Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 178.8-pounds.
This is two days in a row below that 180-target.
I am scratching my head about something. When I initially hit the 180-pound target my Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale was showing me a Body Fat Index of around 21%-22%. Now the digits are ticking up at around 24%-24.5% Body Fat Index.
This means one thing, the higher percentage showing on the scale means that my body fat versus muscle has changed. I now have a higher body fat ratio than I initially had when I hit that target weight of 180-pounds.
This is happening inspite of my consuming more protein.
It means that I have to figure out how to get the muscle up, and still burn that fat.
Oh, and I have heard that I need to excercise more. Please, I don't want to hear that. If you worked the 14-18 hours a day like I do, and then tell me you can excercise. You can't, and I can't either. I consider it a miracle that I am not using drugs to keep myself going.
I have a friend that tells me all the time go excercise, tighten it up. Now that he is working so much he too is finding it hard to go excercise.
My Family Member Says I Am Looking Stretched Out
This morning I was talking to a close family member. This person was telling me how I am looking all stretched out and sagging. Here is what's worse, he said I am looking paunchy. What? Gee Thanks...
Could it be that I am approaching 50 years old? Could it be that I am not a spring-chicken anymore?
Now, if this person is telling me the truth, then all the people who said that I shouldn't lose more weight are lying to me.
Maybe when I get a different job, I will be able to engage in some regular excercise. It's winter outside, I am not going to walk and break my neck on some slick sidewalk. Recently we had as much as ten inches of snow here in Wheaton. There is no place to walk, and excercise without getting run over by a car, or falling on a slick sidewalk. I have already fallen a couple times this winter, and it knocked the wind out of me.
I was told do more push-ups, and face excercises. Huh, how about this person losing another 20-30-pounds?
I sware, I could go insane depending on people's opinions about losing weight. So can you.
Don't depend on anyone to be honest with you about your weight, and how you look.
I lost 60 pounds in just a little less than one year. This works out to about 1.2-pounds per week over a 52 week period. This is .16 pounds per day weight loss.
I had in my head a weight that I weighed years ago. When I left Fort Jackson in the summer of 1978, I was 160 pounds. For most of the three years that was what I weighed. I actually got down to 155-pounds, because I was in the hospital for a month with my mouth wired shut after facial reconstruction.
For years after that I was in the Military Reserve. I was around 170-189-pounds during that time. And the truth be known, I had a hard time keeping my weight at that 189-pounds.
I knew where I came from. For many people this has never been the case. Many people grow up being pudgy, and keep getting bigger. These people have no conception in their minds what they could look like. I have a family member like this.
My family member is over 150-pounds more than he should be. He makes up all kinds of excuses for staying that way. Well, it's not healthy, but I can't tell him anything. I don't even try.
Well How Do I Figure Out What Is The Truth?
When tryng to figure out what I was supposed to weigh, being objective was the only thing to do. Where did I find out what I should weigh?
I consulted various height and weight charts. When I was in the Military Reserve, the chart said that the minimum weight was 132-pounds, and the maximum weight was 189-pounds.
Now, for my age the military charts have 192-pounds as the maximum weight.
Note this; that the military actually allows for someone my size to go down as low as 132-pounds to be acceptable to their standards.
If this satisfies the Military, then who should I believe ultimately?
I used Height, Weight, and Body Type Charts
I have consulted charts that distribute weight based on the size of the body-frame. My frame is a small frame. I actually have very thin wrists, and a light frame.
Accordingly, I should be at around 160-pounds.
I have a friend that was teasing me. He said I would look like a gay guy being this thin.
I don't care. At 180-pounds, where I am now, I still have a 38 inch waist line. I need to get down a couple more inches on my waist. I would be happy with a 34 inch waist.
Will I get is tightened up? I don't know. I am not worried about that now.
Don't Go Out And Excercise Like A Mad Person To Lose Weight
I didn't lose 60-pounds exercising my fool head off.
Exercise shouldn't be used as a weight loss tool.
Exercise should be used to condition the muscles of the heart, the arms, legs, other muscle groups, and to build that muscle.
Exercise should be used to tone and firm.
Exercise should be used to get the fluids moving in the immune system.
Losing weight with extreme exercise is only asking for trouble. Many people are out of condition. Over exercise can actually damage the parts of the body; which many people do.
Unfortunately, many people who set out to lose weight, do it with too much exercise too soon. In the spring time look and see how many fat people will be jogging down the road with their fat jiggling. Look how many chubbies will be shaking down that sidewalk.
Then when the summer comes, look and see how many of those people will have quit. Most people don't know they should EAT LESS FOOD. Then they should ease into an excercise program that can be sustained.
Use exercise to condition and tone the body. Overstressing the body to lose weight is only going make it harder to get motivated to continue the exercise, and ultimately keep at a resonable weight loss program.
Mine In Not A Fad Diet
I was looking at a blog site written by a young man. He slams food companies for putting things in the food that provoke hunger. He blames the food companies for people being obese.
I am not siding with the food companies. I am writing this: So What? So What if we find out that the food companies are putting stuff in our food? Whoopie.
Are the food manufacturers going to stop making potato chips, Tostitos, Doritos, cup cakes, candy, etc.? Is McDonald's, Wendys, Burger King, going to stop serving Frech Fries, and hamburgers?
Do you want the state governments, and the federal government to levy heavy food taxes on food to discourage eating? They will.
Look at cigarettes: the government has levied huge taxes on cigarettes. People still buy cigarettes and smoke them.
Do you think if fast food goes up a few dollars because of taxes people will stop eating? Of course not. People still have to eat. The government officials know this.
No, You have to EAT LESS FOOD. You figure out where you have to be with your height and weight. You figure out how many calories you can comfortably eat and still get those pounds off.
Don't you depend on anyone to decide for you how to eat. I didn't.
If you want to lose 100-pounds, then you can lose 100-pounds. You can do it over a two year time period. You can safely lose about 1-pound per week, and still be healthy.
Take your weight, multiply that times 7-10 calories per pound. If you weigh 300 pounds; you can consume 2,800 to 3,000 calories and probably still lose weight.
As you lose weight, you can reduce down those total daily calories. Write down what you eat, and what you weigh.
Then keep at it. Keep at it. Keep at it. Mine is not a FAD DIET. I lost weight by EATING LESS FOOD. This isn't a fad diet.
Right now as I am writing this, the cats are clawing out my guts. Yes, I struggle with incredible hunger. I eat because I get hungry.
Don't Let The Monsters Bully You
You may have a different reason for eating.
When you make up your mind to lose weight, in the room with you may be those monsters. The Hunger Monster, the Neurotic Monster, the Comfort Monster, the Approval Monster, the Hurt Feelings Monster, may be in the room with you.
Don't let these monsters poke you in the side and tell you to eat. They will. They represent the excuses people use to eat.
My nemesis is the Hunger Monster. I am talking about painful hunger that hurts the sides of my stomach. I fight that thing, and I resist it as long as I can.
You'll have to fight your monsters too.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
It's Up To You And Me To Control What We Eat
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 179.4-pounds.
That's below 180-pounds for the day. Let's see what will happen tomorrow.
Someone Wrote Oprah Has A Thyroid Problem
Yesterday I wrote something about Oprah Winfrey. My point with Oprah Winfrey is that she has so much money she can't spend it all. Because of that she is above the rediculous laws that are being passed in states like Mississippi.
No one is going to walk up to Oprah and toss her out of a Mississippi McDonald's. No one is going to tell her to leave their restaurant. Why? Because she can buy everyone in the place, and the building too.
My point is this. Let's just say Joe Smoe has a problem with his thyroid. Because of that thyroid problem he has a few extra pounds. Now, the fat police will come to him and say "Papers, Medical card, are you authorized to eat here?"
Imagine if you have to fill out paper work to get authorization from the government to eat at McDonald's, Wendy's, or KFC. Just imagine people being so compliant.
Here will be the trade off. You get free Medical insurance if you comply with the new Fascist Government.
Oprah Has The Nerve To Support Someone Who Wants The Government To Control You
Oprah Winfrey with all her money has the gall to support someone like Barack Hussein Obama. Note the middle name Hussein as in named after Sadam Hussein. Here is a man that was raised believing that Islam is the way all men and woman should live. He changed from Islam to a very liberal "Christian" Church so he could become politcally correct to all the black Baptists, and religious people who wear the moniker "Christian."
Do you believe for five seconds that a man like Barack Hussein Obama has any appreciation for the system that made America great? He wants to control you. He will pick people who will bring into play Nazistic control. He was raised and bred as a Muslim, and that is his psychology. Go ahead Oprah, elect that man, and you'll be wearing a headscarf and long dress in the not so distant future. Not only that Oprah, but your TV shows and all your publicity, unless you tow the line dear, you'll be off the air.
America was founded on principals that depend on people being personally responsible for what they do. I don't mean the idea of following rules. I mean being able to learn to control our own behavior.
One of the behaviors that I keep stressing about in this blog is the EATING BEHAVIOR. Yes that behavior that goes along with putting food inside our mouths, chewing it, then swallowing it down.
I pointed out briefly yesterday that the food industry is making food very tasty. It's because they want to make money. That is what American's do best when they are allowed to do it unfettered by governmental control freaks.
It's because food is in such plentiful supply, and it is so tasty, we have a tough time resisting it. I know it's hard to do.
It's hard to say no to that extra cookie. It's hard to say no to that little chocolate candy. It's hard to say no to an extra half of that sandwich. It's hard to say no to putting sugar in your coffee. It's hard to say no to the extra donut left over in the box at the office.
It's hard to say no to food. It's hard. I know.
Unless you learn to look at your food as a fuel and nothing more, then you will succumb to it's charm. That's right food is fuel for you body.
It's been man's ingenuity that has made food so incredibly delicious. It's wonderful that God gave men this ability to take food and process it to make it so scrumptous.
As I sit here writing this blog I am fighting the cats that claw my stomach when I am hungry. All I consumed this morning was a can of Slim Fast (180 calories), and a granola bar (180 calories).
I am writing this blog so that maybe one person can read it and begin to realize that he/she can lose weight.
It is not anyone's job to make you eat less food. It's your job. I had to cut way, way, way back on my food consumption. It's rediculous the small portions of food that I eat so that I can lose more weight.
My target is to get down to 160-pounds. When I weighed myself this morning I stepped up under the 180-pound target. I had to cut back on the food to get there. It's not fun.
I have suffered trying to get off this poundage. It hasn't been easy.
Will You Get Locked Away?
Imagine this in the future. Some government official decides that there are too many fat people out there. This Fascist will reason that it's because of all the fast food out there. As a result this government official will put a 10 percent tax on the fast food.
That tax won't detour the people from eating at McDonald's because children will still scream at mommy and daddy to take them to McDonald's. And Mom and Dad being tired from working and paying all their money for taxes and fees, will comply with the screaming child and take it to the McDonald's.
Well, Junior will start getting fat because mommy doesn't have time to make a good meal. Mommy and Dad won't be allowed to tell their children what's good to eat because the government will tell them they can't. All Junior will have to do is make a telephone call to Child Services and a government bureaucrat will come get mommy and daddy.
People will keep getting fat. So next the government will start collecting people and locking them away in rooms where they will be fed small rations. They will be released brain dead to the meaning of life, and dead in their souls because of the abuse.
You get control of yourself. You eat half the hamburger at lunch. You eat half the French Fries at lunch. You eat less, not some government official.
No one is holding a gun to you and telling you to eat more food.
This is supposed to be a blog I dedicate to losing weight. I mean what I am writing about the government. But, that's isn't my main purpose in writing this blog.
I don't care about Oprah Winfrey.
I don't care about some government official keeping his job.
I care that you will find the heart to lose weight.
It's not easy.
And, I had to suck it up. It stinks.
I am encouraging you to fight "The Battle Of The Bulge."
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 179.4-pounds.
That's below 180-pounds for the day. Let's see what will happen tomorrow.
Someone Wrote Oprah Has A Thyroid Problem
Yesterday I wrote something about Oprah Winfrey. My point with Oprah Winfrey is that she has so much money she can't spend it all. Because of that she is above the rediculous laws that are being passed in states like Mississippi.
No one is going to walk up to Oprah and toss her out of a Mississippi McDonald's. No one is going to tell her to leave their restaurant. Why? Because she can buy everyone in the place, and the building too.
My point is this. Let's just say Joe Smoe has a problem with his thyroid. Because of that thyroid problem he has a few extra pounds. Now, the fat police will come to him and say "Papers, Medical card, are you authorized to eat here?"
Imagine if you have to fill out paper work to get authorization from the government to eat at McDonald's, Wendy's, or KFC. Just imagine people being so compliant.
Here will be the trade off. You get free Medical insurance if you comply with the new Fascist Government.
Oprah Has The Nerve To Support Someone Who Wants The Government To Control You
Oprah Winfrey with all her money has the gall to support someone like Barack Hussein Obama. Note the middle name Hussein as in named after Sadam Hussein. Here is a man that was raised believing that Islam is the way all men and woman should live. He changed from Islam to a very liberal "Christian" Church so he could become politcally correct to all the black Baptists, and religious people who wear the moniker "Christian."
Do you believe for five seconds that a man like Barack Hussein Obama has any appreciation for the system that made America great? He wants to control you. He will pick people who will bring into play Nazistic control. He was raised and bred as a Muslim, and that is his psychology. Go ahead Oprah, elect that man, and you'll be wearing a headscarf and long dress in the not so distant future. Not only that Oprah, but your TV shows and all your publicity, unless you tow the line dear, you'll be off the air.
America was founded on principals that depend on people being personally responsible for what they do. I don't mean the idea of following rules. I mean being able to learn to control our own behavior.
One of the behaviors that I keep stressing about in this blog is the EATING BEHAVIOR. Yes that behavior that goes along with putting food inside our mouths, chewing it, then swallowing it down.
I pointed out briefly yesterday that the food industry is making food very tasty. It's because they want to make money. That is what American's do best when they are allowed to do it unfettered by governmental control freaks.
It's because food is in such plentiful supply, and it is so tasty, we have a tough time resisting it. I know it's hard to do.
It's hard to say no to that extra cookie. It's hard to say no to that little chocolate candy. It's hard to say no to an extra half of that sandwich. It's hard to say no to putting sugar in your coffee. It's hard to say no to the extra donut left over in the box at the office.
It's hard to say no to food. It's hard. I know.
Unless you learn to look at your food as a fuel and nothing more, then you will succumb to it's charm. That's right food is fuel for you body.
It's been man's ingenuity that has made food so incredibly delicious. It's wonderful that God gave men this ability to take food and process it to make it so scrumptous.
As I sit here writing this blog I am fighting the cats that claw my stomach when I am hungry. All I consumed this morning was a can of Slim Fast (180 calories), and a granola bar (180 calories).
I am writing this blog so that maybe one person can read it and begin to realize that he/she can lose weight.
It is not anyone's job to make you eat less food. It's your job. I had to cut way, way, way back on my food consumption. It's rediculous the small portions of food that I eat so that I can lose more weight.
My target is to get down to 160-pounds. When I weighed myself this morning I stepped up under the 180-pound target. I had to cut back on the food to get there. It's not fun.
I have suffered trying to get off this poundage. It hasn't been easy.
Will You Get Locked Away?
Imagine this in the future. Some government official decides that there are too many fat people out there. This Fascist will reason that it's because of all the fast food out there. As a result this government official will put a 10 percent tax on the fast food.
That tax won't detour the people from eating at McDonald's because children will still scream at mommy and daddy to take them to McDonald's. And Mom and Dad being tired from working and paying all their money for taxes and fees, will comply with the screaming child and take it to the McDonald's.
Well, Junior will start getting fat because mommy doesn't have time to make a good meal. Mommy and Dad won't be allowed to tell their children what's good to eat because the government will tell them they can't. All Junior will have to do is make a telephone call to Child Services and a government bureaucrat will come get mommy and daddy.
People will keep getting fat. So next the government will start collecting people and locking them away in rooms where they will be fed small rations. They will be released brain dead to the meaning of life, and dead in their souls because of the abuse.
You get control of yourself. You eat half the hamburger at lunch. You eat half the French Fries at lunch. You eat less, not some government official.
No one is holding a gun to you and telling you to eat more food.
This is supposed to be a blog I dedicate to losing weight. I mean what I am writing about the government. But, that's isn't my main purpose in writing this blog.
I don't care about Oprah Winfrey.
I don't care about some government official keeping his job.
I care that you will find the heart to lose weight.
It's not easy.
And, I had to suck it up. It stinks.
I am encouraging you to fight "The Battle Of The Bulge."
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Will Oprah Winfrey Be Turned Back From KFC In Mississippi?
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mysical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.2-pounds.
This is the same weight as yesterday.
A couple days ago I posted something about a law being passed in Mississippi that will force restaraunts in Mississippi to turn out patrons if they are considered obese.
I have a question: Will this law apply to someone like Oprah Winfrey? You know who I am talking about. She is the talk show host who has darker skin than the rest of us. She is a billionaire many times over and she commands an army of people.
Yesterday I was watching some TV. I had the opportunity to because I was at a relative's home visiting. I noticed something; Oprah is getting fat again.
Yes, that sleek body that she managed to get to is now turning back to fat. What's worse than that, is she is really beginning to look old. Her eyes are bulging, and her face looks puffy.
Her suits, that are obviously tailored for her, are now beginning to get those tight little bulges that people get in their clothing that starts stretching over the rolls of fat.
All that said, when the laws for fat people are being passed to try to force people to lose weight, will that law apply to someone like Oprah Winfrey? Will she be turned back from the local Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)?
