"Paul Saunders" <
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| ste © wrote:
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| > ...there's nothing worse in life than skinny people who claim to be fat! Aren't you people
| > called anorexics? (just kidding!)
|
| If I'm still obsessing about losing weight when I'm 9.5 stone, then feel free to call me anorexic.
| Besides, I never claimed to be fat, merely overweight, and not by much either, so it shouldn't be
| too hard to get rid of it (in theory at least).
I know, I was just kidding. ...fatty!
| > I'm 5 foot 9.75 inches tall (don't forget the three quarters), and about 15-16 stone. I daren't
| > weight myself right now because...
|
| ...you're suffering from Rik Waller delusion.
Nahh, I'm just a lard @rse!
)
| > I've gone like a balloon over the past 3 years, from 11 stone to 16 at my fattest over the past
| > few months! :-(
|
| Hmm... You didn't look that fat in your photo.
Did I send you the naked photo or the one where I was fully dressed and out walking in Malham? ;o)
| > I used to weigh myself every morning because I knew that this would be my lightest time of the
| > day - it's relative, so any time of day is fine, so long as it's the same time each day.
|
| Not really. You want to find out how much you weigh, not how much you weight plus the three course
| meal you've just eaten. Your true weight is without food and drink inside you. Of couse there's
| always going to be some, but you can at least weigh yourself when there's as little as possible in
| there, that will give you the truest estimate of your weight.
...Which is first thing in the morning! But my comments about getting weighed at any time of day
were related to finding out the weight lost/gained during a diet - as long it was the same time of
day (assuming regular eating and drinking habits), then this would show the weight lost or gained.
| > At my most fanatical, I set up an Access database that had a table containing a list of foods I
| > ate with their nutritional information in, and another table that contained what I ate in the
| > day, and the weight of it. I used this to keep track of how much I was eating, and I aimed for
| > about 1500 - 2000 calories a day I think. Nothing worse than weighing food to make you feel like
| > a weirdo! ;o)
|
| Now that is fanatical.
...but I haven't bought any books yet! ;o)
| >> Tomorrow I start Atkins.
|
| Well maybe the day after... It seems I bought a disallowed cheese - cottage cheese, so I'll have
| to eat that first. Cottage cheese is very low fat, so ironically it's relatively high in carbs. So
| I just took the opportunity to eat another apple and blackcurrant ****...
I had the same problem when I was going to start my friends version of the Atkins diet - there was
always some chips or white barm cakes in the cupboard, so it was never thr right time. There's
always one excuse or another for me when diets are concerned, and there's always tomorrow...
| > Good luck with the diet! I've got a friend who has lost several stone over the past few years
| > (from 18 stone plus to about 13 stone) doing an Atkins type diet, only it's slightly different.
| > Instead of cutting down on all carbohydrates, he just excludes simple carbohydrates.
|
| That's practically Atkins, no sugar, no refined flour etc. A major thing to consider is foods with
| a high glycemic index, like potatoes, they quickly turn to sugar in the blood, so such foods
| should be excluded too.
Yes, he said it was more or less Atkins, but with the few adjustments. But it works for him and all
his friends and work colleagues, and it doesn't sound as extreme as what I've heard about the Atkins
diet. I can find out more info on what he does if you're interested, just let me know.
| > There's a few other things too, and he claims it's healthier than the typical 'fry-up' Atkins
| > stereotype diet.
|
| See, there's another misconception about Atkins. Although you can have fry-ups on Atkins, they're
| not compulsory and you certainly don't have to live on them. Most of the recipes in the Atkins
| book are not fry ups, many combine some sort of protein with salad vegetables, so you might have
| fish plus salad, and maybe a little cheese on the side.
Atkins probably came up with those wild headlines himself, just to sell books! Which fat person
wouldn't want to go on a diet where they could eat all the fry-ups they wanted! ;o)
| > All his friends are on it too and they've all lost weight. Why don't I go on this diet myself
| > you may be thinking? ...how could I live without potatoes! ;o)
|
| That's my big problem too, I love potatoes.
Every meal I have seems to have a potatoe product of some kind.
| Thinking realistically though, I've never had a real weight problem during my life, and I don't
| need to lose that much, so once I've lost it I daresay I could start eating some potatoes here and
| there, so long as I don't overdo it. The key is to consume the calories with exercise, so potatoes
| and hillwalking would go well together I think. Athletes are allowed more carbs anyway.
Yes, you could use the diet to get back on track, then be sensible from there on. I've got quite a
bit more than you to lose though, so I need to be a bit more patient.
| Paul
Ste
