Anyone Dieting?

In many cases, when people here are diagnosed with gluten intolerance, what they actually have is a sensitivity to the ultra processed flour that we make here. That and the chemicals that find their way into our flour. Europe doesn’t have that problem so their products made from flour don’t affect people adversely.

 

Hovering at 210lbs for last few years. Been as low as 206 and high as 215 but pretty sure I've found my happy spot. Contemplating a self induced therapy program for my shoulders using a gym and tethered weight machines. The joints are worn. Thinking if I add some more muscle around them they may hold up for another decade to what I put them through. Probably wishful thinking.

For anyone trying to lose weight...do you always 'earn' a supper via physical activity? I go most nights without supper. I sit for a full shift at a desk, most days. If hungry a reasonable snack. I do eat a substantial lunch that I would describe as 'neutral healthy'. Next 'food' is usually at 5 am following morning where I enjoy a glass of milk and one of those 'old people' Ensure drinks for breakfast. Been doing this for years now.

Caloric intake vs Caloric use.

 

I keep it simple by thinking of it as a calories in, calories out endeavor. To maintain my current weight, I need (about) 2300 calories a day. Less than that, I'm in a deficit and slowly losing weight, more than that, and I'm slowly gaining it back. It doesn't matter so much what form the calories come in, just as long as the math adds up at the end of the day. I can scarf down a doughnut at 11:30pm as long as I planned for it earlier in the day. The biggest variable here is daily activity. If I'm walking a lot or riding a bicycle, I can consume more calories and not store excess calories as fat. I tend to make dinner my largest calorie meal, because for most people the hunger hormone (ghrelin) is elevated the most at night. When I break my fast midday (literally break-fast) its fairly high in calories, and my lunch is relatively light. Then when dinner comes, I can consume a bit more to hold me over until the following day. One thing to keep in mind is that there's about 3500 calories in a single pound of body fat, so to gain a pound you've got to be overconsuming day after day for it to happen, either a few hundred calories a day or one seriously disgusting eating binge in a short amount of time.

 

You can never outexercise a bad diet. Or maybe put a better way, you can always outeat the most extreme exercise plan. Losing weight is 90% eating less and 10% burning more calories. Put the fork down. Exercise is absolutely not required to lose weight, look at all those starving prisoners that are skin and bones. It's really just about eating less.

I'm also a big fan of eating less times per day and giving yourself the chance to get hungry in between feedings. This all0ws your insulin levels to drop and so allows your body access to your stored fat for fuel. Because to be honest, we aren't trying to lose weight but to lose fat.

 

Yep, got home from our 5 day cruise and 3 days in FLA. The scale wasn't my friend......back to 213lbs...back to eating normal at home...208lbs now