Losing weight

[RobDownSouth]

How the fuck are you people living without sugar? It's literally the only thing that your brain lives on. You can keep neurotissue living on just sugars and oxygen. That is exactly what I would advise AGAINST doing. Don't tell yourself that there are 'bad' foods. As soon as you tell yourself you can't have it, you'll want it. There's no reason to torture yourself.

Cutting out sugar will literally kill you because your neurotransmitters will stop working. That's one of the reasons it's BAD when your blood sugar drops. All the foods on a whole or natural food diet are going to be high in sugar, fruits and veggies are mostly sugar. HUMANS REQUIRE SUGAR TO FUNCTION. HUMANS REQUIRE FAT TO FUNCTION. HUMANS REQUIRE CARBOHYDRATES TO FUNCTION. The only reason you should ever cut something out of your diet is because a doctor tells you to.

Edit: This really, really bothers me, I guess because of the whole taking care of an anorexic thing. Watching someone who literally can't get proper nutrition because of debilitating mental disorder has, I believe, led to me getting pissed when perfectly healthy people give bad nutritional advice. "I cut out sugars! My nervous system doesn't work, but I look great!" or "I cut out carbs! My liver doesn't work but I look great!" Because they cut out the problem. I'm totally cool with vanity but I WOULD NEVER TELL SOMEONE ELSE TO DAMAGE THEIR BODY WITHOUT TELLING THEM THAT THEY'RE GONNA DAMAGE THEIR BODY. It's not ethical. I won't even give a chainsmoker a cigarette without at least saying, "These things'll kill ya."

I think you've confused "sugar" and "caffeine".

A body can live without sugar.
A body cannot live without caffeine.
I'm living proof of that.

 

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[JAMESBJOHNSON]

After doin' a mini-binge on leftover halloween candy, I went the entire month of November without any sweets, dessert* or carbonated drinks. I honestly feel a lot better now.


*I did have one very small piece of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving.

But we know better, all you binge on are cocks.

 

[CandiCame]

Holy overreaction, Batman!

I eat plenty of sugar that naturally occurs in fruits and vegetables. I guarantee you that my body does not need snickers or "fruit" bites to thrive.

I was talking to the guy who said he cut out sugars. If you cut out sugars you will die. You have to have a certain amount of sugar a day or your nervous system will shut down, I've seen it and it's fucking horrible. They have to put you on a drip but then you will need your grandson to take care of you for the rest of your life because the nerves in your appendages that die don't grow back. They stay dead and you can no longer stabilize yourself, ever, for the rest of your life. It's not an overreaction, it can paralyze you or kill you, or make you lose your independence. And it's unethical to give it out as advice without telling people about those side effects. I'm not saying that you should live on candy, but most of your diet should be sugar based. Had you read my post you would have seen that I specifically said most sugar should come from fruits and vegetables.

 

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[CandiCame]

REFINED Sugar and flour are not your friends. Quitting pop altogether and replacing it with water has done wonders for me.

Edited for Candi, whose name is gloriously ironic right now in this thread.

It's not ironic. I still eat a bag of pixi styx at a time and I lost weight. Because it's just math and everything else is fooling yourself. Terrible for my teeth tho. Fun fact! If you run out of sugar, and you put pixi styx in your coffee; it will taste horrible. 1/10 do not recommend.

 

[CandiCame]

I said it, too. You don't read my posts??

*cries*

Yeah, but I shoulda quoted him. I meant it as a direct reaction to him, but others posted while I was typing.

 

[CandiCame]

Caffeine is a staple.

:guzzles second cuppa*

Meh. I can take it or leave it. Sometimes I think caffeine is our generation's cocaine. Like in a couple decades our kids are gonna be like, "I can't believe they used to put that in pop when we were little!"

 

[lilydance]

Everything in moderation. The hard part is when you're a carb and sugar addict, you can't stop eating the stuff. Oh Lord do I know!! It's not like drugs or alcohol where you just stop and never look at a bottle of booze or a bag of drugs again. Sugar is in everything. The desire to loose those pounds has to be greater than your desire for the foods you crave. Willpower willpower willpower! And of course diet and exercise.

 

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[CandiCame]

Everything in moderation. The hard part is when you're a carb and sugar addict, you can't stop eating the stuff. Oh Lord do I know!! It's not like drugs or alcohol where you just stop and never look at a bottle of booze or a bag of drugs again. Sugar is in everything. The desire to loose those pounds has to be greater than your desire for the foods you crave. Willpower willpower willpower! And of course diet and exercise.

