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This is what 60 Pounds (27 KGS) Looks Like

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THIS is what I unexpectedly encountered yesterday.

I was at the Eagles Club for the monthly poker tournament (I didn't do good). I had a protein shake for breakfast on my way there. Once there, I gave UP my beloved rum and cokes. I had a chicken salad for lunch in my car - away from everyone else gorging on "the good stuff." I was pretty damn proud of my willpower, but the big test was yet to come.

As I left, they had just finished a private memorial service, and were putting out all the left over food for everyone else to enjoy. Not normal food. Every food you could ever want to make you happy - and fat. I took this picture to show my wife what I walked away from. This was only a small portion of what was there. It could NOT have been more tempting. But I took a picture and walked out the door.

I've already lost the weight in my mind, as was just stated. Once you do that, nothing is impossible anymore.

Notice the oh so little - I can have just one - cookies in the foreground? Not. Even. One.

My fat cells are going to die. One at a time. It might be a long painful death for them, and I might suffer along the way - but they're gonna die.

THIS thread has given me so MUCH resolve, that I hope this post will do the same for someone else. Not. Even. One. Cookie.

I 100% in your corner. Well played. Awesome photo.
 
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Applewood smoking a turkey breast. Zero carbs and nobody told me this had to be uninteresting to be successful. You don't have to walk around in sack cloths and telling everybody you're starving to death simply because you're eating healthy. I'll take a couple of carb-free carcinogens. I weigh the least today that I have in several years, but the nice part is I never plan to be as heavy again as I am today.
 

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Did you guys know that people with huge beer bellies can't tie their shoes normally? Because your belly is so huge, you have to tie your shoes at somewhat of an angle so you're never dead center on your shoe when you tie it. You would probably never notice it, but the people with the huge beer bellies know it. They can't tie their shoes straight on because they can't reach their shoes straight on. The not ends up being towards the side because their foot is propped up on something so that they can reach it. You can also cross your leg to tie your shoe but it has the same effect of the knot being almost on the side of the shoe verses in the center.
 
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Did you guys know that people with huge beer bellies can't tie their shoes normally? Because your belly is so huge, you have to tie your shoes at somewhat of an angle so you're never dead center on your shoe when you tie it. You would probably never notice it, but the people with the huge beer bellies know it. They can't tie their shoes straight on because they can't reach their shoes straight on. The not ends up being towards the side because their foot is propped up on something so that they can reach it.
Oh, so they're like me with my dodgy back?


Great reading your progress @Vigilante.
 
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Oh, so they're like me with my dodgy back?


Great reading your progress @Vigilante.

Yeah some people just have flexibility issues but I'm specifically talking about people that are so fat that they can't bend over and touch their toes.

If you can't touch your toes you can't tie your shoes.
 
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Fortunately mine is, too. Something about wanting me alive and in good shape to keep supporting her and the kids.

She's like "Dad always said if you take care of your tools they'll take care of you"

Guess I'm just her 200lb tool.
 

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Fortunately mine is, too. Something about wanting me alive and in good shape to keep supporting her and the kids.

She's like "Dad always said if you take care of your tools they'll take care of you"

Guess I'm just her 200lb tool.

Hey you 200 lb tool - you can call me ANYTHING, as long as it starts with 200 lb.

I can't even remember what 200 lbs felt like. Is that like walking on the moon with almost zero gravity? Do you sink into your car seat when you sit down, or does it stay in its normal shape? When you sit in a chair can you pull your knees up to your chin and wrap your arms around your legs? (I've seen some teenage girls do that)

My wife is on this diet too. I told her that even if we only lose one pound a week, in a year that's 52 pounds. In two years, a hundred pounds. I always prepare for very conservative results. Then I'm never disappointed. It went on a few ounces at a time - and it's coming off the same way. Easy and painless.

These fat cells are in for a tough lesson. I can wait them out for however long it takes! Got two taco salads from Wendy's tonight for supper. My wife loves Mexican food. She asked if they were supposed to have tortilla chips. I said nope. Not for you, baby. At least not for 2-3 months. Then maybe a small handful once in a great while. They were surprisingly good, even without chips.

