"Kevin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:I'm very disgusted with myself. I was getting dressed this morning and
An excellent start!
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Quoted message said:So why am I here? I saw a dietician, got some good advice, and am
Too often "dietician's" are mired in yesterday's "common knowledge". Could
you please embellish on that discussion (up to the limits of what modesty
and privacy will permit, of course...)?
Quoted message said:going to start my program today. I'm hoping for support, advice, and
criticism. I've lurked here for a while in the past, and I've noticed
You'll find no shortage of that here. Best polish up on your skin
thickening exercises...(:-o)!
Quoted message said:some people enjoy slamming others... which I find as amazing as it is
sad (classic need to feel superior by belittleing others). That said,
I can take a good shot.
Oh, not to worry. Unfortunately, something as ideologically charged as
personal responsibility--which is what any kind of "dieting" is--is always
going to attract it's own crop of detractors, trolls, and psycho-adherents.
The full spectrum I'm afraid...
Quoted message said:And there you have it.
As others have pointed out, your use of the word, "determination," is the
key issue in your post. The exact nature of what you ingest--as well as
just about everything else--is really secondary to that.
Pretty well the folks that post here fall into 3-groups:
1 - Intolerant, wild-eyed proponents of "anti-Atkins" products, concepts, or
food-choices; and LC failures that need to find fault with the method as
opposed to their own inability to succeed.
2 - Those that have adopted the LC concept and may or may not necessarily be
Atkins proponents. Some have succeeded wildly, some have only succeed
mildly. Some just enjoy the company and the LC WOE.
3 - Intolerant, wild-eyed "pro-Atkins" zealots. No word of his writings nor
syllable of his name may be used in any manner other than as they dictate.
Any mention of the slightest deviation from his hallowed teachings will be
met with utter distain, derision, and abuse. They genuflect on their knees
at the alter of LC, and dare any of the heretics to challenge them that
success can come from other avenues.
Don't worry, you'll soon learn to sort them out.
FWIW; I've been doing LC (without initially knowing of Dr. Atkins) for many
years. It works. In the mean time here's some of the things I've learned:
1. Drink lots of water!
2. Don't fall for all of those 'ersatz foods that everybody and their food
company will want to sell you. You don't need "Atkins Bars" to succeed; or
fake pancake powder; or replacement 'LC' bread; or 'LC' cereal; or fancy
'LC' drinks, and so on. You're partly in the fix you're in because you
flocked to the non-LC version of those things in your previous (pre-LC)
life! You don't need a foot-tall stack of pancakes or waffles slathered
with syrup for breakfast. Nor do you need a foot-tall stack of 'ersatz
allegedly 'LC' pancakes or waffles as their replacement. All you're doing
is continuing to feed your bad habits. And all that it'll get you is an
easy slide back into your old habits and WOE.
3. Drink lots of water!
4. Nothing is for free! EACH EXTRA POUND of fat on you is the result of
you lifting, biting off, chewing, and swallowing an extra 3,500 or so
calories. Don't blame your mother, Twinkies, your neighbor, me, or the life
you're living. You did it. 'Fess up to it and move on (which you've
already kinda done). Despite posts you might find in this NG, you've got to
make a determined effort to limit your food intake. And LC is just the
ticket. By not starting what I call your 'sugar-cycle' in the morning,
you'll find that you can easily manage without problem until evening. I eat
a bit of cheese, an egg, or a slice of some sort of meat rolled up. Lunch
is a similar issue--if and when I feel like eating it (I most often realize
around 1600hrs. that I missed lunch--a (very small) piece of meat and
sometimes a salad or sliced up tomato from the evening before. In the
afternoon I may snack on some fruits or veggies (that'll set off the
hard-core Atkins zealots...(:-o)!) if I feel like it. For dinner we have a
typically LC meal. We never have cereal, pastries, "sweets" in general, or
potatoes any more; and rarely any rice or pasta (and then only very small
amounts), and rarely more than a slice or two of bread/day. And that I bake
myself. It's sourdough, mostly whole grain, and I can count all the
ingredients on one hand--not to mention you don't need a dictionary to say
their names--and most important, it's fairly LC. If you're gonna eat a
carb, make 'em count! I eat fresh fruits & veggies, or one of my slices of
bread. No garbage allowed!
