The "Dieting" dilema; bad food, worse ideas.

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  • TXRangerFan
    TXRangerFan Posts: 6
    Great post! Bumping for the occasional needed reminder!
  • moujie
    moujie Posts: 229
    Thanks Banks you rock!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    and can I just say that if I have to read another post talking about how hard it is to eat all 1000/1200 whatever calories each day I'm going to scream. to heck with screaming I'll express my inner fat chick and sit on them!

    I like food. food is good. I like real food. I have been slowly losing weight now for 6 months and today I was told I look sexy in this dress (which hey I have to admit I kinda do) and I got a double take from someone when I was walking across the parking lot. yay! I am an intelligent well educated woman but I too succumbed to some diet quickies in my lifetime (including a video where you were supposed to breathe a certain way to lose weight - lord help me) but never again. I like eating things that I feel good about afterwards not guilty for. I LOVE feeling healthy and having stamina. I'm still a ways from my goal but eventually I know I'll make it. that's right...one day...my driver license weight won't be a lie.
  • hiddensecant
    hiddensecant Posts: 2,446 Member
    I too succumbed to some diet quickies in my lifetime (including a video where you were supposed to breathe a certain way to lose weight - lord help me) but never again.

    :laugh: I never heard of that technique!
  • moujie
    moujie Posts: 229
    I too succumbed to some diet quickies in my lifetime (including a video where you were supposed to breathe a certain way to lose weight - lord help me) but never again.

    :laugh: I never heard of that technique!

    take the most ridiculous thing you can imagine and then multiply it by 100 and you still can't come close to how bad it was. I can't remember the name of it but I will NEVER forget the excersises.
  • kimss
    kimss Posts: 1,146
    thanks shboss....".Banks",
    Your such an inspiration. I hope you never stop posting all your insite and advice. I have learned so much from you.
    You have a presence man. :glasses: your cool!!!

    Keep up the great work your doing, there's a place in heaven for ppl like you.
    Thanks for all your help.
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    thanks shboss....".Banks",
    Your such an inspiration. I hope you never stop posting all your insite and advice. I have learned so much from you.
    You have a presence man. :glasses: your cool!!!

    Keep up the great work your doing, there's a place in heaven for ppl like you.
    Thanks for all your help.

    Awww, thanks Kim! I don't know about heaven, but hopefully you guys can take this stuff and build on it, creating your own knowledge base and helping out newbies as I try to do.
  • gemiwing
    gemiwing Posts: 1,525 Member

    and can I just say that if I have to read another post talking about how hard it is to eat all 1000/1200 whatever calories each day I'm going to scream. to heck with screaming I'll express my inner fat chick and sit on them!

    Sit on me if you must, yet it *is* hard for me to eat that much. Some of us are sick and may never be able to eat that much in a day. :smile:

    I won't tell you how my stomach curdles when people talk about eating 2500 calories a day. :laugh:
  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768
    watch out with that "heaven" talk......Mike is on the warpath. Or someone who got their little feelings hurt. Pathetic.
  • moujie
    moujie Posts: 229

    Sit on me if you must, yet it *is* hard for me to eat that much. Some of us are sick and may never be able to eat that much in a day. :smile:

    If you can't easily eat your calories due to medical reasons I wouldn't dare sit on you...unless of course it would help you feel better!:laugh:
  • MTGirl
    MTGirl Posts: 1,490 Member
    watch out with that "heaven" talk......Mike is on the warpath. Or someone who got their little feelings hurt. Pathetic.

    :laugh: Yeah - be careful there!
  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768
    watch out with that "heaven" talk......Mike is on the warpath. Or someone who got their little feelings hurt. Pathetic.

    :laugh: Yeah - be careful there!

    didn't say anything on the rules about discussion regarding disagreement with forum rules. So yeah,
    what a bunch of crap. :drinker:
  • annaliza
    annaliza Posts: 809
    Tagged for later reading.
  • stratdl
    stratdl Posts: 303 Member
    I can honestly say that there's never been a Banks/SHBoss post that I haven't learned something from. :happy: This is another in a great line!

    ...and I wanted to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting that you liked the magazine On Fitness. I absolutely LOVE that mag! Talk about learning the most you can about fitness! And not a single ad on how to attract a member of the opposite sex (or on how to lose 50 lbs in 2 weeks!). :laugh:

    Cheers! :drinker:
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    I can honestly say that there's never been a Banks/SHBoss post that I haven't learned something from. :happy: This is another in a great line!

