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CountAntonius said:
Its a lot easier than you think. Dinner to dinner the next day. Makes you snack less too cause you begin to realize you don't have to eat every few hours. For me its not a diet just became a way of life.
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I do this quite often. Moreso just to stay at my current weight rather than to lose any.

Today was actually the first day in well over a month that I've actually eaten breakfast.
 
Fiction said:
Yep, I am trying to wean myself onto coffee to at least get rid of 90% of the sugar. Since I don't eat anything sweet other than soda, I think it would help me drop a ton of weight fairly quickly. Then I'd just have to make sure I was getting enough calories.

I've always had a problem with low blood sugar, so I think my soda thing started as self medicating for that. In the worst way possible, but still...lol. Sipping on a sugary drink all day helped me to not feel like I'd been hit by a truck.
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Actually, the fact that you eat once or twice a day can hurt you. Eating smaller meals and snacks throughout the day gets your metabolism out of storage mode and burns the food. You'd be surprised how much you can lose by eating more often. Since the first of this month, I've dropped 7lbs by eating breakfast, snack at 10:30, lunch, snack at 3:30 and then dinner. It's all healthier than I'm used to of course, but its been helping me shed these unsightly bulged that make children shutter in fear. It's not much weight yet but its a start.
 
Davedough said:
Actually, the fact that you eat once or twice a day can hurt you. Eating smaller meals and snacks throughout the day gets your metabolism out of storage mode and burns the food. You'd be surprised how much you can lose by eating more often. Since the first of this month, I've dropped 7lbs by eating breakfast, snack at 10:30, lunch, snack at 3:30 and then dinner. It's all healthier than I'm used to of course, but its been helping me shed these unsightly bulged that make children shutter in fear. It's not much weight yet but its a start.
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Yep! I'm absolutely certain that the 20 lbs I've gained during the past while is solely from skipping breakfast.
 
Davedough said:
Actually, the fact that you eat once or twice a day can hurt you. Eating smaller meals and snacks throughout the day gets your metabolism out of storage mode and burns the food.
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That's debatable. Depending on where you do your research some say the small meals all day long thing is just marketing for you to eat more. I tried that first but found it just too time consuming to plan out healthy meals and snacks all day long and I wasn't seeing many results. So I looked into fasting and read on Lean Gains, Warrior Diet and Eat Stop Eat and that fit my lifestyle a bit better. Since starting I've lost about 30 pounds in 5 months but seen some growth in my arms and chest(exercise) as well as more energy. As long as you eat healthy I don't think it matters which you do it really depends on what you can tolerate and stick to long term. I dislike eating all day long but I do get a good healthy 3 meals a day except on my fasting days.
 
Davedough said:
Actually, the fact that you eat once or twice a day can hurt you. Eating smaller meals and snacks throughout the day gets your metabolism out of storage mode and burns the food. You'd be surprised how much you can lose by eating more often. Since the first of this month, I've dropped 7lbs by eating breakfast, snack at 10:30, lunch, snack at 3:30 and then dinner. It's all healthier than I'm used to of course, but its been helping me shed these unsightly bulged that make children shutter in fear. It's not much weight yet but its a start.
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This is becoming less and less true. A lot of people have had success with intermittent fasting and stuff like that.
 
Yea, the eating frequent meals to boost metabolism is a myth. But if you have a problem with low blood sugar, eating more frequently is definitely something to try. Avoiding anything overly sugary like soda is also a good thing to do, you'll inevitably crash after the initial high and get yourself in a shitty cycle of blood sugar highs and lows.
 
dralla said:
Yea, the eating frequent meals to boost metabolism is a myth. But if you have a problem with low blood sugar, eating more frequently is definitely something to try. Avoiding anything overly sugary like soda is also a good thing to do, you'll inevitably crash after the initial high and get yourself in a shitty cycle of blood sugar highs and lows.
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Wouldn't say it's a myth if it works for some people.

Key is finding what works for your body.
 
dralla said:
Yea, the eating frequent meals to boost metabolism is a myth. But if you have a problem with low blood sugar, eating more frequently is definitely something to try. Avoiding anything overly sugary like soda is also a good thing to do, you'll inevitably crash after the initial high and get yourself in a shitty cycle of blood sugar highs and lows.
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Yeah, I am trying to get out of that cycle. I had no idea I was doing it really until a few years ago. The soda is a crutch that actually makes it worse in the end, but it's a crutch I've relied on for a long time, so it's hard to break from it.
 