This is war. I've had more energy today than I've had in at least six months.
 
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I am at the airport this morning and amused as heck. Thinking about Cinnabon and fatso travellers bellying up to the trough. Telling themselves they deserve it.

Got to the gate and opened my bag for my breakfast. South Beach cinnamon bun bar. Entre bar. 200 calories. #winning. Stepped on the scale this morning and I am a stone's throw away from my next weekend goal. I will be below 260# on Father's day. I will be in the high 250's. I will never be talking about the 260s again.

#F*ckCinnabon
 

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Just checked into a Marriott. There's supposedly a great restaurant downstairs. Perusing their menu, there's literally one thing I could order off the menu without modification for low to no carb. The salad. That's it. Out of probably 40 things on the menu.

And that's what happens. I am at the gold elite level with Marriott, which gives me access to their concierge lounge. They roll the deserts out at 7PM, and fresh baked cookies out at 8PM. People travelling indulge, probably more than normal. Your house doesn't roll out fresh baked cookies at 8PM EVERY NIGHT. So when I would stay here three nights, it would be three nights of excess.

A 2,000 calorie, carb laden dinner from the dining hall, followed by cake at 7PM and stick around for cookies at 8PM.

Now go to bed and let all of that break down overnight while you are sedentary. And wash it down with a couple of margaritas.

I know when I would travel, I would do the "well, I am on the road which sucks so..."

Eat. Eat. Eat. Three nights in a row. Drinks, dinner, cake, cookies. Ends at 8PM, just in time to let my body turn it in to fat.

1 thing on the menu I could order without modification.

@MJ DeMarco over the years has become more cynical and critical of the food industry, and you almost have to extend that to the hospitality industry in general. They've given what we have asked for, which is excess. The reason this menu is what it is is because that's what people order.

If more people ordered the salad and less people ordered the crab salad and shrimp scampi on top of their 16 ounce butter prepared steak, they'd serve up more salads and less shrimp scampi.

And Americans get fatter. And fatter. And eat more cookies at 8PM.

Wonder why this menu doesn't have a health analysis next to each entree.
 

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Might be time to look into a 'Weight Watchers' sponsored hotel chain for the health conscious business traveler? $5 off if you post your fitbit 10k steps to social media and tag the hotel.......
 
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Might be time to look into a 'Weight Watchers' sponsored hotel chain for the health conscious business traveler? $5 off if you post your fitbit 10k steps to social media and tag the hotel.......

I do think though that businesses give the masses what they want. Perhaps they want preservative filled danishes from the Holiday Inn Express.

In Asia, the breakfast buffets usually include (amongst other breakfast items) fish, salad, cheeses.

Here? Muffins, croissants, fruit filled danishes, donuts. The restaurants serve what the people demand.

McDonalds genetically engineers their foods. There are 19 ingredients in their fries. But they TASTE good and they're cheap. And... that's what people want.
 

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I do think though that businesses give the masses what they want. Perhaps they want preservative filled danishes from the Holiday Inn Express.

In Asia, the breakfast buffets usually include (amongst other breakfast items) fish, salad, cheeses.

Here? Muffins, croissants, fruit filled danishes, donuts. The restaurants serve what the people demand.

McDonalds genetically engineers their foods. There are 19 ingredients in their fries. But they TASTE good and they're cheap. And... that's what people want.
I typically try to game plan before I hit the road and choose my hotels accordingly. Sometimes it's pretty generic, like Applebee's where I can get steak with shrimp and broccoli, but it does the trick. If I'm driving, I make low-carb wraps at home I can take with me so I don't snack on something crappy on the way. In a pinch, I keep in mind that it doesn't have to go from perfect eating to crappy. Sometimes "decent" meals can keep things from going off the rails.
 

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I typically try to game plan before I hit the road and choose my hotels accordingly. Sometimes it's pretty generic, like Applebee's where I can get steak with shrimp and broccoli, but it does the trick. If I'm driving, I make low-carb wraps at home I can take with me so I don't snack on something crappy on the way. In a pinch, I keep in mind that it doesn't have to go from perfect eating to crappy. Sometimes "decent" meals can keep things from going off the rails.

