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Feel like I'm dying...
The previous topic to mine is titled, "So fed up, feel like crying". I feel for the author. In fact, I just came here to post my note, which I titled, "Feel like I'm dying..." I mean this part metaphorically and part literally. I'm at the end of my rope. I can't believe how my health has deteriorated over the past year.…
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It's so hard getting started again!
My last major weight loss of over 100 lb is now starting to fade into distant memory. I was at an adult lifetime low weight of 79.8 kg back at the beginning of 2007 - about 5 years ago. That was after a two year low-calorie diet. Then the rebound began and I gained almost all of it back. At the beginning of 2010 I tried…
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Back again after a long hiatus
Back after yet another hiatus, earthquakes, tsunami and nuclear disasters. My weight is essentially unchanged since joining last October. Veered into the Dark Side a bit with low-carbing (utterly useless) and even had some interesting mail correspondence with Gary Taubes. But I'm back yet again trying to do the only thing…
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How often do you weigh yourself?
How often do you weigh yourself? I know a lot of people say you shouldn't, but I can't resist weighing myself every day. On a day I lose even a little I'm elated and my will-power is strong. On a day weight doesn't change I'm subdued. On a day I gain weight, even a teensy bit, I get depressed and think it's all over and I…
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Some disappointing eggplant - any "frying" suggestions?
I love eggplant. At least I thought I did. I'm wondering now if I actually like the butter or oil flavor of sauteed eggplant better than the eggplant itself. I've used Pam before to saute eggplant and I like it fine. But I'm out of Pam and they don't sell it here. I didn't want to use olive oil because I'm trying to save…
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Gary Taubes and his flawed logic
This Gary Taubes guy is really making me mad with his flawed logic which, I think, steps over the border into dishonesty. Gary Taubes, the science writer for the New York Times, is supposedly well-regarded and not a crackpot. But he out-and-out claims that the single nutrient, carbohydrates, is the cause of obesity and…
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Doug's Diet Manifesto
Talking about weight loss can sometimes be worse than discussing religion or politics. Advocates in different camps are convinced they are right and everybody else is wrong. Here is my current 100% completely honest no-holds-barred thinking on weight loss, which some of you will disagree with in parts and some might agree…
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Why is it so easy to stay on a diet - yet so hard?
When I'm in a "dieting mood" it seems so easy to stay within my calorie limit. Take today for example. So far I've had: 1. A healthy eggs salad of two eggs, cucumber, tomato and non-oil dressing. 2. Tenpura udon for lunch. 3. A few ounces of boiled shrimp as a snack. 4. 6 delicious strawberries. 5. A couple of other…
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Indecisions: I keep flipping back and forth between low-cal
There is an interesting, but very long (72 minutes!) lecture by Gary Taubes, a science writer for the New York Times and the author of "Good Calories, Bad Calories." If you have the patience to watch it all, it's interesting. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4362041487661765149# I keep on swinging back and forth…
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New Year Resolutions
I wonder if I should even bother making new year's resolutions for 2011. I failed so miserably in my main resolution for 2010. Oh wait! This decade actually starts on January 1, 2011, right? Not in 2010. So I can actually make another resolution to stay on my diet "this entire decade" and still have a chance to keep my…
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2,090 calories for a tuna melt!
This slide show is an eye-opener! http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/1007_americas_fattiest_fast_foods/1.htm doug
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In a diet cycle nightmare
I've tried everything, and am really stuck as to what to do at this point. Atkins has never worked for me. With low calorie diets, I've been able to lose over a hundred pounds several times - but regrettably end up rebounding each time. I've tried Atkins several times, but have never had success with it. You can search my…
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4 weeks - and back to where I started (sigh)
I was doing ok since starting on 10/11/2010. My weight dropped by as much as 6 lb, but disappointingly hovered up and down a lot. The last couple of weeks I've been "looser" on following strict diet rules. And the last few days I've basically been off my diet. I've check in ever day though. The result - 4 weeks later and…
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A lost day
Yesterday was sort of a "lost day" (sigh). A friend came over and even though he knew I was dieting brought strawberry short-cake. Things went downhill from there. :( Fortunately when I weighed myself this morning my weight had not changed and I'm starting right in again. Unlike previous diets I've been on, I am thinking…
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Back from the brink
I feel that since joining this site and restarting my diet again that I've come "back from the brink." I actually weigh more than I did at the beginning of the year. But I feel that a disastrous rebound has been reversed. Even though I now weigh 127.4 kg I actually feel "bouncy" and more energetic. Some of you probably…
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Staying on the diet, losing weight - but always hungry
Since starting on the diet on 10/10/2010 I've lost 2.2 kg = 4.8 lb, more or less in a straight line. I started at 130 kg (!) and now I'm 127.8 kg. I began with a plan to lost 2 lb/week but switched that to 1.5 lb/week because I was finding the calorie limit too restrictive and I'm aiming to continue for the long haul. My…
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Feeling discouraged - after just 9 days
If I keep on losing weight I seem to have no problems sticking with a diet. But something weird is going on. Here are my weights since starting on 10/11 (in kg). 10/11 - 130.0 10/12 - 129.9 10/13 - 128.8 10/14 - 128.2 10/15 - 128.2 10/16 - 128.0 10/17 - 127.8 <- great so far! 10/18 - 128.2 <- from here my weight has…
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Adjusting weekly goal... any opinions?
I started out last week with a goal to lose 2 lb/week because I have so much to lose. 1 lb/week just sounded too slow. I've stayed on the diet since starting and have lost 2.2 kg = 4.8 lb so far. And I've increased my daily exercise. And I haven't gone over my calorie quota once yet. But I'm beginning to feel that the…
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Trying to diet (yet again)
Hi, people. I am a very overweight, single guy, 54, living in Tokyo. Over the years I've managed many times to lose over 100 lb during the course of 2 years and get down to a normal weight, just to see it slowly rebound again. Very depressing. This year I thought I had a good start and lost about 22 lb by summer. But after…
