Just got home from the doctors.......

and he said:












Time to learn how to read a food label again.

Damned doctors always ruining a good time.

Switch from beer to wine,


Eat spicy foods and ginger

Lord Tammerlain said:

Switch from beer to wine,


Eat spicy foods and ginger

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If you say so.



:mrgreen:

Recently, a buddy of mine's healthcare worker g/f kept pushing to send him to her doc for a long overdue check-up - really pushing him hard for a long time. Finally, he coalesced to her to give himself peace from her nagging. At his visit he got the spiel that he needed to lose weight big-time (he's pretty heavy). They together put him on a diet & he hated it! Absolutely hated it! With a passion!

So unhappy, this guy shopped around & finally found HIS OWN doctor who didn't make as much fuss about his weight - so he stuck with him; this way he figures he's got cover & counter-argument to allay his nagging g/f! And now, he's done with the diet.

Can't make stuff like this up ...

azgreg said:

If you say so.

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Just be careful not to eat a spicy pepper before eating Ginger

azgreg said:

If you say so.

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Enjoy. She's 81 years old.



:shock:

I have found that people who obsess about physical characteristics often have nothing else anyways. Everyone has their own ideal weight, based on their own individual health needs. To go and say that every person with the same height has to weigh the same, well hmmm, what is so different about that and trying to determine the perfect arian race? Just saying....

Politics1234 said:

I have found that people who obsess about physical characteristics often have nothing else anyways. Everyone has their own ideal weight, based on their own individual health needs. To go and say that every person with the same height has to weigh the same, well hmmm, what is so different about that and trying to determine the perfect arian race? Just saying....

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They give ranges for a reason. No one in medicine argues that everyone should be the same weight. For example, a 6,1 man should weigh between 140 and 185 pounds depending on their body type. That is a fairly wide range.

a friend of mine (one of the cops) is also a body builder

he is 6'8" and weighs in at around 335 lbs

his bodyfat is less than 9%

charts are useless as far as i am concerned

your bmi, and your aerobic health is all that matters

if those are good, i dont care if you weigh 350ish

Exercise, eat well, die anyway.

natsb said:

Exercise, eat well, die anyway.

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Life is a terminal illness after all

Lost 8 lbs. ladies.

Dragonfly said:

Enjoy. She's 81 years old.

:shock:

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Time makes monsters of us all. Screw getting old, live fast die hard.

azgreg said:

Lost 8 lbs. ladies.

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About the first 3% of bodyweight lost is carbohydrates stored within muscle tissue, and food in your digestive system. Most people lose about 3% during their first ten days to two weeks of dieting. So you may not have lost that much fat (yet).

The great thing is this means you are effectively dieting. Once that initial 3% is gone, then you will start to get real fat/muscle loss. At this point you need to make sure you eat ample protein (some people suggest about 1 gram per lb of bodyweight) and do some exercise to ensure that you are losing fat and not muscle.

I started dieting (again, after almost a year break from dieting) about two weeks ago and lost nearly 7 lbs so far, so I also at the point where I should start to lose fat. Going to start going back to the gym tonight.

A good place to keep automated tabs on your daily caloric intake is My Fitness Pal. It will also keep tabs on your daily carbs, fat, protein, sodium, and sugar and set daily thresholds for you depending on your short/long term weight goals. Don't cheat. Buy a small scale if necessary to weigh-out portions of what you consume. Losing too much weight too quickly is not healthy. A safe and attainable goal is 1-2 pounds per week.

I go to the gym every other day. Cardio and physical workouts are a necessity for good health. Each pound of excess fat that you convert into muscle allows you to safely consume 350 extra calories of food per day provided the food is healthy fare and you maintain your physical workouts. Honor your cardio regimen and vary/rotate your physical workouts to cover your core and different muscle group needs. It is important to rotate working muscle groups to provide "recovery time" so ripped tissue can recover and rebuild into muscle. Have your BMI measured about once per month.

Try to incorporate free weights, resistance machines, cardio machines, swimming, and different floor regimens (i.e. racketball, basketball, yoga, Pilates, Zumba, etc).

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About the first 3% of bodyweight lost is carbohydrates stored within muscle tissue, and food in your digestive system. Most people lose about 3% during their first ten days to two weeks of dieting. So you may not have lost that much fat (yet).

The great thing is this means you are effectively dieting. Once that initial 3% is gone, then you will start to get real fat/muscle loss. At this point you need to make sure you eat ample protein (some people suggest about 1 gram per lb of bodyweight) and do some exercise to ensure that you are losing fat and not muscle.

I started dieting (again, after almost a year break from dieting) about two weeks ago and lost nearly 7 lbs so far, so I also at the point where I should start to lose fat. Going to start going back to the gym tonight.

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I haven't had a beer in a month and my soda intake is down about 90%. I'm eating more fish, chicken, and turkey. I've cut out sweets and fast food completely. For exercise I ride my bike a lot.

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I haven't had a beer in a month and my soda intake is down about 90%. I'm eating more fish, chicken, and turkey. I've cut out sweets and fast food completely. For exercise I ride my bike a lot.

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Way to go!

I don't think huge changes need to be made to get healthier. Small or moderate changes, done consistently over a period of time, will get you to the finish line. When I have tried to change too much too quickly, I'd cave and revert to my old lifestyle.