Happy New years

May you all fulfill your resolutions if you made them, Godspeed.

Not sure I understand the inquiry, are you referring to mine personally or implication of such in general?

I agree with you there, for most it's a passing facade, but for a few it's like when a smoker decides to quit cold turkey and doesn't look back. My original post was light motivation at best, I don't expect it did any good, if you are going to make a change in your life then you have decided on it and don't need any encouragement from me, and if you aren't going to, then nothing I say would matter anyways.

So in short, why bother? Eh... was just a custimary happy new years post

Well something interesting is this website I stumbled on while looking up the calories for various types of sushi. Beyonddiet.com It kind of hits on some of the same stuff as that documentary, Fathead (also highly recommended, it's on netflix). Apparently we weren't taught the truth in public schooling and from other authorities on health and fitness. "You can count calories but calories don't count" is one of the things hit on, it's more about eating the right foods and fats and plenty of it, then your body should burn a lot by itself once you work your metabolism up over a short amount of time.

I'll keep reading on it, there's a program and a one time life time fee but I don't know if I'll sign up, just the free video itself reveals a lot, I figure the rest can be researched for free, but who knows...

Perhaps our resident whistle blower will find this to be of the fraudulent nature?

Never said anything about not working out, I imagine they might be leaving out that consistent exercise is a large part of the success, with a model like that. In the video some woman claims to have lost 55 lbs just off the info in the free video, but if that's true then it's most likely a rarity and the woman most likely was rather obese and had bad eating habits.

It's funny, I lost my bet with my friend the start of this year to get down to 200 from at the time of the bet roughly 235. I lost a big $20, so it's not that bad, and I did lose some weight over the year not really doing anything different just being more active and got down to 225. I'm 6 feet so, while not super tall, I can hide some of my weight in my height. At the start of this year, we made another bet but for $200 instead, for me to be 200 or less at the start of next year. A rather unfair bet, I can shed 25 lbs in a year with little effort, I don't think I will take the money if I beat him, as it was a crummy bet on his end to begin with.

To get lean and fit and down to 185 would have been something worth while, and I may just do it. (takes me back to my glory days of physical fitness, back in the Air Force, was on the fitness team and led a group through PT during the week at Eglin AFB... good times...) I started working out in December at least 3 times a week, and I finally got running shoes, I wanted to save the money and find my white pair that disappeared and remained hidden despite my search efforts, these black ones were $15 at walmart so not a concern.

I've known several people on the Beyond Diet and they all report it as a scam. "You can count calories but calories don't count." That statement alone should tell you something. I would agree that not all calories count the same (i.e., 1 calorie is 1 calorie but 1 calorie of fat counts differently than 1 calorie of protein in a diet). If you have a normal metabolism and want to lose weight, eat fewer calories than your body burns. If you want to eat healthier, eat better types of calories in the right proportions. Diets that cut any one particular component from one's diet aren't healthy (i.e., no carb, no protein, etc. [note: low =/= no). The body requires a certain amount of fat, salt, protein, etc., to function properly, so cutting any one out completely as many diets advocate is inherently unhealthy.

With that much sodium intake, have your blood pressure checked.

Try learning to cook your own food.  Then you can control the portions...and save a lot of money.

Need some variety?  Learn what I did.

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