zognorf

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  • How long have you stuck to the clean foods? My wife notices a difference after a couple of days...it take me WEEKS to feel better--but eventually, I do. and I mean feeling a LOT better "all of a sudden". Different people have different reactions, and some are more in touch with their bodies than others. I'm one of the…
    in Does Where Your Calories Come From Matter? Comment by zognorf March 2011
  • It absolutely matters. Our own Denial and Rationalization, and Billions of dollars of advertising from some of the smartest marketers on the planet will try to tell us otherwise...but facts are facts. Quality building materials build quality results. Shoddy foods lead to a shoddy body. The "twinkie guy", if he stuck to it,…
    in Does Where Your Calories Come From Matter? Comment by zognorf March 2011
  • Take. Pictures. My wife and I took our before pics a year ago. When she was down about her weight loss (she'd hit a plateau) all we had to do was compare her bikini pic from Jan. with one from last week---she could really see the difference. She did the same for me last week--I've not really moved the scale much in two…
    in I just want to cry Comment by zognorf October 2010
  • I've dropped 40 so far in 2010, and reset my goal to something even more ambitious (220 at 40, from 331 at 38). You can do whatever you set your mind to! Train hard, expect success!
    in any one lost 100lbs in a year, with out surgery? Comment by zognorf October 2010
  • Inspirational is a word that falls short of defining how powerful those pics are!! Keep it up, and congrats on your fantastic progress.
    in 83 lbs Lost with pictures Comment by zognorf September 2010
  • Don't give up! Don't even feel down, if you can help it....the mid-section is, alas, the VERY last thing to go. Men and women both seem to lose from the top and bottoms of our bodies--the middle is the last thing to go. Eat healthy with a calorie deficit, exercise hard, and most important, believe you can do it, and the…
    in My mid-section! Comment by zognorf May 2010
  • Wow....you remind me of me, from 15 years ago....right down to the writing style, and the rationalizations. So....think of this as a post from your future self, writing to you now. Because for all intents and purposes, it is. (if I could write this to my 23 year old self, I would. I would've also used considerably more…
    in Broke my diet Comment by zognorf February 2010
  • Whether you insist, or resist.....It Persists. Whatever "it" is. Your brain is an amazing computer that will give you ANY answer to ANY question you ask..... ANY question. So...if you ask yourself "why can't I lose weight?".....your brain will find a reason. >shudder< If you ask yourself "what can I do, today, to get…
    in Thank God for a strong finger Comment by zognorf February 2010
  • Don't let a "bad week" get you down....and remember that it might not even be a "bad week"! If you've been on a strict, healthy food, calorie deficit food plan, and you switch out to a food plan in "maintenance mode"....if you added 1000 cals, you body grabbed that and stored it--thinking it was "feast time" and preparing…
    in Body Fat % Comment by zognorf January 2010
  • You're not crazy--the scale by itself can make you feel fat--even if your pants fit like they should. I use a skinfold caliper to combat this....you can order them as cheap as 30$ or so, and when you use them you can check your lean body mass against your fat mass....its a booster for someone who loves the numbers (I'm one…
    in Why are the numbers so important?! Comment by zognorf January 2010
  • IMO, Calorie burn vs. fat burn talk is more scam than real. Most everybody I've heard who talks about it has something to sell you. I think Tom Venuto sums up the truth about weight loss best: "If you have a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. If you have a surplus, you will gain weight. period." Whether or not you burn…
    in less than 20 minutes exercise - not worth it?? Comment by zognorf January 2010
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