And of course burning is the other part, most of the time focus is only on intake. On that note I am going to bed so I can try to get a friend to work out in the morning.
Mark of the wondering-why-the-thinner-people-are-not-so-active class
Markfromcali
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Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz inyou know, its a very bizarre thing that happened today and i thought it best to warn you all.
especially since some of you are fighting the battle of the bulge and dieting as am i.. you see, its been about two months since i went on this diet, and its gone along pretty well so far.
ive managed to eliminate 22 lbs.
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Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz inyou know, its a very bizarre thing that happened today and i thought it best to warn you all.
especially since some of you are fighting the battle of the bulge and dieting as am i.. you see, its been about two months since i went on this diet, and its gone along pretty well so far.
ive managed to eliminate 22 lbs.
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Markfromcali
EF, isn't anything under 1200 calories supposed to require medical supervision?
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Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz inyou know, its a very bizarre thing that happened today and i thought it best to warn you all.
especially since some of you are fighting the battle of the bulge and dieting as am i.. you see, its been about two months since i went on this diet, and its gone along pretty well so far.
ive managed to eliminate 22 lbs.
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Markfromcali
Green, I just did a quick search and I guess most of omega-6 is found in the cheap cooking oils, so while it is probably already too high in the typical diet it makes me wonder if incorporating foods high in omega-3 is enough to offset it, certainly cutting back on using those cooking oils is called for too.
BTW I guess some people have weight loss as their main focus and health is actually a secondary concern if at all, so while I'm not one to harp on this it bears pointing out that you just take your chances with your health.
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Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz inyou know, its a very bizarre thing that happened today and i thought it best to warn you all.
especially since some of you are fighting the battle of the bulge and dieting as am i.. you see, its been about two months since i went on this diet, and its gone along pretty well so far.
ive managed to eliminate 22 lbs.
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Markfromcali
Green, I'm not sure what the exact EFA profile for fish is like but I'm guessing it's mostly the omega-3's. You might want to look into that as you'd want a balance of different oils like a good amino profile for protein, that's why I use an oil blend.
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Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz inyou know, its a very bizarre thing that happened today and i thought it best to warn you all.
especially since some of you are fighting the battle of the bulge and dieting as am i.. you see, its been about two months since i went on this diet, and its gone along pretty well so far.
ive managed to eliminate 22 lbs.
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Markfromcali
Green yes, I don't drink soda anymore and I don't eat candy, I got over that a long time ago. I don't even have that much juice anymore, it still would spike your blood sugar - though I'll use it in a protein shake. The issue with fats is exactly why I supplement.
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Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz inyou know, its a very bizarre thing that happened today and i thought it best to warn you all.
especially since some of you are fighting the battle of the bulge and dieting as am i.. you see, its been about two months since i went on this diet, and its gone along pretty well so far.
ive managed to eliminate 22 lbs.
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Markfromcali
By the way, I supplement macronutrients too - protein and fats. (there's just not really a shortage of carbs, even fats is easier to cut out) Sure you can get everything you need in the right amounts in eating the right foods, in theory, but since I don't cook much this is the most practical way to do it. I had some old timer at work today say "you don't need all that stuff if you eat right and exercise moderately" and I'm thinking "yeah if I want to move as slow as you do maybe, Mr. Tortois Nervousa." Besides, the protein and EFA would essentially be part of my food, I'm just having them separately. I'm all for doing it through food, but then it's just a matter of really getting to know the nutritional content of different foods. I mean how much knowledge do you think that would take, vs. making general adjustments with supplements?
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Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz inyou know, its a very bizarre thing that happened today and i thought it best to warn you all.
especially since some of you are fighting the battle of the bulge and dieting as am i.. you see, its been about two months since i went on this diet, and its gone along pretty well so far.
ive managed to eliminate 22 lbs.
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Markfromcali
I wouldn't say it's something to hold on to, it's more a matter of not holding on to anything. There is a natural balance then, and from a certain perspective it is having compassion for all parts of yourself, in this case on more of a physical level. It's a matter of being all inclusive, there's a reason why we crave those things because we do need a certain amount of fat and meat does have protein too, not to mention the micronutrients, we would just do better to have good quality materials in the right balanced proportions.
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Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz inyou know, its a very bizarre thing that happened today and i thought it best to warn you all.
especially since some of you are fighting the battle of the bulge and dieting as am i.. you see, its been about two months since i went on this diet, and its gone along pretty well so far.
ive managed to eliminate 22 lbs.
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Markfromcali
Green that's just it, I don't define. The only real test is how it works (or doesn't work) with your body, and I recognize that we need to take into consideration one's environment as far as what is available, your current state and all these factors. I've learned a good deal about nutrition over the years, I don't remember most of it - but all I can say is I have a pretty good sense of what is good and keep it in the back of my mind, so to speak. Even if I could regurgitate the information I read before I don't think it really helps other people if it is simply taken in a simplistic "good or bad" way.