Since my business trips are short (usually 2-3 days) I am using the window to crash/fast a bit. Grabbed some south beach bars for the road trip. Will do like a salad tonight, but that's about it.

Concierge has scrambled eggs in the morning. Will load up on those, skip lunch (they're having it catered but usually nothing reasonable) and back here tomorrow night for another salad.

No worries. But... your road trip low carb wraps plan rocks.
 
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@AllenCrawley how did you and your better half drop the significant amount of weight you dropped over the past couple of years
 

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Just checked into a Marriott. There's supposedly a great restaurant downstairs. Perusing their menu, there's literally one thing I could order off the menu without modification for low to no carb. The salad. That's it. Out of probably 40 things on the menu.

And that's what happens. I am at the gold elite level with Marriott, which gives me access to their concierge lounge. They roll the deserts out at 7PM, and fresh baked cookies out at 8PM. People travelling indulge, probably more than normal. Your house doesn't roll out fresh baked cookies at 8PM EVERY NIGHT. So when I would stay here three nights, it would be three nights of excess.

A 2,000 calorie, carb laden dinner from the dining hall, followed by cake at 7PM and stick around for cookies at 8PM.

Now go to bed and let all of that break down overnight while you are sedentary. And wash it down with a couple of margaritas.

I know when I would travel, I would do the "well, I am on the road which sucks so..."

Eat. Eat. Eat. Three nights in a row. Drinks, dinner, cake, cookies. Ends at 8PM, just in time to let my body turn it in to fat.

1 thing on the menu I could order without modification.

@MJ DeMarco over the years has become more cynical and critical of the food industry, and you almost have to extend that to the hospitality industry in general. They've given what we have asked for, which is excess. The reason this menu is what it is is because that's what people order.

If more people ordered the salad and less people ordered the crab salad and shrimp scampi on top of their 16 ounce butter prepared steak, they'd serve up more salads and less shrimp scampi.

And Americans get fatter. And fatter. And eat more cookies at 8PM.

Wonder why this menu doesn't have a health analysis next to each entree.
Remember how we were talking about how we think about food differently? As I read this post I remembered something relevant. I don't read through menus.

The first time @throttleforward and I had dinner he made a comment about the fact that I didn't look at the menu I just asked the waiter for grilled chicken breast and I think steamed green beans or something. I was cutting at the time. His point was more about just asking for what you want vs settling for what they make.... But it makes the same sense here. What you can eat on the south Beach diet, they probably have the ingredients there already, it's just mixed for their meals. But I'd bet you can order plain chicken and veggies or whatever it is and they will make it.

Ask for what you want.
 

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@AllenCrawley how did you and your better half drop the significant amount of weight you dropped over the past couple of years
Paleo and intermittent fasting. However, since we moved my mother-in-law in with us back in September we reverted back to some bad eating habits and haven't been exercising and hiking like before. I had gained about 18lbs back. We started back on a fun intermittent fasting schedule on June 1st while getting back to a more paleo, low carb lifestyle.

The schedule is roughly:
  • fast 16 hours (8pm - noon),
  • eat a healthy and filling lunch,
  • then fast 24 hours from about 1pm - 1pm next day.
  • That next day, eat a healthy lunch,
  • then a dinner before 8pm
  • 8pm starts the next 16 hour fast.
  • Repeat
So we're doing a 24 hour fast every other day of a 16 hour fast. We've done five 24 hour fasts since the 1st. We have tons of energy. We haven't felt the need or desire to take a nap. We feel fantastic and the weight is dropping. We will start tracking our carbs soon to speed up the weight loss.
 
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Psychology is complex. Last night, in the middle of the night, I was thinking about the breakfast I would have the next morning. I have stayed at this hotel a hundred times in the last year or two.

The routine was the same. After the evenings milk and cookies, go to bed, get up the next morning and load in a breakfast of everything you could imagine. Probably a 1500 calorie breakfast. So last night at 2 a.m., I was thinking about the breakfast.

Subliminal. Conditioned.