Will the manager of the restaraunt see her limosine pull up to the drive up, and now being lawfully deputized to play the fat-police, tell her "No, Oprah, you're too obese?"
The hypocrisy of the wealthy overwhelms me. And the ingnorance of the poor dumbfounds me.
I don't claim to be the all-knowing. However, I know that if there is money being passed around, suddenly people change their personality. People like Oprah won't have any problem getting all the food she wants to eat. Will she stand up for the people who can't?
Oprah Winfrey has more money than she has time to spend. Yet, she is suffering from many of the same things that all people struggle with. Overeating is obviously an issue for this woman. Even she has to have someone to follow her around so she won't overeat. And, it's not working anymore. It shows.
Who, has the right to discern what you and I are going to eat? That is if we have our brain power to function.
There are companies who spend all their wealth trying to figure out how to get us to eat more food. I purchased granola bars to snack on out on the road. These granola bars are coated with yogurt icing. They are delicious. It's hard to eat just one. Yet each one of those yogurt bars are 140 calories each. That's a lot of calories for a bar of food that's about 3/4 of an inch times 2 1/2 inches.
This is what we are up against when it comes to fighting the battle of the bulge. We have to learn to stop eating. I mean we have to stop eating even before we start to feel full.
And what about the food police, are we going to train a generation of people who are sensitive to the comments of a person hyper critical to skin color, but insensitive to someone becoming obese? Are these the people who will walk up to us in the restaraunt and snatch the food out of our mouths? Who has that right?
We live in the most prolific nation in the world. We need to say, "Thank you God." But, with that goes the responsibity to control ourselves. Just because I can grab that candy bar off the self, or walk in to any McDonald's, it doesn't mean I should eat everything in sight.
I resent someone thinking he or she has the right to control me. It's one thing if I break a law that is designed to protect others, it's a whole different world that micro-manages everything I personally do.
Yesterday I Did Some Mindless Eating
My family member has bags of snacks sitting around the house. There are cans of peanuts everywhere, bags of chips in the cupboard, and icecream in the freezer. Before I left the house, I stuck my hand inside the bag of chips and pulled out a fistful. After I ate those chips, I grabbed a fistful of peanuts. I forgot to write it down. This morning I remembered that I had done this mindless act and wrote it down.
This is what catches us up, we do things by habit, and without thought. I grabbed food because I was hungry. I didn't even think about it.
Be weary of letting down your guard like this.
Currently as I am typing this I am listening to Prison Planet. On this program there is someone talking about processed foods, and how children are getting addicted to them.
Sugar is one of the problem foods that really hooks children.
Parents need to learn to limit sugar in their children. It's not the government's job.
It's easy to blame the food manufacturers. The food manufacturers are trying to make money.
Let me tell you something. There are plenty of books out there telling us not to overeat. I don't care if it's processed foods, or other things that are natural. If I over consume the amount of food I need to survive, then I will get fat, and fatter.
The key to losing weight is to cut back on the food. I get hungry as can be too. I hate having to cut back on my food. I don't live on a farm, so I have to buy what's in the stores.
I have to cut back the food. I have to buy the supplements like vitamins. I have to explore to make my life better.
I lost sixty pounds eating processed foods. I just ate less of it. EAT LESS FOOD is what I keep writing to people. EAT LESS FOOD, and take your vitamins.
Also, be aware that with CAFTA, which is an international agreement, will come prescription Vitamins. That's right, you will be forced to go see a doctor so you can take something as simple as Vitamin C.
Finally, I am not siding with the food manufacturers that put stuff like MSG in our food. This product is purported to cause hunger. I am writing "wake up," you have to bite the bullet. You have to realize when you have had enough calories to live on. You have to monitor what goes into your mouth. If you do, then you will be better off.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mysical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.2-pounds.
This is the same weight as yesterday.
A couple days ago I posted something about a law being passed in Mississippi that will force restaraunts in Mississippi to turn out patrons if they are considered obese.
I have a question: Will this law apply to someone like Oprah Winfrey? You know who I am talking about. She is the talk show host who has darker skin than the rest of us. She is a billionaire many times over and she commands an army of people.
Yesterday I was watching some TV. I had the opportunity to because I was at a relative's home visiting. I noticed something; Oprah is getting fat again.
Yes, that sleek body that she managed to get to is now turning back to fat. What's worse than that, is she is really beginning to look old. Her eyes are bulging, and her face looks puffy.
Her suits, that are obviously tailored for her, are now beginning to get those tight little bulges that people get in their clothing that starts stretching over the rolls of fat.
All that said, when the laws for fat people are being passed to try to force people to lose weight, will that law apply to someone like Oprah Winfrey? Will she be turned back from the local Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)?
Will the manager of the restaraunt see her limosine pull up to the drive up, and now being lawfully deputized to play the fat-police, tell her "No, Oprah, you're too obese?"
The hypocrisy of the wealthy overwhelms me. And the ingnorance of the poor dumbfounds me.
I don't claim to be the all-knowing. However, I know that if there is money being passed around, suddenly people change their personality. People like Oprah won't have any problem getting all the food she wants to eat. Will she stand up for the people who can't?
Oprah Winfrey has more money than she has time to spend. Yet, she is suffering from many of the same things that all people struggle with. Overeating is obviously an issue for this woman. Even she has to have someone to follow her around so she won't overeat. And, it's not working anymore. It shows.
Who, has the right to discern what you and I are going to eat? That is if we have our brain power to function.
There are companies who spend all their wealth trying to figure out how to get us to eat more food. I purchased granola bars to snack on out on the road. These granola bars are coated with yogurt icing. They are delicious. It's hard to eat just one. Yet each one of those yogurt bars are 140 calories each. That's a lot of calories for a bar of food that's about 3/4 of an inch times 2 1/2 inches.
This is what we are up against when it comes to fighting the battle of the bulge. We have to learn to stop eating. I mean we have to stop eating even before we start to feel full.
And what about the food police, are we going to train a generation of people who are sensitive to the comments of a person hyper critical to skin color, but insensitive to someone becoming obese? Are these the people who will walk up to us in the restaraunt and snatch the food out of our mouths? Who has that right?
We live in the most prolific nation in the world. We need to say, "Thank you God." But, with that goes the responsibity to control ourselves. Just because I can grab that candy bar off the self, or walk in to any McDonald's, it doesn't mean I should eat everything in sight.
I resent someone thinking he or she has the right to control me. It's one thing if I break a law that is designed to protect others, it's a whole different world that micro-manages everything I personally do.
Yesterday I Did Some Mindless Eating
My family member has bags of snacks sitting around the house. There are cans of peanuts everywhere, bags of chips in the cupboard, and icecream in the freezer. Before I left the house, I stuck my hand inside the bag of chips and pulled out a fistful. After I ate those chips, I grabbed a fistful of peanuts. I forgot to write it down. This morning I remembered that I had done this mindless act and wrote it down.
This is what catches us up, we do things by habit, and without thought. I grabbed food because I was hungry. I didn't even think about it.
Be weary of letting down your guard like this.
Currently as I am typing this I am listening to Prison Planet. On this program there is someone talking about processed foods, and how children are getting addicted to them.
Sugar is one of the problem foods that really hooks children.
Parents need to learn to limit sugar in their children. It's not the government's job.
It's easy to blame the food manufacturers. The food manufacturers are trying to make money.
Let me tell you something. There are plenty of books out there telling us not to overeat. I don't care if it's processed foods, or other things that are natural. If I over consume the amount of food I need to survive, then I will get fat, and fatter.
The key to losing weight is to cut back on the food. I get hungry as can be too. I hate having to cut back on my food. I don't live on a farm, so I have to buy what's in the stores.
I have to cut back the food. I have to buy the supplements like vitamins. I have to explore to make my life better.
I lost sixty pounds eating processed foods. I just ate less of it. EAT LESS FOOD is what I keep writing to people. EAT LESS FOOD, and take your vitamins.
Also, be aware that with CAFTA, which is an international agreement, will come prescription Vitamins. That's right, you will be forced to go see a doctor so you can take something as simple as Vitamin C.
Finally, I am not siding with the food manufacturers that put stuff like MSG in our food. This product is purported to cause hunger. I am writing "wake up," you have to bite the bullet. You have to realize when you have had enough calories to live on. You have to monitor what goes into your mouth. If you do, then you will be better off.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
I Warned You That The Government Will Pass Obesity Laws
Hello weight losing fans...
I warned you that the government will start to pass laws they think will influence people's behavior. In Mississippi a bill is being proposed that will force restaurants to refuse service to obese people.
This is an awful bill, and the government has no business doing this:
Mississippi House Bill 282
Please take the time to open this link and read this.
I don't care if someone is obese. The government has no right to force a restaurant to act as a policeman.
My opinion is many people are already prejudiced against obese people. Many people really believe that obese people are totally at fault for being obese.
Let's say this is true; It's not up to our government, which is supposed to be run by the people, to regulate obesity by forcing a public restaurant to refuse people food and service if people have the money to pay the tab.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
I warned you that the government will start to pass laws they think will influence people's behavior. In Mississippi a bill is being proposed that will force restaurants to refuse service to obese people.
This is an awful bill, and the government has no business doing this:
Mississippi House Bill 282
Please take the time to open this link and read this.
I don't care if someone is obese. The government has no right to force a restaurant to act as a policeman.
My opinion is many people are already prejudiced against obese people. Many people really believe that obese people are totally at fault for being obese.
Let's say this is true; It's not up to our government, which is supposed to be run by the people, to regulate obesity by forcing a public restaurant to refuse people food and service if people have the money to pay the tab.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Even Our Pet's Weight Goes Up And Down Each Day
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.4-pounds.
I didn't post yesterday because I was unable to get to a computer. I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds for Sunday, February 3, 2008.
I have been away from home for the last four days. The days have been long at work. I made up my mind to eat a little something when I got hungry. This means that I was unable to stay at the 1,300 calories I originally decided to use as my daily calorie intake.
It's very hard to stay with 1,300 calories. I was getting very, very hungry, and my energy was draining away fast when I was hungry. I ate just so I could boost myself.
Now, I am very happy that I am sitting here back around 180-pounds or just a little over. It means I am stable at this weight. It means that I am OK eating just about 2000 calories a day and the weight remains stable.
I have been hoping to drop down to 160-pounds. I was actually heading down to the 170-pounds target. Only the work days are getting long again.
This means I am going to eat something.
From now on, I have made up my mind that I will carry my food with me. It's cheaper than eating at a restaurant.
Even My Pet-Parakeet's Weight Goes Up And Down
Yesterday I got home at around 9:30 PM, after being gone four days. I had to greet my little parakeet because he actually misses me when I am gone. When he gets upset I can tell it by the way he hunches over in the cage. The little guy has a personality.
When I left I made sure "Angel" had plenty of food and water. Well, he chowed down when I was gone. He must have been depressed.
Last night I removed him from his cage and put him on the kitchen scale. He weighed in at 38 grams. Which I was happy with because for a while there he wasn't eating right. He wasn't eating the seed I gave him and he lost a lot of weight.
This morning I put "Angel" back on the kitchen scale and he weighed 35 grams. This is a difference of 3 grams over night change.
Here is my point. Even my birds weight goes up and down some from day to day.
Like I said, in his case I am glad he has gained some weight. I was getting concerned there that he might starve to death.
So if you find your weight changes a little everyday, just remember that it depends on many things. It depends on the amount of fluids the body is retaining in the tissues. It depends on the amount of waste elimination. Which should be for the solids at least once for every meal consumed. For the liquids, it may be once every hour, especially if someone consumes liquids that are naturally a diuretic like sodas with caffeine, tea, and coffee. And, of course it will depend on the actual reality of are you consuming less food, so that fat metabolism can actually take place.
If you are trying to lose weight the weight trend should be down over the long term. Short bursts of up and down poundage can become frustrating. My weight can go up as high as six pounds in one day until I eliminate. (I won't get graphic)
Your weight will be like this too.
Bye for now....
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.4-pounds.
I didn't post yesterday because I was unable to get to a computer. I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds for Sunday, February 3, 2008.
I have been away from home for the last four days. The days have been long at work. I made up my mind to eat a little something when I got hungry. This means that I was unable to stay at the 1,300 calories I originally decided to use as my daily calorie intake.
It's very hard to stay with 1,300 calories. I was getting very, very hungry, and my energy was draining away fast when I was hungry. I ate just so I could boost myself.
Now, I am very happy that I am sitting here back around 180-pounds or just a little over. It means I am stable at this weight. It means that I am OK eating just about 2000 calories a day and the weight remains stable.
I have been hoping to drop down to 160-pounds. I was actually heading down to the 170-pounds target. Only the work days are getting long again.
This means I am going to eat something.
From now on, I have made up my mind that I will carry my food with me. It's cheaper than eating at a restaurant.
Even My Pet-Parakeet's Weight Goes Up And Down
Yesterday I got home at around 9:30 PM, after being gone four days. I had to greet my little parakeet because he actually misses me when I am gone. When he gets upset I can tell it by the way he hunches over in the cage. The little guy has a personality.
When I left I made sure "Angel" had plenty of food and water. Well, he chowed down when I was gone. He must have been depressed.
Last night I removed him from his cage and put him on the kitchen scale. He weighed in at 38 grams. Which I was happy with because for a while there he wasn't eating right. He wasn't eating the seed I gave him and he lost a lot of weight.
This morning I put "Angel" back on the kitchen scale and he weighed 35 grams. This is a difference of 3 grams over night change.
Here is my point. Even my birds weight goes up and down some from day to day.
Like I said, in his case I am glad he has gained some weight. I was getting concerned there that he might starve to death.
So if you find your weight changes a little everyday, just remember that it depends on many things. It depends on the amount of fluids the body is retaining in the tissues. It depends on the amount of waste elimination. Which should be for the solids at least once for every meal consumed. For the liquids, it may be once every hour, especially if someone consumes liquids that are naturally a diuretic like sodas with caffeine, tea, and coffee. And, of course it will depend on the actual reality of are you consuming less food, so that fat metabolism can actually take place.
If you are trying to lose weight the weight trend should be down over the long term. Short bursts of up and down poundage can become frustrating. My weight can go up as high as six pounds in one day until I eliminate. (I won't get graphic)
Your weight will be like this too.
Bye for now....
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Saturday, February 2, 2008
I Am In A Hurry; I Can't Comment Today
Hello weight losing fans....
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Friday, February 1, 2008
The Hunger And Frustration Is Worth It
Hello weight losing fans...
I posted my weight for today earlier. Since I have a little bit of time, I thought I might share something.
I travel a lot. I am away from my home more than I want to be. However, until I find a different employer, I have to live with this job.
That said. Being as I am out on the road so much I have to find all kinds of sources for food. It usually becomes very expensive going out on the road. I though that I would do myself a favor by bringing food with me. Since I don't have any refrigeration available I made something that can hold up to all kinds of weather; Peanut Butter, and Jelly Sandwiches.
Being is I am with people a lot out on the road I find that I have to eat where they eat, or go scrounge for food.
It's not easy to regulate the food intake when the days are long, and the hunger monster strikes.
I see all kinds of people who are preponderant. Especially the adult women. Phew...
These are ladies who could stand to shave forty pounds off their figures.
It's no different for me. I am constantly battling my temptation to over eat. As you can see even with my reduced calories the body stubbornly holds onto the pounds.
My Friend Tried Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, And Diet Pills
I have a friend who I served with in the military. He told me the other day that I am remarkable and persistant because I lost 60-pounds. He told me he tried Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and even diet pills only to fail in his quest to drop off the pounds.I don't know how true it is that I am remarkable, but I would say I am persistent. The only reason I am so persistent is because it was killing me slowly to be so heavy. I was falling apart. I had to lose weight.
Now that I have lost the weight and feel so much better, I don't want to regain it. I can't wait until I finally shed these last twenty pounds.
It went through more frustration than I care to think about getting off this weight. I gave up a lot of food that I could have continued to eat.
You will have to give up food, and put up with the hunger and frustration if you want to lose that weight.
I am writing to tell you, that it is well worth it.
Bye for now....
And that's the way it is....I'm David Dane
The Weight's Lower Today
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.2-pounds.
It's early in the morning and I am typing this message from Peoria, Illinois.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.2-pounds.
It's early in the morning and I am typing this message from Peoria, Illinois.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Weight Goes Up And Down
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 183-pounds.
I am not worried about this because it's late, and I just stepped onto the scale weighing in at 181.6-pounds.
So the weight is going up and down.
I am trying to figure out what happened to my post for yesterday. I think I accidentally deleted it. It wouldn't be the first time I boo-booed that way.
Well, It's late, and I must go to sleep.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 183-pounds.
I am not worried about this because it's late, and I just stepped onto the scale weighing in at 181.6-pounds.
So the weight is going up and down.
I am trying to figure out what happened to my post for yesterday. I think I accidentally deleted it. It wouldn't be the first time I boo-booed that way.
Well, It's late, and I must go to sleep.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Can I Drink Beer And Lose Weight?
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.4-pounds.
Huh? What's that? How is it that I can gain weight so fast? It's not what you think.
Last night I went to bed early around 8 PM. My hope was I would sleep all night and then wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed at 4 AM.
Well, I woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed at 11 PM, with three hours of sleep. I tried to fall back to sleep, but I was raving hungry.
As a result I tried to get rid of the hunger with a cup of green tea and some honey. Nope, that didn't work. I drank a second cup. That didn't fix the hunger. Finally, I scooped out a tablespoon of chunky peanut butter and ate that off the spoon.
