Dieting...
by Yeah so I love reading and learning new nutritional information, reading about new diets, new ways to eat healthy, all that kind of stuff. I used to hate Atkins before I read the book and now I respect and love that way of eating. It's great and it really works!
For those of you who may actually not be familiar with the "real" Atkins and only know the "fad diet" version of it... you limit your carb intake dramatically for the first 14 days, and eat tons of things like cheese, steak, and salad (at least 3 cups of fresh vegetables a day are required)and then you gradually add carbs week by week until you stop losing weight. Then you try to stay at that carb level, so that you don't gain weight. It's great. You can basically eat whatever you want once you get going and lose some weight and get used to the routine of it... just watch the carbs and eat in moderation. But the way the diet works is it actually makes you less hungry, so you wind up eating less and not craving crap all the time. It's great.
However there is a *new* diet on the market, called the South Beach Diet which is extremely similar to Atkins, in fact, the Doc who wrote the book knew and respected Dr. Atkins and his work. The difference - you can eat more of certain carbs on the South Beach diet and also I believe there is less of a consumption of fat, where on Atkins you can eat more fat, which of course keeps you fuller, satisfies you, and somehow which I don't quite understand yet, helps your body burn fat.
People on Atkins lose weight, lower their cholesterol, lower their blood pressure, have tons more energy, and improve their way of life in general. However, it can be extremely difficult to stay on. So I guess that is where the South Beach Diet comes in.
If you're afraid of the Atkins fat but would like to try a low-carb way of life, check it out at www.southbeachdiet.com for more info, this is long enough already.
Anywhooooo
Weight loss isn't obvious. If it was obvious, 80% of America wouldn't be obese.
Thank you.
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i signed a contract today for Oprah's bootcamp. (todd, please put away those pretzels.)
OMG that's cool!!!!
Oprah looks amazing. she has abs. i mean abs on oprah...i never thought i'd see it in my lifetime. if she can do it after all her failed diets-i can do it, too.
oh yeah she looks amazing!!! i'm pretty much on her "routine" w/the exception of exercising 8 times a week and the white stuff. im slowly starting to cut the "whites" out of my food.
i'm doing it cold turkey. i'm a very grumpy person and it's only day 1.
whites? like what exactly?
anything made with white flour basically. i don't use white flour anyway, but it will be good for me to eliminate for a month.
ahhhh, funny. my mom talks about that. that's why we neve have white bread or anything like it in the house. i guess it's a good thing.
Also certain whites, like potatoes blanched flour, are empty carbs, they have very little, (if any) nutritional value. I use brown rice, whole wheat bread, flour, brown rice or whole wheat pasta... this is a little extreme for some. When we even eat potatoes, my family eats red skinned or sweet baked potatoes, not plain. At some point it was mentioned that there might be a possible link to cancer in an over consumption of certain "whites"...I dunno how much stock to put in this but, it can't hurt to be cautious :D
i get to eat my brown rice pasta and whole grain bread in one month i can't wait.
what do you get to eat now?
lean meat, plenty of greens, cheese, nuts, 2 fruits a day
so you eat this for one month then you move on to the browns??
exactly, but i have no idea about sugar. i should try to eliminate it completely.
i sa oprah show on her diet screts etc and i think she said she doesn't eat anything with sugar in it. she uses splenda.
right. which isn't that big of a deal to switch over to. the stinky thing tho is like condiments and things like that-everything has sugar in it.
oh yeah. i've already lowered my intake of sugar to nothing over 5 grams of sugar in it per serving.....means i had to stay away from ketchup.
that is my ultimate sadness.
i was shocked to learn how much sugar it has in it. if you find an alternate and it tastes yummy, let me know and vice versa.
I had to google that for you:
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/5/Sugar_Free_Ketchup6698.shtml
Lemme know if it's good; I might switch too.
thanks. i use ketchup in a lot of things. this will be a small, but effective way for me to make a change.
its tough figuring out what has "white" in it. like rice, flours.....sugars....etc.
i think my body would go in shock. but cold turkey is the best way to go. i admire you for it!!!
hopefully you'll be able to admire me for a long time haha
My grandmother needs to lower her salt intake and lower her cholesterol . There are a lot of diets that claim they're form the AHA (American Heart Association) but, they end up being phonies. Anyone know of some diets that actually ARE from the AHA??? Thanx ;-)
The past week and a half I've been on a "soup diet".......mainly because that's all I can eat because my jaw hurts to much to stuff a big juicy cheeseburger into my mouth......but one day.......*drool*
1010100111 hack the fat simulator. i wouldnt get the gym mod it's kind of boring, hack the fat, then put in a karate mod or like the flying mod it's fun 10101011111
Day 4 of South Beach. I cheated yesterday and didn't even know it. No more ketchup. =( What am I going to do when I'm poor and only have the ingredients for a ketchup sandwhich?? I should really buy a cookbook or something, but that costs $$. Being poor and dieting basically means starving.
