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I suffer through a Queensland summer to enjoy a blissful winter. I don't deal well with humidity and being warm blooded prefer to exercise without dripping in sweat before I have even started. No mossies in winter too ...
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Elite on the BBC Model B - Such vision, such depth all all coded in Assembly running in a ridulously small amount of RAM. Right on commander ... Of the more 'modern' games Half Life was a game changer.
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I watched the first 3 today by the way, not bad at all. A shame the first episode trotted out the accusation that Dr Atkins died from a heart condition without clarifying it though. Whatever you think of his methods it would not have harmed a 'journalist' to tell the truth. Downloading the 4th on a torrent right now ...
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Given that there is no metabolic magic in restricting carbs and presuming that you have no diagnosed medical conditions that would be helped by restricting them I would just eat what the hell I wanted within your MFP allotted calories, get yer protein in and move around a bit. I low carbed for 9 months or so, I think I get…
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No we don't. I am living proof.
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I do a 'mini meditation' ... focus on the breath, watch the thoughts come and go without judgement, get some perspective and try to react appropriately. Easier said than done but gets more intuitive with practice. :) I'm into awareness these days and trying to find the big answers within and not in some external source…
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During the workweek I have a splash of milk in my coffee first thing and this does me until about 7:30pm then all bets are off and I eat right up until bedtime. I function well like this, I feel sharper and don't get that hungry. I get around 5km walking in post work too, rain or shine. Weekends I'm more balanced, probably…
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Did it for a while, 6 months or so, realised that I thankfully didn't have any medical issues and there was no metabolic advantage in doing it so didn't have to restrict anything, back on the bread, legumes, etc, doing just fine, progress is good. I have a Grok t-shirt for sale too. :)
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Crazy talk, begone from thee forum with thy witchcraft ;)
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A splash of milk in my coffee does for me until the evening most weekdays. If I'm feeling so inclined I'll have some spiced up tuna on toast, good for energy and protein, around 280 calories.
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Just had a couple of 'fun size' (odd marketing term) ones right on bed time. What?! Eating chocolate AND after 6pm? Sweet Jesus On A Moped I'll be the size of a Zeppelin come the 'morrow! ;)
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I had one for breakfast yesterday ... Call the nutritional cops. :)
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The Road Less Travelled ... Life changing ...
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I eat the vast majority of my calories in the evening and I ensure that I have some lovely carby treats just before I go to bed. Doesn't seem to be harming me. Any doctor that says there is some magic in not eating after 6pm should not be dishing out nutritional advice. It may. as others have said, be just to discourage…
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Er, you can't eat 0 carbs. Nor is it a good idea for a variety of reasons (dry eyes, mouth, muscle cramps, sleeplessness, lack of energy ... very common symptoms out there). But I agree about the calories being the focus, it's entirely possible to get fat eating as close to no carbohydrate as you can if your energy balance…
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<Cue stirring intro music> I eat well out of habit now and the same goes for my exercise, it's built into my routine and I enjoy it. I don't want to drop in the 'lifestyle' cliché but that's what it is, I have no desire to slip back into my old ways. Some days I feel that progress isn't as swift as I was expecting but I…
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I've thought about getting one as it appeals to my geeky side. But I'm a creature of habit and my main exercise is walking after work and I know how many steps that is because I used a freebie pedometer my wife was given from work. I've also measure my other semi regular routes in Google Maps so that's a known. Can't say I…
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Born in England and moved to Oz 8 years ago. I've had to have my sense of irony, humour and subtlety surgically removed in order to fit in. The language barrier hasn't been too bad. Mate. ;)
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Sorry but no, that's just a typical smokers justification, Look, I've been there and made all the same excuses for not quitting, truth was I didn't want to give them up, just like you don't with a mindset like that. There is every point to you giving them up even working in a smoke filled casino. If you take a step back…
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Good book, I quit cold turkey after 20 years. Some years ago now, couldn't honestly tell you when as it just seems like I was a different person. When you really (really) understand that there are no benefits to smoking and you just don't want to do it then no willpower is required.
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That'll be the 20 bit of 80/20 then. :) I've read the book, ate that way for a while, saw that I didn't need to restrict anything, doing fine now. The 'Carbohydrate Curve' is laughable by the way ... I still wear my Grok t-shirt but I make sure I'm munching a sandwich when I'm out in public.
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I went through a phase, swore by it for cooking and skin care and all points in-between, used to chug it by the tablespoon 'for energy', still got half a jar of it in the cupboard. Not knocking it and I understand why people use it (high flash point, moisturising, etc) but it was a phase for me ... Dropping the fat quite…
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Thanks, a nice summary, I love the sciencey stuff around the subject of fat loss. I especially like the discussions around what is the absolute limit of how much fat we can burn before we have to tap into lean muscle mass. This seems to be the crux of it. I get as frustrated as anyone else trying to lose the unwanted…
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Hmmm, Daily Mail ... So, sugar-coated immigrants must = Armageddon then? To those that have cited The Sun as a better source of news, at least The Sun knew it was no better than chip-paper, The Daily Mail is a shocking waste of potential bog roll. As for the nutritional 'science' behind this Shock Horror study ... Meh ...
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I quit cold turkey after 20+ years smoking after reading Allen Carr's Easy Way book. I can't even tell you when I quit because it's another life away, seriously. Most, if not all, things are centred and reinforced by the brain IMO. You get the noggin' right and all else will follow. Want to quit smoking? Easy once the…
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Jack Daniels
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I eat it all, no guilt about anything, just bring it and I'll consume it (Brussel sprouts excepted). Most of the time it's "whole" foods by preference though, I don't have a hankering for most 'junk' these days. I've read a heap of pro-'clean' eating stuff, it's all very interesting but when it comes to looking good nekkid…
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I read somewhere that certain areas of the body are stubborn when it comes to giving up fat due to there being less receptors that 'hear' the hormonal signals to give it up. Sorry, don't have a reference to hand. Might just be more bioscience. ;) It's certainly the case for me, my upper legs seem to lag behind the rest but…
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I don't bother with the scales or BMI and judge by the fit of my work belt, if I'm comfortably on the last notch (the good end) everything is rosy. This means being honest with myself, obviously. Past that when the bits that shouldn't jiggle don't then I'm done, there must be a law of diminishing returns and I'm not…
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Read it a while ago, by all accounts it's scare-mongering. Unless you have a diagnosed issue then there is no reason to, or metabolic magic in, restricting anything.
