LOTS GOING ON WEDNESDAY!

[Timothy]

Low carbs works....don't need to eliminate them all...... since September, I'm down 40 lbs.

Details please!

[PegLeg45]

Details please!

Sorry about the thread drift, MB......well, not really...it IS what we do best.   


#1 thing is eliminate sodas. Drink more water. I still drink sweet tea, but cut way back on the "Georgia Standard" sugar content (one cup per gallon instead of two, so a 12 oz glass is around 70 calories) and only drink a couple of glasses per day.

#2 thing is very limited potatoes.... NO fries, NO chips....I still eat the occasional baked potato or potato salad (my wife makes killer potato salad, so I gotta have that from time to time).

#3 thing was switching to whole wheat bread for sandwiches.

Smaller portions of stuff like meat, and make up the difference with vegetables.

An example of some of the things we eat (wife is doing the same thing, not so much a 'diet' as just making a decision to eat better, and has lost 16 lbs):
-Grilled chicken breast or lean burger (cooked on a George Foreman or cast iron skillet with no oil) on wheat.
-Stir fry chicken or steak (lean sirloin, a 12oz split between us) with loads of onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms (low calorie, big flavor).... we found a low sodium soy substitute that tastes really good and sometimes we throw in some of our homemade salsa.
-Smoked chicken quarter with green beans and cabbage
-Salad with grilled chicken breast.... you can load it up with onion, tomato, peppers....we use low sugar/low fat/low sodium dressings (I was amazed at how much better tasting low-cal salad dressing is now compared to what it used to be)

Apples or oranges between meals.

We still eat some of the stuff we've always eat, just less frequently. For example: I'll get an Arby's roast beef sandwich, but leave off the fries..... still eat chilli dogs from a local joint, just no fries.... 6" Subway turkey sandwich on Italian or wheat (only about 350 calories)....and every couple weeks we still go to an area seafood restaurant we like.



And, the Wednesday night shows ROCK, MB!!!! 

[Timothy]

Damn!  I thought you bring something that I didn't already know!

I already do most of what you've suggested...  Guess I just gotta move more and keep doing the same!

[Solus]

Check out Dark Pumpernickel bread. 

I've found it has better numbers and I prefer the taste over other breads.

 

[PegLeg45]

Damn!  I thought you bring something that I didn't already know!

I already do most of what you've suggested...  Guess I just gotta move more and keep doing the same!

I've weighed the same for ten years with no change up or down......so I postulated that if my daily calorie intake, with no exorcise (too painful), sustained without gain or loss, then shifting calorie intake downward (even by a small percentage) should equate to steady weight loss....and so far it has.

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[MikeBjerum]

Fruits, vegetables, this bread and that, no potatoes, smaller portions (I almost couldn't even type that one), ...

The first person who says cut back on alcohol or starts talking like a valley girl complaining about retaining water, I will personally strap you to the brass pole and force feed you bacon, chocolate cake, and poor Hararittas down your throat 

[billt]

Is this what you guys call a Fatwa? 

[PegLeg45]

Fruits, vegetables, this bread and that, no potatoes, smaller portions (I almost couldn't even type that one), ...

The first person who says cut back on alcohol or starts talking like a valley girl complaining about retaining water, I will personally strap you to the brass pole and force feed you bacon, chocolate cake, and poor Hararittas down your throat 

I still eat the good stuff....just not like a hog. I've never been an over-eater, but I gained about 75 pounds over the year and a half that I was stuck in a wheelchair/learning to walk again...followed by ten years of a sedentary lifestyle that has basically kept my weight static (which I guess is better than a continuing gain, as I've seen in others).

I consumed at least half of a 12 layer chocolate cake over the course of the week after Thanksgiving and still lost three pounds.

Had a slab of baby-backs just a few days ago.....roast........steak....all in moderation.

I quit alcohol fourteen years ago.

Low sodium and sugar is the key....... excess salt and empty carbs causes bloat.

Is this what you guys call a Fatwa? 

I thought fatwa was a large person crying. 

[PegLeg45]

Thinking about Rastus' thread on reminiscing about the "forum of old" makes me chuckle at this thread.....


Again, apologies to MB!!


But.......

The absolute thread drift going on here just feels like old times.