My grands had the South Beach Diet book...if you ever want something from it I can prolly scan & send it to ya.
ha is there a south beach for vegetarians? i've been eating meat and getting sick.
where have you been storing your meat...did you get your 'fridge yet? Maybe you can cutback from hardcore meat like beef and prok to just chicken and fish for a little.
im not storing. no fridge yet. only eating out. and no beef right now in the 1st phase. i wont eat pork ever. and fish makes me itchy.
Have you seen this?
oh no! thanks!!
I don't believe in diets. They are against my religion.
I never really thought about this until yesterday.. haha.. but there really is some truth to the point of not eating animal meat like from cows, piggies and chickens... because it really is sad that they are pumped full of hormones and live their lives out in a small crate. On the other hand, a deer, or a fishy, or a shreemp, gets to live out its life in nice natural surroundings... they get to run around, swim around, play dodgeball if they so choose. And then, BAM they are on my plate. But ya don't feel as bad eating them, cos at least they got to live out their lives in happy-go-lucky animal world, untouched by machines and junk. Weeee!
nah yo.. thats mad evil kid.. cause.. that animal now knows what it's missing out on.. one day it's all free.. milking each other and stuff.. then bam! hooked by hook, shot with an arrow.. and they get all confused.. and die and stuff.. but the animals in cages are all like " ohh look at mee i'm so cute in my little box world.. weeee. i'm going to grow up and die and make one delicious meal and then i'm gonna become poo" you feel my logic there son
I dont know.. Not to offend anyone . but i think diets are just a waste. and i hate them. food is so good... i couldn't ever.. just stop eating something i liked.. or loved... i'm getting fat but thats because i eat.. then sit and watch tv or sleep.. but once i hit the gym life is good again...maybe thats just me..
I'M SO OFFENDED!!! haha. Yeah i agree. I never dieted EVER before but sometimes it helps .. to get you going and get the first few pounds off. I duno. Exercise definitely works better though! And dieting alone doesn't really do much in the long run.
yo whatever. you should be offended
My real diet that I went on sophmore year in HighSchool, and went from a bit chubby to the little person I am resembles Mel's a bit:
-Eat frenchfries and a bagel for lunch every day. If you're not too hungry, skip the bagel.
-Come home and eat all the pretzles in sight (honeywheet pretzles are especially yummy)
-Pickles..lots of them
-Two helpings of everything at dinner (at least) to help you become a growing girl.
-Ice cream..at least 3 huge scoops, with chocolate syrup.
-Doritos and cheesey puffs whenever they are attainable.
yeah that sounds about the same as my diet in high school. My health teacher thought I was anorexic I was so skinny. And then suddenly before I knew it I was 22 and I started to retain everything I eat. hahaha. Rough.
Yeah, I get kind of worried about that. I'm almost 19..and I'm still doing really good, but I don't want to be fat again.
Yeah I'm a "workout nut" and the funny thing is... in the past 4 years or so that I've been working out pretty regularly, I GAINED about 10 pounds. Most of it is muscle I guess, but still. It's annoying. And I know a lot of girls who had the same thing happen. However... Atkins got me back to my "after-high-school" weight pretty much... I'm happy with that.
Everyone tells me I should gain some muscles, because while I don't have too much fat..I really don't have anything else. But..with muscles comes the higher numbers, and we're definetly conditioned to not like bigger weight numbers even if it's from muscles and not fat.
Yeah, and that's really annoying. Cos you can be a lean 130 and look skinnier/better than someone who's 120 and has no muscle.
Yeah definetly! But if asked which weight you would prefer most people would go for 120 without a doubt.
weight is so annoying...i'm still waiting for the day when people don't care what weight you are
haha, what're you complaining about
haha, well....what if people decide fat is in? I've got a problem then...and so do you...but really, so many people tell me i'm too skinny...and i don't like it...i like the way i am....so there
yo, how in the world is that a diet?...glad it worked for ya but it's just strange cause it doesn't look like a diet....then again, I'm no nutritionist
I ate less then I burned therefor burning off extra fat? Sure..I ate a lot of high carb stuff but I was 15 at the time, so my body was burning stuff off mad quick.
