When someone asks for your 'secret'
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Tacklewasher wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
Doesn't work. You need to fry them quickly while still alive(kinda like boiling a lobster). Otherwise they just crawl around all over the oven.
But they don't need oil. Enough natural slime that they don't stick to the pan.
Other option is just treat them like Oysters and down them raw.
Have you ever handled the little suckers?!?! That slime stuff is sticky! I was scrubbing with a hard-bristle brush and Dawn dish detergent, and practically had the skin off my hand before the slime residue was gone!
(I'm serious. I wasn't cooking them for weight loss, I was trying to get them the (baby feline) out of my garden.)
Slugs carry liver flukes. Do not handle them. Ever. Please, even in jest. I'm getting super-grossed out just thinking about this.
It was accidental. Believe me, I was not trying to get that stuff on my skin, I'd been using tools to smoosh them, accidentally got skin contact with slime, and washed immediately.
Good to know about the liver flukes, though. I hope that doesn't mean one's garden lettuce, in the presence of slugs, is contaminated with liver flukes - if it does, many people are exposed.2 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
Doesn't work. You need to fry them quickly while still alive(kinda like boiling a lobster). Otherwise they just crawl around all over the oven.
I use a beer trap to catch my slugs, that way they are premarinated for when I fry them. I found a nice dark stout tastes best. 4 -
Just tell them you have the laws of thermodynamics on your side.0
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My secret was a LOT of stress at the same time as an illness...not being able to keep solid food down kinda taught me to not eat for a bit. I don't get the glazed look though. But then I dropped 4 sizes in about 2 months.0
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sunnysunny88 wrote: »Hi Guys! So I've lost close to 12 kg around 26 lbs, and at a point where everyone is noticing! I've had a few people ask me what my 'secret' is and I don't know why but it makes me a little uncomfortable? One girl asked if I am on a very strict diet and I told her that I don't find it strict I just limit my calorie intake and exercise more, and then I get the glazed looks lol I dunno anyone else feels the same way?
Depending on how it's phrased- I hate when someone asks implying or flat out saying it looks easy for me- I have come up with an answer for everyone
Hard work, lots of exercise, lower calories and much healthier food choices; more exercise, less food.2 -
You want to see a lot of good dirty looks. Just tell people they need to learn how to suffer. I was looking for the magic pill to. Who takes an extreme amount of commitment to do it nobody wants to hear that. 400 logged. MyFitnessPal has been a big part of it.1
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nutmegoreo wrote: »Ditto to the others' replues - most people are either looking for some magic they can adopt without actual effort, or a story so extreme that they know they can't achieve it (so they have an excuse).
As an alternative, you could just mess with 'em: "I drink a quart of apple cider vinegar every morning, then eat whatever I want"; "I learned to do headstands, and that made all the difference", "Eat only apples on Mondays, berries on Tuesdays, Cabbage on Wednesdays, . . . .", etc. (I'm joking! Joking!)
Pine cones from my yard. They were a challenge to get used to them, but If I coat them in peanut butter they slide right down. Also, if you are going to tell people this, please make sure they know you are joking, because no doubt someone will try it.
Yep, like my sister in law came so close to doing.
Long story short: We convinced her that eating a pine cone was a Christmas tradition of the household. She would have taken a bite from one if we hadn't yelled "NO!".
Seriously....
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fredgonzini wrote: »You want to see a lot of good dirty looks. Just tell people they need to learn how to suffer. I was looking for the magic pill to. Who takes an extreme amount of commitment to do it nobody wants to hear that. 400 logged. MyFitnessPal has been a big part of it.
I actually caught a warning over that once. Punching people in the feels is generally frowned upon around here. "How dare you insinuate that I did this to myself, earned this pain, and need to suck it up and deal with it?"2 -
I usually get a blank stare and lose the persons interest when I reply "there is no secret. Just hard effort and conscious choices, being consistent and honest". No one wants to hear that, though.5
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cerise_noir wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »Ditto to the others' replues - most people are either looking for some magic they can adopt without actual effort, or a story so extreme that they know they can't achieve it (so they have an excuse).
As an alternative, you could just mess with 'em: "I drink a quart of apple cider vinegar every morning, then eat whatever I want"; "I learned to do headstands, and that made all the difference", "Eat only apples on Mondays, berries on Tuesdays, Cabbage on Wednesdays, . . . .", etc. (I'm joking! Joking!)