I'm pretty convinced you can't take an alcoholic and surround him with alcohol and just tell him not to drink.

So I did what only was logical. I skipped the whole thing this morning and grabbed an Uber to my office. Just had my breakfast which consisted of one South Beach energy bar.

I'm not going back. I will win the battle of the mind. A huge victory this morning in a battle I didn't even see coming.

@LightHouse and I were talking this past week about decision-making regarding food. Fat people don't consciously pick food to get fat, they just don't consider what they're putting in their mouth at all. Contrast that with people that carefully watch what they consume. It's not like fat people weigh the pros and cons and decide to make a bad decision... They don't even consider that they are making a choice.

This morning that became apparent to me as I had to intentionally steer away from a pavlovian response. When I have gorged daily on their breakfast buffet I never gave one thought to it. Now I recognize it for what it is.

I need to selectively choose from a breakfas buffet like a drug addict needs to selectively choose from drug choices. An outsider would look at it and say that there is only one logical decision, and that is to completely avoid to the stimulus.

And I guarantee you I feel 1000 times better about that then any chocolate donut would taste. I don't want that s*** anymore.
 

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@Vigilante congrats on your weight loss so far!

South Beach Diet is a great way to decrease your sugar and carbohydrate consumption.

I haven't read all 8 pages of this thread, so please excuse me if I repeat what's already been said.

As you go along this patch, don't forget meal timing, sleep, and stress.

Try to never eat after 8pm. Try to get at least 8 hours of QUALITY sleep. Consider meditation to reign in your stress.

Also, the best two books on weight loss are:

1. Eat Stop Eat
2. Obesity Code
 

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@MJ DeMarco over the years has become more cynical and critical of the food industry

Dave, you don't know the half of it. You're just starting to see things because it has now impacted your health and mortality. It starts by recognizing how food has us conditioned like an addict, but it goes beyond that.

If you think you're a fish out of water now, try being vegan. I won't start in on your thread, but I'll just say this: When I started research on "The Script", I discovered it existed in every facet of life. In some areas it is more obvious, in others, not so much. Bottomline, The Script gets you to behave instinctively and autonomically. In its worse cases, it shuts down critical thinking and muzzles any cognitive dissonance that might occur if critical thinking surfaces. In some cases, it will full on deny the presentation of evidence so the dissonance can live undisturbed and buried in the subconscious.

Its objective is simple: To think for you. And at its worst, it shuts down your brain's rational, critical thinking center in favor of its pleasure center. An easy task when its weapons are tradition, cultural normality and total immersion, and of course my favorite, "It's always been done this way."

It's not like fat people weigh the pros and cons and decide to make a bad decision... They don't even consider that they are making a choice.

This morning that became apparent to me as I had to intentionally steer away from a pavlovian response. When I have gorged daily on their breakfast buffet I never gave one thought to it. Now I recognize it for what it is.

Excellent analysis. The goal of the system is a Pavlovian, "scripted" response. There is no thinking, no choice -- you just do it because you've been conditioned to do it. And because the "scripted" behavior surrounds you in every aspect of culture and society, it becomes normalized.

So cool you've identified the entire racket just a few weeks into your journey -- you DO have a choice beyond what the SCRIPT has defined as normal.

I will not be the Script's cash cow.
 
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One thing I would look into are the preservatives in the South Beach Diet foods. Chemicals added to your food with the intent to create a long shelf-life, but not healthy.

If you can find foods that don't contain any chemical preservatives, that will help your health a lot.

It wasn't until half way through losing the weight before I really made the separation in my mind between weight loss and other aspects of health. Since cutting out preservatives from my foods, I noticed a significant improvement in how I feel, and it also helped me get back to my natural weight faster.

https://palm.southbeachdiet.com/faq...south-beach-diet-foods-contain-preservatives/

"
Do South Beach Diet foods contain preservatives?

Preservatives are not required in many of The South Beach Diet weight loss foods due to the type of processing methods used. Any preservatives that are used meet FDA Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) criteria and can be found in many grocery store foods; these include potassium sorbate, BHT, calcium propionate and sodium benzoate. If you wish to avoid preservatives altogether, please contact a counselor for a list of foods containing them.
"

Notice how they spin the words on it as if the foods in the grocery stores are healthy. #scripted

From the last section, it appears they may have options without.
 

