I would walk into a Starbucks and feel a visceral need to have something from the pastry case with my coffee, now it all looks like cardboard to me and I'm not drawn to it.

I agree that a little cheese is a good thing. More than a little sets me back just like chocolate.

If eating a little at night prevents eating a lot at some point, that's great. For me, I knock the weight off best when I don't eat after dinner and walk the dog or do some other exercise in the evening after dinner.

[~MS~]

Hubby 'cheats' if he wants an extra carb or two he'll do an extra 30 minutes of excercise to 'earn' it ...but the educator made a great point, it's not about feeling full when you eat, it's about never feeling hungry so you never over eat. Treats on special occassions are necessary to keep from binge attacks...so far he is on week 3 and he's lost a few pounds and his sugars have never been better since he left the ICU the last time.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

If eating a little at night prevents eating a lot at some point, that's great.

The constant-little-by-day staves off hunger. But the nighttime eating is more of a balanced blood sugar thing, really... a staving-off-diabetes thing. Not that my blood sugar is out of whack, but my parents both have adult-onset and I wish to prevent it.

[~MS~]

Another fact we got....not eating doesn't necessarily help the blood sugar issue, as bizzarre as it sounds, not eating can be worse for the blood sugars since the liver will produce sugars even if you haven't taken in any calories or carbs. Keeping your blood sugars balanced is the best defense against the onset of adult diabetes for sure. A great snack if you like peanut butter is 2 tbs peanut butter and celery sticks....a simple carb count of 1 serving and negative calories in the celery.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Exactly, MS, that's what I was staying. I eat at nighttime to balance my blood sugar.

[~MS~]

Based on what we learned if you continue your eating like you are then you reduce your potential to develop adult diabetes by over 50 percent.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I agree that a little cheese is a good thing. More than a little sets me back just like chocolate.

And I put out too much cheese last night. Next time my mom visits, I'm going to cut the cheese.