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Actually I understand your first sentence even less than I understand the "humorously ridiculous" statement raised in my earlier posts. Clearly an all broccoli diet would be absurd. I have not read the whole thread, but I would be very surprised if anyone were suggesting that. I certainly was not, just exploring the…

Agreed about unhelpfulness of a vacuum, and I understand the importance of the context of the whole diet. And no, I do not think that actually eating that much broccoli would be either possible or pleasant for me. I was just trying to understand why is it humorously ridiculous to say broccoli is not healthier than…

Thanks for responding Deguello Tex. It may not have been clear from my post, and perhaps I was misunderstanding the earlier poster. I thought someone was saying that it was humorously ridiculous to say that 1500 calories of broccoli is healthier than 1500 calories of doughnuts. If that was what was being said, I don't…

I have not read all (or even much) of this thread, but I am genuinely curious about this statement. Putting weight loss aside, is it not absolutely true that 150 calories of broccoli is healthier than 1500 calories of doughnuts? (Secretly hoping they are exactly the same from a nutrition/health perspective so that I can go…

Name: Tom Age: 52 Height: 5'7" Start Weight (1st November): 239.2 Goal Weight (1st December): 229 1st November: 239.2 8th November: 233.4 15th November: 22nd November: 29th November: 1st December: Weight lost/gained this week: -5.8 Weight lost/gained this month: -5.8 so far Successes/struggles this week: I am successfully…

sorry, I meant "... 30 day diet..."

Perhaps try an elimination diet to see the effect gluten-containing foods may have on you. I am working through a 30 diet (Whole30, but I expect there are also others) in which one eliminates all added sugar, all dairy, all grains (both gluten-containing and non-gluten-containing grains) for 30 days, then re-introduces…

Name: Tom Age: 52 Height: 5'7" Start Weight (1st November): 239.2 Goal Weight (1st December): 229 1st November: 239.2 8th November: 15th November: 22nd November: 29th November: 1st December: Weight lost/gained this week: Weight lost/gained this month: Successes/struggles this week:

46 pounds. Can't wait/weight until 1xx. Hopefully by end of May, 2016.

I am not a sugar-phobe (yet), but committing to eliminate all added sugar for 30 days just to see what difference it might make has opened my eyes to just how pervasive added sugar is in pretty much most prepared food.

I am on day 4 of the 30 day 'Whole30" eating approach, which seems essentially to be a strict Paleo-type diet designed to eliminate, for a 30 day period, ALL added sugar (in addition to all dairy, all grains, all legumes, all booze - the latter restriction has forced me to come up with a new breakfast plan). This might be…

I believe there are differences, though I have not exhaustively analyzed the issue: http://www.livestrong.com/article/544389-hemp-vs-pea-protein/ (suggests among other factors that "pea protein is a better source of essential amino acids than hemp protein, and is a more complete protein")…

Vega One - organic, vegan, non-GMO, whole food based. Lovingly manufactured by hand by Canadian elves - sort of Canada's way of apologizing for Justin Bieber. http://myvega.com/product/vega-one-nutritional-shake/ It seems similar in approach to the product mentioned by margaretb4 in the preceding post, but pea protein…

Well... what about hydrogen hydroxide then? That sounds just as evil as dihydrogen oxide, and just about as plentiful - even in products marketed to children!!!!!!

I'm jealous! Up in my neck of the woods, only road kill and apples stolen from Mr. McPherson's crabapple trees are free. Everything else seems to come at an ever-increasing cost....

I will be trying out the following for one meal per day: - Vega One All-in-One (2 scoops instead of just the one that I am used to) - 1 cup almond milk - 1/2 cup frozen blueberries That would give me close to a 1/3 of my daily calories (on a 1400 calorie target), 1/3 of my fat target, 58% of my protein target (which is…

As was pointed out recently on another thread, even diet soda has a distressingly high level of dihydrogen monoxide. So exercise extreme caution....

Was the guy who gave you the dirty look Inigo Montoya? And had you killed his father? If so, that would explain it, but otherwise I got nothing.

I am assuming that this scenario is not set in Canada (reference to your having a baseball bat instead of a hockey stick, and also ready access to a loaded gun, pepper spray and tear gas are all pretty clear hints!). If this scenario were to play out in Canada, I would be inclined to choose the “do something different”…

Organized crime mob informant. Confidentiality is critically important, so please tell no one.

Thanks for the comments - much appreciated, particularly in relation to watching sodium content. I took a quick look at my sodium report for myself for the past week - not too bad at all, but I am only eating one frozen dinner per day, and the rest is fresh (exception being a daily Starbucks bran muffin habit I am having a…

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Quick meal suggestion: cook up basmati rice and add a prepared Indian dish (I have been living off Patel's chick pea curry, lentil curry and aloo mutter packaged food, despite not previously being much of a fan of Indian food). Or mixing whole-wheat or multi-grain pasta with a healthy spaghetti sauce, frozen corn, frozen…

I've noticed the same. I believe it may be attributable to loss of visceral (hard) fat as opposed to subcutaneous fat. Visceral fat is far more of a medical concern than subcutaneous fat, and seems to come off quicker than subcutaneous fat, giving the relative impression that one has gone from hard to "squishy" fat in the…

Thanks everyone for all your responses - excellent points, solid advice and very much appreciated! I have decided to shelve the idea of a marathon for the time being and scale back my goals: currently aiming for a minimum goal of a sprint triathlon plus a 10 km run event and 60 pounds weight loss within the year, but I am…

I don't know. Frankly, I don't want to know.

Awesome! I find this very inspiring. I am hoping to get in shape for a Spartan or Tough Mudder or (if they bring it to my area) a Warrior Dash next year and am already running negative scripts through my head telling me it just won't happen given my excess weight and deconditioning, so your experience is very helpful. Well…

Have you tried modifying the pushup even more than you may have already? For instance, standing back somewhat from a wall and doing a form of standing pushup or pushoff from the wall, and then once that is down comfy for say up to a couple of sets of 8 or 10 reps, then moving to a slightly tougher position (either standing…

That's awesome, thanks nhradeuce! I don't mind risking a possible addiction....