Pine cones from my yard. They were a challenge to get used to them, but If I coat them in peanut butter they slide right down. Also, if you are going to tell people this, please make sure they know you are joking, because no doubt someone will try it.
Yep, like my sister in law came so close to doing.
Long story short: We convinced her that eating a pine cone was a Christmas tradition of the household. She would have taken a bite from one if we hadn't yelled "NO!".
Seriously....
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When someone asks I say I eat less and move more. Eyes glazing over in respond is a standard. I especially hate when they persist with asking me questions and I always reply honestly, but they become condescending: "oh you lost weight because you turned vegetarian ". NOPE. "You lost weight because you started exercising". Nope. "It's easier for you, because you're young". Ffffffffcuk you. It's like taking away all my effort and dedication and making it unimportant. I really hate it, I avoid talking about my weightloss now all togheter.6
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The things you learn in these forums...the riddle of steel and liver flukes... I Googled the riddle of steel, hoping that I could guess the answer, thinking I may be able to, as I have taken my share of engineering materials classes. I guess not enough, lol! And the thought of liver flukes (had to Google that, too) and touching slugs is fairly gross!2
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Totally annoying. No one wants to hear CICO and working out.
At work, they'll just keep asking the (still fat) girl who had weight loss surgery about the evils of sugar, carbohydrates, and insulin. And listen intently as she describes Keto, which she never seems to be able to achieve. "I'm off it right now. I'm going to start my period soon and I'm eating chocolate." "I don't know what's wrong with me, I'm just craving all this stuff."
And they'll ask the other (still fat) girl what appetite suppressants are the best.
My eyes hurt from rolling them so much.7 -
I tell them, very straight forward. if you do not move it, you do not lose it..... you sit on the couch all day, and I GO GO GO!, blunt ALWAYS WORKS!3
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Most people just assume that I was starving. A couple of them have asked me straight if I eat nothing/rarely or if I purge whenever I eat. The mother of a classmate I had that was a little chubby started shaming me for eating nothing and her daughter for not being able to do that as well! I told her that I eat normally but less than I used to and it works. When I am out with my mother and people just say that stuff she's defending me because she sees that I still eat normally.
Apparently people don't like the idea that you can eat "junk" and lose weight as long as you cut the calories a bit and add exercise. Obviously, I was not only eating junk, my diet was "healthy" but junk foods weren't excluded.
Oh, and the same people who bullied me when I was a child to lose weight are now telling me that I should gain and that I look anorexic. The woman on my profile picture is me. Nowhere near anorexic I'd say.8 -
People want weight loss to be complicated, but easy. In truth it's simple, but challenging.15
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Most people just assume that I was starving. A couple of them have asked me straight if I eat nothing/rarely or if I purge whenever I eat. The mother of a classmate I had that was a little chubby started shaming me for eating nothing and her daughter for not being able to do that as well! I told her that I eat normally but less than I used to and it works. When I am out with my mother and people just say that stuff she's defending me because she sees that I still eat normally.
Apparently people don't like the idea that you can eat "junk" and lose weight as long as you cut the calories a bit and add exercise. Obviously, I was not only eating junk, my diet was "healthy" but junk foods weren't excluded.
Oh, and the same people who bullied me when I was a child to lose weight are now telling me that I should gain and that I look anorexic. The woman on my profile picture is me. Nowhere near anorexic I'd say.
Some people are just miserable themselves and will always find something to pick at.4 -
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I get asked ALL THE TIME, since I work in the profession. And my answer is always the same: EAT LESS THAN YOU BURN. If they ask how, I tell them to track their calories.
The dumbfounded look and eye roll usually are the responses.
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I get asked ALL THE TIME, since I work in the profession. And my answer is always the same: EAT LESS THAN YOU BURN. If they ask how, I tell them to track their calories.
The dumbfounded look and eye roll usually are the responses.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
It's funny but I finally sold one of my co-workers on the idea, and he's shocked as hell at how fast he's dropping weight. At a start of 275, he's nowhere near the worst "offender" in our cluster of truck drivers, but he's the only one who listened. It's only been about three weeks, and he's clipped 14 pounds (a good amount of water, obviously), and because so much of his weight is visceral fat, it's already resulted in nearly four inches lost from the waist.
He's already thrilled as hell with the results, and has plans in place for increased vigilance as he gets closer to goals. Luckily, he is ex-military, so discipline isn't a problem. He, like so many people, just never paid enough attention to the math.16
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