Today's weight is a result of retained fluids, and the peanut butter I consumed late last night.
I woke up at 4 AM, there wasn't enough time to digest and pass out what I drank and ate. So, there is the explanation for that.
Yesterday I did go over the 1,300 calories by about 400 calories. I don't think this is going to make me gain weight. It's only one day going over.
Can I Drink My Beer?
The other day I was talking to a man. I was telling him I lost 60 pounds. He told me that he used to be thin until he got married. He admitted that he has to lose 60-pounds.
He told me that he is going to have a hard time losing weight because he likes to drink his beer at night. I told this man that I was drinking beer and losing weight. I told him I added the beer to my total calorie count for the day.
I also told him that there really isn't any harm in having one or two beers at night. He told me he usually drinks more than that.
Here is my thought. Is he trying to escape his wife, or the child that his wife had 7 months ago? Is he trying to escape life period?
If it's more important to drink 3-4 bottles of beer a night, instead of concentrating on losing the weight, then maybe there is a problem there. I'm thinking a mild addiction to alcohol.
When I started losing weight I discovered I could get away with drinking one bottle of beer a night. If I drank more than that, then I found my weight loss progress slowed.
Now, having dropped 60-pounds, I can't drink more than two beers. If I do then I begin to get a buzz. Not only that, I also start getting sleepy. I find it very difficult to stay awake after drinking two beers.
I used to drink a beer, or a shot to go to sleep at night because of my weird, wacky work schedule. Lately I leave the stuff alone.
There isn't any harm consuming a beer at night. That is, only if you make sure you add those calories to the total calorie count for the day.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.4-pounds.
Huh? What's that? How is it that I can gain weight so fast? It's not what you think.
Last night I went to bed early around 8 PM. My hope was I would sleep all night and then wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed at 4 AM.
Well, I woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed at 11 PM, with three hours of sleep. I tried to fall back to sleep, but I was raving hungry.
As a result I tried to get rid of the hunger with a cup of green tea and some honey. Nope, that didn't work. I drank a second cup. That didn't fix the hunger. Finally, I scooped out a tablespoon of chunky peanut butter and ate that off the spoon.
Today's weight is a result of retained fluids, and the peanut butter I consumed late last night.
I woke up at 4 AM, there wasn't enough time to digest and pass out what I drank and ate. So, there is the explanation for that.
Yesterday I did go over the 1,300 calories by about 400 calories. I don't think this is going to make me gain weight. It's only one day going over.
Can I Drink My Beer?
The other day I was talking to a man. I was telling him I lost 60 pounds. He told me that he used to be thin until he got married. He admitted that he has to lose 60-pounds.
He told me that he is going to have a hard time losing weight because he likes to drink his beer at night. I told this man that I was drinking beer and losing weight. I told him I added the beer to my total calorie count for the day.
I also told him that there really isn't any harm in having one or two beers at night. He told me he usually drinks more than that.
Here is my thought. Is he trying to escape his wife, or the child that his wife had 7 months ago? Is he trying to escape life period?
If it's more important to drink 3-4 bottles of beer a night, instead of concentrating on losing the weight, then maybe there is a problem there. I'm thinking a mild addiction to alcohol.
When I started losing weight I discovered I could get away with drinking one bottle of beer a night. If I drank more than that, then I found my weight loss progress slowed.
Now, having dropped 60-pounds, I can't drink more than two beers. If I do then I begin to get a buzz. Not only that, I also start getting sleepy. I find it very difficult to stay awake after drinking two beers.
I used to drink a beer, or a shot to go to sleep at night because of my weird, wacky work schedule. Lately I leave the stuff alone.
There isn't any harm consuming a beer at night. That is, only if you make sure you add those calories to the total calorie count for the day.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Monday, January 28, 2008
Coffee Flavored Oatmeal?
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 178.6-pounds.
This is my second day below 180-pounds.
Did you ever have one of those days when you've done something completely thoughtless?
No harm came to anyone because of my thoughtless actions, but it makes me wonder some days, "Am I even awake at all?"
I woke up early this morning at around 3:30 AM. I meant to get up around eight. Well, I tried to go back to sleep; I was too hungry.
I laid in bed for an hour trying to go back to sleep. Finally I couldn't handle it anymore. I got up, and made a cup of green tea with a teaspoon of honey stirred in.
I went back to sleep after that.
When I woke up, my head was in a fog. I went to make my coffee. As it was brewing I bathed myself in the bathroom. When I went back into the kitchen to get coffee I realized that I had left four tea bags in the coffee pot before I brewed it.
For you who aren't coffee drinkers, coffee and tea don't mix in flavors. These fluids are in a whole different world when it comes to flavor. You just don't mix tea and coffee.
Well I sucked it up and decided to drink this ookey flavored elixir. That was my first waking blunder for the day.
I took my ookey coffee and sat in the living room drinking it and tried to read something. I got hungrier as I sat there. I decided I was going to eat a packet of oatmeal for breakfast. Note I wrote ONE packet.
It didn't turn out like that at all. I was making instant oatmeal. I had a bowl of water on the counter next to my full cup of coffee. I was going to pour the packet of oatmeal into the water, then place that into the microwave oven.
I opened the packet and instead poured it into the coffee. My mouth dropped open at my stupidity. I thought, "What the hey, you dummy." I couldn't believe that I did that without even thinking about it. This was my second thoughtless blunder for the morning.
I took the coffee and oatmeal and dumped the mix into the bowl. Next I added a second packet of oatmeal to that because it was too runny. Then I put it into the Microwave to cook. When I pulled this now very brown looking mess out of the microwave I stirred into it a tablespoon of honey. Then I stirred in a quarter cup of chocolate protein powder.
I sat down to eat this mess.
I was surprised that my mistake had actually made a very tasty, filling breakfast meal.
For you who want to try this in the future just take your oatmeal and add a cup of hot coffee, a tablespoon of honey, and a quarter cup of chocolate protein. And for the kiddies toss in a quarter cup of chocolate powder.
I am not big on sharing recipes. However I made this one mentioned above completely because I blundered into it. It certainly makes me glad I wasn't mixing rocket fuel today. Phew...
My Second Day Under 180-Pounds
Yesterday, and today are my second days under that 180-lb.-target.
I didn't get here by accident. I had to make a dramatic change over two weeks ago with my total caloric intake. I reduced my total intake of calories from 1,500 calories to 1,300 calories.
Initially I really had to suck it up. The hunger was back again with a vengeance. The cats were in my stomach clawing my insides.
Then I got sick. I tossed all caution to the wind because I couldn't do both: resist hunger pain, and suffer with all the aches and pains from my illness.
I began to pump in the calories when I got hungry.
On one Sunday, by the time the day was over, I had consumed over 3,000 calories.
Monday wasn't much different than this, I ate when I felt like it. I ate anything I could get my sticky fingers on.
Back To The Battle
When I was feeling better I put my head down and got back to "The Battle Of The Bulge."
It's War. HOO WHAA!
I don't know why my metabolism had slowed to such a pace that I have to eat so little food. Today I was listening to a program that mentions this generation is obese not because of our food consumption, but because of fluoride put into the public water system.
I don't know if this is true. I am sure that environmental factors have had something to do with it. I do remember when I was younger in the army I could eat large meals and not gain a pound.
In the army I was more active. As I got older I found that I couldn't eat just anything anymore.
I wish I could eat more.
I Can't.
My motivation to lose weight wasn't because I really knew what I was going to do. I didn't have a written plan. I had no diet program laid out in front of me. There wasn't a blue-print.
I knew that I was sick and tired. I couldn't button my uniform shirt. I couldn't button my uniform pants.
Something had to be done. I had to get this weight off. It was killing me. I was deeply depressed because of it.
I get angry when I read or hear these smiling individuals who sell their positive plans for weight loss. I resent that people think they can cut up their stomach and solve their problems. And I get really angry when I find doctors, who should know better, endorse cutting up the stomach.
I know that there are illnesses out there that people struggle with. I have an in-law that has an illness. She can't help herself.
However, as far as I know, I don't have an illness. I had to suck it up. I had to determine to get this weight off. I had figure out what to do.
I put my head down, I sucked it up, and got to work. I had to cut back down my total calories. I suffered as a result of it. I had hunger that consumed my thoughts. I had to resist my impulses.
As a result, I got here. Don't congratulate me. I am not looking for applause. I am just telling you that you can do it too.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 178.6-pounds.
This is my second day below 180-pounds.
Did you ever have one of those days when you've done something completely thoughtless?
No harm came to anyone because of my thoughtless actions, but it makes me wonder some days, "Am I even awake at all?"
I woke up early this morning at around 3:30 AM. I meant to get up around eight. Well, I tried to go back to sleep; I was too hungry.
I laid in bed for an hour trying to go back to sleep. Finally I couldn't handle it anymore. I got up, and made a cup of green tea with a teaspoon of honey stirred in.
I went back to sleep after that.
When I woke up, my head was in a fog. I went to make my coffee. As it was brewing I bathed myself in the bathroom. When I went back into the kitchen to get coffee I realized that I had left four tea bags in the coffee pot before I brewed it.
For you who aren't coffee drinkers, coffee and tea don't mix in flavors. These fluids are in a whole different world when it comes to flavor. You just don't mix tea and coffee.
Well I sucked it up and decided to drink this ookey flavored elixir. That was my first waking blunder for the day.
I took my ookey coffee and sat in the living room drinking it and tried to read something. I got hungrier as I sat there. I decided I was going to eat a packet of oatmeal for breakfast. Note I wrote ONE packet.
It didn't turn out like that at all. I was making instant oatmeal. I had a bowl of water on the counter next to my full cup of coffee. I was going to pour the packet of oatmeal into the water, then place that into the microwave oven.
I opened the packet and instead poured it into the coffee. My mouth dropped open at my stupidity. I thought, "What the hey, you dummy." I couldn't believe that I did that without even thinking about it. This was my second thoughtless blunder for the morning.
I took the coffee and oatmeal and dumped the mix into the bowl. Next I added a second packet of oatmeal to that because it was too runny. Then I put it into the Microwave to cook. When I pulled this now very brown looking mess out of the microwave I stirred into it a tablespoon of honey. Then I stirred in a quarter cup of chocolate protein powder.
I sat down to eat this mess.
I was surprised that my mistake had actually made a very tasty, filling breakfast meal.
For you who want to try this in the future just take your oatmeal and add a cup of hot coffee, a tablespoon of honey, and a quarter cup of chocolate protein. And for the kiddies toss in a quarter cup of chocolate powder.
I am not big on sharing recipes. However I made this one mentioned above completely because I blundered into it. It certainly makes me glad I wasn't mixing rocket fuel today. Phew...
My Second Day Under 180-Pounds
Yesterday, and today are my second days under that 180-lb.-target.
I didn't get here by accident. I had to make a dramatic change over two weeks ago with my total caloric intake. I reduced my total intake of calories from 1,500 calories to 1,300 calories.
Initially I really had to suck it up. The hunger was back again with a vengeance. The cats were in my stomach clawing my insides.
Then I got sick. I tossed all caution to the wind because I couldn't do both: resist hunger pain, and suffer with all the aches and pains from my illness.
I began to pump in the calories when I got hungry.
On one Sunday, by the time the day was over, I had consumed over 3,000 calories.
Monday wasn't much different than this, I ate when I felt like it. I ate anything I could get my sticky fingers on.
Back To The Battle
When I was feeling better I put my head down and got back to "The Battle Of The Bulge."
It's War. HOO WHAA!
I don't know why my metabolism had slowed to such a pace that I have to eat so little food. Today I was listening to a program that mentions this generation is obese not because of our food consumption, but because of fluoride put into the public water system.
I don't know if this is true. I am sure that environmental factors have had something to do with it. I do remember when I was younger in the army I could eat large meals and not gain a pound.
In the army I was more active. As I got older I found that I couldn't eat just anything anymore.
I wish I could eat more.
I Can't.
My motivation to lose weight wasn't because I really knew what I was going to do. I didn't have a written plan. I had no diet program laid out in front of me. There wasn't a blue-print.
I knew that I was sick and tired. I couldn't button my uniform shirt. I couldn't button my uniform pants.
Something had to be done. I had to get this weight off. It was killing me. I was deeply depressed because of it.
I get angry when I read or hear these smiling individuals who sell their positive plans for weight loss. I resent that people think they can cut up their stomach and solve their problems. And I get really angry when I find doctors, who should know better, endorse cutting up the stomach.
I know that there are illnesses out there that people struggle with. I have an in-law that has an illness. She can't help herself.
However, as far as I know, I don't have an illness. I had to suck it up. I had to determine to get this weight off. I had figure out what to do.
I put my head down, I sucked it up, and got to work. I had to cut back down my total calories. I suffered as a result of it. I had hunger that consumed my thoughts. I had to resist my impulses.
As a result, I got here. Don't congratulate me. I am not looking for applause. I am just telling you that you can do it too.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Today: Let The Numbers Speak For Themselves
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at: 177.4-pounds.
Goodbye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at: 177.4-pounds.
Goodbye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Are We Meant To Graze?
Hello weight losing fans....
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale Weighing 181-pounds.
This morning I awoke a 4:30 AM. I meant to wake up at 5:30 AM, however I punched a button on the clock that set the time zone to the East Coast. I didn't have my glasses on when I set the wake up hour. So my clock went off an hour before I wanted it to.
I got up, made breakfast, and went out to my car an hour before I wanted to.
When I got into my car and looked at the time on the car radio, I was surprised by my error.
I was already heading down the road, and turned around to head back to my home.
I didn't want to get to work any earlier than I had to.
I was out one hour of rest. Whoops...
I had to go to another city today. As I was driving down the road I was thinking about this blog.
I was wondering what I should write. Seeing as I know I have such a big audience that just hangs on every word I write, I had to think carefully about what I would write. (Oh, I make myself laugh.)
As I was thinking, I couldn't help but feel in my stomach that tug of hunger. I was already slightly hungry after I ate some oatmeal and a banana for breakfast at around 5:15 AM. Here it was 9:30 AM, or so, and I was really beginning to get hungry.
I had to stop at a rest area, and when I stopped I ate a granola bar.
It helped for a little while.
As a result of this, the thought popped into my head, "Are we meant to graze?"
When I write that we should "Eat Less Food," I can't determine how much is right for you.
When I decided to lose weight, I actually started out dramatically low for my proper calorie count. This is because I started out eating "Lean Cuisines" three times a day.
Each "Lean Cuisine" meal was around 300 calories. I upped the calorie count from there.
As I was getting hungrier and hungrier I was thinking, "Man it's a long time until my next meal."
When I stopped I found I had to eat something. I felt a temporary cut of the hunger.
This got me to thinking, "Should we eat more than three meals a day? Are we meant to graze like animals in a field?"
As I experiment more and more with my nutritional intake, I keep wondering how can I fix this insatiable hunger.
It only makes sense to me that I should think through what I want to eat throughout the day. I should have my calories already predetermined, and the food ready with me.
It's a hassle to keep packing up food and carrying it with me. I have found it's cheaper than buying food in a restaurant. I have found it's better to have it handy when I get hungry, even if it's just a small snack.
I am determined to get down to 160-pounds. My friends say, "I would be too skinny."
In order to get there I am actually experiencing all the symptoms of someone going into a diet for the first time. It is not easy for me to put the brakes on at 1,300 calories.
The only way it seems to work best, is to learn to graze a little throughout the day.
Bye for now....
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale Weighing 181-pounds.
This morning I awoke a 4:30 AM. I meant to wake up at 5:30 AM, however I punched a button on the clock that set the time zone to the East Coast. I didn't have my glasses on when I set the wake up hour. So my clock went off an hour before I wanted it to.
I got up, made breakfast, and went out to my car an hour before I wanted to.
When I got into my car and looked at the time on the car radio, I was surprised by my error.
I was already heading down the road, and turned around to head back to my home.
I didn't want to get to work any earlier than I had to.
I was out one hour of rest. Whoops...
I had to go to another city today. As I was driving down the road I was thinking about this blog.
I was wondering what I should write. Seeing as I know I have such a big audience that just hangs on every word I write, I had to think carefully about what I would write. (Oh, I make myself laugh.)
As I was thinking, I couldn't help but feel in my stomach that tug of hunger. I was already slightly hungry after I ate some oatmeal and a banana for breakfast at around 5:15 AM. Here it was 9:30 AM, or so, and I was really beginning to get hungry.
I had to stop at a rest area, and when I stopped I ate a granola bar.
It helped for a little while.
As a result of this, the thought popped into my head, "Are we meant to graze?"
When I write that we should "Eat Less Food," I can't determine how much is right for you.
When I decided to lose weight, I actually started out dramatically low for my proper calorie count. This is because I started out eating "Lean Cuisines" three times a day.
Each "Lean Cuisine" meal was around 300 calories. I upped the calorie count from there.
As I was getting hungrier and hungrier I was thinking, "Man it's a long time until my next meal."
When I stopped I found I had to eat something. I felt a temporary cut of the hunger.
This got me to thinking, "Should we eat more than three meals a day? Are we meant to graze like animals in a field?"
As I experiment more and more with my nutritional intake, I keep wondering how can I fix this insatiable hunger.
It only makes sense to me that I should think through what I want to eat throughout the day. I should have my calories already predetermined, and the food ready with me.
It's a hassle to keep packing up food and carrying it with me. I have found it's cheaper than buying food in a restaurant. I have found it's better to have it handy when I get hungry, even if it's just a small snack.
