eating fat does not make you fat...that's a myth the sugar industry started. if you look at the label for anything low-fat you will notice that it has a TON of sugar. Sugar for sure makes you fat.
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > My wife tells me that the nuts I always eat have a lot of saturated fats. > I am addicted. > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> nuts are great for you as long as they are not salted or candied. Lots >> of great protein in nuts and they are a natural food. read the label and >> make sure the only ingredients are nuts, if you see anything else listed >> then move on. >> >> the "diet industry" has us programmed to count calories but all calories >> are not made equally (actually burned equally would be a better phrase). >> >> start reading the ingredient list and make sure you are eating as much >> natural food as possible with as little sugar as possible. don't put sugar >> or sweeter in your coffee either, drink it black. >> >> you will go into withdrawals and start craving sugar like a crack addict >> but just always keep it in your head "is there added sugars in what i'm >> eating?" >> >> instead of eating ice-cream grab some greek plain greek yogurt (again >> check the label because sometimes they add sugar to even the plain yogurt) >> and put some fresh fruit on top. >> >> you for sure need the wife on board. if the bad food is around it will >> get eaten so toss it out and start over. after about 3-4 weeks it will be >> habit and be pretty easy but getting thru the first month of sugar >> withdrawals is actually hard. >> >> -sean >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, I just got back from England and jumped on the scale. Arrgh. >>> I don’t drink sugared sodas so that is no problem, but my wife does buy >>> candy. >>> And I snack on nuts all the time too but I know they are pretty high >>> calories. >>> >>> So, baby carrots and hummis I guess. >>> >>> I can lose weight, much easier if my wife is on board. >>> We are empty nesters now and I am hoping to convince to help me with >>> this. >>> >>> *From:* Sean Heskett <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2016 11:02 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Fit Bit >>> >>> 5 things that will help you loose and keep weight off >>> >>> 1. no Alcohol (you probably already do this chuck) or only a drink or >>> two per week >>> 2. no added sugar. check every label on the food you eat and buy the >>> stuff without sugar or as little sugar as possible. the low fat stuff >>> usually means they added sugar so avoid it like the plague. especially >>> avoid high fructose corn sweetener. >>> 3. no bread or very little bread. instead of a sandwich throw all the >>> sandwich fixins on a salad or lettuce wrap. or in the winter eat soup (for >>> some reason salad is not appetizing to me in the winter...prolly because >>> i'm already cold lol) >>> 4. healthy snacks with no added sugar. get all your sugars from fruits >>> if you can (your body needs some sugar). unsalted nuts are good, cheese as >>> long as it's not in excess is good protein too. >>> 5. 30 minutes of some kind of exercise. walk, bike, go to the gym, >>> whatever, just move around for 30 min. >>> >>> you'd be amazed at what cutting out all the crappy sugar can do. their >>> is already a lot of sugar in everything we eat so try to cut it out as much >>> as possible. >>> >>> I dropped 15lbs pretty quick once i got rid of sugar, alcohol (which >>> turns into sugar), and bread (carbs that turn into sugar). the awesome >>> thing is the weight stayed off since i've programmed myself to avoid sugar. >>> >>> 2 cents, good luck!! >>> >>> -Sean >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 10:20 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thinking of getting a fitness tracker. Getting too fat this summer. >>>> Does the fit bit only work with an iPhone? How do you charge them and >>>> get the data out? >>>> I am still running my iPhone 4 and bound and determined to use it until >>>> it no longer works. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >
