Comments on: Our Food Plan

By: Smudgemo

Smudgemo — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:34:21 +0000

My wife is a vegetarian and an awesome cook. I\’m mostly vegetarian after twelve or so years together, and it\’s a healthy lifestyle which really has no downside. I don\’t diet, but I try to not eat too many bad things so there is more room for beer in my life. Try cutting out meat a few times a week and see where it leads. I’ve got some simple recipes on my blog that are way-tasty, but easy to make. Most are dishes my wife made up.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:00:39 +0000

As long as I watch the real sugary junk — sodas & lattes, mostly — I tend to do well, and those things are easy enough to avoid. An unfortunate part of weight gain is that if you’re already a little overweight, the body’s metabolism slows down and makes it that much more difficult to get the pounds off.

By: Marty

Marty — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:36:16 +0000

Dieting sucks … when my wife and I tried the Atkins diet, we both lost weight but felt horrible. I prefer our current method – aka, she cooks good, healthy meals and I eat them. She’s a much more stringent person about what she cooks/eats, so following her lead is usually pretty healthy for me, as long as I don’t kill it at work at lunch.

Either way – good luck with the ‘plan’.

By: MRMacrum

MRMacrum — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:09:50 +0000

I don’t diet. But I do lose weight on a regular basis. And I gain weight on a regular basis. I gave up using a scale to see how it was going. I have some fat pants and some not so fat pants. Fitting into one and not the other tells me all I need to know.

By: Jett

Jett — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:34:30 +0000

What I found helped me was eating more frequently. I eat between 300-800 calories at each of five-six meals. These “grazings” are each balanced. For example, with cereal and milk in the morning, I add almonds and cashews and drink a few ounces of V-8 juice. When we’re out of V-8 juice, I get hungrier earlier than the 60-80 calories would otherwise have carried me.

As another example, for lunch I’ll have a peanut butter sandwich. When I take this with carrots and a few fresh spinach leaves, that sandwich carries much longer.

It seems having them both in the stomach at the same time makes better use of the nutrients when they get to the bloodstream.

Often raising my blood volume by drinking water helps me feel better. Dehydration can sometimes fool you into thinking food is what you need.

One thing that took me a long time to learn was when my mileage dropped off, my eating might stay elevated a week or so. I would keep eating an extra thousand calories a day until I stepped on a scale.

Another thing that helps is building up some muscle mass. Muscle needs more calories to sustain and raises your metabolic rate.

Eater beware, I am not a nutritionist. Just someone who likes to eat AND fit into the same size slacks. .

By: John

John — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:18:19 +0000

Try this to keep track. http://www.fitday.com

I bought the upgrade a couple of years ago and use it whenever I need to lose some weight. Like every spring. It’s worth the $20. But the free one is ok too.

By: furiousball

furiousball — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:09:31 +0000

I’ll bet the pizza level in your blood got too low…gotta watch that.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:06:36 +0000

I’m going to have a sub sandwich for lunch! I might even try the library’s hummus. I must admit I’m a little skeptical. I do think we need to be realistic about this. I do not want to be a food nazi, and I don’t want you to starve. Wanna rendezvous later with some race cakes?