I am determined to get down to 160-pounds. My friends say, "I would be too skinny."
In order to get there I am actually experiencing all the symptoms of someone going into a diet for the first time. It is not easy for me to put the brakes on at 1,300 calories.
The only way it seems to work best, is to learn to graze a little throughout the day.
Bye for now....
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Friday, January 25, 2008
I Warned You About The Government
WATCH THIS:
Government Control
You are foolish if you don't believe that the government intends to control you. This is America, and we are electing in officials who want to give away our freedom.
Government Control
You are foolish if you don't believe that the government intends to control you. This is America, and we are electing in officials who want to give away our freedom.
Wishful Thinking Won't Get Those Pounds Off
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.4-pounds.
Well, today I am breathing better. My fever broke a couple of days ago. I had one on Sunday, and on Monday. I don't know what my temperature was. I know I had a fever because even with a blanket on, and tightly wrapped around me, my teeth were chattering. I was cold even in my 80 degree F. home Sunday night. Phew, I thought I would never get warm.
I am much better. So this has been one of those seven day colds. I consider myself lucky because a lot of people around me have it worse.
For the last six days since Sunday I haven't been overly cautious about my food consumption. I ate when I felt like it, and I ate what I wanted.
I did continue to keep a written record of what I consumed. Yes, I still had to do that even though I felt bad physically. Again, I think I got through this better than many.
My airways are clear, my body aches related to the cold are pretty much history.
So, I am back at "The Battle of The Bulge."
It's War. I have another 20-pounds that I "wish" to get off here. So, I am back at it.
HOO WAH!
As a result, for you unlucky enough to stumble upon my blog, you get to read my dribble. Yes, you can read my witless writings and tell me what you think. Although I am not doing it for you. It's therapy... Oh I make myself laugh.
OK, so what words of wisdom does the Guru have for us today?
Well let me open my black bag full of thoughts here. Hmmmmm.... Let's see...
Wishful Thinking Doesn't Get The Pounds Off
Oh, oh, here we go, David is going to philosophise us to death here. Run! Quick click off that blog. Well, feel free to tune me out.
You got my weight for the day, if that's what you wanted to know.
Years ago I was involved with a Multi Level Marketing Company. It was a financial service company that I was involved with for many years, and I wasted tons of money paying expenses and fees on my own in order to keep my licenses, and go to RAH RAH meetings that were absolutely worthless.
Their meetings were worthless because they never ever touched onto the reality of how things work. Their philosophy was to sell a dream. I being naive and wishing things were different in my life bought into their philosophy.
Now, mixed in with their DREAM was enough truth to capture peoples imagination and suck a lot of unwitting people into their business.
Like everything in life eventually it gets polluted by crooked people who mess with the system.
One of the things that was taught at the RAH RAH Sessions was, "if you'll make a decision then your whole life will change." "Yes, if you'll make a heart felt decision then you'll get rich." I never forget those words.
It was akin to the song that Jimmy Cricket from Walt Disney fame sang, "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, when you wish upon a star, your dreams come true."
Many of the speakers who would get up at these Rah Rah sessions were slick, mouthy, boasting con people who got rich off of the people who followed their hollow blustering.
People were sold a dream, or a wish. They were never taught how to put it into action.
The same may be said about a lot of what's being sold today to people. A lot of what is going on out there in the real world is hype. It's wishful thinking.
Many of the weight loss programs out there are wishful thinking. For example, there is a diet program out there that teaches people to eat food that fits their blood type.
It's a completely impractical way to approach weigh loss. But, people buy the program, wishing that they will lose weight.
There is a weight loss program out there that tells people to cut up the stomach. This will fix their problem. It's wishful thinking. The doctors don't tell you that you will still have to fight with hunger. Hunger starts inside the hypothalamus inside of the brain, not inside the stomach. The doctors don't tell you that you will have to portion down your food after the surgery. That's right. You'll have to portion down your foods.
And, guess what? After your stomach is chopped up, you'll still get hungry. Go figure.
Explanation Of How Hunger Starts
Why am I telling you this? Well, I am trying to get you to realize that wishing something to happen doesn't mean it will happen.
Wishing yourself thin doesn't mean that you will get thin. Making a decision to get thin doesn't mean that you will get thin.
Events Happen As A Result Of Action
I am not knocking the thought processes that lead up to a change in the life of one person. Making a change starts with the realization that something isn't what we want it to be.
In my case, it was that I was overweight.
But, a wish doesn't change anything. Realizing that someone should be at 160-pounds doesn't mean that he will get down to 160-pounds from 300-pounds.
In my case, losing weight was a process. It started with the desire to lose weight. With that desire I had to take a course of action. My course of action was to reduce down the amount of food that I consumed each day.
With The Course Of Action Came The Uncontrollable Events
I started reducing the amount of food that I consumed. This was an action. As a reaction to my action, my body responded by consuming up fat, which resulted in weight reduction.
Along with the action, and my body's reaction came along a lot of things that I had no control over.
I couldn't control the amount of hunger that I was going to feel. I couldn't control the fits and temper tantrums that my body put me through with dizziness, and depression, and constant thoughts about food.
What I could control was that food that I put inside of my mouth. I had to take my will and apply it along with the process. My thought, then the action from the thought, then the results came along later.
Well, what does all this have to do with wishful thinking. My father had an expression, "wish in one hand, then pick up dirt in the other, then see which one weighs more." (He wasn't that clean with words dirt. I changed some of the wording.)
There is no harm in having the desire for things to be different. Don't be so willing to jump onto the wagon with every idea out there that promises weight loss.
There is one sure fire way to lose weight. It works like this: EAT LESS FOOD. That's it.
Eat Sensibly of course. Don't think you can go out and eat sweet rolls three times a day for months on end, and then remain healthy. It won't work.
Can you have a sweet roll for breakfast? Yes, but not everyday for breakfast. Can you have a piece of cake? Yes, you can eat cake. Don't think you can continue to eat dessert everyday, and then expect to lose weight.
Your wishful thinking is going to have to be followed by a plan for action, and then that action has to be taken. It will be a course of action you will have to implement day-in-and-day-out. It's a course of action that you will have to take every-hour-of-every-day. It will be a course of action you will have to implement every-second-everyday.
Your course of action will have to be a result of persistence. I mean stubborn persistence.
Your course of action won't be a Sunday picnic in the sun at a local park.
Your course of action will test your "will" to get at what you want with your body.
Your course of action will be met with stubborn resistance from a human body that wants things to stay the way they are.
Your body will throw fits.
There will be people who think that you can do it differently. There a lot of people out there who don't know how to give up anything.
Food is important. We have to have food to survive.
There is a big difference between eating to survive, and eating to satisfy hunger.
Don't think for five seconds it's going to be easy. What are you kidding? I have a word for the people who tell others it's easy to lose weight. (...........................)
I will keep it clean. You get the idea.
Let Me Make This Easy:
Please keep in mind I am aware of diseases such as Cushing's Syndrome Disease that has an effect on how our bodies respond. Cushing's Syndrome Disease if the result of micro-tumors on the thyroid, or on the Pituitary gland, or even on the Adrenal glands.
In my case, I don't think I have any disease. OK, I have lazy disease. So, in my case, getting off the weight is a matter of reducing my food consumption.
I hope this helps someone who was like me. I was overweight, and feeling desperate as a result. I have other things to deal with. This is why I pray my head off.
Finally, Why haven't I Mentioned Exercise? Exercise is impossible when you can't get that fat body off the couch. Someone may be able to lift the arms up and down and break a sweat if he/she is really out of shape.
Exercise increases the appetite. Until the body has actual muscle that is solid protein muscle, the body doesn't have a real fat burning machine. Fasting for long periods of time actually reduces down the muscle. So, if someone is fat, and they exercise, the body responds by kicking up the physical hunger response. Remember: The unconditioned body immediately wants to meet its energy needs.
Exercise should be used to add muscle, and to condition the body for many different reasons.
You don't have to exercise to lose weight. You should consume more protein along with green vegetables of all kinds to lose weight.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.4-pounds.
Well, today I am breathing better. My fever broke a couple of days ago. I had one on Sunday, and on Monday. I don't know what my temperature was. I know I had a fever because even with a blanket on, and tightly wrapped around me, my teeth were chattering. I was cold even in my 80 degree F. home Sunday night. Phew, I thought I would never get warm.
I am much better. So this has been one of those seven day colds. I consider myself lucky because a lot of people around me have it worse.
For the last six days since Sunday I haven't been overly cautious about my food consumption. I ate when I felt like it, and I ate what I wanted.
I did continue to keep a written record of what I consumed. Yes, I still had to do that even though I felt bad physically. Again, I think I got through this better than many.
My airways are clear, my body aches related to the cold are pretty much history.
So, I am back at "The Battle of The Bulge."
It's War. I have another 20-pounds that I "wish" to get off here. So, I am back at it.
HOO WAH!
As a result, for you unlucky enough to stumble upon my blog, you get to read my dribble. Yes, you can read my witless writings and tell me what you think. Although I am not doing it for you. It's therapy... Oh I make myself laugh.
OK, so what words of wisdom does the Guru have for us today?
Well let me open my black bag full of thoughts here. Hmmmmm.... Let's see...
Wishful Thinking Doesn't Get The Pounds Off
Oh, oh, here we go, David is going to philosophise us to death here. Run! Quick click off that blog. Well, feel free to tune me out.
You got my weight for the day, if that's what you wanted to know.
Years ago I was involved with a Multi Level Marketing Company. It was a financial service company that I was involved with for many years, and I wasted tons of money paying expenses and fees on my own in order to keep my licenses, and go to RAH RAH meetings that were absolutely worthless.
Their meetings were worthless because they never ever touched onto the reality of how things work. Their philosophy was to sell a dream. I being naive and wishing things were different in my life bought into their philosophy.
Now, mixed in with their DREAM was enough truth to capture peoples imagination and suck a lot of unwitting people into their business.
Like everything in life eventually it gets polluted by crooked people who mess with the system.
One of the things that was taught at the RAH RAH Sessions was, "if you'll make a decision then your whole life will change." "Yes, if you'll make a heart felt decision then you'll get rich." I never forget those words.
It was akin to the song that Jimmy Cricket from Walt Disney fame sang, "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, when you wish upon a star, your dreams come true."
Many of the speakers who would get up at these Rah Rah sessions were slick, mouthy, boasting con people who got rich off of the people who followed their hollow blustering.
People were sold a dream, or a wish. They were never taught how to put it into action.
The same may be said about a lot of what's being sold today to people. A lot of what is going on out there in the real world is hype. It's wishful thinking.
Many of the weight loss programs out there are wishful thinking. For example, there is a diet program out there that teaches people to eat food that fits their blood type.
It's a completely impractical way to approach weigh loss. But, people buy the program, wishing that they will lose weight.
There is a weight loss program out there that tells people to cut up the stomach. This will fix their problem. It's wishful thinking. The doctors don't tell you that you will still have to fight with hunger. Hunger starts inside the hypothalamus inside of the brain, not inside the stomach. The doctors don't tell you that you will have to portion down your food after the surgery. That's right. You'll have to portion down your foods.
And, guess what? After your stomach is chopped up, you'll still get hungry. Go figure.
Explanation Of How Hunger Starts
Why am I telling you this? Well, I am trying to get you to realize that wishing something to happen doesn't mean it will happen.
Wishing yourself thin doesn't mean that you will get thin. Making a decision to get thin doesn't mean that you will get thin.
Events Happen As A Result Of Action
I am not knocking the thought processes that lead up to a change in the life of one person. Making a change starts with the realization that something isn't what we want it to be.
In my case, it was that I was overweight.
But, a wish doesn't change anything. Realizing that someone should be at 160-pounds doesn't mean that he will get down to 160-pounds from 300-pounds.
In my case, losing weight was a process. It started with the desire to lose weight. With that desire I had to take a course of action. My course of action was to reduce down the amount of food that I consumed each day.
With The Course Of Action Came The Uncontrollable Events
I started reducing the amount of food that I consumed. This was an action. As a reaction to my action, my body responded by consuming up fat, which resulted in weight reduction.
Along with the action, and my body's reaction came along a lot of things that I had no control over.
I couldn't control the amount of hunger that I was going to feel. I couldn't control the fits and temper tantrums that my body put me through with dizziness, and depression, and constant thoughts about food.
What I could control was that food that I put inside of my mouth. I had to take my will and apply it along with the process. My thought, then the action from the thought, then the results came along later.
Well, what does all this have to do with wishful thinking. My father had an expression, "wish in one hand, then pick up dirt in the other, then see which one weighs more." (He wasn't that clean with words dirt. I changed some of the wording.)
There is no harm in having the desire for things to be different. Don't be so willing to jump onto the wagon with every idea out there that promises weight loss.
There is one sure fire way to lose weight. It works like this: EAT LESS FOOD. That's it.
Eat Sensibly of course. Don't think you can go out and eat sweet rolls three times a day for months on end, and then remain healthy. It won't work.
Can you have a sweet roll for breakfast? Yes, but not everyday for breakfast. Can you have a piece of cake? Yes, you can eat cake. Don't think you can continue to eat dessert everyday, and then expect to lose weight.
Your wishful thinking is going to have to be followed by a plan for action, and then that action has to be taken. It will be a course of action you will have to implement day-in-and-day-out. It's a course of action that you will have to take every-hour-of-every-day. It will be a course of action you will have to implement every-second-everyday.
Your course of action will have to be a result of persistence. I mean stubborn persistence.
Your course of action won't be a Sunday picnic in the sun at a local park.
Your course of action will test your "will" to get at what you want with your body.
Your course of action will be met with stubborn resistance from a human body that wants things to stay the way they are.
Your body will throw fits.
There will be people who think that you can do it differently. There a lot of people out there who don't know how to give up anything.
Food is important. We have to have food to survive.
There is a big difference between eating to survive, and eating to satisfy hunger.
Don't think for five seconds it's going to be easy. What are you kidding? I have a word for the people who tell others it's easy to lose weight. (...........................)
I will keep it clean. You get the idea.
Let Me Make This Easy:
- Go buy yourself a good quality weight scale
- Go buy yourself two notepads.
- Put one notepad in the kitchen, and put one by your scale
- Go to the bookstore and purchase a good quality calorie counter
- Figure out your height and weight
- Write down that height and weight
- Make up your mind you are going to make an honest attempt to hit that target weight
- Make up your mind you will not be foolish trying to hit that target weight
- Start looking at food as a source for energy, instead of a source for personal comfort
- Start writing down every thing that you eat and drink
- Measure what you eat and drink, and then write it down
- When you have gotten into the habit writing down everything you eat, begin to figure out how many calories you eat.
- When you have figured out how much you eat everyday in calories, take action to reduce down those calories.
- Many days ago I wrote a formula: 7 calories times your current weight.
- This formula could be a starting point for your total calorie count.
- Each day figure out how to reduce down your calories, steady as she goes
- Pray for the will, strength, and desire to lose weight. It will take an external power to engage that will power. I am talking about the creator of the Universe as that external power.
- And don't get excited when you lose more than 2-pounds a weak. I think that's too much. I averaged about 1-pound each week.
- If you weigh 100-pounds over your weight, then expect to take two years to get down to where you belong.
Please keep in mind I am aware of diseases such as Cushing's Syndrome Disease that has an effect on how our bodies respond. Cushing's Syndrome Disease if the result of micro-tumors on the thyroid, or on the Pituitary gland, or even on the Adrenal glands.
In my case, I don't think I have any disease. OK, I have lazy disease. So, in my case, getting off the weight is a matter of reducing my food consumption.
I hope this helps someone who was like me. I was overweight, and feeling desperate as a result. I have other things to deal with. This is why I pray my head off.
Finally, Why haven't I Mentioned Exercise? Exercise is impossible when you can't get that fat body off the couch. Someone may be able to lift the arms up and down and break a sweat if he/she is really out of shape.
Exercise increases the appetite. Until the body has actual muscle that is solid protein muscle, the body doesn't have a real fat burning machine. Fasting for long periods of time actually reduces down the muscle. So, if someone is fat, and they exercise, the body responds by kicking up the physical hunger response. Remember: The unconditioned body immediately wants to meet its energy needs.
Exercise should be used to add muscle, and to condition the body for many different reasons.
You don't have to exercise to lose weight. You should consume more protein along with green vegetables of all kinds to lose weight.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Recovering Sick Person, And I Can Careless About Weight Now
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.6-pounds.
I am recovering from a winter cold. As a result I have gone off my careful food consumption regimen.
I really don't have any thoughts for today. Sorry.
I know that so many people hang on my absolute words of wisdom regarding weight reduction. (Oh, I make myself laugh.)
I am recovering. Naw,the cold virus didn't kill me. So, you will be able to continue to look in to see if I am continuing to write dribble.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.6-pounds.
I am recovering from a winter cold. As a result I have gone off my careful food consumption regimen.
I really don't have any thoughts for today. Sorry.
I know that so many people hang on my absolute words of wisdom regarding weight reduction. (Oh, I make myself laugh.)
I am recovering. Naw,the cold virus didn't kill me. So, you will be able to continue to look in to see if I am continuing to write dribble.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I Am Sick, I Am Gaining Some Weight, So What?
Hello weight losing fans....
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 183.4-pounds.
I truly haven't been concerned about what I am consuming.
The runny nose is gone, but now my chest hurts. I don't know if it's because I have dried air breathing passages from this dry winter air, or because the cold has shifted to my chest. I am still achy, and weak. I am tired, and will go home to sleep after I post this.
I will be recovered from this illness soon enough. I just have to put up with it for now.
