A Different Kind of Jones

[646guy]

Just remember if the weight stops coming off and you've hit a plateau, don't reduce your calorie intake. You hve to increase it actually so the body has something to feed off of...

Actually, I can't wait for better weather to hit here in NYC so I can break out the rollerblades and hit central park again...

[davedove]

Just remember if the weight stops coming off and you've hit a plateau, don't reduce your calorie intake. You hve to increase it actually so the body has something to feed off of...

Actually, it's important to keep eating no matter what stage you're in. If your drop your caloric intake too much, your body goes into starvation mode making it harder to lose weight. Just make sure you eat good foods and not junk.

[pdcorlis]

Yup - starvation mode is what usually shipwrecks most "diets." Unfortunately almost all diets fail - as they are seen as temporary - something you'll do just to lose some weight. What is really needed is a "life style change." A new way of thinking about what you use to fuel your body. Something sustainable over the long haul.

[KiltedKnight]

Actually, it's important to keep eating no matter what stage you're in. If your drop your caloric intake too much, your body goes into starvation mode making it harder to lose weight. Just make sure you eat good foods and not junk.

I stopped eating junk food a long time ago, now I stick to chocolate bars and Hostess snowballs, twinkies and lots of potato chips.

Chris

[KiltedKnight]

In all seriousness though, you can continue to eat what you're used to eating now but start increasing your exercise even if it's just lifting some hand weights but do more every day and add some kind of movement to you daily activities. The more you do the easier it becomes and the more your body needs it and craves it.

Chris.

[mbhandy]

I stopped eating junk food a long time ago, now I stick to chocolate bars and Hostess snowballs, twinkies and lots of potato chips.

Chris

arn't Snowballs and Twinkies able to stand on a shelf for life? Isn't that good nutritional Supliments? :rolleyes: . Now Chocolate has the addictive qualities I crave and Potato Chips if they are baked, their ok. Right, Right??? :confused:

MrBill

[mddock58]

Snowballs and Twinkies can hold up the shelves!

Eat what you want, but deal with it however you can!

[GlassMan]

arn't Snowballs and Twinkies able to stand on a shelf for life? Isn't that good nutritional Supliments? :rolleyes: . Now Chocolate has the addictive qualities I crave and Potato Chips if they are baked, their ok. Right, Right??? :confused:

MrBill

If you are what you eat, and if Twinkies have an infinite shelf-life, then EAT TWINKIES & LIVE FOREVER!!!!!

[UmAnOnion]

If you are what you eat, and if Twinkies have an infinite shelf-life, then EAT TWINKIES & LIVE FOREVER!!!!!

actually i remember reading an article about how bodies in the western world are taking longer to decompose than in days of yore because they are so saturated with preservatives from food etc ...

kinda scary to think about ...

[GlassMan]

actually i remember reading an article about how bodies in the western world are taking longer to decompose than in days of yore because they are so saturated with preservatives from food etc ...

kinda scary to think about ...

Scientifically, thats how the "uncorruptables" are explained. For those who don't know, the "uncorruptables" are the dearly departed in parts of the Catholic world who simply have not decomposed to any measurable degree without the benefit of extreme embalming techniques (such as used on Lenin). How is that possible? According to the faithful it's a miracle. According to science, every last one of them has extremely high concentrations of certain metallic toxins (arsenic, lead and others) which kill the bacteria responsible for decomposition. These individuals usually worked in occupations where they were exposed to significant amounts of these toxins all day every day but not enough to shorten their life any more than the already brief lifespan of their periods (the lead levels in several late medieval stained glass craftsmen has allowed them to be among this exalted group).

There are also examples of buddhist monks in the Himilayas and in Japan who have accomplished the same thing but through a concerted effort in the last months of their lives. There was an interesting Discovery Channel special on them. Essentially they stopped eating real food and only ate things that wound up killing off their stomach bacteria (so that wouldn't be a source of decomposition) and also ingested things that were mildly poisonous. For example, the Japanese monks would only drink water from a Holy Spring that turns out to have high natural levels of arsenic in it. Not enough to kill them instantly but enough to lace their tissues with the bacteriacidal agents.

So I guess now preservervatives are doing the job too!