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@LightHouse and I were talking this past week about decision-making regarding food. Fat people don't consciously pick food to get fat, they just don't consider what they're putting in their mouth at all. Contrast that with people that carefully watch what they consume. It's not like fat people weigh the pros and cons and decide to make a bad decision... They don't even consider that they are making a choice.

Nobody thinks they eat badly. Nobody believes that the way they're eating is out of line with their goals.

You'll see the exact opposite thing with skinny guys trying to put on weight. "But I eat so much," they tell you. It turns out that they'll slam an extra-large pizza and a half-gallon of Mountain Dew and then eat nothing else for 24 hours. It's the same thing as the fat person telling you how little they eat, how they don't eat bad things.

Yeah. Ask them to keep a diet journal for three days, writing down every thing that they ate. Then once you get the journal from them, ask them about all the things that they actually did eat but didn't write down because "it didn't count". A snack here, a snack there, and 800 calories later your fat cells don't care that "it didn't count".

Human psychology is amazing with its power to keep up a status quo.

But you are spot on in recognizing that the environment is as much to do with it as individual habits and choices. Keeping away from the obesogenic environment is most of your battle.
 

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Does anyone have any good ways to minimize these headaches that I'm getting from cutting calories? I think I might be cutting too fast, I've been using MyFitnessPal to stay within range lately.

Or is that my brain missing the fast digesting carbs and sugar that I used to eat?

Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
 
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I just discovered that my organic lemonade that I have been mixing half and half with my organic tea is killing my diet. I thought I was doing so good, but the lemonade has 16 carbs or so, from the sugar.

Now that I know this, I found a recipe for cranberry/lemonade that is super healthy. My results should improve a lot. Here is that recipe:

Cran Lemonade Recipe.JPG

Here is the site this recipe came from. It has a lot more great information.

Detox Cheap and Easy Without Fasting - Recipes Included

I also have found this site which greatly clarifies what a Ketos diet is and how it works:

A Beginner's Guide to Low Carbing - Everything You Wanted To Know About Ketosis And Ketone Testing Strips

Had a tuna steak on the grill for lunch. No carbs. The ideal goal for carbs that I've read for a Ketos diet is 20g a day or less. I am easily beating that goal and eating good.
 

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Does anyone have any good ways to minimize these headaches that I'm getting from cutting calories? I think I might be cutting too fast, I've been using MyFitnessPal to stay within range lately.

Or is that my brain missing the fast digesting carbs and sugar that I used to eat?

Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Carbohydrate Withdrawal Headaches
 

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Dave... I'm so proud of you. I want you to be around for a long, long time & I want you to enjoy the time you're around for. You deserve this. Your wife & kids deserve this. Hell, I deserve this. (that's right, you also owe me your long life of health & vitality, because I'm selfish like that)

Thank you for choosing to take care of you.
 

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Your average American citizen has no idea what they are putting in their bodies on a daily basis.

I took my kids to Legoland yesterday in San Diego. I counted at least 10 morbidly obese people coasting around in their battery powered gimp carts. They destroyed their quality of life because of lack of willpower, lack of nutritional education, or a combination of both.

This is what we were taught in school (they changed it finally in 2005), and they didn't really shout it from the rooftops when they did.

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Yeahhhh. Our own government came up with this bullshit.
 
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Your average American citizen has no idea what they are putting in their bodies on a daily basis.

I was at a live theater event the other day, a small cozy venue that seats about 300.

We arrived early and was able to watch every patron come through the door.

I estimate 80% of the folks that walked through the door was obese. Of that 80% who were obese, 40-50% was morbidly obese.

I then realized that I was probably the most fit person there... at least top 5. And I'm not even that fit anymore.

This country is screwed if the "average American" doesn't wise up to how they're being poisoned.
 

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Our own government came up with this bullshit.

Actually, our own government was paid off by the Grain Growers Association at the time -they "sponsored" the research for this recommendation. So nothing has changed.
 

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