Lay aside every weight

MacUser · Postby **MacUser** » January 6th, 2009, 8:56 am

You mean your house isn't littered with Wendy's, Burger King, Sonic, McDonald's plastic toys? :lol:

Seriously. Congrats on the determination Tim and others. Losing the weight makes you feel better about yourself, if nothing else.

Tim Elston · Postby **Tim Elston** » January 6th, 2009, 11:20 am

Tracy wrote:I'm a nutrition fanatic (you have no idea how crazed I am about nutrition. For example, I grind my own wheat and then like to soak it in yogurt before using it so that the phytic acid is broken down, making the nutrients in the wheat more available to us.) So I have to say this--please make sure you are eating enough fat--your body desperately needs it. Your brain needs it. Your cells need it. Eating the right fats in proper amounts won't make you fat, but it will make you incredibly healthy and resiliant.

We drink whole milk (right from the cow), eat whole-milk, homemade yogurt, tons of butter, homemade-whole milk ice cream, coconut oil, chicken broth with the fat in it, etc. Our bodies *need* good fats. I just want to make sure you are healthy in your quest for strength.

Tracy, that's impressive! I didn't know you were into nutrition like that. But it makes sense, since good diet is a no-brainer for intelligence. And I know you have an abundance of that.

Speaking of no-brainers, I had better have some fat or I might become one, hadn't I? Your comment reminded me of Hannibal. No wonder he took it as a delicacy. All the milk, cottage cheese, and olive oil!

I'm glad you reminded me about the fat. I am on a crunch diet to get down to my target weight, which should take another week. In the mean time I'm putting a small amount of pure virgin olive oil and cottage cheese on my salad, taking two fish oil pills (with baby aspirin), and getting some fat from the chicken. But I'll consider doing a little more. I just want to conquer the belly fat. I know that the bodies of middle-aged men want to hang onto the fat deposits. I wonder whether the brain would start sucking belly fat to compensate for dietary insufficiency. If that's the case, I might be willing to put up with being "stupider" for a couple of weeks. :lol:

Thanks for the link. I will read it, for sure.

Tracy · Postby **Tracy** » January 6th, 2009, 12:34 pm

Tim Elston wrote:I wonder whether the brain would start sucking belly fat to compensate for dietary insufficiency.

lol. That's funny.

Tim Elston · Postby **Tim Elston** » January 6th, 2009, 12:57 pm

Tracy wrote:
Tim Elston wrote:I wonder whether the brain would start sucking belly fat to compensate for dietary insufficiency.

lol. That's funny.

Yes, but it's an interesting question. Does the brain give priority to itself over storage? If there were a deficiency of fat in the diet, would the brain tap the belly reserve to maintain a high level of its own functionality or would it allow itself to denigrate a little out of deference to the reserve? That is, is the brain conservative or liberal? If it is conservative, is it conservative relative to itself or to storage? If it is liberal, is it liberal with regard to spending fat or expending itself?

To be or not to be, that is the fat question.

Full Quiver · Postby **Full Quiver** » January 6th, 2009, 3:01 pm

My doc asked me to lose 25. I told him I'd like to lose 50 and he said that would be great!

I so need to.

pastorables · Postby **pastorables** » January 6th, 2009, 3:10 pm

Carlene Prince wrote:
pastorables wrote:I have lost 30 pounds in the past 2 months. I am at 260 now with a personal goal to lose at least 30 more pounds. $\:D/$

what are you doing to lose the weight?

No certain regimen. I eat soups, mac & cheese, cream corn, mashed potatoes, green beans, etc... I guess it's a carb diet of sorts?!

Susie Hamilton · Postby **Susie Hamilton** » January 6th, 2009, 3:20 pm

A few years ago I went on a diet and lost 35 lbs. The diet consisted of

Breakfast, starch, protein, dairy and fruit.

Lunch, starch and protein

Dinner, protein and veggies

I had protein bars between bfast, lunch and dinner.

The key is to have your starches and fruits during the part of the day when you are most active. I also had lipoblock before each meal.