I had a big lunch of Chinese food. I spent some time with a friend.
That's all for now...
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 183.4-pounds.
I truly haven't been concerned about what I am consuming.
The runny nose is gone, but now my chest hurts. I don't know if it's because I have dried air breathing passages from this dry winter air, or because the cold has shifted to my chest. I am still achy, and weak. I am tired, and will go home to sleep after I post this.
I will be recovered from this illness soon enough. I just have to put up with it for now.
I had a big lunch of Chinese food. I spent some time with a friend.
That's all for now...
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Winter Cold; Just Living With It
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.6-pounds.
That's up from yesterday.
As I wrote yesterday, I'm not even attempting to be careful with my food consumption while I have this cold.
I thought yesterday it made it's turn around because my nose dried up temporarily. And my joints stopped aching. Well, I have had a relapse. All the symptons are back this morning with a vengeance.
It doesn't help with this incredibly dry air we are experiencing. It's very cold outside, and the air has lost most of it's humidity. My skin is dry, and my nose is raw from blowing it every second. Boo Hoo Hoo...
Don't worry, I have been sicker than this in the years past. I think I am lucky it's not worse.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.6-pounds.
That's up from yesterday.
As I wrote yesterday, I'm not even attempting to be careful with my food consumption while I have this cold.
I thought yesterday it made it's turn around because my nose dried up temporarily. And my joints stopped aching. Well, I have had a relapse. All the symptons are back this morning with a vengeance.
It doesn't help with this incredibly dry air we are experiencing. It's very cold outside, and the air has lost most of it's humidity. My skin is dry, and my nose is raw from blowing it every second. Boo Hoo Hoo...
Don't worry, I have been sicker than this in the years past. I think I am lucky it's not worse.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Monday, January 21, 2008
I Am Sick; I Am Going To Eat When I Want Too
Hello weight losing fans.
Today I stepped up the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds.
That's up a pound from yesterday.
My weight may very well have been much less today; not by much. I have contracted a winter cold. Along with that cold has come the symptons a cold produces: chills, runny nose, soreness in the joints, headache.
Well, I was suffering with all of those last night. With all that came my incredible hunger because I stopped eating anymore food around 2 PM.
I wasn't going to suffer with the hunger and with the cold. Since I couldn't dump this cold at a whim, I decided until I get well again, my diet can be shelved. I am not going to try to consume only 1,300 calories right now.
Also, my cold might have been spurned on by this remarkably low calorie consumption. So guess what? I am going to eat when I feel like it.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds.
That's up a pound from yesterday.
My weight may very well have been much less today; not by much. I have contracted a winter cold. Along with that cold has come the symptons a cold produces: chills, runny nose, soreness in the joints, headache.
Well, I was suffering with all of those last night. With all that came my incredible hunger because I stopped eating anymore food around 2 PM.
I wasn't going to suffer with the hunger and with the cold. Since I couldn't dump this cold at a whim, I decided until I get well again, my diet can be shelved. I am not going to try to consume only 1,300 calories right now.
Also, my cold might have been spurned on by this remarkably low calorie consumption. So guess what? I am going to eat when I feel like it.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Sunday, January 20, 2008
No Comments For Today
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.8-pounds.
That's down a little.
The weight is hanging on. These last two days I went over my 1,300 calorie target. Someone invited me over for lunch. I had ribs for lunch. If I didn't have the second helping of ribs (290 calories) I would have been spot on my 1,300 calories for today. As it is I overshot.
Will I see it tomorrow? I don't know. I am having a hard time keeping the calorie count at 1,300 calories.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.8-pounds.
That's down a little.
The weight is hanging on. These last two days I went over my 1,300 calorie target. Someone invited me over for lunch. I had ribs for lunch. If I didn't have the second helping of ribs (290 calories) I would have been spot on my 1,300 calories for today. As it is I overshot.
Will I see it tomorrow? I don't know. I am having a hard time keeping the calorie count at 1,300 calories.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Saturday, January 19, 2008
I'm Still Not Losing Those Pounds, And I Am Not Cheating
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181-pounds.
Yesterday I awoke at 3:00 AM to be at work by 6:00 AM. I tried to sleep that last hour, but hunger kept me awake, so I got up, weighed myself and ate an early morning meal. Yesterday I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds.
What in tarn-a-shun, dad-gum, liein' to us again David? Come on now... You mean to tell me you cut back down to 1,300 calories, and you are gaining weight? Sum-tin-is-sure wrong with this here picture you are paintin' for us Mr. Dane.
Why... I get the feeling you are cheatin' somewhere.
NOPE.... I am not. Yesterday I woke up and consumed two hard boiled eggs, and two sheets of graham crackers. For lunch at around 11 AM in the morning, I consumed fried catfish, three small muffins, some French Fries, and cole slaw. A friend gave me a small chunk of chocolate (80 calories). That was all I ate for the remainder of the day, which was another 9 hours without food. When I got home at 9:30 PM from work, I drank a bottle of ALE and then went to bed. I was wiped out tired.
Yesterday's total calorie count came in at just about 1,800 calories. I looked everything up in my calorie book and figured out what I had consumed. So, I came in yesterday at 500 calories over my 1,300 calorie allotment.
This doesn't explain what happened yesterday morning. I stepped up onto the scale at 182-pounds. I really expected to be at or below 180-pounds. I really have been sticking to around 1,300 calories for the three days before.
This has me scratching my head, perplexed. Honest, I haven't been cheating. I have no explanation for this phenomenon.
Here is something else that is making me perplexed. My Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale is beginning to tell me there is a turn around in the wrong direction of my "Body Fat."
A few months ago, I was just hitting between 20-21 percent body fat. This is the time I neared that 180-pound target range.
At this time my percentage of Body Fat is going up. The range is now consistently between 24-25 percent. This is in spite of the fact I am drinking protein powder. It's in spite of the fact I have reduced down the calories.
I have leaned out. My waist if down six inches. My shoulder muscles and arms are beginning to look cut again. My legs are leaner. (My cousin said I have chicken legs now.) So, what is going on?
I am perplexed for sure. I am trying to figure out how I went from 20 percent body fat up to 24 percent body fat in only a couple of months time.
Why is my scale telling me that I am actually gaining fat?
I don't have an answer for it at this time. I may be dealing with a phenomenon that is peculiar to people who are actually eating way to few calories. The body may still be going after the muscle tissue, instead of the fat. It's easier for the body to break a protein molecule than for it to break up a fat molecule. (Don't ask me why, it just is.)
I am beginning to think this is what is going on.
So, how do I combat this? Hmmm... I may have to deliberately eat more tuna, chicken, and meat products. The protein powder may not be enough protein.
Exercise may be a factor too. Let's face the facts here. I haven't had a strenuous work out routine. I have been losing weight without exercise. My muscle may be depleting because of inactivity.
You know what? It's hard to get an old machine to run properly. Yep, my joints and muscles pop, and snap more than they ever have before. I was throwing snow balls a couple weeks ago at my young cousin, and thought I was going to throw my arm off. I try to do push-ups, and my shoulders make popping sounds. Argh....
So, what am I going to do? Well, I am going to eat more protein, and more green vegetables for sure. I will continue consuming the protein powder.
I am slowly adding some excercise in everyday. Phew... I feel like the "Tin Man" out of the movie "Wizard of Oz." Remember the part where he was found standing with his axe up in the air? All he could do was "Eke" out the words "Oil" from the corner of his mouth. He was all rusted up.
Well, that "Tin Man" is me. I am all rusted up. I, because of my size, and the weird wacky schedule that I keep, am rusted up from inactivity.
I am not a fan of running like I was. There was time many years ago when I couldn't wait to go run. I would get off work from my military job, and go run for miles. I would get off work from my regular job and go run for a hour or so. That was a time "LONG AGO." Now, it's a fairy tale.
Now, my body asks this question, and it runs through my mind, "Man, what the H...... are you doing? Are you crazy? Stop this, or I'll kill you dead right here and now dude..."
This is what goes on in my mind.
So, it's tough to deal with for sure; losing weight, trying to get fit again, trying to change all the old habits that have worn in over time. It's all tough.
It's not easy to change. It has to be day-in-and-day-out. Let me tell you it can get very discouraging for sure.
This is one reason I am writing this blog. Maybe someone like me will find it. Maybe someone like me will get some insiration.
We are all human. We all have different events that life throws our way. You, like me, can roll over and die. In my case it was a slow agonising death.
Or, we can say, "This sucks. Look out, I am pissed off now.... I am going fix this, or die doing it."
I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I was distressed. I was fat and getting fatter. I wasn't permitted to die out right. God wasn't going to let that happen. So, I had to find the heart that would fight for a different way.
You can too...
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181-pounds.
Yesterday I awoke at 3:00 AM to be at work by 6:00 AM. I tried to sleep that last hour, but hunger kept me awake, so I got up, weighed myself and ate an early morning meal. Yesterday I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds.
What in tarn-a-shun, dad-gum, liein' to us again David? Come on now... You mean to tell me you cut back down to 1,300 calories, and you are gaining weight? Sum-tin-is-sure wrong with this here picture you are paintin' for us Mr. Dane.
Why... I get the feeling you are cheatin' somewhere.
NOPE.... I am not. Yesterday I woke up and consumed two hard boiled eggs, and two sheets of graham crackers. For lunch at around 11 AM in the morning, I consumed fried catfish, three small muffins, some French Fries, and cole slaw. A friend gave me a small chunk of chocolate (80 calories). That was all I ate for the remainder of the day, which was another 9 hours without food. When I got home at 9:30 PM from work, I drank a bottle of ALE and then went to bed. I was wiped out tired.
Yesterday's total calorie count came in at just about 1,800 calories. I looked everything up in my calorie book and figured out what I had consumed. So, I came in yesterday at 500 calories over my 1,300 calorie allotment.
This doesn't explain what happened yesterday morning. I stepped up onto the scale at 182-pounds. I really expected to be at or below 180-pounds. I really have been sticking to around 1,300 calories for the three days before.
This has me scratching my head, perplexed. Honest, I haven't been cheating. I have no explanation for this phenomenon.
Here is something else that is making me perplexed. My Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale is beginning to tell me there is a turn around in the wrong direction of my "Body Fat."
A few months ago, I was just hitting between 20-21 percent body fat. This is the time I neared that 180-pound target range.
At this time my percentage of Body Fat is going up. The range is now consistently between 24-25 percent. This is in spite of the fact I am drinking protein powder. It's in spite of the fact I have reduced down the calories.
I have leaned out. My waist if down six inches. My shoulder muscles and arms are beginning to look cut again. My legs are leaner. (My cousin said I have chicken legs now.) So, what is going on?
I am perplexed for sure. I am trying to figure out how I went from 20 percent body fat up to 24 percent body fat in only a couple of months time.
Why is my scale telling me that I am actually gaining fat?
I don't have an answer for it at this time. I may be dealing with a phenomenon that is peculiar to people who are actually eating way to few calories. The body may still be going after the muscle tissue, instead of the fat. It's easier for the body to break a protein molecule than for it to break up a fat molecule. (Don't ask me why, it just is.)
I am beginning to think this is what is going on.
So, how do I combat this? Hmmm... I may have to deliberately eat more tuna, chicken, and meat products. The protein powder may not be enough protein.
Exercise may be a factor too. Let's face the facts here. I haven't had a strenuous work out routine. I have been losing weight without exercise. My muscle may be depleting because of inactivity.
You know what? It's hard to get an old machine to run properly. Yep, my joints and muscles pop, and snap more than they ever have before. I was throwing snow balls a couple weeks ago at my young cousin, and thought I was going to throw my arm off. I try to do push-ups, and my shoulders make popping sounds. Argh....
So, what am I going to do? Well, I am going to eat more protein, and more green vegetables for sure. I will continue consuming the protein powder.
I am slowly adding some excercise in everyday. Phew... I feel like the "Tin Man" out of the movie "Wizard of Oz." Remember the part where he was found standing with his axe up in the air? All he could do was "Eke" out the words "Oil" from the corner of his mouth. He was all rusted up.
Well, that "Tin Man" is me. I am all rusted up. I, because of my size, and the weird wacky schedule that I keep, am rusted up from inactivity.
I am not a fan of running like I was. There was time many years ago when I couldn't wait to go run. I would get off work from my military job, and go run for miles. I would get off work from my regular job and go run for a hour or so. That was a time "LONG AGO." Now, it's a fairy tale.
Now, my body asks this question, and it runs through my mind, "Man, what the H...... are you doing? Are you crazy? Stop this, or I'll kill you dead right here and now dude..."
This is what goes on in my mind.
So, it's tough to deal with for sure; losing weight, trying to get fit again, trying to change all the old habits that have worn in over time. It's all tough.
It's not easy to change. It has to be day-in-and-day-out. Let me tell you it can get very discouraging for sure.
This is one reason I am writing this blog. Maybe someone like me will find it. Maybe someone like me will get some insiration.
We are all human. We all have different events that life throws our way. You, like me, can roll over and die. In my case it was a slow agonising death.
Or, we can say, "This sucks. Look out, I am pissed off now.... I am going fix this, or die doing it."
I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I was distressed. I was fat and getting fatter. I wasn't permitted to die out right. God wasn't going to let that happen. So, I had to find the heart that would fight for a different way.
You can too...
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Will Tomorrow Be The Day I Say Goodbye To 180-Pounds?
Hello weight losing fans...
This is my second post for today.
I thought that I would share that I am sticking with the 1,300 calories.
Even though this morning I awoke with incredible hunger, I am still sticking with it. I ate two Ginger Graham Crackers (130 calories), coffee, a square of saltine crackers (70 calories), a chicken quesadilla platter (400 calories), diet coke. So I have a few more calories left for today.
I have to be up extremely early to work tomorrow so I may just drink down some protein and then hit the hay.
This morning I mentioned something about a friend of mine. It wasn't done to embarrass anyone or to subversively preach. I was giving an example of real life. This is so others may see and realize that something can be done to change their lives.
I feel for people who are struggling with their weight. I have many family members who are preponderant (they tip the scales in the wrong direction). As a result some have developed Adult Onset Diabetes.
It gets tough to deal with the issues of being overweight. I am writing that I was getting close to becoming one of those people who would suffer serious repercussions from being overweight.
It took me getting sick and tired, to take action. You can get off that weight. I did. It's made all the difference in the world.
When I came into the library this evening I was running up the stairs like it was nothing. One year ago at this time in January I would have been lugging up the stairs and holding the rail all the way up. At the top I would have stopped to get my breath.
Now, I fly up the stairs. My pulse rate is down to 60 beats per minute when I wake up in the morning. My blood pressure dropped from this time last year. My cholesterol has dropped over 40 points. My waist line has gone down over six inches. My over all disposition has improved because I feel much better most of the time.
This morning I stepped up onto the scale weighing in at 180.4-pounds. We'll see if tomorrow I will see a drop below 180-pounds. Will tomorrow be the day I say goodbye to 180-pounds?
I Don't Make This Complicated
I don't make keeping my weight records complicated. I have a note pad that I keep handy that I write down my morning weight on.
Under that weight I write down what I have eaten or drank, the amount that I consumed. Then I make an effort to estimate the calories that I consumed.
I could use a spreadsheet or the computer to keep records, but I found that is not convenient when I am out and about. I usually scratch out what I ate on paper and then add it to my log book when I get home. Not too long ago I lost my log book and three months of records when I left the book on the deck of my car. (Note To Self: Don't leave items on top of the car, and then drive away.) (Note To Self: Maybe A spreadsheet would work better.)
I also have a very small calorie counter hand book that has a general listing for food. I have been watching my food intake for over a year. I can pretty much look at the food and guess what I am eating. Most of the time I just look at the package the food came in.
Seeing as I am now down to 1,300 calories a day. I have found that I don't have to eat too much food to get to 1,300 calories. If I had three regular TV dinners a day, then I would be at that 1,300 calories.
I can eat three cans of chunky soups per day and hit the 1,300 calories that way as well. With this low of a caloric intake I have to make sure I pump in the extra vitamins.
Now, many people who eat more calories than I do, may actually still be deprived of the proper amount of vitamins.
As I mentioned I have prayed about what to do. I have read many books about weight loss. I have gone to different web sites and read about weight loss.
I could have gone to a doctor to get advise. However, I don't believe many doctors are really in tune with the proper way to lose weight.
I found a web site that says if someone will eat six meals a day, and eat specific foods during those six meals they will lose weight. I am not going to link to it because in the end all they really want is your money. I didn't want to pay the people who own the web site, and the advice to hear the end of their story.
It really comes down to one thing. How much food are you eating? It's food consumption measured in calories that is the issue with weight control.
I have been writing "EAT LESS FOOD." You can eat six meals a day, or you can eat nine meals a day. When tallied up at the end of the day, did you eat more calories than you need to survive.
You can actually live by eating candy bars. That's right, you can live eating candy bars. However, it won't be long before you will suffer from the effects of a low protein consumption. There are vital nutrients in proteins that the body uses. Most Candy bars don't have enough protein.
That is unless you eat nut covered candy bars.
So, you really have to think through your food consumption. It's more than reducing the calories. Most people have the intelligence they need to figure out what to eat. However, how many times do we know what to do and not apply it?
Initially I made it easy on myself. I ate TV dinners. That was a quick fix for my meal planning. You can get some real yummy TV dinners for cheap. When I write cheap, I mean $2.00 a dinner.
There is no need to invest big money in a food program like what you see on Television.
