So You Want to Lose Weight"
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So You Want to Lose Weight"
This is cute. Unfortunately, there's more than a little truth to it.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed but our power to do it is increased." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
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Re: So You Want to Lose Weight"
Thanks for sharing this. I absolutely love it.
BrightAngel - (Dr. Collins)
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Hysterical. But perhaps a little too true for myself than I'd like to admit. Well, my old self that is. Thank goodness something somewhere in Reinhard's book clicked and helped boot my butt into gear!
It's amazing how we can be told the same thing 1000 times, and then its not until the 1001 time that we actually hear it.
It's amazing how we can be told the same thing 1000 times, and then its not until the 1001 time that we actually hear it.
Finally a diet that I can make a lifestyle!
Started June 2010
6/27/2010 - 226 lbs
10/17/2010 - 203 lbs - 10% weight loss goal!
1/29/2011 - 182 lbs - 2nd 10% weight loss goal!
5/29/2011 - 165 lbs - 3rd 10% weight loss goal! (one more to go)
Started June 2010
6/27/2010 - 226 lbs
10/17/2010 - 203 lbs - 10% weight loss goal!
1/29/2011 - 182 lbs - 2nd 10% weight loss goal!
5/29/2011 - 165 lbs - 3rd 10% weight loss goal! (one more to go)
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- NoelFigart
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The one thing I really REALLY like above NO-S above anything else how it makes it IMPOSSIBLE to fool yourself about how much you're eating. If you load up your plate, you KNOW it.
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My blog https://noelfigart.com/wordpress/ I talk about being a freelance writer, working out and cooking mostly. The language is not always drawing room fashion. Just sayin'.
My blog https://noelfigart.com/wordpress/ I talk about being a freelance writer, working out and cooking mostly. The language is not always drawing room fashion. Just sayin'.
my favourite lines were "that's what food eats" (repeated so. many. times.)
and "it was a bagel. it was bagel sized."
the first, because I'm vegan, and plenty of people I know are convinced that nothing I eat is food, it's just what food eats. I guess I must be a medical miracle, seeing as how I'm alive despite eating NO FOOD for YEARS ON END.
the second, because that sounds exactly like something I would say.
and "it was a bagel. it was bagel sized."
the first, because I'm vegan, and plenty of people I know are convinced that nothing I eat is food, it's just what food eats. I guess I must be a medical miracle, seeing as how I'm alive despite eating NO FOOD for YEARS ON END.
the second, because that sounds exactly like something I would say.
Stats: female, 22 years old, 5'3".
Starting weight: 125lbs.
No-S since January 17th 2011.
14 Minutes of ANYTHING since February 28th 2011.
Starting weight: 125lbs.
No-S since January 17th 2011.
14 Minutes of ANYTHING since February 28th 2011.
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Awesome clip, made me laugh, Great material ! This is brilliant !!
Those bagels are hard to resist, hehe !
"I so want to lose 50 pounds within the next couple of weeks" ... heh !
Hey, I sound just like that when I talk too !!
It reminds me .. yesterday I saw this program on TV and two 30-40 years old women were trying to lose weight ... but they were hardly doing any exercise and eating fast food twice per week, big fast food meals ... they were saying : "Well, cutting that entirely would be too hard, we used to go 4 times per week so it's better now, only twice per week !!!" ... I was thinking : "Good luck !!" (They each had at least 125-150 pounds to lose, I believe)
Cheers !
Marc
38 Years Old, 5'10" Tall
Nov. 1st. 2008 : 280 Pounds
Nov. 1st. 2009 : 190 Pounds
(1 Year : - 90 Pounds)
Current Weight : 202 Pounds
Those bagels are hard to resist, hehe !
"I so want to lose 50 pounds within the next couple of weeks" ... heh !
Hey, I sound just like that when I talk too !!
It reminds me .. yesterday I saw this program on TV and two 30-40 years old women were trying to lose weight ... but they were hardly doing any exercise and eating fast food twice per week, big fast food meals ... they were saying : "Well, cutting that entirely would be too hard, we used to go 4 times per week so it's better now, only twice per week !!!" ... I was thinking : "Good luck !!" (They each had at least 125-150 pounds to lose, I believe)
Cheers !