Totally cutting out soda is definitely the simplest, most meaningful single change you can make for your nutrition. :]
 
Hawkian said:
Totally cutting out soda is definitely the simplest, most meaningful single change you can make for your nutrition. :]
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Agreed. It made a huge change in my life when i did it 7 years ago.
 
Featheredkitten said:
So true, after awhile soda tastes way too sweet and the carbonation really burns. It becomes quite unpleasant.
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Yeah, that's definitely the best part. I had a sip of regular Dr. Pepper like a month ago and I couldn't believe I was ever able to tolerate it. I still like carbonation a lot (sparkling water yay!) but definitely not as much as in your typical sodakan
 
Hawkian said:
Don't have to tell me man, I drove for Domino's for 3 years. Free is the single most complicating factor with regard to your nutrition :[
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Indeed. I can't tell you how many ridiculously rich and sugary hot chocolates I've consumed at work over the last year >_> I just get so bored at work that I like to make elaborate drinks, but there's really no way to make them healthy.

And I'll admit, I love soda but I stick to diet. I know it's still not healthy but it's not quite as bad as all that sugar.

Parn said:
Realpic version 3 time.
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Is your username a reference to Record of Lodoss Wars? Because that's all I can think about anytime I see it.
 
Featheredkitten said:
So true, after awhile soda tastes way too sweet and the carbonation really burns. It becomes quite unpleasant.
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I think that's nutrition in general. I can't look at bacon anymore without getting grossed out. Fatty, greasy stuff just looks gross to me now.
 
Hmmm yeah hot chocolate I don't think I can give up :'[

Bacon is ridiculously delicious and you're nuts trin.

edit: I drink diet soda occasionally as well. Really the pH is the only aspect of it that's bad for you. Water's always the best choice but if you rule water out and you're trying to decide on something else to drink, definitely don't consider diet and regular soda equally evil.
 
The one thing I can always count on: white people get opinionated and angry when I bad mouth bacon.
 
thetrin said:
I think that's nutrition in general. I can't look at bacon anymore without getting grossed out. Fatty, greasy stuff just looks gross to me now.
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Except that bacon is healthy, so, eat dat shit.

I just ate way too much salmon, wild caught sockeye, baked in butter/lemon/garlic/salt/pepper. just a tiny piece

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as a side, 'mashed' butternut squash with butter/cinnamon/salt. holy shieeet, it came out good.

ps. I'm not really a big bacon fan, I like it mixed in with avocado and some other veggies or on a burger, but that's about it.
 
Hawkian said:
Salmon grosses me out D:

Don't forget the ears if you do Pirotess Kitsune

edit: whelcome!
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I'm not a fan of most fish. Most have too soft a texture for me, and they all seem to have a strong flavor of iodine which I can't stand. Raw fish is more tolerable than cooked, at least.

And don't worry, I won't forget the ears! I'm actually ordering some (shorter) elf ears tonight for my Crysta costume from Ferngully.
 
Kitsunebaby said:
I'm not a fan of most fish. Most have too soft a texture for me, and they all seem to have a strong flavor of iodine which I can't stand. Raw fish is more tolerable than cooked, at least.

And don't worry, I won't forget the ears! I'm actually ordering some (shorter) elf ears tonight for my Crysta costume from Ferngully.
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I haven't liked fish in the past, but tilapia is good, and I recently tried a sea bass that was excellent.
 
I can't really enjoy most fish, but I do like sashimi tuna and seared ahi. Catfish prepared in the proper cajun style as well tastes absolutely nothing like fish.

I find salmon to be pretty offensive, I don't know how people are able to tolerate the smell.
Kitsunebaby said:
I'm not a fan of most fish. Most have too soft a texture for me, and they all seem to have a strong flavor of iodine which I can't stand. Raw fish is more tolerable than cooked, at least.

And don't worry, I won't forget the ears! I'm actually ordering some (shorter) elf ears tonight for my Crysta costume from Ferngully.
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no way.
 
Sole is what got me into fish, mmm it was good, now I love it all, especially covered in butter/lemon.

on a related note, omega-3 content to mercury content

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I enjoy fish if it's cooked right. And by right I mean lots of garlic and butter heh. I like salmon more than most fish because it has a less 'fishy' taste to it.
 
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