Dieting and Weight Loss

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

Yes I suppose if you wait around long enough there will be a 'scientific' study to back up any position you'd care to make.

I think that the 'eat less, move more' is a good policy, but I do find that where you live can complicate matters. I find that the very same food I ate in England, here has about a third more calories, more salt, is all around worse for me. So certain kinds of common sense strategies I had living over there, have to be reconsidered over here.

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

Yes Elmo is right

Oi! That is NOT the secret pet name we agreed on!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I stopped acquiescing to the wife, and am back on the diet. I am blowing large ketones, so I must be getting in the zone again. No more pancakes and pizza for a while!

[Captain Oates 910]

Oi! That is NOT the secret pet name we agreed on!

Elmo's fire !!!!

ok how's about ... er... um.... 'chucky' ?

I am being introduced to the American dish 'meatloaf' tonight... 10 bill calories per ounce I bet

I will secretly slip it to the cat and stay with the chips - fries - patatas bravas - pomme frites with branston pickle original

jeez all this talk of grub has made me like a T Rex with 12 babies to feed that hasn't had a decent meal for a month

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

Elmo's fire !!!!

ok how's about ... er... um.... 'chucky' ?

I am being introduced to the American dish 'meatloaf' tonight... 10 bill calories per ounce I bet

I will secretly slip it to the cat and stay with the chips - fries - patatas bravas - pomme frites with branston pickle original

jeez all this talk of grub has made me like a T Rex with 12 babies to feed that hasn't had a decent meal for a month

Hmmmm. Maybe Elmo is okay after all -- 'chucky' has overtones of the movie "Child's Play."

Meatloaf is FANTASTIC, Alan. Made it all the time when I was over in England. The secret is to keep it moist and well-flavoured.

[Captain Oates 910]

Hmmmm. Maybe Elmo is okay after all -- 'chucky' has overtones of the movie "Child's Play."

Meatloaf is FANTASTIC, Alan. Made it all the time when I was over in England. The secret is to keep it moist and well-flavoured.

Well I will try any ethnic food except bush tucker like maggots and grubs and snakes etc.....

Have you tried black pudding it's lovely...

Pig's blood with peppers ! yummy northern delicacy

ok here goes with meat loaf !

[ValerieA 350]

I have a few pounds to lose and I can't coz I am a disgusting, weak willed, gluttonous, beer swilling, bratwurst sucking, ice cream slurping, cooky crumbler and chip pan jockey without even the will power of a spawning salmon !

Ummm...wouldn't bratwurst eating be more accurate???

[ValerieA 350]

.......blahblahblah. I love beer too.

Speak for yourself, buddy! A lot of us here are doing QUITE well. I thought this was a thread to help with motivation and new ideas for those of us getting motivated or trying to get off a plateau.

Anyways, . I am on a 2 week challenge with myself to get in 20-60 minutes of exercise a day for the next ..well, 2 weeks.. I'm hoping that two weeks is short enough for me not to get intimidated by, but the possibly - at the end of the timeframe - be making a habit of it. Anyone else that hasn't been exercising want to join on the 2 week challenge?

I'm in! Now that hubby is working in the mornings again, I want to run over to the fitness centre (when did they stop calling them gyms?) M-F, and then get him to do it with me on the weekends.

[Ban Hammer 12,897]

Ummm...wouldn't bratwurst eating be more accurate???

it depends on whether or not you're emotionally involved with the bratwurst.

[Captain Oates 910]

Ummm...wouldn't bratwurst eating be more accurate???

I suck em like one of those hornets who lands on a grub and sticks it's proboscis into it and sucks it's inner body out.

Once you have had a bratwurst in that style, you will never go back to nibbling..

I offer this advice in the hope of putting the reader off the next three meals and it is therefore a contribution to the cause

[ValerieA 350]

I suck em like one of those hornets who lands on a grub and sticks it's proboscis into it and sucks it's inner body out.

Once you have had a bratwurst in that style, you will never go back to nibbling..

I offer this advice in the hope of putting the reader off the next three meals and it is therefore a contribution to the cause

It has put me off a number of things, not just bratwurst. My husband is NOT going to thank you.

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

Thanks for the upchuck, Alan. There went dinner.

As it so happens, I love blood pudding. Another thing off the menu, alas.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I stopped acquiescing to the wife, and am back on the diet. I am blowing large ketones, so I must be getting in the zone again. No more pancakes and pizza for a while!

You have diabetes, Bill?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You have diabetes, Bill?

Nope. But, for my body type, a low-carb diet works best for losing weight. Checking your ketone levels can tell you whether a diet is working, or not. When the body starts burning fat, the liver and kidneys produce ketone bodies. If you are not burning fat, then the diet is not accomplishing what you want it to do, if reducing your percentage of body fat is what you are trying to accomplish.

[Susita 175]

Hey all new dieters and exercisers I'm glad to see this thread was a good idea.

I agree with Alan, although I don't share his interesting choice of vocabulary We do have a serious problem in this country with food and overeating. I also think that we that try to change that deserve a lot of credit so thumbs up to all of us!