    ...and I wanted to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting that you liked the magazine On Fitness. I absolutely LOVE that mag! Talk about learning the most you can about fitness! And not a single ad on how to attract a member of the opposite sex (or on how to lose 50 lbs in 2 weeks!). :laugh:

    Cheers! :drinker:

    It's awesome isn't it? Too bad it's bi-monthly. I finish it in like two days, then I'm depressed for like a week, then I go back and re-read every article, then I realize I missed like half the stuff in it the first time. :tongue:
  • stratdl
    stratdl Posts: 303 Member
    It's awesome isn't it? Too bad it's bi-monthly. I finish it in like two days, then I'm depressed for like a week, then I go back and re-read every article, then I realize I missed like half the stuff in it the first time. :tongue:

    It's super-awesome. I bring it to work and I shamelessly read it out loud to people and insist that they check out this article or that article! But then, I have to stand right there because I'm afraid to let the magazine out of my sight for fear it will run away with the person who's looking at it! :laugh:
  • April0815
    April0815 Posts: 780 Member
    Bump
  • sarabear
    sarabear Posts: 864
    Bump!:smooched: :heart: I LOVE reading posts from Banks!
    THANKS!!!
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    Bump!:smooched: :heart: I LOVE reading posts from Banks!
    THANKS!!!

    Why thank you Sara! :love:
  • annaliza
    annaliza Posts: 809
    Banks, thanks so much for a great read!! :flowerforyou: Your posts gives me an "ah ha" moment and are very thought provoking so thank you, thank you, thank you! :heart:

    The only complaint I have is that....now I have to do more research because I'm thirsty for more :laugh: :tongue: so thanks for educating me and opening my eyes :flowerforyou: :drinker:
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    Banks, thanks so much for a great read!! :flowerforyou: Your posts gives me an "ah ha" moment and are very thought provoking so thank you, thank you, thank you! :heart:

    The only complaint I have is that....now I have to do more research because I'm thirsty for more :laugh: :tongue: so thanks for educating me and opening my eyes :flowerforyou: :drinker:

    you're very welcome my dear! Any time I get people to do research, I'm a very happy man!
  • Amy_B
    Amy_B Posts: 2,317 Member
    Banks--Did you learn all this stuff just through your own experiences, or do you have other knowledge (i.e. a degree)? I am just curious because I love the info, and I sometimes wonder if I shouldn't have stayed in the field I was in during college (dietitics).
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    Banks--Did you learn all this stuff just through your own experiences, or do you have other knowledge (i.e. a degree)? I am just curious because I love the info, and I sometimes wonder if I shouldn't have stayed in the field I was in during college (dietitics).

    no formal education in nutrition or even biochemistry. I was a chemical engineer in college for 3 plus years (hated the advanced math, so finally switched to computer science), which taught me how to read clinical studies and understand the interactions between chemicals. Believe it or not, the metabolism is basically just a very complex chemical reaction between multiple compounds.
    What this gave me is the ability to seek out and read the documentation that is out there from the source. I have no need to read and article and have to believe the slant that a particular "journalist" puts on it. I can hear about a topic, go find the actual clinical documentation, and read it for myself and come to my own conclusions. Being a very data oriented person, I tend to accumulate facts, and compile them in my head.
    It doesn't take a clinical dietitian to learn about human nutrition, it just takes a little bit of elbow grease, the facts are out there, they are just very disjointed (I Blame the FDA and other government organizations like WHO for this!). If you take the time to pull together all the data, and the understanding of how to read and dissect it then anyone can have just as much (and more, much more) knowledge as I do on the subject.
  • hasiangirl
    hasiangirl Posts: 1,613
    Boss could i ask u a question in privy?...sense u seem to know what ure talkin about i was wondering if maybe u could give me some advice
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    Boss could i ask u a question in privy?...sense u seem to know what ure talkin about i was wondering if maybe u could give me some advice

    sure, no problem. Fire away.
  • hasiangirl
    hasiangirl Posts: 1,613
    Boss could i ask u a question in privy?...sense u seem to know what ure talkin about i was wondering if maybe u could give me some advice

    sure, no problem. Fire away.
    ok sent the question...sorry it was long, i tend to ramble :blushing: :laugh:
  • thumper44
    thumper44 Posts: 1,464 Member
    Bump to read it later.
  • jb_sweet_99
    jb_sweet_99 Posts: 856 Member
    Fantastic post, thanks for caring about us all enough to spend all that time writing this out. A lot of people don't eat what they should, myself included some days, having the correct info really helps make it easier.
    Thanks again SHBoss, your posts are always very informative and inspiring. :flowerforyou:
  • farmgirlh
    farmgirlh Posts: 240
    bump
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    :flowerforyou:
  • vintageprop
    vintageprop Posts: 62 Member
    awesome post.

    its funny that once i stopped exercising every day and started to only concentrate on what I was eating and when, i lost inches more quickly than ever.
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