Tim Elston · Postby **Tim Elston** » January 7th, 2009, 6:52 am

I woke up this -9 degree morning at 170 lbs. I am crossing over Jordan. 169 is Jericho. 168 is Jerusalem. But as I enter the promised land, I must take heed not to do as the Anorexites do. It's looking like a torso ought to look. But if I were to be carving an idol, I would whittle off another five pounds.

Brian · Postby **Brian** » January 9th, 2009, 8:15 am

The wife and I started weight watchers this past Mon. (5th), my weight mon. was 255, today (fri.) I am 247! 8lbs in 5 days!! I hope I can keep this trend up.

My goal is 200. I'm a pretty stocky guy. Have always done contruction work and heavy lifting so my weight isnt really that bad given my natural build. Still, I could stand to lose some extra poundage.

Tim Elston · Postby **Tim Elston** » January 9th, 2009, 8:17 am

Woke up this morning at 169 lbs, almost too dizzy to stand in the shower or wade through last night's 20 inches of snow and catch the commuter bus. Stopped at the market before work to get an eggs, biscuit and gravy, and sausage breakfast. I'm 6'2", so maybe I should settle for 170 lbs. My belly is good looking and feeling enough at that weight.

But why in the world does the healthy BMI for people 6'2" range from 194 all the way down to 144 lbs? What 6'2" man would be anything but ready for the casket at 144 lbs?

Brian · Postby **Brian** » January 12th, 2009, 12:47 am

Brian wrote:The wife and I started weight watchers this past Mon. (5th), my weight mon. was 255, today (fri.) I am 247! 8lbs in 5 days!! I hope I can keep this trend up. My goal is 200. I'm a pretty stocky guy. Have always done contruction work and heavy lifting so my weight isnt really that bad given my natural build. Still, I could stand to lose some extra poundage.

Got on the scales this morning at 242.5lbs!!!! 13 lbs!! whoop whoop!!!

that is me tootin' my own horn.

Tim Elston · Postby **Tim Elston** » January 12th, 2009, 5:40 am

Brian wrote:Got on the scales this morning at 242.5lbs!!!! 13 lbs!! whoop whoop!!! that is me tootin' my own horn.

Way to go, Brian! Feels good, doesn't it? (I hadn't seen your post in this thread until now. The way this board works makes it easy to miss things sometimes.)

RuSKY · Postby **RuSKY** » January 12th, 2009, 6:15 am

A couple of years ago, the Dr. told me that if I wanted to loose weight,
not to eat flour, sugar, potatos and rice. It is simple and it works.
I ate anything else that I wanted. I lost 40 pounds. I am trying to get back on that routine as I would like to loose some more.

RuSKY

Postby **Pastor Gary** » January 12th, 2009, 8:58 am

RuSKY wrote:A couple of years ago, the Dr. told me that if I wanted to loose weight,
not to eat flour, sugar, potatos and rice. It is simple and it works.
I ate anything else that I wanted. I lost 40 pounds. I am trying to get back on that routine as I would like to loose some more.

We call that the "no white foods diet." :wink:

Postby **Pastor Gary** » January 12th, 2009, 9:07 am

Tim Elston wrote:Woke up this morning at 169 lbs, almost too dizzy to stand in the shower or wade through last night's 20 inches of snow and catch the commuter bus. Stopped at the market before work to get an eggs, biscuit and gravy, and sausage breakfast. I'm 6'2", so maybe I should settle for 170 lbs. My belly is good looking and feeling enough at that weight.

But why in the world does the healthy BMI for people 6'2" range from 194 all the way down to 144 lbs? What 6'2" man would be anything but ready for the casket at 144 lbs?

Which brings me to wonder: how realistic ARE those BMI charts??

I know very few people who fall within the ideal limits of those charts and, frankly, the ones who do look gaunt, skeletal and unhealthy to me. (Disclaimer - I am overweight and know it, and this is no excuse for my own lack of weight loss.)

Jude 2