Wait, you can do that with drugs? That'd save me a ton in nicotine money.

I kinda get what you mean tho. You can make a "I don't want the shit I'm addicted to around me. You go to another room or a different house or I will murder you." But you can't do that with food. Because you HAVE to have food to live. But it's a really similar addiction, inasmuch as your friends will just show up all, "We're gonna have a cook-out!" And when you get there, there will be drugs, and there will be food. But they genuinely think that they're helping, because we do eat as a social interaction as much as, or even more than, as a hunger response. That makes it really hard to. Like when I was talking about the eating out the buffet- that becomes a thing because by myself, my fat ass wouldn't go to a buffet. But I was invited and I'm not gonna be the one asshole that doesn't want to the same place everyone else wants to go. Because then I'm an asshole. But if there's anything I am more than vain, it's cheap. So my brain goes, "You paid for the entire buffet. You eat the entire buffet." And I'm trying to condition it not to do that but... it's gonna be rough. Just write it down and work it off later.

 

[CandiCame]

I don't need it, I just LOVE coffee. I limit it to mornings, afternoons, and evenings, though. You know, moderation.

I love me some coffee too. I drink a lot of soda and kool-aid too. Everybody's been all, "Drink water". Water is so gross. It tastes of nothing so you can tell how fucking gross it is. I like to mask the taste of "levels of chemical or bacterial contaminants exceeding those allowed under a state or industry standard or guideline" with like... those strawberry colored sugar packets that you shake up in there.

 

[Laurel]

How the fuck are you people living without sugar? It's literally the only thing that your brain lives on. You can keep neurotissue living on just sugars and oxygen. That is exactly what I would advise AGAINST doing. Don't tell yourself that there are 'bad' foods. As soon as you tell yourself you can't have it, you'll want it. There's no reason to torture yourself.

Cutting out sugar will literally kill you because your neurotransmitters will stop working. That's one of the reasons it's BAD when your blood sugar drops. All the foods on a whole or natural food diet are going to be high in sugar, fruits and veggies are mostly sugar. HUMANS REQUIRE SUGAR TO FUNCTION. HUMANS REQUIRE FAT TO FUNCTION. HUMANS REQUIRE CARBOHYDRATES TO FUNCTION. The only reason you should ever cut something out of your diet is because a doctor tells you to.

Edit: This really, really bothers me, I guess because of the whole taking care of an anorexic thing. Watching someone who literally can't get proper nutrition because of debilitating mental disorder has, I believe, led to me getting pissed when perfectly healthy people give bad nutritional advice. "I cut out sugars! My nervous system doesn't work, but I look great!" or "I cut out carbs! My liver doesn't work but I look great!" Because they cut out the problem. I'm totally cool with vanity but I WOULD NEVER TELL SOMEONE ELSE TO DAMAGE THEIR BODY WITHOUT TELLING THEM THAT THEY'RE GONNA DAMAGE THEIR BODY. It's not ethical. I won't even give a chainsmoker a cigarette without at least saying, "These things'll kill ya."

*someone's been in the sugar!*

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I thought so.

Omg you're so tiny! That's awesome. We should start an elf club.

Yes, let's!

 

[CandiCame]

*someone's been in the sugar!*

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Yes, let's!

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[Libsam]

fitnessblender.com is one of my favorite places to get workouts from. They have free videos for all kinds of stuff. Yoga, pilates, stretching, 10 minute abs to 90 minute "Insanity" style workouts. I like to DL the vids to a usb and play them in the living room where I have lots of room.

I find ShaunT's instructional style annoying and his voice gets on my nerves, the fitness blender people are more normal.

But if you want some of those beachbody workouts, you can steal them off piratebay, those fuckers are expensive.

The shakeology meal replacements are pretty tasty though. I've tried a few different brands and shakeology really is the best. They are fucking expensive though!! So I usually go with the Garden Of Life RAW Meal Replacement and I keep some Ensure Complete in the fridge for when I don't have time to blend.




p.s. Im 5'4 too!!

 

[lilydance]

There is some really good suggestions on this thread. Anyone know how to stop evening craving? I can eat healthy all day but as soon as 7 pm rolls around i want something sweet. Cake, chocolate, ice cream anything I can get my grubby hands on.

