STOP!!!!!!

HawkeyeGuy
HawkeyeGuy Posts: 183
edited September 23 in Health and Weight Loss
I posted this on my profile, and needed to expand my audience due to the reponse: "I am SICK of reading posts in the forums about "diets". From 'slow-carbs' to 'cottage cheese diets' to this, to that. Can we have a site dedicated to sane principles? Ones that avoid magic pill solutions to our issues of fitness? Clean eating, burning more than we take in through smart, intense (on a personal scale) exercise. That's it. That's all. There's no shortcut. No way around it. Do this or be out of shape. No excuses. No BS."

It's not fancy. It's clean and simple. Eat good foods, if you decide to not eat good foods, do it in moderation (I enjoy foie gras, pizza, and pasta still to this day...it's just not often, and not in copious amounts). Work out hard - by that I mean push yourself. And balance your input with your output. That's it. Nothing else to it. You don't need a book. You may need a kick in the *kitten* to get going...nothing wrong with that, we all do now and then. But please, put the Zone and Atkins and Bacon Diets, etc, etc. books publishers out of business by realizing there's no quick fix!!!
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  • TrainerRobin
    TrainerRobin Posts: 509 Member
    I posted this on my profile, and needed to expand my audience due to the reponse: "I am SICK of reading posts in the forums about "diets". From 'slow-carbs' to 'cottage cheese diets' to this, to that. Can we have a site dedicated to sane principles? Ones that avoid magic pill solutions to our issues of fitness? Clean eating, burning more than we take in through smart, intense (on a personal scale) exercise. That's it. That's all. There's no shortcut. No way around it. Do this or be out of shape. No excuses. No BS."

    It's not fancy. It's clean and simple. Eat good foods, if you decide to not eat good foods, do it in moderation (I enjoy foie gras, pizza, and pasta still to this day...it's just not often, and not in copious amounts). Work out hard - by that I mean push yourself. And balance your input with your output. That's it. Nothing else to it. You don't need a book. You may need a kick in the *kitten* to get going...nothing wrong with that, we all do now and then. But please, put the Zone and Atkins and Bacon Diets, etc, etc. books publishers out of business by realizing there's no quick fix!!!

    AMEN. :flowerforyou:
  • JenniferAutumn
    JenniferAutumn Posts: 228 Member
    Hey- I said I agreed on your profile page- But whoa wait- I can't do the bacon diet?? I love bacon! ;)
  • dianam1973
    dianam1973 Posts: 55
    Love It!!
  • BigDaddyRonnie
    BigDaddyRonnie Posts: 506 Member
    I second your request! Here's a bump...

    (However, if you try to forcefeed me ice cream, I may have to go crazy! ;) )
  • jamie1888
    jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
    LIKE button!
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
    bump
  • murf19
    murf19 Posts: 453 Member
    Nicely said.
  • Panda86
    Panda86 Posts: 873
    Thanks for this. You said what I have been dying to say, I just don't have the guts to say it. :)
  • HawkeyeGuy
    HawkeyeGuy Posts: 183
    And here I was expecting to get bombarded with "you're so mean" comments! Oh, and I eat my bacon - couldn't live without it on Saturday mornings - but it's usually followed by 3-6 hour bike ride with a 3500+ calorie burn!!! Thanks for the comments...you guys are what keep me on this site. Let's keep trying to put the diet book publishers out of business and change the minds of the folks on here that are destined to be fit with the right guidance!!!
  • Vicky14174
    Vicky14174 Posts: 715 Member
    Amen to that. This is not a diet site, this is a healthier way of life site. If you want to diet, please find another place to post.
  • Samana06
    Samana06 Posts: 107
    Hey- I said I agreed on your profile page- But whoa wait- I can't do the bacon diet?? I love bacon! ;)

    Love it!!!
  • mommaski4
    mommaski4 Posts: 305 Member
    Took me a lot of years, but I know that there are no magic fixes. Just good old eating right (and logging it for true calories in - no guessing) and exercising. That is why I am HERE and not on some other 'magic' weight loss site.

    I'm doing this slow and steady. (Although I must admit... I do wish it was a bit faster but my body says S-L-O-W)
  • Vipecap
    Vipecap Posts: 166 Member
    I was expecting at least one hammer time...

