02-17-2010, 08:20 AM
(02-17-2010, 05:12 AM)blade8r Wrote: i've notice this forum here. is so, formal. iono i guess people just like explaining their feelings. im not totally like that as i just want to keep things simple. but im a sucker for a story.
anywho.
recently my dad asked me to run him some errands while he was gone on vacation. he owns and runs a nail salon. he asked me to clean up after the store everyday for the duration time he was gone. which is like 6 weeks. and man that place can get dirty.
but anyways.
the place has mirrors everywhere and they are really really big. one day i came in to clean up. i walked in with one of my favorite soft teeshirt and shorts and i've notice my stomach is extending out quite a bit. it is something you can call it a beer belly even though i do not drink beer (i don't drink it because i loath the taste).
anyways 6 years ago i was at my peak physical condition. i weighed 150lbs had a 5-7% body fat percentage @5'5. i had a 6pac, wings muscle under my arms. was able to run forever. man i was fit i was able to fit into a size 30' inch waist pants. i had just join the army and went though boot camp. so it was physically demanding. this was back in earlymid 2003.
but after i got out into the reserves i guess i got real lazy. every year i gained like 10 lbs i remember moving up to 160. and thinking nothing of it. then to 170 and i still nothing. then to 180 and i thought to myself that is how much i weighed before i join the military. i stayed there for a bit of time mostly. but roughly staying between 180-185.
roughly 1 year ago is when i got the biggest gain in weight i have ever done. which coincides with the greatest thing that happen with me.
in one year i gained 30 lbs. i just weighed myself and I'm sitting here at 210lbs stomach hanging out, im tired all the time. yea not the nicest. im hardly fitting into a 36 inch size waist and probably will need to move into a 38' inch waist size.
but this all started the day i met my girlfriend. around that time i was looking for a companion and the universe gave me her. she became what i needed in my life. she is everything i am not. she is my balance. but anyways there are things that i've changed in my life since i've been with her. and food intake is just that thing we both have been taking too much of. you can say we intake things that are both expensive and full of calories.
I've notice that regardless of my weight i am a happier then bliss. and i have much greater plans for my future in due time. what i don't have is a plan of losing this excess weight.
everybody says diet and exercise. but my question is...
if anyone, any lady or gent here. who can give me advice on how to keep my stubborn woman from eating out and dragging me along with her.
i think that's about it. any info?
Good Greetings:
The only person you can change is you. And by doing so all else changes around you. This is the way the Law of Attraction works. It is not the other person--- but you for as in Ra Speak: All is One. It begins with you.
My husband got plump when he met me. It was not until his last favorite shirt did not fit that he decided that we should follow my advice... LOL
We now are following the portion guidelines from Weight Watchers. It is helping greatly. We make up a menu of all our meals and snacks and add up the portions and calories the day before shopping day (which is also payday) and we shop according to the menu. We do not eat any "low fat" or "reduced calorie" crap. Those foods are Pseudo Foods and really not edible at all! Instead we eat less and use the healthy portions for butter and oil. We only cook with butter or olive oil or we steam everything. We no longer use corn (except organic corn meal or corn) in anything!
On special occaisions (such as Valentine's Day which also is the Lunar New Year) we order out at our favorite Chinese Restaurant that does not use any MSG and cooks in Peanut Oil not corn oil.
Anything that says "Pure Vegetable Oil" stay away from this is Big Agri speak for Corn oil and MSG. Very Bad for the Waistline, heart, and internal organs.
"Pure" anything is not "PURE!" For instance read the back of "Pure" Vanilla Extract in the Baking aisle. You will notice that the main ingredient is now Corn Syrup! It is not PURE as they SAY it IS...
When so much food is available and one loves food one indulges a bit too much. Once we had visual references as to what a sensible portion looked like we could serve ourselves without measuring first. This allows us to eat out on occasion. We usually just order a salad and share it for an appetizer and one entree and share that. This way we eat a healthy portion and it costs alot less. We do not eat bread with dinner. We stay away from bread as it is addictive to us. We make a low fat quick bread instead (does not contain hidden MSG in the "dough conditioners") so we eat less of it.
We are mostly concerned about health. So being at a lower weight is a smart move... besides I have yet to interact with an emissary of the Light that is plump... LOL
Watch:
Food Inc. food inc
Fast Food Nation fast food
Read:
http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfa...ound-beef/
MSG is in most fast food and high end restaurant chains... Like Ruby Tuesdays, the 99 and Panera Bread (these are examples). MSG is also used in a lot of Asian cooking... MSG is a neurotoxin. It is designed to make your brain think it needs to eat more and more... Remember the potato chip commercial "I betcha can't just eat one?" well, that is not because that particular potato chip was a superior product... it is because it was laced with MSG. This is the cash cow for the food industry. We become the Cows they get the cash.
Corn Syrup and Corn products (corn syrup, corn oil, etc) are another bunch of baddies. The cornsyrup makes you just want more and more of that sweet stuff... Bread with Corn syrup is addictive as it also has MSG... And then some foods have Food Colorants and that makes you want even more... Some foods are Psuedo Foods... Like Soda, trix yougurt, sugared cereals, pastries, margarine etc.
Here is an article written by a Jewish Rabbi... They are really big on Clean Foods... foods that are as nature intended them to be especially at Passover---
L-Cysteine from human hair http://www.albalagh.net/halal/col2.shtml
Fresh good foods that are actually in their food form are best to start with. If you don't know what's in it... don't eat it. That is my motto.
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