If you absolutely crave more of my wisdom, then see what I wrote earlier today on my first post. Also down on the left of this post is a list of archived writings. If you'll open up some of those you will find writings there that are absolutely filled with more wisdom than all the blogs and web sites put together. (Oh I make myself laugh.)
I'll give you all the wisdom you need in a paraphrase. It's easy: EAT LESS FOOD.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
This is my second post for today.
I thought that I would share that I am sticking with the 1,300 calories.
Even though this morning I awoke with incredible hunger, I am still sticking with it. I ate two Ginger Graham Crackers (130 calories), coffee, a square of saltine crackers (70 calories), a chicken quesadilla platter (400 calories), diet coke. So I have a few more calories left for today.
I have to be up extremely early to work tomorrow so I may just drink down some protein and then hit the hay.
This morning I mentioned something about a friend of mine. It wasn't done to embarrass anyone or to subversively preach. I was giving an example of real life. This is so others may see and realize that something can be done to change their lives.
I feel for people who are struggling with their weight. I have many family members who are preponderant (they tip the scales in the wrong direction). As a result some have developed Adult Onset Diabetes.
It gets tough to deal with the issues of being overweight. I am writing that I was getting close to becoming one of those people who would suffer serious repercussions from being overweight.
It took me getting sick and tired, to take action. You can get off that weight. I did. It's made all the difference in the world.
When I came into the library this evening I was running up the stairs like it was nothing. One year ago at this time in January I would have been lugging up the stairs and holding the rail all the way up. At the top I would have stopped to get my breath.
Now, I fly up the stairs. My pulse rate is down to 60 beats per minute when I wake up in the morning. My blood pressure dropped from this time last year. My cholesterol has dropped over 40 points. My waist line has gone down over six inches. My over all disposition has improved because I feel much better most of the time.
This morning I stepped up onto the scale weighing in at 180.4-pounds. We'll see if tomorrow I will see a drop below 180-pounds. Will tomorrow be the day I say goodbye to 180-pounds?
I Don't Make This Complicated
I don't make keeping my weight records complicated. I have a note pad that I keep handy that I write down my morning weight on.
Under that weight I write down what I have eaten or drank, the amount that I consumed. Then I make an effort to estimate the calories that I consumed.
I could use a spreadsheet or the computer to keep records, but I found that is not convenient when I am out and about. I usually scratch out what I ate on paper and then add it to my log book when I get home. Not too long ago I lost my log book and three months of records when I left the book on the deck of my car. (Note To Self: Don't leave items on top of the car, and then drive away.) (Note To Self: Maybe A spreadsheet would work better.)
I also have a very small calorie counter hand book that has a general listing for food. I have been watching my food intake for over a year. I can pretty much look at the food and guess what I am eating. Most of the time I just look at the package the food came in.
Seeing as I am now down to 1,300 calories a day. I have found that I don't have to eat too much food to get to 1,300 calories. If I had three regular TV dinners a day, then I would be at that 1,300 calories.
I can eat three cans of chunky soups per day and hit the 1,300 calories that way as well. With this low of a caloric intake I have to make sure I pump in the extra vitamins.
Now, many people who eat more calories than I do, may actually still be deprived of the proper amount of vitamins.
As I mentioned I have prayed about what to do. I have read many books about weight loss. I have gone to different web sites and read about weight loss.
I could have gone to a doctor to get advise. However, I don't believe many doctors are really in tune with the proper way to lose weight.
I found a web site that says if someone will eat six meals a day, and eat specific foods during those six meals they will lose weight. I am not going to link to it because in the end all they really want is your money. I didn't want to pay the people who own the web site, and the advice to hear the end of their story.
It really comes down to one thing. How much food are you eating? It's food consumption measured in calories that is the issue with weight control.
I have been writing "EAT LESS FOOD." You can eat six meals a day, or you can eat nine meals a day. When tallied up at the end of the day, did you eat more calories than you need to survive.
You can actually live by eating candy bars. That's right, you can live eating candy bars. However, it won't be long before you will suffer from the effects of a low protein consumption. There are vital nutrients in proteins that the body uses. Most Candy bars don't have enough protein.
That is unless you eat nut covered candy bars.
So, you really have to think through your food consumption. It's more than reducing the calories. Most people have the intelligence they need to figure out what to eat. However, how many times do we know what to do and not apply it?
Initially I made it easy on myself. I ate TV dinners. That was a quick fix for my meal planning. You can get some real yummy TV dinners for cheap. When I write cheap, I mean $2.00 a dinner.
There is no need to invest big money in a food program like what you see on Television.
If you absolutely crave more of my wisdom, then see what I wrote earlier today on my first post. Also down on the left of this post is a list of archived writings. If you'll open up some of those you will find writings there that are absolutely filled with more wisdom than all the blogs and web sites put together. (Oh I make myself laugh.)
I'll give you all the wisdom you need in a paraphrase. It's easy: EAT LESS FOOD.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Who Controls You? Is It You?
Ahhhh, Ahhhh, Ahhhhh, the cats are clawing my insides. I am going to die in pain.
(This is only a dramatization, and should not be considered a real cry for help. 911 should not be called, and the FBI should not be notified to jump onto the Internet to find this persons location. The local mental hospital should not be contacted, or any authorities notified that this individual is trying to commit suicide. Remember: The above statement is only a dramatization. No persons or animals are being killed or injured.)
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I woke up hungry... I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.4-pounds.
Yes, even at 1,300 calories my body is stubbornly hanging onto those pounds.
This is going to be a real wrestling match of my will for sure.
Well, it has only been two days now that I have cut down my caloric intake. So, what should anyone expect? Not much I think.
As, anyone can see 180-pounds is now back in sight. I don't think it is going to be to many days before I drop below 180-pounds.
A Friend Came To Visit, And Needs To Change
I have written before that no one can change anyone. No, if you are popping in on my blog today and you are seeing this one post, I am here to say, "You can't change anyone."
You know what? I can't even change myself. You can't change you.
What? I can change myself, I am in control. NO, you aren't.
Somethings in control, but it's not you.
Hey, look at your waist line. Is it thicker than it should be? Are you chucking the food into your mouth like there is no more tomorrow? Hey, I am just asking.
My friend who came to visit is around ten years younger than I am. He (If it's in God's will) has a long life that he can live. Here is the problem: He's heading for a miserable, unhealthy existence.
I mentioned God's will. First let me explain I don't mean Allah the Muslim God. I don't mean the many Buddhist, and Pantheistic gods that are out there. I mean the God that is written into the words of the Bible. I don't recognize any other god.
This isn't a class on theology, or religious belief, so I am not going to get real deep here. (One friend of mine said years ago, "There you go opening up a can of worms.")
I don't think God intended for people to get preponderant (tipping the scale in the wrong direction). I don't think God is looking at my friend and saying that it's a good idea to be 150-200-pounds over his normal body weight. I don't think God is saying hey stuff yourself and get over weight so you can sit inside a wheel chair for the rest of your adult life.
My friend has gotten overweight. He has more poundage on his body than he ought to have. He stands up around 6 foot 2 inches tall. He admitted to me that he weighs in at around 415-pounds. OUCH...
He said, "I am stable at this weight." Yeah, stable, and primed up to have a major heart attack.
According to a height weight chart that I looked in on: for his body frame, and his his height, his maximum weight ought to be 197-pounds. So, this young man is 215-pounds more than he should be.
Let me tell you what can happen to my friend:
I can't make anyone do anything they don't want to. Oh, I guess I could use threats and manipulation like the people I work with, or a neurotic boss. I could keep harping on him about his weight. I could do that. It won't change anything until he finds it inside of his heart and mind to change his habits.
Which brings me back to that Question; "Who is in control?"
One Prayer That Was Answered For Sure
When I decided to get off this extra poundage I had inside of my mind an image from many years ago. When I was in the military I was thin. With the regimen that the Army put me through I lost poundage and leaned up.
Because I was in the Military reserve for 13 more years, I was forced to maintain a certain body weight. When I left the military, things went to pot.
My motivation then was to keep the folks in the military happy. When that motivation was gone, along with it went my motivation to keep my weight down.
That's part of the story. It's all to much to write in one post.
I got fat. I was getting fatter.
Here is the difference between me, and the rest of the people out there. I was under no delusion that I had a problem. I knew I was over my normal body weight. I didn't lie to people and say this is where I should be. I wasn't telling people I am normal. It would have been a lie to say so.
And, like so many people who are delusional, I would have been perpetuating a serious problem.
I did lose hope. I did give up. I thought that there wasn't any hope for change left.
I turned to God in prayer. I confessed to God I had a serious problem that I could not fix.
Yes, I had lost weight in the past, but back it would come with a vengeance. I was regaining weight fast.
One day last year I said, "Jesus I need your strength, and wisdom to get off this weight."
Slowly the answer came. It came on Thanksgiving day when I was almost in tears when I tried to button my uniform pants and I had to suck in my gut. I tried to button my shirt and the collar squeezed the fat around my neck.
I was feeling distressed for sure.
As I was sitting sideways on the couch at a family members house I saw a television program that advertised a weight reduction program with food.
I thought, "Could it be that easy?" "Could this be it?" "Huh...?"
Not long after that I purchased a freezer full of "Lean Cuisines."
I ate those TV dinners three times a day.
From there the rest is history. Here is what I believe. God answered this one prayer. He answered it because I have no doubt that it was smack dab into the middle of his will.
I don't think it's God's will for any of us to walk around ripping out our clothes because we're fat, and getting fatter. I don't think it's God's will for us to stuff our faces and turn into balloons. I don't think it's God's will for any of us to get sick because we are out of control with our eating.
I think God will give anyone the strength he or she needs to lose weight. He says, "I give wisdom without finding fault." Why would he do such a thing? It's because when he gives the wisdom to someone he wants him/her to have an "Ah Ha moment."
God wants us to realize we can't control ourselves. We can turn to him for his control. This is what I did.
Now, is everything perfect? No it's not. This is only because I am nothing but a child living inside of an adult's body. Compared to God, I am only a child.
I cry, sneer, rage, rag, piss and moan. I am just like a child.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
(This is only a dramatization, and should not be considered a real cry for help. 911 should not be called, and the FBI should not be notified to jump onto the Internet to find this persons location. The local mental hospital should not be contacted, or any authorities notified that this individual is trying to commit suicide. Remember: The above statement is only a dramatization. No persons or animals are being killed or injured.)
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I woke up hungry... I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.4-pounds.
Yes, even at 1,300 calories my body is stubbornly hanging onto those pounds.
This is going to be a real wrestling match of my will for sure.
Well, it has only been two days now that I have cut down my caloric intake. So, what should anyone expect? Not much I think.
As, anyone can see 180-pounds is now back in sight. I don't think it is going to be to many days before I drop below 180-pounds.
A Friend Came To Visit, And Needs To Change
I have written before that no one can change anyone. No, if you are popping in on my blog today and you are seeing this one post, I am here to say, "You can't change anyone."
You know what? I can't even change myself. You can't change you.
What? I can change myself, I am in control. NO, you aren't.
Somethings in control, but it's not you.
Hey, look at your waist line. Is it thicker than it should be? Are you chucking the food into your mouth like there is no more tomorrow? Hey, I am just asking.
My friend who came to visit is around ten years younger than I am. He (If it's in God's will) has a long life that he can live. Here is the problem: He's heading for a miserable, unhealthy existence.
I mentioned God's will. First let me explain I don't mean Allah the Muslim God. I don't mean the many Buddhist, and Pantheistic gods that are out there. I mean the God that is written into the words of the Bible. I don't recognize any other god.
This isn't a class on theology, or religious belief, so I am not going to get real deep here. (One friend of mine said years ago, "There you go opening up a can of worms.")
I don't think God intended for people to get preponderant (tipping the scale in the wrong direction). I don't think God is looking at my friend and saying that it's a good idea to be 150-200-pounds over his normal body weight. I don't think God is saying hey stuff yourself and get over weight so you can sit inside a wheel chair for the rest of your adult life.
My friend has gotten overweight. He has more poundage on his body than he ought to have. He stands up around 6 foot 2 inches tall. He admitted to me that he weighs in at around 415-pounds. OUCH...
He said, "I am stable at this weight." Yeah, stable, and primed up to have a major heart attack.
According to a height weight chart that I looked in on: for his body frame, and his his height, his maximum weight ought to be 197-pounds. So, this young man is 215-pounds more than he should be.
Let me tell you what can happen to my friend:
- One; he could suffer from an enlarged heart, which results in congestive heart failure.
- Two; he most surely will develop Type-Two Adult Onset Diabetes.
- Three; He could suffer a stroke from high blood pressure, and blocked arteries from the constriction of blood flow.
- And the list goes on with the complications he could suffer.
- Not to mention; it's hard as h...... can be to move with that much weight.
I can't make anyone do anything they don't want to. Oh, I guess I could use threats and manipulation like the people I work with, or a neurotic boss. I could keep harping on him about his weight. I could do that. It won't change anything until he finds it inside of his heart and mind to change his habits.
Which brings me back to that Question; "Who is in control?"
One Prayer That Was Answered For Sure
When I decided to get off this extra poundage I had inside of my mind an image from many years ago. When I was in the military I was thin. With the regimen that the Army put me through I lost poundage and leaned up.
Because I was in the Military reserve for 13 more years, I was forced to maintain a certain body weight. When I left the military, things went to pot.
My motivation then was to keep the folks in the military happy. When that motivation was gone, along with it went my motivation to keep my weight down.
That's part of the story. It's all to much to write in one post.
I got fat. I was getting fatter.
Here is the difference between me, and the rest of the people out there. I was under no delusion that I had a problem. I knew I was over my normal body weight. I didn't lie to people and say this is where I should be. I wasn't telling people I am normal. It would have been a lie to say so.
And, like so many people who are delusional, I would have been perpetuating a serious problem.
I did lose hope. I did give up. I thought that there wasn't any hope for change left.
I turned to God in prayer. I confessed to God I had a serious problem that I could not fix.
Yes, I had lost weight in the past, but back it would come with a vengeance. I was regaining weight fast.
One day last year I said, "Jesus I need your strength, and wisdom to get off this weight."
Slowly the answer came. It came on Thanksgiving day when I was almost in tears when I tried to button my uniform pants and I had to suck in my gut. I tried to button my shirt and the collar squeezed the fat around my neck.
I was feeling distressed for sure.
As I was sitting sideways on the couch at a family members house I saw a television program that advertised a weight reduction program with food.
I thought, "Could it be that easy?" "Could this be it?" "Huh...?"
Not long after that I purchased a freezer full of "Lean Cuisines."
I ate those TV dinners three times a day.
From there the rest is history. Here is what I believe. God answered this one prayer. He answered it because I have no doubt that it was smack dab into the middle of his will.
I don't think it's God's will for any of us to walk around ripping out our clothes because we're fat, and getting fatter. I don't think it's God's will for us to stuff our faces and turn into balloons. I don't think it's God's will for any of us to get sick because we are out of control with our eating.
I think God will give anyone the strength he or she needs to lose weight. He says, "I give wisdom without finding fault." Why would he do such a thing? It's because when he gives the wisdom to someone he wants him/her to have an "Ah Ha moment."
God wants us to realize we can't control ourselves. We can turn to him for his control. This is what I did.
Now, is everything perfect? No it's not. This is only because I am nothing but a child living inside of an adult's body. Compared to God, I am only a child.
I cry, sneer, rage, rag, piss and moan. I am just like a child.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Maybe Tomorrow I'll Be 179-Pounds
Hello weight losing fans...
This is my second post today.
I went home after I posted. It was in the evening. I weighed myself just for giggles. I weighed in at 180.8-pounds.
I did drink down another 300 calories of fruits, vegetables, and protein powder. This ended the day at about 60-calories above 1,300 calories.
I am waiting to see if tomorrow isn't a day that I wake up and weigh in under 180-pounds.
Maybe enough of the stuff I drank will be gone by morning, or I am actually consuming fat, and I'll see that 179-pounds.
Let's see.
This is my second post today.
I went home after I posted. It was in the evening. I weighed myself just for giggles. I weighed in at 180.8-pounds.
I did drink down another 300 calories of fruits, vegetables, and protein powder. This ended the day at about 60-calories above 1,300 calories.
I am waiting to see if tomorrow isn't a day that I wake up and weigh in under 180-pounds.
Maybe enough of the stuff I drank will be gone by morning, or I am actually consuming fat, and I'll see that 179-pounds.
Let's see.
I Don't Have Much To Say Today
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.2-pounds.
OK, that 180-target is in sight again. Let's see what happens tomorrow.
Today I ate two scoops of protein (200 calories), and two small Lean Pocket Egg Ham rolls (280 calories). For lunch I had a Quizno's Chicken Sub Sandwich (520 calories) and a couple chunks of raw fruit. There aren't that many calories left of the 1,300 calories I allow myself now. (300 calories left for the day.)
I will be glad when I get to where I want so I can go up to a normal calorie count. I am so hungry.
Quizno Sub Sandwich Has Updated It's Web Site
Quizno Subs has added nutritional information to it's web site. Now you can look up the nutritional information for their food products. I have added a link to their web site on the left column of my posts.
I like Quiznos Sub sandwiches. They offer a yummy product that is comparble in price to Subway, and Jimmy John's. I highly recommend you try Quiznos subs the next time you get hungry and are out on the road. You may find the subs very tasty indeed. I do.
Check out Quizno Subs
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.2-pounds.
OK, that 180-target is in sight again. Let's see what happens tomorrow.