Marc
38 Years Old, 5'10" Tall
Nov. 1st. 2008 : 280 Pounds
Nov. 1st. 2009 : 190 Pounds
(1 Year : - 90 Pounds)
Current Weight : 202 Pounds
Well, in all fairness that is actually better - for THEM at least. I mean 2 large fast food meals/week may not be great for you, but if 2 per week is a sustainable decrease from 4 per week, then that is progress - especially if 0 per week (for a given individual) seems unattainable. And assuming they were maintaining at their high weight, even just cutting back by 2 high cal meals a week should lead to some weight loss - although admittedly they would probably need to make additional changes to lose all of it.bluebunny27 wrote: It reminds me .. yesterday I saw this program on TV and two 30-40 years old women were trying to lose weight ... but they were hardly doing any exercise and eating fast food twice per week, big fast food meals ... they were saying : "Well, cutting that entirely would be too hard, we used to go 4 times per week so it's better now, only twice per week !!!" ... I was thinking : "Good luck !!" (They each had at least 125-150 pounds to lose, I believe)
One of the things I love about the NoS diet is that it focuses on making small changes (3 simple rules) which can naturally lead to bigger changes (even on S days I now tend to eat fewer sweets and fewer snacks than I did on any given day pre-NoS, and I'm starting to WANT to eat better for me meals). It's not about eating the "perfect" diet or the best possible 3 meals per day each and every day. Which meant I was free to start and still do fast food when it was the most convenient. I'll be honest, I started at the end of June 2010 and spent mid-July through mid-Sept eating almost exclusively take out/fast food/pre-prepared food due to a stressful period at work that left me with no time to cook. Despite eating crap (and not sleeping much or exercising at all), I lost about 10 pounds. Because for me, crap only 3 times per day added up to less total crap than eating whatever, whenever.
Even the dietitian in the cartoon didn't suggest completely eliminating indulgences. Rather, he suggested things like dropping from 3-4 cups of cream and sugar laden coffee to one.
I only even bring this up because before I stumbled upon NoS, I very much had an attitude of "why bother trying to lose weight, I can't give up everything I like to eat forever, and if I only do it temporarily, the weight will just come back". It was a horribly detrimental attitude and led to a lot of unchecked weight gain over the last few years. NoS has allowed me to make a permanent lifestyle change without giving up Everything All of the Time. Instead I give up Some Things Some of the Time.
Finally a diet that I can make a lifestyle!
Started June 2010
6/27/2010 - 226 lbs
10/17/2010 - 203 lbs - 10% weight loss goal!
1/29/2011 - 182 lbs - 2nd 10% weight loss goal!
5/29/2011 - 165 lbs - 3rd 10% weight loss goal! (one more to go)
Started June 2010
6/27/2010 - 226 lbs
10/17/2010 - 203 lbs - 10% weight loss goal!
1/29/2011 - 182 lbs - 2nd 10% weight loss goal!
5/29/2011 - 165 lbs - 3rd 10% weight loss goal! (one more to go)
Sienna, I agree. I read something a while back about the power of "5 degrees of change" - an amount which doesn't look like much to start with, but if you follow it out from the original line, it becomes a very different direction. (Particularly if you "layer" small changes.)Sienna wrote: NoS has allowed me to make a permanent lifestyle change without giving up Everything All of the Time. Instead I give up Some Things Some of the Time.
There's a big difference to me between the total denial in the video (which was SO funny, btw) and people making tiny, incremental changes. Any change for the better should be encouraged, even if it seems pitifully small to someone who can manage larger ones.
I think there are a lot of people (doctors, researchers, etc) who don't think the attack on Atkins is unscientific at all.Graham wrote:That is a delightful video - rather let down by the unscientific attack on Atkins. Anyone up to date with the research wouldn't be making those sort of remarks - but all in all, it was a hoot.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed but our power to do it is increased." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
I agree with you there Wosnes, but I understand the up-to-date picture is that the risks apply only to people with pre-existing kidney problems. There is nothing intrinsically unhealthy about a low-carb diet, perhaps the difficulties lie in how and when one switches to it from a higher carb intake?wosnes wrote:I think there are a lot of people (doctors, researchers, etc) who don't think the attack on Atkins is unscientific at all.Graham wrote:That is a delightful video - rather let down by the unscientific attack on Atkins. Anyone up to date with the research wouldn't be making those sort of remarks - but all in all, it was a hoot.
