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I love paprika on my popcorn. Yum.
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Not surprised. My friend has a book called the hibernation diet which had something similar to this. I took a quick flick through it when I was crashing at her's and from what I can tell, it's got no evidence to back it up. From memory, it proposed some vague connection between stocking the liver with "healthy" glucose to…
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It's funny. We have a tendency, as people, to live under this compulsive belief that our bodies are given to us like old, clapped out, second hand cars. Sure, we can get from a to b fine, we're comfortable enough but we're just not as good as we could be. But with tweaking here, a few replacements, maybe a cosmetic…
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This. When the above happens, it's usually the point where I close my browser and go walk the dog or wash the dishes. Something, anything, to not flip out and shout at my computer until the neighbours report me and some very nice people, with straightjackets and happy pills, tow me off.
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I decided to have a treat of some hot chocolate, as I've gone without anything sweet for a few weeks. I made it all by hand, Green & Blacks Cocoa, some dark brown sugar to sweeten it and milk with a little cardamon for flavour. I sat down to enjoy and..... ...it was completely meh. I drank it, hoping at some point the…
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I'm an hourglass shape and I really do lose weight from everywhere instead of targeted places. Right now I'm about 10st and a UK 12 (US 10? 8? I can never remember). Last time I lost weight, (before I piled it back on to my current size) I had to lose about 1 1/2 stone (21ish pounds) before I, or any of my friends and…
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Me. I definitely made me fat.
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She's not fat. It's the perception that damn media has forced on her. She has a completely skewed sense of a healthy body now, especially when she has to compare herself to the unicorns in movies and magazines like this one... I mean, just look at that unicorn. It's obviously been photoshopped. No unicorn could ever have…
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She's not fat. It's the perception that damn media has forced on her. She has a completely skewed sense of a healthy body now, especially when she has to compare herself to the unicorns in movies and magazines like this one... I mean, just look at that unicorn. It's obviously been photoshopped. No unicorn could ever have…
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OMG!!! That's a pregnant unicorn. How can you not tell the difference?!?!??? That's so insulting!!! You're a horrible person and I'm reporting you to the Magical Animal Mistreatment Society (MAMS for short). Lol. Love that you found a fat unicorn picture. Might make your internet search history a little weird though. Hope…
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Magic is pretty effective though. Have you ever seen a fat unicorn? I rest my case.
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Counting calories is a brilliant way to lose weight initially but can be very hard for some to maintain in the long term. That's why alternative ways to maintain weightloss have to be found for some people after they reach their goal. For others, counting calories works brilliantly over the long term because it fits their…
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It's hard to criticise what these doctors actually said when all you have to go on is a few lines pulled from what was a books worth of information. That seems to be how our journalists work now, in a bid to desperately draw any advertising profits they can from article clicks. If a doctor was asked about weight loss and…
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I love seeing how peoples faces change. It's just amazing how it can completely change a persons face as bone structure begins to emerge.
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Is it weird for me to say that I think you looked lovely in both your before and after pictures? Anyway, you've done brilliantly with the weight loss. I have pcos as well and I can completely relate to how difficult it can make weightloss. The great thing I've noticed however is that the more weight I lose, the lesser the…
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Hmmm, what we need is less pointless celebrities like that Jenner woman and those Kardashian folk and a ton more scientists. You know, the folk that invented every aspect of our modern lives that we completely take for granted. Heating, electricity, medicine and sanitation. The people who made it possible for us to…
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Hmm i would maybe caution people who have been eating excessive amount of tuna everyday. Tuna's a brilliant source of protein with a ton of great benefits but it also contains mercury. Not to the levels that media-scaremongering health b-s that the papers would have you believe, but enough to build to high levels in your…
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Yeah, we like to fall into the fallacy that we were, in some way, at the apex of health before we settled into a life of agriculture and trade. What's more likely is that diabetes was something that would have quickly killed anyone with the misfortune of having it at a very early age. Obesity and gout was something that a…
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Gah, sorry. Didn't mean to put the thread on a downer or anything. Lol. I hope I wasn't coming across as a "woe is me" or anything. It's not like that at all. The past is the past, I've learnt and moved on and I've got a great love and appreciation for my mum and my family due to it. On a funnier confession: I buy these…
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I will point out that my fasting means that I am in a calorie deficit when taken as a whole over the week. Added together, I have a calorie deficit that would be roughly similar to a diet of 1200 calories a day. It is simply that this deficit is achieved in a more irregular way. I still count my calories on my off days and…
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Out-of-the-blue tends to make her uncomfortable and defensive. On set days she can prepare herself better. She knows what's coming, the reason behind it etc. It works most of the time, until it doesn't. Hahaha. I'm happy to work with what wriggle room I'm given though. It's a chance, if nothing else, to get creative. Don't…
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My mother and I never got on when I was growing up. We're complete opposites. I was laid back to the point of being in a coma while she was tightly wound and brutally strict. We really don't share much, if anything in common, even now. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I spent most of my life feeling only anger and fear towards…
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I do intermittent fasting, mainly because I find it fits more with my normal lifestyle and eating habits. I've never done well on a constant, low calorie diet as usually I'll blow it completely one day and then feel awful and it all spirals from there. Instead, I fast on alternate days, eating 500 calories every other day…
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Thanks everyone. While I think she did appreciate the gesture, I was still really miffed that things didn't go well. She's someone who rarely does anything nice for herself and who seems to actively make it hard for others to do the same. Mother's day along with her birthday and Christmas is the only time she'll really let…
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Ha, I remember trying to treat my mum on the last Mother's Day. It was a total fail from start to finish. She dislikes eating out or crowded places so I decided to do a night in, lots of scrummy take-away food, bought in a big chocolate-fudgey brownie tray thing that was probably a billion calories per bite and got her a…
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I can never really work with such a restricted diet everyday. Eventually it just grinds me down. Perhaps a better way would be to think of your calories in weekly terms instead of daily. So, for example, if you have a Saturday treat of chinese food or a big chocolate pudding, take the calories you went over that day and…
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Confession: I was prescribed Modafinil for medical reasons. I found it didn't help with the symptoms it was prescribed for...however I did find that it completely eliminated hunger pangs during my fasting days. I'm now taking it on those days, only for that reason. I feel guilty, using it for something other than it was…