    But I agree :)
  • NotAllWhoWanderAreLost
    NotAllWhoWanderAreLost Posts: 615 Member
    LIKE!! :drinker:
  • AdamATGATT
    AdamATGATT Posts: 573 Member
    Agreed.
  • ShellyMacchi
    ShellyMacchi Posts: 975 Member
    truer words could not be spoken.
  • chaugberg
    chaugberg Posts: 34 Member
    So true. It's a lifestyle not a diet. Once you get off that Atkins diet it's all going to come right back!
  • KeepingitMovin
    KeepingitMovin Posts: 31
    *LIKE*
  • dlaplume2
    dlaplume2 Posts: 1,658 Member
    thank you for posting that. I agree.
  • sbwood888
    sbwood888 Posts: 953 Member
    I think for those of us who have large amounts of weight to lose and/or have been fat for a long time, it is a process. It would be wonderful if the light bulb came on for everyone IMMEDIATELY. For many of us, it takes a long time to get where you are and we should not be yelled at for not making it there at the same pace as you. Be grateful that you have it all together and wish the rest of us well. It takes a long time to break lifelong bad habits. Be a positive role model for those of us who are less than perfect rather than grinding us into the ground. Best wishes to you for your continued success. :smile:
  • julsdolphin
    julsdolphin Posts: 32 Member
    YAY!!!!!
  • hollyb9871
    hollyb9871 Posts: 401 Member
    Here! Here! Totally agree! The number of people advocating Slimfast, or some ridiculously low calorie amount saying that's the best way...it's sad really. There is no magic pill, silver bullet etc. You ate all the excess food over time and only time and eating well, enjoying everything in moderation (please stop the never eat dairy or x food group to lose weight chant) and getting off your tush to exercise is the way to do it. Life is about the journey not the destination!
  • fantm
    fantm Posts: 87 Member
    Totally agree, and I do think it's a process for some people to realize (like me). I think I finally got it now!
  • MeliciousMelis
    MeliciousMelis Posts: 458 Member
    TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT!!
  • netter43
    netter43 Posts: 110 Member
    I totally agree this is not a quick fix - the weight is not going to miraculously fall off, but with hard work, deligence, sweat and maybe even some tears it is going to make a difference to a healthier life!! - I have tried every pill, powder, shake, TV gimmick, etc....not saying they are all bad, just saying with counting my calories and getting my butt off the couch I have seen real results in inches lost and actual weight lost and can't wait for the coming months and warmer weather to really get moving!! - Feeling great and loving it - Best of luck to everyone on your journey!!!
  • HawkeyeGuy
    HawkeyeGuy Posts: 183
    Here's my problem with that. By 'grinding you into the ground', do you mean you want me to stand by idly while you continue to try fad diets and watch you get resultst that aren't healthy? Sorry, I'm not going to do that - I don't think it's ethical or kind. Also, do you think I woke after working out for a week and was fit? No, I busted my *kitten* to get there. Look at my pictures on my profile...I couldn't walk up stairs without wheezing. I only wish someone had given me a wake up call earlier on. Call it tough love, but if you don't change your mentality towards getting healthy...you won't get there. If I'm a bad guy for waking you up to this, so be it.

    And it does indeed take a long time to make the progress you want. That's the point here. Diets are short-term, short-focus hollow promises. What I'm preaching is not. So, I will happily do everything I can to help you long term. Add me as a friend, give me access to your diaries...I'll spend time with you until you get to where you want, if you're willing to put in time and serious effort. I don't want $19.95 for my latest title, I'll do it for free, because I'd like to help.
    I think for those of us who have large amounts of weight to lose and/or have been fat for a long time, it is a process. It would be wonderful if the light bulb came on for everyone IMMEDIATELY. For many of us, it takes a long time to get where you are and we should not be yelled at for not making it there at the same pace as you. Be grateful that you have it all together and wish the rest of us well. It takes a long time to break lifelong bad habits. Be a positive role model for those of us who are less than perfect rather than grinding us into the ground. Best wishes to you for your continued success. :smile:
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    I need to hear this every so often. I get it, but it's almost too easy for me to be lured by the siren song of "eat this, not that, and look like this" and I believe it. I have told myself, if I can't do it forever I shouldn't do it for a week. So here's to eating real foods, and limiting junk!
  • bayles1
    bayles1 Posts: 408 Member
    Most refreshing words I have heard for a long time.
  • cbs1974
    cbs1974 Posts: 98 Member
    Heres my daily food intake lmk what you think

    slimfast shake for breakfast
    slimfast soup for lunch
    slimfast shake for dinner
    slimfast bar for supper

    excersize usually 2 hours football (on the xbox)

    anygood? lol
  • Manda1987
    Manda1987 Posts: 207
    Agreed! I hate it when I'm having trouble losing and people start telling me that I need to stop eating red meat, stop eating carbs, stop eating fruit, stop eating my minimal junk food. I've tried just about everything, and this is the only "program" that hasn't left me in tears, feeling like a failure because I slipped up!
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