 

[Skiddles2014]

I've never had to diet, neither has. The wife.

We are blessed.

 

[Lorilei]

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[RobDownSouth]

From 2010 through 2011 I lost nearly 100lbs through diet and exercise.

Get a food journal and keep track of everything you eat religiously. I used the MyFitnessPal app for my phone simply because it goes with me everywhere I go. I still use this today.

At first I started walking twice daily for half an hour. After a couple of months I started using the couch to 5K program and soon I was running 5 kilometers three to four times a week. This combination took me from 270lbs down to 185.

Candi was right, it's simply eat less, move more. There is no magic recipe. Find what works for you.

I just upgraded to the iPhone 6 and ditched my faithful old (6 years plus!) calorie counting app in favor of MyFitnessPal (because MyFitnessPal has seamless integration to the new iPhone Health app).

All I can say is....WOW. I'm hooked. Great app.

I would look like an Amazon next to you.

"Fantasy JtohisPB" updated accordingly.

There is some really good suggestions on this thread. Anyone know how to stop evening craving? I can eat healthy all day but as soon as 7 pm rolls around i want something sweet. Cake, chocolate, ice cream anything I can get my grubby hands on.

My weakness as well.

 

[1HF]

Omg you're so tiny! That's awesome. We should start an elf club.

We do need an elf club! I need heels to be Laurel's height.

To the OP...

Basically echoing what others have said. Start making healthier choices. Don't completely cut out the things you love, because that will lead to binge eating. DO cut back portion wise, and how often you eat things that aren't good for you. Try to replace junk food with healthy food. Add in extra exercise whenever you can. The more you're moving the better. Good luck!

 

[Lorilei]

I second (or third or fourth) the endorsement of the MyFitnessPal app. It makes it really easy to track how much you're eating, plus breaks it down into protein, carbs, fiber, etc..

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

How the fuck are you people living without sugar? It's literally the only thing that your brain lives on. You can keep neurotissue living on just sugars and oxygen. That is exactly what I would advise AGAINST doing. Don't tell yourself that there are 'bad' foods. As soon as you tell yourself you can't have it, you'll want it. There's no reason to torture yourself.

Cutting out sugar will literally kill you because your neurotransmitters will stop working. That's one of the reasons it's BAD when your blood sugar drops. All the foods on a whole or natural food diet are going to be high in sugar, fruits and veggies are mostly sugar. HUMANS REQUIRE SUGAR TO FUNCTION. HUMANS REQUIRE FAT TO FUNCTION. HUMANS REQUIRE CARBOHYDRATES TO FUNCTION. The only reason you should ever cut something out of your diet is because a doctor tells you to.

Edit: This really, really bothers me, I guess because of the whole taking care of an anorexic thing. Watching someone who literally can't get proper nutrition because of debilitating mental disorder has, I believe, led to me getting pissed when perfectly healthy people give bad nutritional advice. "I cut out sugars! My nervous system doesn't work, but I look great!" or "I cut out carbs! My liver doesn't work but I look great!" Because they cut out the problem. I'm totally cool with vanity but I WOULD NEVER TELL SOMEONE ELSE TO DAMAGE THEIR BODY WITHOUT TELLING THEM THAT THEY'RE GONNA DAMAGE THEIR BODY. It's not ethical. I won't even give a chainsmoker a cigarette without at least saying, "These things'll kill ya."

No one was suggesting that anyone cut out sugar completely from their diet. Your body will MAKE the sugars you need to survive from carbohydrates. They were talking about refined sugars, high fructose corn syrup and the like found in carbonated sodas and processed foods.

Jesus, lay off the pixie stix, it can't be healthy snorting those.

 

[lovetoread]

I have lost 60 some odd pounds in the last 3 years.

I live on sugar.

And potato chips, but mostly sugar.

Candy in all forms is the best way to go.

 

[rubydlite]

Eat more...not less....we're in a vicious cycle of starving our body of nutrients.
But eat more fruits and vegetables. ...less refined....if it's a chemical concoction of 'pretend' food stay away from it. Avoid those dreadful 100 calorie packs.... stay away from diet low fat sugar reduced skinny foods and eat real, whole food.

 

[Balladeer08]

Whow. Are you like 4 feet tall? That's madness.

Kathy Ireland is 5'10", weighed 110 lbs during her modeling career, and was gorgeous.

Long and lean is luscious!