Today I ate two scoops of protein (200 calories), and two small Lean Pocket Egg Ham rolls (280 calories). For lunch I had a Quizno's Chicken Sub Sandwich (520 calories) and a couple chunks of raw fruit. There aren't that many calories left of the 1,300 calories I allow myself now. (300 calories left for the day.)
I will be glad when I get to where I want so I can go up to a normal calorie count. I am so hungry.
Quizno Sub Sandwich Has Updated It's Web Site
Quizno Subs has added nutritional information to it's web site. Now you can look up the nutritional information for their food products. I have added a link to their web site on the left column of my posts.
I like Quiznos Sub sandwiches. They offer a yummy product that is comparble in price to Subway, and Jimmy John's. I highly recommend you try Quiznos subs the next time you get hungry and are out on the road. You may find the subs very tasty indeed. I do.
Check out Quizno Subs
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Count Up The Vegetable Calories, Especially Those Carrots, And Starches
Hello weight losing fans...
This is my second post for today.
I decided to separate it from my other post.
Here is what I have consumed today:
This is my second post for today.
I decided to separate it from my other post.
Here is what I have consumed today:
- Ginger Bread Grahams Crackers-2 each (130 calories)
- Protein Powder (300 calories)
- Pureed Vegetables (200 calories)
- Eggs-2 each(140 calories)
- Hamburger Patty (280 calories)
Be aware that every thing we consume may have calories. There might not be a lot of calories, but they should be counted.
Some people might think that vegetables like carrots can't have a lot of calories in them. However, I chopped up four average size carrots to toss into my vegetable puree that were 200 calories for the four of them.
In other words, each carrot was about 50 calories.
Why is a carrot a problem? There isn't a lot of sugar in a carrot. However, like apples and oranges, the calories can add up. Carrots aren't real high up on the carbohydrates list, but they are there none the less.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Eat Protein So The Body Will Keep It's Muscle
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.8-pounds.
OK, that's down some.
Yesterday I said that I would drop my total calorie count for food consumption from 1,500 calories to 1,300 calories.
Now, my body is going to begin the process to readjust to a lower calorie intake. (200 calories less)
Here is what is going to happen:
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.8-pounds.
OK, that's down some.
Yesterday I said that I would drop my total calorie count for food consumption from 1,500 calories to 1,300 calories.
Now, my body is going to begin the process to readjust to a lower calorie intake. (200 calories less)
Here is what is going to happen:
- I am going to experience again the gnawing hunger that I did when I started losing weight last year. I usually describe this as cats clawing my stomach inside.
- I am going to struggle with the mood swings again. I am going to wrestle again with new and powerful temptations. HUNGER...!!!!!
- I may experience fatique again, as my body tosses another temper tantrum.
- I will have to be even more cautious counting my calories.
It's not going to be easy to consume less food than I already am now. But, I have decided to drop another 20-pounds.
Someone Told Me That I Would Be Too Skinny
Today a friend of mine told me on the telephone that I would be too skinny. She hasn't seen me since July 2007. I told her I lost twenty pounds since that time.
Well, I have a flap of fat that still hangs just below my belly navel. Yep, just on top of the muscle that is in my stomach area is 20-pounds of fat.
That fat can't be tightened up like some people think. No, fat has to go back to sugar. There is only one way to do that. The body has to absorb the fat as an energy source.
The only way to get the body to go after fat is to make it kick in the fat burning process.
First; I have to make sure I have a source of protein that the body can absorb out of my stomach. Second; I have to get my calorie intake down to a point that my body is forced to seek an alternative food source besides the carbohydrates that I would normally eat.
If I have protein my body won't go after my muscle tissue before it goes for the fat.
This is one of the biggest problems with low calorie consumption diets. People unknowingly lose body muscle before they lose body fat. This is why when they have lost so much weight the skin is hanging on a skeleton.
Think about how many people you have seen who may have lost a tremendous amount of weight. They lost it because they reduced down the calories to way below what the body needed. Their body reacted and they started losing the weight. Only when they have finished the weight loss they look like skeletons.
They have fasted away all the muscle and structures that give the normal body shape. Then when it's over all there is left is hanging skin and fat.
My Family Member Has Done Low Calorie Diets
I have a family member who for most of her adult life has been doing low calorie diets. She now has fat that hangs off of her arms like the waddles on a chickens chin. She has fat that flaps around different parts of her body. Here is why: One; she is old. Two; and more importantly, she has no muscle left for the support of here skin. She lost all the muscle during her years of dieting. Now, she has a slow metabolism, and she struggles because of it.
Hey, if you are going to lose weight, go get some protein powder to drink down at least once a day. You have to have a source of protein that the body can consume. If you don't have enough protein then your body will go after it's own muscle for the protein it needs.
I consume at least two scoops of protein powder each day. I provide my body with a source of protein that it can consume.
When I have lost this extra poundage, I don't want to look sickly. Some people think that my eyes will be sunken into my head, and that I will have this skinny looking body.
Well, I will look slender for sure. But, it won't be a sickly kind of slender.
Let's just see how long it will take for me to get there from here. I am not in a hurry per say.
My 1,300 calorie count is low for sure. I am taking vitamin supplements, and fish oil as well.
I assure you, I am looking forward to the day when I can up my total calorie count for the purpose of maintaining my body at 160-pounds. Oh, that will be such a relief.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Monday, January 14, 2008
Second Post For Today
Hello weight losing fans...
After I posted this afternoon, I went home and for giggles weighed myself. I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.6-pounds.
This is one pound less than this morning's weight. It's not because of dehydration either.
Perhaps tomorrow I will step onto the scale weighing in around 181-pounds; maybe less than that.
Tonight I had to figure out what I could eat that would cap my total food consumption in around 1,300 calories. This is the new calorie count that I am sticking to. It's because I have plateaued in my weight losing efforts.
I took a large cucumber and tossed it into the blender and made mush out of it. I added left over lettuce, celery, carrots, an apple, and two scoops of strawberry protein powder.
I had to keep removing some of the concoction because it kept filling up the blender. When I was done I drank down about 1 1/2 blender cups full of pulverized vegetables.
This probably put back on to me about four pounds of stuff that's in my tummy.
Now, what will I weigh tomorrow after eating this? Who knows. I did manage to keep my total calorie count to just above 1,300 calories.
I counted up the vegetable calories which were very slight. The three carrots were actually the highest calorie count compared to the green vegetables. The protein powder was the highest calorie count of this whole messy concoction that I blended.
So, let's see what I weigh tomorrow.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
After I posted this afternoon, I went home and for giggles weighed myself. I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.6-pounds.
This is one pound less than this morning's weight. It's not because of dehydration either.
Perhaps tomorrow I will step onto the scale weighing in around 181-pounds; maybe less than that.
Tonight I had to figure out what I could eat that would cap my total food consumption in around 1,300 calories. This is the new calorie count that I am sticking to. It's because I have plateaued in my weight losing efforts.
I took a large cucumber and tossed it into the blender and made mush out of it. I added left over lettuce, celery, carrots, an apple, and two scoops of strawberry protein powder.
I had to keep removing some of the concoction because it kept filling up the blender. When I was done I drank down about 1 1/2 blender cups full of pulverized vegetables.
This probably put back on to me about four pounds of stuff that's in my tummy.
Now, what will I weigh tomorrow after eating this? Who knows. I did manage to keep my total calorie count to just above 1,300 calories.
I counted up the vegetable calories which were very slight. The three carrots were actually the highest calorie count compared to the green vegetables. The protein powder was the highest calorie count of this whole messy concoction that I blended.
So, let's see what I weigh tomorrow.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
What Should I Do To Lose Another Ten Pounds?
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.6-pounds.
OK, I'm walking a tight rope here with that 180-pound number.
Will I Ever Get To 170-Pounds?
Many people have been commenting to me lately they notice that I have lost weight. I have actually been asked if I have been sick.
It's only because there really is a highly noticeable difference in my physical size, as compared to last year, that people are commenting. I have lost at least six inches from my middle waist size.
That is a lot.
I didn't lose all this weight so I could get noticed.
Along with the comments about my weight, some people are saying that I should not lose any more weight. It's said, "I look good where I am now."
I have been tempted to stop here at 180-pounds, and then maintain it.
I am not going to stop at 180-pounds. Here is why: There is still 20-pounds of fat over the tummy area. Yep, I can grab some fat there with my hand.
My scale is confirming that I still have a high amount of body fat. I have a 23-24 percent body fat. I want my body fat to be at 15 percent.
Will I look skinny? Yes, I will look lean. This is only because I really do have a very light bone structure.
There is a difference between being lean (skinny) and being sickly looking. I don't plan on letting myself get to the point where the skin hangs on my bones. That's not healthy, and it looks terrible.
I have seen some of these runway models, and their skin hangs onto their bones. They have skinny legs, and no hips. They are gross. I don't know how anyone can be impressed with them.
Many of these models have neurotic eating patterns. I won't go into what they do, but I am here to tell you, "That's not me."
I am careful to eat when I should be eating. I don't eat like I used to though. This has made all the difference in the world with my managing the body weight.
I keep writing, "Don't kill yourself trying to lose weight."
I keep writing, "Don't fast yourself into a size 6 dress, down from a size 12 dress."
I keep writing, "Eat Less Food."
I keep writing, "Monitor your weight."
I keep writing, "Monitor what you put into your mouth."
I am not writing, "Skip a meal."
I am not writing, "Get that calorie count down so far that you make yourself sick."
I am not writing, "Lose that weight fast, as in, "Lose 2-pounds a week." That's not smart.
If you could see my weight loss progress over the year, you'll see I lost about 1-pound a week. It was actually a little more than a pound loss during some weeks. But, it wasn't much more than a pound.
It was "easy does it" for my weight loss progress. I did that deliberately. And, I didn't start out that way. It was trial and error at first.
It's because I am careful about what I eat, (Most of the time.) that I am now stalled at 180-pounds.
To be honest, I am looking back and saying to myself, "Wow, I am actually down 60-pounds."
My mind is still trying to grasp that reality.
Where did that fat guy go to?
I want to get down to 160-pounds. Only, I am wondering just how I should do that. I could increase the exercise. It's cold outside now, and I don't have a gym membership.
I also preach that exercise really is for conditioning the body. Exercise should be used to maintain, or increase body strength. Burning calories is a by product of expending energy during exercise.
So, what am I going to do to get to 170-pounds? I have no choice but to push down my total calorie intake for the day.
I have made up my mind that I will drop my total calorie count from 1,500 calories per-day, down to 1,300 calories per-day.
In doing so, I have to make sure that I keep taking my protein powder, and my vitamin supplements.
I realize that I can't get all the vitamins and nutrients that I need by eating 1,300 calories a day.
I am going to push up the green vegetables that I consume also.
I can get a lot of bulk out of a half pound of beans, and not a whole lot of calories. It's safe to eat greens as part of a diet program. I am not a rabbit either...
I am really going to be careful with the cookies and cake. Yep, I will have to watch out there.
When will I get to 170-pounds? I don't know. I am sure I will get there using only 1,300 calories a day.
That diet book I mentioned had a formula: 7 calories times my weight. Seven calories times 180-pounds is 1,280 calories. I am going to round that to 1,300 calories.
I am not going to enjoy this either. I like food just like anyone else does. I am not so happy about trimming off another 200 calories.
But, I must do what I can to get to where I want to be, and that's 160-pounds.
Trust me, I don't plan on killing myself to get there. There will be those days coming up that I will bust the food bank too. So don't worry about me.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.6-pounds.
OK, I'm walking a tight rope here with that 180-pound number.
Will I Ever Get To 170-Pounds?
Many people have been commenting to me lately they notice that I have lost weight. I have actually been asked if I have been sick.
It's only because there really is a highly noticeable difference in my physical size, as compared to last year, that people are commenting. I have lost at least six inches from my middle waist size.
That is a lot.
I didn't lose all this weight so I could get noticed.
Along with the comments about my weight, some people are saying that I should not lose any more weight. It's said, "I look good where I am now."
I have been tempted to stop here at 180-pounds, and then maintain it.
I am not going to stop at 180-pounds. Here is why: There is still 20-pounds of fat over the tummy area. Yep, I can grab some fat there with my hand.
My scale is confirming that I still have a high amount of body fat. I have a 23-24 percent body fat. I want my body fat to be at 15 percent.
Will I look skinny? Yes, I will look lean. This is only because I really do have a very light bone structure.
There is a difference between being lean (skinny) and being sickly looking. I don't plan on letting myself get to the point where the skin hangs on my bones. That's not healthy, and it looks terrible.
I have seen some of these runway models, and their skin hangs onto their bones. They have skinny legs, and no hips. They are gross. I don't know how anyone can be impressed with them.
Many of these models have neurotic eating patterns. I won't go into what they do, but I am here to tell you, "That's not me."
I am careful to eat when I should be eating. I don't eat like I used to though. This has made all the difference in the world with my managing the body weight.
I keep writing, "Don't kill yourself trying to lose weight."
I keep writing, "Don't fast yourself into a size 6 dress, down from a size 12 dress."
I keep writing, "Eat Less Food."
I keep writing, "Monitor your weight."
I keep writing, "Monitor what you put into your mouth."
I am not writing, "Skip a meal."
I am not writing, "Get that calorie count down so far that you make yourself sick."
I am not writing, "Lose that weight fast, as in, "Lose 2-pounds a week." That's not smart.
If you could see my weight loss progress over the year, you'll see I lost about 1-pound a week. It was actually a little more than a pound loss during some weeks. But, it wasn't much more than a pound.
It was "easy does it" for my weight loss progress. I did that deliberately. And, I didn't start out that way. It was trial and error at first.
It's because I am careful about what I eat, (Most of the time.) that I am now stalled at 180-pounds.
To be honest, I am looking back and saying to myself, "Wow, I am actually down 60-pounds."
My mind is still trying to grasp that reality.
Where did that fat guy go to?
I want to get down to 160-pounds. Only, I am wondering just how I should do that. I could increase the exercise. It's cold outside now, and I don't have a gym membership.
I also preach that exercise really is for conditioning the body. Exercise should be used to maintain, or increase body strength. Burning calories is a by product of expending energy during exercise.
So, what am I going to do to get to 170-pounds? I have no choice but to push down my total calorie intake for the day.
I have made up my mind that I will drop my total calorie count from 1,500 calories per-day, down to 1,300 calories per-day.
In doing so, I have to make sure that I keep taking my protein powder, and my vitamin supplements.
I realize that I can't get all the vitamins and nutrients that I need by eating 1,300 calories a day.
I am going to push up the green vegetables that I consume also.
I can get a lot of bulk out of a half pound of beans, and not a whole lot of calories. It's safe to eat greens as part of a diet program. I am not a rabbit either...
I am really going to be careful with the cookies and cake. Yep, I will have to watch out there.
When will I get to 170-pounds? I don't know. I am sure I will get there using only 1,300 calories a day.
That diet book I mentioned had a formula: 7 calories times my weight. Seven calories times 180-pounds is 1,280 calories. I am going to round that to 1,300 calories.
I am not going to enjoy this either. I like food just like anyone else does. I am not so happy about trimming off another 200 calories.
But, I must do what I can to get to where I want to be, and that's 160-pounds.
Trust me, I don't plan on killing myself to get there. There will be those days coming up that I will bust the food bank too. So don't worry about me.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Hanging Onto 180-Pounds
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto that Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing at 183-pounds.
That's not bad considering I had no idea what I weighed yesterday.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto that Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing at 183-pounds.
That's not bad considering I had no idea what I weighed yesterday.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Eat Some Honey, It May Suppress Hunger
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at ????? I don't know.
I forgot my scale at home.
I know that I was sitting at around 182-pounds yesterday. That's good. I think so.
I suspect today I am around the same. I know because I didn't eat anything yesterday that would pack on the pounds. Also this morning, I had a real good, healthy .......! I am sure that knocked off some weight. (Oh, I am so uncouth and gross.)
Today, I was reading Kevin Trudeau's book about "Natural cures." He mentioned in the last chapter a story about bread that his wife made. This bread that she made apparently had the ability to suppress the appetite. One of the ingredients was honey.
Kevin mentioned that honey spikes up the sugar levels and suppresses hunger.
I thought, "Wow, I had already figured that one out." I figured out that by eating honey before I go for a real big meal, I end the meal with eating less food.
I have been posting this in my blog now for many months. If you take a tablespoon of honey before going to that big meal, you may end that meal eating less.
When the body is sending out a signal it's hungry, all the nerves start jumping in the brain. The mind says, "Hey, I am hungry." Then the brain starts to signal the stomach to begin to hurt.
One of the causes of hunger is low blood sugar. If before eating the blood sugar can be spurred on to rise, then hunger will dissipate faster. Honey, which is a natural sugar, starts the blood sugar to rise.
If the blood sugar is up, then the chances of feeling hungry are lowered.
The next time you are raving hungry, try a tablespoon of honey. If you have a big meal ahead of you, then try consuming a tablespoon of honey one half hour before you eat. See if that doesn't help you eat less.
Yesterday I wrote about saying goodbye to sugars. Well, I meant saying goodbye to the things we eat regularly like cookies, sodas, and sweet rolls for breakfast. I didn't mean saying goodbye to honey.
What's the difference between honey and sugar. Studies are finding that honey is a natural anti-biotic in some respects. (Don't ask me to foot-note this. Go Google what I wrote and see if I am nuts.)
Honey also has some other things in it that are thought to help slow the growth of cancer.
Sugar, on the other hand, doesn't have anything that helps the body. It seems to cause cancer, or exacerbate it. There are a bunch of other things that sugar does that make it less of a healthy choice.
It sure does taste good though.