As I said, I think the most important thing is developing this sense of what different foods does for you, and having that complemented by reading some things about nutrition. It's good to know how to read food labels, and better if you can just look at it and how it's prepared to get a sense of what the nutritional value would be, but when actually eating it most people kind of just go "good or bad", or they allow the judgement based on the observation to distort the actual experience of eating. Frankly this is just way too simplistic, which is why I think it's appropriate to describe it as a kind of intelligence.
On a practical note, I've noticed one thing about eating smaller meals is you become more sensitive, if nothing else just to your hunger signal. You're never totally empty and you never eat a big meal so it doesn't go to either extreme, and that sensitivity allows you to fine tune your food intake. I have a good sense of what I can have and how long it would take to digest so I can plan when to go workout and such. From there you might start getting a sense of how much protein, carbs and fats you need and so on. Sticking with ideas is like mind control as far as health is concerned, I'm not going to bank on that.
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Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz inyou know, its a very bizarre thing that happened today and i thought it best to warn you all.
especially since some of you are fighting the battle of the bulge and dieting as am i.. you see, its been about two months since i went on this diet, and its gone along pretty well so far.
ive managed to eliminate 22 lbs.
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Markfromcali
Are you eating a balanced diet, or just low calorie things that are "good for you"? If it's not a matter of macronutrients there's the micronutrients, to me it's quite ridiculous what people think they can get by with. I've been doing the 6 small meals thing, a fruit doesn't really count as a meal.
It just so happens that recently I did a cleanse and now I have no cravings for crap, so it's not a matter of abstaining from a desire, it's the absence or change of that desire. I'm shifting the eating pattern, but I will still have some red meat - but it's only been beef jerky so far. (as much as I sweat doing cardio I need to put the sodium back anyway) I think it's important to get to that point, I know I've gotten to the point where my taste changed before but it's possible to lose it if you are just assimilated into the mainstream environment. I do think it's important to see the craving for what it is though, and that can be assuaged - as they said in the $6 million man "we have the technology." You don't have to take pills or anything, knowing enough about balanced eating and practical experimentation with your own body (adjusting proportions) can do it.
I must say what is very different for me is I don't really care. I don't mean that in the passive sense where you would probably just sit on the couch with a six pack (and I don't mean abs) and potato chips watching TV, but something like the McDonalds episode is not going to cause me stress even if it does happen. I guess to convey a sense of where my mindset is I equally don't care when I am sweating like crazy on the elliptical machine, (which does not mean I am not aware of the state of my body) in that I don't care that there's some burn, I don't care that I may not be eating the most delicious thing I can be. (there again, taste changes anyway) I guess it's a matter of concentration in a sense, a bit single pointed. But of course in terms of physical fitness you have to be aware of a lot of things, the details of diet, how different parts of your body feel in regards to activity and so on.
After years of being pulled in different directions like anyone else, having my attention scattered so the energy put into being healthy and fit doesn't really take off, I've finally come to the point that I don't care what I look like, I don't care how healthy I am or how long I live, (though I consider that from a functional standpoint) I don't even care how good I feel - (but that's useful as a barometer of where the body is at, again as a practical measure) I'm doing it simply because I can. So these things which people usually care about don't distract me anymore, I'm doing it for it's own sake. For that matter I am not ignoring the body by imposing a regimen purely based on theory, the mind dominating the body - so it's not a matter of repressing any feelings but working with them, realtime.
People think desire and will power is a source of strength, that's not how I see it. I don't need desire. I just do it. Similar to the JW deal, I've let go of mental limits as far as health and fitness is concerned, and to me desire and will power is a limitation, it's just a form of division within yourself. If you take one side of yourself over another, of course there will be that magnetic pull toward the other side. If you don't, though, then you are in a better position to master the whole thing. That's why I say I don't care, because I don't take sides like this.
Unfortunately there seems to be no real description for craving to really describe what's going on so its made conscious, but we can get a sense so that our taste changes. I guess in a way crappy food is like watching a bad movie, you can smell that it stinks. There is no need to really taste it. There needs to be a kind of body intelligence to discriminate junk food, because clearly reading about it doesn't really get the job done. And of course that bodily intelligence really needs to bridge both nutriton and physical activity in one complete picture, rather than just believing in some story of fitness that our mind is told about our body, and there goes that division again.
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Gyroscopic grip exercise ball
by Markfromcali inhave you guys seen these things?
we just got them in at work and basically they spin both horozontally and vertically, up to somewhere between 9,000 and 13,000 rpm.
after getting enough of a spin you turn it side to side, kind of following the shifting of the weight/force like shaking a half empty bottle drink and it can get really fast.
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Markfromcali
Have you guys seen these things? We just got them in at work and basically they spin both horozontally and vertically, up to somewhere between 9,000 and 13,000 rpm. After getting enough of a spin you turn it side to side, kind of following the shifting of the weight/force like shaking a half empty bottle drink and it can get really fast. It's supposed to be good for all kinds of sports where grip control is important and I think they say it helps with recovery from carpel tunel syndrome. The product we have is called Dynaflex..