Thread: I'm on a diet

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Exercise is the only all around healthy way to lose weight. If you can't run or walk well perhaps you can swim. There's always a way as Jerry said. The getting off my fat lazy ass is the hardest part. Once I get going it feels good to exercise.
Keto is hard on most of your organs. Make sure you get blood tested frequently. Your heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas all suffer from it. Plus you can get kidney stones, keto acidosis, bone deficiency, dangerously low blood sugar, vitamin deficiencies, early death...other than that it's fine.

Can’t agree whole heartedly, I couldn’t get the exercise with my knees until I lost the weight, and I lost it healthy, it’s was steady and all the pre existing conditions just went away, so I’m pretty sure it was healthy, cause my doctors all say it was, my labs are perfect. So the first 50-60 pounds was diet only, if you want to call it diet, more like meal choice, don’t count calories of even portions, only took out the carbs, body didn’t have anything else to burn other than fat. My cholesterol went to normal even, I was worried because of the meat and eggs and dairy. It didn’t, it went down.. now that the knees are done I add in the exercise which is a great weight loss plan too, but more so it builds muscle which burns more fat, so I’m getting a double whammy now, but it wasn’t exercise for the healthy weight loss cured. This ain’t for every one, but sugar just wasn’t good for me.

Mike I’ll give you an example of my typical day
Breakfast- 3 eggs, 4-5 pieces bacon or sausage, avocado, hunk of cheese
Lunch— 2-3 slices of some kind of meat, bologna is my fav, couple hunks of cheese, some bell pepper or broccoli, pickles, olives, maybe some cottage cheese,
Dinner, what can I say, ribeyes 2” thick, fat assed hamburgers or any one of the many pork shoulders or ribs , some green beans, olive salad,

Just watch portions on veggies and carbs, most veg shave carbs, but fiber offsets some of it.
All told most days never get over 30 grams of carbs and I have ate plenty, no sodas, no sweet tea, lots of water

In fairness being overweight is bad for your organs too. The key is balance

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Can’t agree whole heartedly, I couldn’t get the exercise with my knees until I lost the weight, and I lost it healthy, it’s was steady and all the pre existing conditions just went away, so I’m pretty sure it was healthy, cause my doctors all say it was, my labs are perfect. So the first 50-60 pounds was diet only, if you want to call it diet, more like meal choice, don’t count calories of even portions, only took out the carbs, body didn’t have anything else to burn other than fat. My cholesterol went to normal even, I was worried because of the meat and eggs and dairy. It didn’t, it went down.. now that the knees are done I add in the exercise which is a great weight loss plan too, but more so it builds muscle which burns more fat, so I’m getting a double whammy now, but it wasn’t exercise for the healthy weight loss cured. This ain’t for every one, but sugar just wasn’t good for me.

Mike I’ll give you an example of my typical day
Breakfast- 3 eggs, 4-5 pieces bacon or sausage, avocado, hunk of cheese
Lunch— 2-3 slices of some kind of meat, bologna is my fav, couple hunks of cheese, some bell pepper or broccoli, pickles, olives, maybe some cottage cheese,
Dinner, what can I say, ribeyes 2” thick, fat assed hamburgers or any one of the many pork shoulders or ribs , some green beans, olive salad,

Just watch portions on veggies and carbs, most veg shave carbs, but fiber offsets some of it.
All told most days never get over 30 grams of carbs and I have ate plenty, no sodas, no sweet tea, lots of water

It is not about counting calories as your food choices are high calorie. Its hormonal. The highest fat foods have the lowest insulin response which lowers blood pressure and weight, cardio benefits etc. Insulin does a few things. One of which is the storage of fat. The indigenous people of Iceland ate almost exclusively animal fat. And they marvelled at how a 70 year old man who died was autopsied and his arteries were as supple as a 20 year old. Sugar is the enemy and the reason why many people are overweight. One last thing is poor people have a tremendous obesity problem, which i attribute to the govt subsidizing wheat, corn grains etc. Before they did this being obese was a rich mans problem. Enough said! LOL.

Originally Posted by Bill31521

It is not about counting calories as your food choices are high calorie. Its hormonal. The highest fat foods have the lowest insulin response which lowers blood pressure and weight, cardio benefits etc. Insulin does a few things. One of which is the storage of fat. The indigenous people of Iceland ate almost exclusively animal fat. And they marvelled at how a 70 year old man who died was autopsied and his arteries were as supple as a 20 year old. Sugar is the enemy and the reason why many people are overweight. One last thing is poor people have a tremendous obesity problem, which i attribute to the govt subsidizing wheat, corn grains etc. Before they did this being obese was a rich mans problem. Enough said! LOL.

I agree in general but, insulin doesn't make people fat as much as is thought. Years ago people used to take it to lose weight. I am diabetic and take metformin which does actually put weight on but regardless of the above, Metformin forces the pancreas to accept and use insulin, that's why type 2 is called insulin resistant. If Metformin can't get the job done then insulin is plan b and it doesn't matter what the fat content of your food is if your injecting insulin anyway.

Most diabetics, my wife and myself included are prescribed the big three as a matter of course whether they are need or not.

Diabetes meds or insulin, blood pressure and cholesterol pills.

Incidentally, I would go on insulin before I took more diabetes meds that often cause pancreatitis or even cancer. Insulin is available without prescription which saves the filling fees and is pretty cheap, just under $100 Canadian for a pack of 5 vials and it won't be too long before I'm old enough for OHIP to cover it anyway.

You are right about sugar etc. Simple carbs like in white sugar, potato's, rice etc put my sugar way up but complex carbs like wild rice and even popcorn take a lot longer to breakdown so my sugar goes up much more slowly so doesn't get as high.

Originally Posted by Bill31521

It is not about counting calories as your food choices are high calorie. Its hormonal. The highest fat foods have the lowest insulin response which lowers blood pressure and weight, cardio benefits etc. Insulin does a few things. One of which is the storage of fat. The indigenous people of Iceland ate almost exclusively animal fat. And they marvelled at how a 70 year old man who died was autopsied and his arteries were as supple as a 20 year old. Sugar is the enemy and the reason why many people are overweight. One last thing is poor people have a tremendous obesity problem, which i attribute to the govt subsidizing wheat, corn grains etc. Before they did this being obese was a rich mans problem. Enough said! LOL.

Man, you said it. Our next door neighbor runs a foster care. They had their freezer give up last year and were handing out all this government pre-cooked food. Mind you, I eat pretty poorly but I threw most of this food out as it is so unhealthy (all processed food) and also tastes terrible. If I were starving it would have been fine but as supplemental groceries it was unacceptable. I don’t say that lightly either, I could have bought another 2x72 for the amount of groceries she gave us.