So, try honey before you go out to eat.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at ????? I don't know.
I forgot my scale at home.
I know that I was sitting at around 182-pounds yesterday. That's good. I think so.
I suspect today I am around the same. I know because I didn't eat anything yesterday that would pack on the pounds. Also this morning, I had a real good, healthy .......! I am sure that knocked off some weight. (Oh, I am so uncouth and gross.)
Today, I was reading Kevin Trudeau's book about "Natural cures." He mentioned in the last chapter a story about bread that his wife made. This bread that she made apparently had the ability to suppress the appetite. One of the ingredients was honey.
Kevin mentioned that honey spikes up the sugar levels and suppresses hunger.
I thought, "Wow, I had already figured that one out." I figured out that by eating honey before I go for a real big meal, I end the meal with eating less food.
I have been posting this in my blog now for many months. If you take a tablespoon of honey before going to that big meal, you may end that meal eating less.
When the body is sending out a signal it's hungry, all the nerves start jumping in the brain. The mind says, "Hey, I am hungry." Then the brain starts to signal the stomach to begin to hurt.
One of the causes of hunger is low blood sugar. If before eating the blood sugar can be spurred on to rise, then hunger will dissipate faster. Honey, which is a natural sugar, starts the blood sugar to rise.
If the blood sugar is up, then the chances of feeling hungry are lowered.
The next time you are raving hungry, try a tablespoon of honey. If you have a big meal ahead of you, then try consuming a tablespoon of honey one half hour before you eat. See if that doesn't help you eat less.
Yesterday I wrote about saying goodbye to sugars. Well, I meant saying goodbye to the things we eat regularly like cookies, sodas, and sweet rolls for breakfast. I didn't mean saying goodbye to honey.
What's the difference between honey and sugar. Studies are finding that honey is a natural anti-biotic in some respects. (Don't ask me to foot-note this. Go Google what I wrote and see if I am nuts.)
Honey also has some other things in it that are thought to help slow the growth of cancer.
Sugar, on the other hand, doesn't have anything that helps the body. It seems to cause cancer, or exacerbate it. There are a bunch of other things that sugar does that make it less of a healthy choice.
It sure does taste good though.
So, try honey before you go out to eat.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Friday, January 11, 2008
I Found A Book Written By The Doctors On "The Biggest Loser"
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds.
See, I told you that there wasn't anything to worry about.
Yesterday I found a book that was written by the doctors responsible for the TV show "The Biggest Loser." I myself am glad that I didn't end up on the show. I don't want the whole world knowing that I am so inept. Although I am.
Well, then Mr. Dane, why are you writing this blog? I have several reasons. I am hoping someone who was like me, and is struggling with his or her weight like me, will realize that something can be done to fix the problem. And, writing is therapeutic, it's fun.
That fix is "Eat Less Food."
The doctors who wrote this book didn't have much advice about how to lose weight. In other words; they don't have any magical diet plans. They actually made most of this book into a calorie counter. Thank you... I have had such a hard time finding books that count calories for ordinary foods. They have a more in depth book available, but this book was a calorie counter.
The doctors also advised the same thing that I have been posting all along. It's the amount of food we consume, which is measured as calories, that really matters.
These doctors advise is this: If you want to lose weight, then reduce the number of calories that you consume. Voila, you will lose weight if you "EAT LESS FOOD."
They also had a very simple formula to follow to help give a general idea about how many calories should be consumed until the proper weight is attained.
It works like this: 7 calories times your current weight. So for me, I was once 240 pounds, I would have had to consume: 7 x 240 = 1680 calories. Gee, I wish I knew that before.
I actually consumed much less than that 1,680 calories. It's because I was eating Lean Cuisines three times a day. After that I was eating TV dinners. I figured out how many calories I would consume by trial and error.
Now, according to the formula I ought to be consuming 1280 calories. Phew...
It's tough now eating only 1,500 calories a day.
The same doctors wrote that a written food journal ought to be maintained to keep a record of food consumption. They said, all liquids that contain calories, and foods should be measured precisely and the calorie consumption recorded. Gee, what have I been writing? I am oh so profound.
In the end they say when you or I have attained our desired weight we can boost our calorie count up to 14 calories a pound. For me that will be just about 2,200 calories a day that I will be able to eat to keep a stable weight. Is that all? Ugh...
I saw the book over at a local book store. You can get it at Amazon.com by clicking here: Biggest Loser Calorie Counter
Along with that book you can get the whole story about losing weight in this book: The Biggest Loser Diet Plan
Like I have written before: It's how much we consume that gets us into trouble with our weight.
I am just like you, I over ate too much food. In the end I gained weight. I kept gaining weight because I kept eating.
When I was eating before I would actually purchase a 14 inch pizza and eat the whole thing in one meal. In October just over one year ago, I actually ate a big bag of Oreo Cookies in one day.
This is the way that I used to eat. When I was doing the Doctor Atkins's Diet, I would eat a 3-pound roasted chicken for one meal. Is it any wonder why I wasn't losing weight? Of course not.
Well, What Can I Do When I Am So Hungry?
All that said, not only will you have to count calories, but you will have to switch out the foods you regularly consume.
Yep, it's time to say good bye to chocolate donuts, candy, and sugar. What, What, didn't you say, " Eat that donut?" Yes, I did.
If you are so absolutely neurotic about eating a donut, then for goodness sakes eat the donut. But, don't you dare eat anything else with it. I mean you can't even drink down a cup of orange juice with it.
It's a whole lot better for anyone to consume green vegetables of all kinds, along with proteins. For example it's better to eat a 3.5-ounce piece of chicken along with green beans, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., than to consume a 3-ounce donut.
Sugars whip up the appetite. It's because when consumed, sugar spikes up the Insulin. In the past I have recommended eating a table spoon of honey. I still do it before going out to eat.
And, as a result, I don't over eat.
It's because the bodies sugar levels start peaking up when sugars are poured into the system. When the sugar is gone then the body suffers a sudden let down.
It's like popping a drug to get high when sugar is poured into the system. I know when I have eaten too much sugar; I get fidgety, and my nerves start jumping. It's a weird feeling.
So, it's safe to say, if you are going to lose weight then eventually you will have to chuck the sugars and candies.
Can you lose weight while consuming them? Of course you can. I did. Only, I didn't live on cookies, and candy.
You shouldn't either.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds.
See, I told you that there wasn't anything to worry about.
Yesterday I found a book that was written by the doctors responsible for the TV show "The Biggest Loser." I myself am glad that I didn't end up on the show. I don't want the whole world knowing that I am so inept. Although I am.
Well, then Mr. Dane, why are you writing this blog? I have several reasons. I am hoping someone who was like me, and is struggling with his or her weight like me, will realize that something can be done to fix the problem. And, writing is therapeutic, it's fun.
That fix is "Eat Less Food."
The doctors who wrote this book didn't have much advice about how to lose weight. In other words; they don't have any magical diet plans. They actually made most of this book into a calorie counter. Thank you... I have had such a hard time finding books that count calories for ordinary foods. They have a more in depth book available, but this book was a calorie counter.
The doctors also advised the same thing that I have been posting all along. It's the amount of food we consume, which is measured as calories, that really matters.
These doctors advise is this: If you want to lose weight, then reduce the number of calories that you consume. Voila, you will lose weight if you "EAT LESS FOOD."
They also had a very simple formula to follow to help give a general idea about how many calories should be consumed until the proper weight is attained.
It works like this: 7 calories times your current weight. So for me, I was once 240 pounds, I would have had to consume: 7 x 240 = 1680 calories. Gee, I wish I knew that before.
I actually consumed much less than that 1,680 calories. It's because I was eating Lean Cuisines three times a day. After that I was eating TV dinners. I figured out how many calories I would consume by trial and error.
Now, according to the formula I ought to be consuming 1280 calories. Phew...
It's tough now eating only 1,500 calories a day.
The same doctors wrote that a written food journal ought to be maintained to keep a record of food consumption. They said, all liquids that contain calories, and foods should be measured precisely and the calorie consumption recorded. Gee, what have I been writing? I am oh so profound.
In the end they say when you or I have attained our desired weight we can boost our calorie count up to 14 calories a pound. For me that will be just about 2,200 calories a day that I will be able to eat to keep a stable weight. Is that all? Ugh...
I saw the book over at a local book store. You can get it at Amazon.com by clicking here: Biggest Loser Calorie Counter
Along with that book you can get the whole story about losing weight in this book: The Biggest Loser Diet Plan
Like I have written before: It's how much we consume that gets us into trouble with our weight.
I am just like you, I over ate too much food. In the end I gained weight. I kept gaining weight because I kept eating.
When I was eating before I would actually purchase a 14 inch pizza and eat the whole thing in one meal. In October just over one year ago, I actually ate a big bag of Oreo Cookies in one day.
This is the way that I used to eat. When I was doing the Doctor Atkins's Diet, I would eat a 3-pound roasted chicken for one meal. Is it any wonder why I wasn't losing weight? Of course not.
Well, What Can I Do When I Am So Hungry?
All that said, not only will you have to count calories, but you will have to switch out the foods you regularly consume.
Yep, it's time to say good bye to chocolate donuts, candy, and sugar. What, What, didn't you say, " Eat that donut?" Yes, I did.
If you are so absolutely neurotic about eating a donut, then for goodness sakes eat the donut. But, don't you dare eat anything else with it. I mean you can't even drink down a cup of orange juice with it.
It's a whole lot better for anyone to consume green vegetables of all kinds, along with proteins. For example it's better to eat a 3.5-ounce piece of chicken along with green beans, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., than to consume a 3-ounce donut.
Sugars whip up the appetite. It's because when consumed, sugar spikes up the Insulin. In the past I have recommended eating a table spoon of honey. I still do it before going out to eat.
And, as a result, I don't over eat.
It's because the bodies sugar levels start peaking up when sugars are poured into the system. When the sugar is gone then the body suffers a sudden let down.
It's like popping a drug to get high when sugar is poured into the system. I know when I have eaten too much sugar; I get fidgety, and my nerves start jumping. It's a weird feeling.
So, it's safe to say, if you are going to lose weight then eventually you will have to chuck the sugars and candies.
Can you lose weight while consuming them? Of course you can. I did. Only, I didn't live on cookies, and candy.
You shouldn't either.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Oh..., I Don't Know... Am I Emotionally Hungry, Or Am I Physically Hungry? OH....?
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 184.2-pounds. That's up 2-pounds from yesterday. And that's up 6-pounds off the record set almost one month ago.
Am I worried? No....
Someone was posting about the difference between Emotional Hunger, and Physical Hunger. I commented that I am lucky; I know when I am hungry physically, and I know when I am Emotionally Hungry.
Does it really matter which feeling is making you or me over eat? Honestly? Think about, in either case, if you are feeding yourself because your stomach hurts, or you are emotionally hungry, the damage caused by over eating is the same. In both cases we get fat, and fatter.
In both cases of overeating it comes down to careless, thoughtless action that results in a response which creates overeating. We eat like a hog in both cases.
Someone might say, well if I could understand the motivation that causes me to over eat then I would control myself. Oh, Please...
Come on here. You mean to tell me if you know you are eating too much food, but you don't know if you are physically hungry, or emotionally hungry, you are going to deliberately stuff yourself until you figure it out? What kind of thinking is that?
Here's a thought, I'm in a boat with you and it's sinking. Let's drill a hole in the bottom of the boat so we can stick a camera below to see if it's another hole causing us to sink, or a wave that's swamping us. If it's a hole causing us to sink, we'll try to plug the hole. If it's a wave swamping us, then we'll get a bucket and bail out the water.
I'm fat, and everyone can see I'm getting fatter. I don't know if I am hungry in my stomach, or I have emotional pain. So, I am going to eat more food here until I figure out which one is causing my problem. Phew....
OH, it's emotional pain, now I can stop eating so much. Oh, it's physical hunger, now I can stop eating so much.
Hey, it doesn't matter. You are eating to much food there. Stop, or you'll get worse. That's it.
How hard is that to figure out?
Here the difference between me, and the rest of the gang out there.
It sucks trying to lose weight.
It's hard just eating one Christmas Cookie, when the fat boy, or girl next to you seems to be enjoying that fistful of cookies.
It's hard to say no when every stinking fiber in you is screaming feed me. It doesn't matter what the cause is.
Here is what I say.
Hell, eat that donut for breakfast.
Yep, that donut that comes in at 400-calories; Eat that thing.
Then don't eat anything else until lunch.
Let's have more fun.
Eat that pint of ice cream for dinner.
Yep, that Haagen Dazs Pint of Chocolate Fudge,
Eat that 600 calories of ice cream.
Don't you dare eat anything else.
You had your dessert.
You didn't deny your sweet tooth.
Don't you dare eat that hamburger and French Fries.
Or, you can pound down the green vegetables, which have very low calories, and the high proteins. And, then have just a little bit of dessert.
Oh, don't forget to write it down.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 184.2-pounds. That's up 2-pounds from yesterday. And that's up 6-pounds off the record set almost one month ago.
Am I worried? No....
Someone was posting about the difference between Emotional Hunger, and Physical Hunger. I commented that I am lucky; I know when I am hungry physically, and I know when I am Emotionally Hungry.
Does it really matter which feeling is making you or me over eat? Honestly? Think about, in either case, if you are feeding yourself because your stomach hurts, or you are emotionally hungry, the damage caused by over eating is the same. In both cases we get fat, and fatter.
In both cases of overeating it comes down to careless, thoughtless action that results in a response which creates overeating. We eat like a hog in both cases.
Someone might say, well if I could understand the motivation that causes me to over eat then I would control myself. Oh, Please...
Come on here. You mean to tell me if you know you are eating too much food, but you don't know if you are physically hungry, or emotionally hungry, you are going to deliberately stuff yourself until you figure it out? What kind of thinking is that?
Here's a thought, I'm in a boat with you and it's sinking. Let's drill a hole in the bottom of the boat so we can stick a camera below to see if it's another hole causing us to sink, or a wave that's swamping us. If it's a hole causing us to sink, we'll try to plug the hole. If it's a wave swamping us, then we'll get a bucket and bail out the water.
I'm fat, and everyone can see I'm getting fatter. I don't know if I am hungry in my stomach, or I have emotional pain. So, I am going to eat more food here until I figure out which one is causing my problem. Phew....
OH, it's emotional pain, now I can stop eating so much. Oh, it's physical hunger, now I can stop eating so much.
Hey, it doesn't matter. You are eating to much food there. Stop, or you'll get worse. That's it.
How hard is that to figure out?
Here the difference between me, and the rest of the gang out there.
It sucks trying to lose weight.
It's hard just eating one Christmas Cookie, when the fat boy, or girl next to you seems to be enjoying that fistful of cookies.
It's hard to say no when every stinking fiber in you is screaming feed me. It doesn't matter what the cause is.
Here is what I say.
Hell, eat that donut for breakfast.
Yep, that donut that comes in at 400-calories; Eat that thing.
Then don't eat anything else until lunch.
Let's have more fun.
Eat that pint of ice cream for dinner.
Yep, that Haagen Dazs Pint of Chocolate Fudge,
Eat that 600 calories of ice cream.
Don't you dare eat anything else.
You had your dessert.
You didn't deny your sweet tooth.
Don't you dare eat that hamburger and French Fries.
Or, you can pound down the green vegetables, which have very low calories, and the high proteins. And, then have just a little bit of dessert.
Oh, don't forget to write it down.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Sweets Rack Up Those Calories
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.2-pounds.
OK, that's up 1-pound from yesterday.
Have I gained 3-pounds of fat since my record? I am not sure.
Am I worried? NO.
If this were you, wouldn't you be happy that you lost 60-pounds in less than one year? I am.
And I am monitoring my progress. This is so I will be able to keep myself from regaining all the weight that I lost.
Last night I went to the grocery store and purchased some Christmas Cookies that were on the resale rack. I love Ginger Bread Cookies, and of all the Christmas Cookies that I gobbled up, I missed the ginger cookies. I purchased some that were reduced in price. I also purchased ginger graham crackers.
These little delicacies (cookies) are 150 calories for five ginger bread men. The ginger graham crackers were 130 for two crackers.
Be warned that when eating cookies and sweets that it doesn't take too many of these delicious little delicacies to rack up the calories, and to spike up that insulin level.
Today I am going with a friend to lunch. Let's see how I do...
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.2-pounds.
OK, that's up 1-pound from yesterday.
Have I gained 3-pounds of fat since my record? I am not sure.
Am I worried? NO.
If this were you, wouldn't you be happy that you lost 60-pounds in less than one year? I am.
And I am monitoring my progress. This is so I will be able to keep myself from regaining all the weight that I lost.
Last night I went to the grocery store and purchased some Christmas Cookies that were on the resale rack. I love Ginger Bread Cookies, and of all the Christmas Cookies that I gobbled up, I missed the ginger cookies. I purchased some that were reduced in price. I also purchased ginger graham crackers.
These little delicacies (cookies) are 150 calories for five ginger bread men. The ginger graham crackers were 130 for two crackers.
Be warned that when eating cookies and sweets that it doesn't take too many of these delicious little delicacies to rack up the calories, and to spike up that insulin level.
Today I am going with a friend to lunch. Let's see how I do...
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Outta Thoughts, And Out Of Commentary
Hello weight losing fans...
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181-pounds.
Well, I think that's pretty good.
It just goes to show that I was right. It was stuff waiting to leave.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181-pounds.
Well, I think that's pretty good.
It just goes to show that I was right. It was stuff waiting to leave.
Bye for now...
And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane
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