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You are telling me that you eat 1000 calories less than required and you aren't tempted to break the diet? :)

narag 16y ago
I can speak for myself. I've lost 15 kg since last summer, not feeling hungry at all, so it's not "1000 calories less than required", at least not what my apetite requires :) In fact, I don't feel like I'm doing a diet, it hasn't been my intention at all. I simply started eating a lot more fruit, in part by accident (didn't know how delicious is pinneaple), in part for convenience (apples are easy to bring in the backpack, salads come now in cheap bags), in part because of my son (he loves orange juice at all times, I eat the ones that remain). Also it's better to avoid prepared food. I still eat a lot of pasta and meat (I've just enjoyed a 250 g steak) and enough seafood. The only significant casualties are bread (only with meat or fish) and cheese... like Hurley said "everybody likes cheese", but it does no good to me :-( I agree that exercise is great. But I live far from sea, so I can't windsurf most of the year, and jogging bores me to death. Once year ago I went to the gym and it was really good, but it made me really hungry, so it didn't help with weight lose. In my twenties it was different, but at the time it was much more intense than what I can do now.
jamesbritt 16y ago
A 1000 cal. less .. what, each day? I have no idea. I used to eat a lot of peanuts. And peanut butter. Possibly the greatest foods ever. And a lot of granola for snacks. And chips. Then I found out about the caloric cost of these things. Holy shit. (Well, the chips were not a surprise.) I was quite sad (did I mention I love peanut butter?), but also quite sad that my weight was slowly creeping up, past 200 lbs and then towards 210. And I saw some pictures of me giving a talk on stage, and cringed. (Big win for vanity, boys and girls. ) So I changed what I ate, and started going out running. Over about 4 or 5 months got down to 180 lbs (and greatly increased my endurance and improved my heart rate). Then the weather got too cool for my wussy ass, and I wasn't feeling well, and excuses, excuses. Now it's been about 3 months since I did any real exercise (aside from occasional walks around the block), yet my weight has stayed at least constant, though it may be dipping lower. The combination of exercise and diet change did wonders, but I believe that diet change alone would still have brought the weight down, albeit more slowly. I'm still amazed that when I weigh myself I never go above 180. Lately it's been 178 lbs. But simply eating less is not a good plan for a healthy body, so I still need to get my butt in gear. Maybe just boot up the Wii again ...

narag 16y ago

I can speak for myself. I've lost 15 kg since last summer, not feeling hungry at all, so it's not "1000 calories less than required", at least not what my apetite requires :) In fact, I don't feel like I'm doing a diet, it hasn't been my intention at all. I simply started eating a lot more fruit, in part by accident (didn't know how delicious is pinneaple), in part for convenience (apples are easy to bring in the backpack, salads come now in cheap bags), in part because of my son (he loves orange juice at all times, I eat the ones that remain). Also it's better to avoid prepared food. I still eat a lot of pasta and meat (I've just enjoyed a 250 g steak) and enough seafood. The only significant casualties are bread (only with meat or fish) and cheese... like Hurley said "everybody likes cheese", but it does no good to me :-( I agree that exercise is great. But I live far from sea, so I can't windsurf most of the year, and jogging bores me to death. Once year ago I went to the gym and it was really good, but it made me really hungry, so it didn't help with weight lose. In my twenties it was different, but at the time it was much more intense than what I can do now.

jamesbritt 16y ago

A 1000 cal. less .. what, each day? I have no idea. I used to eat a lot of peanuts. And peanut butter. Possibly the greatest foods ever. And a lot of granola for snacks. And chips. Then I found out about the caloric cost of these things. Holy shit. (Well, the chips were not a surprise.) I was quite sad (did I mention I love peanut butter?), but also quite sad that my weight was slowly creeping up, past 200 lbs and then towards 210. And I saw some pictures of me giving a talk on stage, and cringed. (Big win for vanity, boys and girls. ) So I changed what I ate, and started going out running. Over about 4 or 5 months got down to 180 lbs (and greatly increased my endurance and improved my heart rate). Then the weather got too cool for my wussy ass, and I wasn't feeling well, and excuses, excuses. Now it's been about 3 months since I did any real exercise (aside from occasional walks around the block), yet my weight has stayed at least constant, though it may be dipping lower. The combination of exercise and diet change did wonders, but I believe that diet change alone would still have brought the weight down, albeit more slowly. I'm still amazed that when I weigh myself I never go above 180. Lately it's been 178 lbs. But simply eating less is not a good plan for a healthy body, so I still need to get my butt in gear. Maybe just boot up the Wii again ...