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5'7.5" and 122 lbs.
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Okay, first you don't sound at all whiney, you do sound kinda upset. And that's motivating, so good for you. But it really sounds like your family is trying to be supportive, and maybe they are worried that you'll do some crazy and unsafe dieting if they acknowledge your gain. Have you tried setting down with them…
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How sweet you are to do that. I hope it does great things for you wife, and for you as well.
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Yes! That is exactly what seems to happen to me. It can be quite demoralizing when I don't think it through (and it's so easy to "forget" those times when I have a major cheat-fest and don't gain).
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Hahahaha! And people provide the highest degree of bioavailability!
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My primary reason for being vegetarian is because I don't believe in killing outside of self-defence. There are plenty of other reasons, though. Vegetarians are healthier by epidemology studies, along with the preponderence of clinical studies, and thinner (though you couldnt prove that by me), and large scale animal…
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I have a Cammelback, and it doesn't have a number on the bottom. But it does say "BPA free". I love it because it opens very wide, and you drink through a straw attached to a plastic thingie that you have to bite to open. It's easier that it sounds. It's also 3 cups which is a great size for me; I drink 2 cups with my…
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I weight myself daily, but I only record in my tracker once a week. I know some people say daily weighing isn't good, but it helps me be aware of the natural ups and downs. I'm at a age (over 50) where my weight loss path isn't linear, sometimes it's two steps forward and one step back, even though I'm perfectly on program.
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YES! I've been vegan for 9 years. (And I'm so gald to find other veg*ns, I've spend some time looking around and the Atkins thread just about made my head explode.) So, for fruits and vegetables, right now I'm eating lots of grapes (I love them frozen), berries, nectarines, asparagus, artichokes and salads. I also have a…
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Unless something has changed in the last few years, those are all sort term studies showing improvement in some markers, which are typical with weight loss, but there are no long term peer reviewed studies showing a reversal of heart disease.
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Dr. Dean Ornish published the first studies about 20 years ago, and more recently Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic has had great results. Eesselstyn was profiled in the movie Forks Over Knives, here are some of his studies: A Strategy to Arrest and Reverse Coronary Artery Disease: A 5 -Year Longitudinal Study…
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Yes, I do. It is high in fat and calories, even the "low fat" vareities. But that is not the worst of it. Cheese is concentrated dairy, which is implicated in osteoporosis (yes, that's right, the countries with the highest dairy consumption also have the highest rates of of it), heart disease, type 1 diabetes, and certain…
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Awesome! :love:
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Because the only diet clinically established to reverse heart disease is the complete opposite of Atkins, I stay far, far away from it.
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Once again, I'm the odd man out. While I think there are worse dietary mistakes, you run a very real risk of missing key nutrients because you simply don't eat any food that contains them. As an aside, in looking at your diet, I would add more fruits and vegetables. The lack of phytonutrients makes eating it doubly…
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I'm vegan but not raw. I lose best when I have (most days) a green smoothie for breakfast, a bean meal for lunch, and a vegetable meal for dinner, with a handful of nuts for a snack.
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I make my own with whole wheat crust , lot of veggie toppings, and no cheese (which is where all the artery-cloging fat is, and a big chunk of the calories, too.) although you could just do light cheese. It's yummy and healthy. The kind that come from a big chain, yeah, it's definitely a "cheat meal". I wouldn't eat it on…
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Your question sent me searching for Canada's Food Guide. So having seen it, I don't think you can eat all of that and be within 1200 calories. Jeez, 3 tablespoons of oil? That's about 300 calories all by itself. It's low in meat, that helps, but all that grain is a lot of calories, too. I would just cut the oils back to…
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I really don't know of anything that will stop the salt effect by the next day. If you drink a lot of water, it will help a little but your body is going to hold onto what it needs to dilute the excess sodium in your blood and tissues. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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That's wonderful, and you are such an inspiration. I used to be a runner, but my knees decided against it. Now I'm working to lose some weight so I can try running again, without the extra stress on my knees, and with lower mileage.
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That's wonderful!
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A nice thing about pasta is that even "white" pasta, if cooked al dente, does not have a crazy-high glycemic index score. So if you eat it with a bit of fat or protein it won't spike your blood sugar. I think you are better off planning for the calories, then do portion control by weighing before cooking, and eat it, than…
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You can meet all of your nutrient requirements without dairy, and your bones will be stronger without it (the countries with the highest dairy consumption have the highest rates of osteoporosis). That said, I don't think there is a weight-related reason to do it.