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Well... Of Course That IS the Point.wosnes wrote:I think there are a lot of people (doctors, researchers, etc) who don't think the attack on Atkins is unscientific at all.Graham wrote:That is a delightful video - rather let down by the unscientific attack on Atkins. Anyone up to date with the research wouldn't be making those sort of remarks - but all in all, it was a hoot.
So many doctors, researchers, etc. learned incorrect information in medical school etc,
that was originally based on bad science.
Even though all of that information has now been shown false,
the majority of medical professionals haven't picked up on that,
and most of them still continue to dispense the unscientific and incorrect information
which has been the "conventional wisdom" for the past 50 years.
What generally has to happen to correct that kind of giant health information error,
is for all the erroneous medical people to die off,
and then with their younger replacements dispensing the correct info,
the correct information will become the "conventional wisdom".
So, at my age, during my lifetime,
I don't expect to see much change in the health community's attitude.
However, that doesn't mean that I have to continue to believe that erroneous thinking.
BrightAngel - (Dr. Collins)
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There are any number of experts who think a low-carb/higher protein diet is bad for everyone and they have the research to back them up. There's a huge number who believe "the less meat the better" (hence, more grains) for a variety of reasons -- everything from overall health to better use of the world's resources. Quite a few believe that a no-animal products diet is best.Graham wrote:I agree with you there Wosnes, but I understand the up-to-date picture is that the risks apply only to people with pre-existing kidney problems. There is nothing intrinsically unhealthy about a low-carb diet, perhaps the difficulties lie in how and when one switches to it from a higher carb intake?wosnes wrote:I think there are a lot of people (doctors, researchers, etc) who don't think the attack on Atkins is unscientific at all.Graham wrote:That is a delightful video - rather let down by the unscientific attack on Atkins. Anyone up to date with the research wouldn't be making those sort of remarks - but all in all, it was a hoot.
It would be far easier for me to list those in favor of a high-carb diet than those in favor of a low-carb diet.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed but our power to do it is increased." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
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You are absolutely correct about the majority viewpoint.wosnes wrote:There are any number of experts who think a low-carb/higher protein diet is bad for everyone
and they have the research to back them up.
It would be far easier for me to list those in favor of a high-carb diet
than those in favor of a low-carb diet.
Unfortuantely, the majority viewpoint is based on Bad Science...
There are Rules that have to be followed for Scientific Research to be valid.
There are no such studies on that point that have followed those Rules.
Therefore, no such valid scientific research on that point is in existence.
The problem is that they DON'T have ANY valid scientific research to back up their position.
Science cannot Prove what is true,
but it CAN prove what is NOT true.
BrightAngel - (Dr. Collins)
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The first thing to say is that we shouldn't confuse a low carb diet with a high protein diet. Those are two separate entities, with differing effects.wosnes wrote: There are any number of experts who think a low-carb/higher protein diet is bad for everyone and they have the research to back them up. There's a huge number who believe "the less meat the better" (hence, more grains) for a variety of reasons -- everything from overall health to better use of the world's resources. Quite a few believe that a no-animal products diet is best.
It would be far easier for me to list those in favor of a high-carb diet than those in favor of a low-carb diet.
Looking at the research is complex - but those who say "the less meat the better" have to explain the good health of those populations who thrived on almost 100% animal produce diets. Steffanson and Anderson were a famous example of experimenters who, to refute the sceptics, followed a diet of meat & fat without any fruit or vegetables or starches or dairy or supplements for a whole year - under strict medical supervision, with no ill effects whatsoever.
The problem facing the world today is that we might struggle to feed everybody on a low-carb diet, even if we could thus cure most of the diseases of civilization. That then becomes a political issue - why tell everybody about something that governments don't know how to fix?