Wait, I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying I should worry about the calories first, then worry about cutting out the carbs? Because I'm actually not finding it that hard to count calories.
Yes, because you are thinking about quitting -- cutting out a significant food source right now will just make it harder to find something to eat.
I have a pair of those Sony earphones. They work fine, though one wire got stripped and mine are now broken after a year and a half. But I think the fact that the rubber covers come off and become lost during normal use is a serious design flaw. (And Sony doesn't sell replacements!) Personally I'm looking for a different type without pieces that simply pop right off.
Wait, I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying I should worry about the calories first, then worry about cutting out the carbs? Because I'm actually not finding it that hard to count calories. And I totally had a bean and cheese burrito that I felt a little guilty about at lunch. But it was only $0.99! And all my other meals were much healthier. And delicious. But will get boring over time.
Well, I don't really believe in diets so I'm probably the wrong person to ask, but I just meant that a calorie is a calorie in terms of weight gain, since weight loss is a result of expending more calories than you take in.
But, as Cash noted, certain foods obviously satisfy/energize you for a longer period of time (complex carbs, protein, fat). You just need to figure out what combo of those works for you. High-protein doesn't work for everybody, and is often not necessarily the best for long-term health.
Peanut butter and bananas on toast (Hi PixKristin!) to add:
Happy Birthday Nutty!
a calorie is a calorie in terms of weight gain, since weight loss is a result of expending more calories than you take in.
On the most simple level, that's true in a laboratory. However, studies have shown that calories often don't work that simplistically in people, for a variety of reasons, including: hormone levels; medications a person is taking; metabolic damage caused by previous attempts to diet, etc.
Unfortunately -- and I say this as a fat person who wouldn't complain if I were less fat -- the human body isn't a lab-calibrated calorimeter.
Also, and I don't want to discourage Alibelle or anyone else from dieting if that's what they want to do, but diets don't work. It's been proven, repeatedly, that over 95% of people who lose any amount of weight on a diet -- and I mean as little as 2 pounds -- cannot maintain the weight loss for longer than 5 years.
I'm not trying to jump on my fat acceptance soapbox; I just want to note that weight loss, and the maintenance of same, is very VERY hard.
However, studies have shown that calories often don't work that simplistically in people, for a variety of reasons, including: hormone levels; medications a person is taking; metabolic damage caused by previous attempts to diet, etc.
Right, but do those things lead your body to process a hamburger calorie different from a broccoli calorie? Or does it mean you process calories as a whole differently than other people?
Happy Birthday, Nutty!
The farmworkers told deputies the suspect woke them Saturday morning by rubbing spices on one of them and smacking the other with an 8-inch sausage.
Am I the only one wondering which spices were used? Really? OK.
Am I the only one wondering which spices were used? Really? OK.
No. No, you're not. Also - what kind of sausage?
Happy Birthday Nutty!
Also, What Steph Said.
Also, I am about to go on a killing spree at work.
I'm not trying to jump on my fat acceptance soapbox; I just want to note that weight loss, and the maintenance of same, is very VERY hard.
I've stopped thinking about losing weight. I still go to the gym about five times a week. And I try to be reasonable about my diet (I'm not eating all these pies I'm making, I've given some away). I feel AMAZING just with the working out (and not for 3-4 hours, either, sometimes, just as little as a half an hour can feel good).
That's the metric I'm using--how good I feel. If I happen to lose some weight, yippee. If not, I still feel pretty damn good.
