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Re: Diet

By: Zimbler0 in GRITZ | Recommend this post (0)
Tue, 06 May 25 4:11 AM | 10 view(s)
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Well De,
I got this theory that the body weighs what it wants to weigh. And what it wants to weigh is determined by caloric intake, caloric outgo, current weight, and how much 'exercise' the body gets.

So if I eat too much the body tries to burn off the 'unwanted' calories . . . And if I don't eat enough the body tries to conserve its 'energy supplies' (sugars and calories).

Now, if one reduces the calorie intake the body starts out by losing weight - till the body decides, "I shouldn't be losing all these pounds" . . . And then it starts looking for ways not to expend calories. And if one cheats on the diet the body just socks those surplus calories away again.

So my theory goes that with diet and exercise, the caloric reduction starts the weight loss . . . and the exercise helps to convince the body that it doesn't want to be that heavy any more because it doesn't have the calories to keep all that lard moving.

For what it's worth. Zim.




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Re: Diet
By: De_Composed in GRITZ
Tue, 06 May 25 3:01 AM 		Msg. 07904 of 07964

Zimbler0:

Re: “Cutting out the sugary sodas . . made losing the first ten pounds easy. More exercise and dropping the cookies out of my lunch bag made the second ten pounds go away. The last ten pounds were a DOG.” My previous doctor told me that people don't often lose weight through exercise. His recommendation was to keep track of what I'm eating. He said that if I do that, I'll automatically trend toward reduced calories.

I'm not doing that, but I like the diet I'm on now. I've got three easy meals that fill me up: Bean burritos, Tuna fish sandwiches, and Mushroom soup. The burritos are about 135 calories apiece. I just ate four and I'm full. A can of mushroom soup with dry milk is 550 calories. Three tunafish sandwiches are 390 calories.

If that's all I ate, I'd be consuming 1,480 calories per day and would definitely lose weight. But I also eat miscellaneous fruits and vegetables, zero calorie things like coffee and soda and salad dressing (often as a dip), and a glass of NON-DIET Gatorade (80 calories most days).

My daily intake is less than 2000 calories for sure. Importantly, I'm not suffering and am dropping weight at roughly ½ pound per day. I think I can keep this up indefinitely, though I will occasionally cheat when going out, visiting with folks or celebrating something.

But I will probably find, as some of you have, that diet expectations and diet realities are two different things.





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