Members NeonVomit Posted April 19, 2006 Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by T-40 Lots of good advice, encouragement and a little reverse psychology going on in here. Thanks everyone. I appreciate it. I'm gonna take a bit and digest everything here. (No pun intended) and decide what direction I need to go to really start changing things. First thing I'm gonna have to adjust is my attitude I think. We need to see your post count rate drop rapidly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted April 19, 2006 Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by T-40 why cant they make a healthy cafinated drink that tastes like Mt. Dew? Well, how about sugar free calorie free diet Mt. Dew for starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted April 19, 2006 Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by Ace Of Bass Keep the pasta & potatoes. Use the cheese sparingly. Eat complex carbs at the beginning of the day (Pasta, potatoes), simple carbs when excersizing, and protein at the end of the day. Originally posted by rikshaw that seems backwards to me I agree with rikshaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T-40 Posted April 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by Rowka Well, how about sugar free calorie free diet Mt. Dew for starters. Have you ever actually drank one of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted April 19, 2006 Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by T-40 Have you ever actually drank one of those? I drink those regularly. Often 2 or 3 20oz bottles a day. I actually cant stand regular "non-diet" sodas. Far to sugary sweet.Water, sugar free iced tea (with the pink stuff), diet Mt Dew, Diet Coke, in that order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T-40 Posted April 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by Rowka I drink those regularly. Often 2 or 3 20oz bottles a day. You must have no tastebuds at all. The only diet soda I can stand is diet Dr Pepper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members s4001 Posted April 19, 2006 Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by T-40 Yeah... I drink a lot of Mt. Dew as well. I've cut back from a 6 pack or better a day down to about two a day on average... Bingo. That's it there. One a day could do this to you. You have to stop drinking them now. Drink water, tea and orange juice. Period. And start walking. I was a Diet Coke junkie and quit drinking them four years ago. I can't stress enough how much positive impact this one thing will have. Thoughts to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members s4001 Posted April 19, 2006 Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by Tim in WV Some perspective might help.I was diagosed with brain cancer and had surgery on March 10th, 37 days in the hospital. I have a grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma, malignant, and even with the best of care I might make it another 5 years. It's possible I can beat it but not likely.I'd give anything just to be overweight again. Do a bit of thinking. My thoughts and prayers definitely go out to you. If you ever get to SoCal, dinner is on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted April 19, 2006 Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by Tim in WV Some perspective might help. I was diagosed with brain cancer and had surgery on March 10th, 37 days in the hospital. I have a grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma, malignant, and even with the best of care I might make it another 5 years. It's possible I can beat it but not likely. I'd give anything just to be overweight again. Aw man, I completely skipped right over this. Sorry to hear about this. Are there any research studies or anything happening that you can get involved with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted April 19, 2006 Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by s4001 Bingo. That's it there. One a day could do this to you.You have to stop drinking them now. Drink water, tea and orange juice. Period. And start walking. Yep. I'd even cut out the OJ since it has a pretty high amount of sugar. I used to down a ton of coffee and now I only drink water and green tea. It's not all that intentional, it's just the flow that I fell into. Green tea has a bit of caffeen, but nowhere near what Mt. Dew or coffee has, just enough to perk me up in the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lessarti Posted April 19, 2006 Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Dude i read your post and that really hurts to hear of such sad stories.. i really mean it. Go for walks, please for yourself just walk and walk and walk, be it before or / and after your work go for a nice long walk.. enjoy the scenary enjoy life.. you live once dont end it prematurely because of circumstances you could have avoided! You CAN do it trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T-40 Posted April 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 19, 2006 Originally posted by Emprov Green tea has a bit of caffine What does Green Tea taste like? I hate regular tea and I haven't found any of the flavored teas I like either. Is it different or does it just taste like tea with something else added to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BEAD Posted April 20, 2006 Members Share Posted April 20, 2006 Aren't you calling mexican immigrants lazy in another thread today?Go get some exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BEAD Posted April 20, 2006 Members Share Posted April 20, 2006 Originally posted by T-40 What does Green Tea taste like? I hate regular tea and I haven't found any of the flavored teas I like either. Is it different or does it just taste like tea with something else added to it? Green tea is another type of tea. It isn't black tea. It isn't herbal tea (which doesn't usually contain tea and is sort of an oxymoron.)Tea is cheap. Take the plunge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbl Posted April 20, 2006 Members Share Posted April 20, 2006 This book helped me a lot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbl Posted April 20, 2006 Members Share Posted April 20, 2006 Oh, and I can't emphasize walking enough. The only proven, healthy way to lose fat is to burn more calories than you take in. Keep telling yourself that, stay focused, and just do a little bit of exercise each day. This is a marathon, not a sprint. My $.02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T-40 Posted April 20, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 20, 2006 Originally posted by chunkathalon Aren't you calling mexican immigrants lazy in another thread today? Go get some exercise. I can't now!I'm at work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T-40 Posted April 20, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 20, 2006 Originally posted by bbl The only proven, healthy way to lose fat is to burn more calories than you take in. This I know... The question is, how do I burn them off while I'm holding a sandwich while on the treadmill??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted April 20, 2006 Members Share Posted April 20, 2006 Originally posted by T-40 What does Green Tea taste like? I hate regular tea and I haven't found any of the flavored teas I like either. Is it different or does it just taste like tea with something else added to it? Not too good at first, it's kind of an aquired taste if you don't like tea. It's actually not bad, it has a pretty light flavor and it's loaded with all kinds of stuff that's really good for you. If you let it steep too long though, it tastes kind of like black tea -- pretty nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted April 20, 2006 Members Share Posted April 20, 2006 Originally posted by T-40 This I know... The question is, how do I burn them off while I'm holding a sandwich while on the treadmill??? You mean, how do you burn them off when I'm holding the carrots while on the treadmill? One thing that I've always found is that I don't get hungry while I'm exercising so, the more I exercise, the less I eat. My prob in the past though was that, I'd go pretty hard and I'd get pretty hungry about an hour after exercise. Then, I'd scarf a few sandwiches really quickly and get too full. Eating something and letting it settle has been gold lately, especially as the doc says that I can no longer exercise as hard. Walking...what fun. I have been using the time on the treadmill to get a lot of reading done though so that's a positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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