5. Drink lots of water!
6. Don't make a big fuss like some of the folks posting here that try to
replace each and every "comfort food" with an LC replacement. Just stop
eating them! You don't need ice-cream. So eating an LC ice-cream is just
another nail in your coffin on the path back to personal failure. Because
it gives you the false sense of progress as you happily sit astride your old
habits. Then, if you really, really want an ice-cream (let's say you're out
with your kids or grandkids on a warm afternoon) treat yourself to a real
ice-cream! Just make it a small one. You don't need breakfast cereal,
soda's, Jell-O, jam, chips, doughnuts, cakes, noodles, rice, potatoes,
gravy, and so on--and you don't need their LC replacements! Just don't eat
them. Get out of "the habit" of wanting them in everything you swallow.
That's the only sure way to success. Anything else is a band-aid and
half-measure, and will never lead you to taking charge of your eating
activities.
7. Drink lots of water!
8. Enjoy the process. If this is a drudgery that you have to steel
yourself every morning to tackle, you may as well pack it in. You can not
succeed. Meals are so much simpler and easy to make now. A meat of some
kind, and a salad or other veggies is the usual. That's lots easier than
having to make high-carb "fillers" in addition to the meal. And, as others
posting here have mentioned, eat some fresh fruit and/or veggies if you feel
like a snack. After an initial period where you feel like a fish in the
toilet, you'll find that all of those "favorite things" that you just had to
eat, don't call so loudly any more. And when their siren song fades into
background noise...you'll know that you've won! And you'll know that *you*
did it!
9. Drink lots of water!
10. Exercise! The simple formula is that you weigh what you weigh as a
result of "calories-in" - "calories-out". And no, it's not exactly that
simple, but that's the overall measure. Reducing the calories-in is one
step, increasing the calories-out is another. You'll loose little more than
water-weight if you continue to live at the cal-in/cal-out level that you've
established. You don't have to run marathons or pump endless tons of iron.
But you should do something that will make you burn more calories than what
you expend in bending your arm and chewing (:-o)! Lance Armstrong consumes
around 10,000 calories on a "heavy" day. But he expends most of his almost
right away. You & I don't. You don't have to run out and get a $1,000 gym
membership. You can start by walking...and increase the pace and distance
as your weight comes down and you see progress.
I used to be the absolute master of "low-fat" cookery. I biked, walked,
worked out, and did stuff every day. Yet my weight kept slowly creeping up.
I was doing all the right things, and getting all the wrong results. Do you
know what the definition of stupidity is? It's when you do or take some
action, and don't get the result you want. That's what's known as dumb.
Now, if you continue to do that, and continue to not get the result you
want--but expecting it, that's stupid! In the late '80's I happened to have
a chance to go to Europe and visit long unmet relatives. And guess what I
found? *I* was eating carefully 'low-fat', and *they* were happily eating
all of the things I _used_to_ eat. I guess it would be redundant to mention
that they were all more-or-less thinner than I. And that's when I began my
personal quest to understand and implement a better way of living.
Well that's about it. Not really a complicated thing to do as some here
would have you believe. Nor is it dead simple, as long as you replace
everything you ever ate with an LC equivalent. You can learn a lot reading
here. As I'd mentioned, there are folks from all over the spectrum
reading/posting here. By and large you'll get good advice. But make it a
personal point to learn and understand how LC works. Whether you become an
Adkins, South-park, or other more "planned" LC adherent, doesn't matter.
What matters is that you get the useless carbs outta your life! Don't focus
on replacing everything [censored]-for-tat with something else, change. Eat what
you must. Avoid wasted calories and carbs. Do that, and you'll do just
fine my friend...
Oh, and did I mention? Drink lots of water!
You've taken the first steps...now let's finish this journey...
Later,
DustyB
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Kevin