The Melody Diet (you all need to take good notes cuz i will only say this once)
-Eat PLENTY of ice cream... this is important because ice cream is the best ever
-Pretzels... any kind really, soft pretzels are great... but if ur going to eat the sour dough ones... they must be eaten with your ice cream
-Bagels, now i kno many of you will say 'those are too fattening', but don't worry, if u smother your bagel in cream cheese, it makes it better
-Vanilla Milk Shakes... these are a must for those late night diner trips...
I do believe that is it, maybe in time this diet will be updated-but for now just follow it as is
what are for snacks...LS??
no no my dear, snacks r unhealthy and should not be eaten...
bangels rule!
wait wait, why are we writing it down if you just did?
i'm so pro atkins. my and mom do it together and its a race who can beat eachother to our one goal weight. i'm winning though!! but she's my hereo cuz she's lost about 150 lbs on it.
Yeah but you guys really don't do it the right way do you?
actually we do because we follow the guidelines set forth in the book.-
I'm not really dieting, but I gave up meat a few months ago.
so you're a vegetarian?
well ive had shrimp twice, but yes. me having shrimp is not such a good idea i think im allergic to seafood.
I did that for a while, probably like.. a little over a year, I had almost no meat, no red meat at least. And then I moved to PA, and I could NOT stop eating deer meat and burgers and such. Especially after a LONG workout at the gym, a nice plate of venison hit the spot. Mmmmmm.
meat is good. i miss it, but i won't eat it. maybe one day i will-who knows...
is it for animal protection reasons?
that's part of it i suppose-it's not how Jehovah intended animals to be pumped full of hormones and jammed together in a pen.
hmm i saw them doing the same thing at walkill, maybe that is how it was intended...hahah i'm kidding
true...i can't even argue on this though...because i know i'll get too worked up...i'm very pro-meat...jahanna knows the deal
ehhh i gotta say, bringing Jehovah and his intentions into it is a little ... iffy?
wait, you replied to me...but that's not my arguement...i just need that cleared up, haha
yeah, i meant that like, i'm pro-meat, so i agree with you, and ... blah. haha
Word up, I'm gonna try to widen my license plate & put Carnivore-4-Life on it...
we should start a meat eating club....i love really red meat
So do I!! It's great and yummy
we should all go out for a steak together....i always get mine medium rare..and then i call jahanna and gross her out...because she hates that
I always order things medium rare..until my traumatizing experience at OutBack Steakhouse. I ordered my hamburger medium rare, my boyfriend said that was gross, and the lady said they could only do medium. Fine whatever. I get the hamburger and it was bleeding..like not just juice, it was definetly blood.
yeah, courtney, chill w/that...Although I'm an extreme fan of the cooked flesh, I definately prefer that it be fully cooked...ICK...WELL DONE IS THE BEST FOR YOUR TUM..& when you deviate from that rule & eat practically raw meat, that there's how you contract the ebola virus..or something
eww well done is gross.. thats not how meat is suppose to be eaten.. look at the kings of the jungle.. lions tearing at about need.. nice and sweeetttt with the natural juices... medium.. to medium rare is where to go.. it's soooooooooooooooooooooooo good
yummy, your illustration made my mouth water
noooo way, well done is sick...you gotta have it red...so its really juicey!
RARE meat is GROSS. make mine medium! fully cooked on the outside and a lil pinkish and gooey on the interior.
the fact that you even used the word "gooey" in your comment should hint that it is NOT APPROPRIATE! blaah, this thread is making me ill..but i cant stop reading it! it's like the surgerys on the discovery channel..it grosses you out but you have to watch.
I don't think meat is supposed to be gooey..ever.
yeah, if it is, i think you'll be taking a visit to the local hospital that night
The Courtney Diet: Eat when you want to eat, don't eat when you don't want to. Eat what you want to eat, and some of what you don't want to. And...if you have the choice between taking the stairs and the elevator...take the stairs. That's my diet in a nutshell. Works for me.
Mine is similar..only it's take the elevator.
see, i have this theory about stairs. almost all my classes are on the third level of different buildings at school, so when i first started, i would get winded going up 3 levels...but now, i don't get winded anymore. So my theory is, that i'm building up my muscles...soon i'll be able to run the nyc marathon.
Most of my classes don't require stairs..but there's this hill I walk up at least twice a day now. I still get all disgruntled about it, but eventually I think it will improve my health.
I'm so anti-atkins because so few people actually do the actual real diet. They do a fake version that will probably do serious harm to their body.
Yep, I totaly agree!! I keep hearing horror stories of people who ate no fruits or vegetables for six months and then they have a heart attack. MORONS!
i think the zone diet is a good one...never tried it....but i've heard of people who did and who liked it