GO DUANE!!! I've never been large but I do know that I feel so much better when I'm working out consistently. DRE
> -----Original Message----- > From: Duane Boudreau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:52 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Weight Watchers (was: RE: Adkins) > > > I know her pain! Been big since I was 6. Was in decent shape > from 15 to 25 (got married) and its been down hill since. > Since 25 I haven't been under 265 and have been as high as > 350 (*ouch!*). > > During last years annual physical my family doctor asked me > about my financials. Asked if we saved/invested money or just > spent everything at each paycheck. I told him that of course > we saved and invested as much as we could. His next statement > was to think of my health as my paycheck. Joined WW the next day :) > > So far I honestly haven't found WW to be intrusive at all, > and next to family and CF its the thing I love most ;). > Exercise has been a big problem with us too. It mostly my > fault, working 60+ a week and going to school one night a > week doesn't leave much time. Two weeks ago I said the hell > with it and me and my wife joined "Black Belt Academy" with > classes 3 nights during the week and two on the weekends. > > Duane > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 12:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Weight Watchers (was: RE: Adkins) > > > Awesome, way to go Duane !! > > My daughter lost about 80 pounds with WW, karate, and the > gym. (Age 16-17 at the time.) Has kept it off. Turned her life around. > > Wife and I aren't overeating right now, we're > under-exercising. Gotta make the workouts a higher priority... > > -Ben > > > >From: "Duane Boudreau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: Weight Watchers (was: RE: Adkins) > >Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:17:33 -0500 > > > >I've been doing WW since last Thanksgiving. I've lost 51-lbs since > >starting and haven't really found it to be a huge difference > in my life > >style. Pretty much eat what I want when I want just more > careful about > >portions. > > > >Started Kenpo Jujitsu two weeks ago to speed the process to > 200lbs up > >:) > > > >Duane > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:58 AM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: Weight Watchers (was: RE: Adkins) > > > > > >Hi Robert, > > > >You are absolutely correct, I shouldn't make sweeping generalizations > >:-) > > > >You are also correct that various people's metabolisms > differ, and one > >diet might not work for another person. > > > >What I really meant is that "in general" a diet that focuses on > >particular food types may not be as healthy for most people > as a more > >balanced diet. This includes the grapefruit, cabbage soup, > etc. diets. > > > >re: Weight Watchers - I lost 35 pounds on it without feeling very > >deprived (but was still depraved <g>), in combination with moderate > >exercise. > > > >It is basically a reduced calorie diet that rewards you for > low fat and > >high fiber, penalizes you for high fat and low fiber. My > cholesterol > >went down too. Plus it may reduce the risk of colon cancer (from all > >the fiber and veggies). You can really stay full depending > on what you > >pick for snacks (e.g. a huge nonfat tortilla with a certain kind of > >bean spread and smothered in salsa counted as 1 "point", and > I get 28 > >to 35 points a day at my weight). > > > >A bunch of the stuff I've read on diets said it is sensible and > >healthy. May not have as rapid a weight loss as some others, > but then > >rapid weight loss tends to rapidly come back. As compared to Jenny > >Craig where you eat their food, WW teaches you how to eat in > a way that > >can keep weight off. > > > >And my loss included scheduled and unscheduled pig-outs - > then I went > >back on program. > > > >Best of luck... > > > >-Ben > > > > > > >From: Robert Everland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: RE: Adkins > > >Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:36:29 -0500 > > > > > >Actually it's not really good to say that one diet is good for all > >people. > > >A > > >diet is only as good as the person doing it. So if you can stay on > > >the atkins and lose the weight, then that's better than > trying to do > > >it the recommended way. There has also been a study > recently that has > > >shown that the Atkins diet isn't as bad as you may have thought > > > >http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/19/otsc.atkins > .diet/inde > >x.ht > >m > > >l . Again, not every diet is for everyone. I tried the Atkins and > >couldn't > > >do it, others have lost a ton of weight, some people just can't > > >process carbs like other people, which is where this diet helps > > >people out. If you're on the Atkins diet you just have to > be aware of > > >some of the issues Ben has to say and make sure you monitor these > > >things, but from the > >article > > >it is saying that the obvious thins like high cholestrol may not > > >actually happen. Oh well, dieting is not an exact sience. > I am trying > > >weight watchers right now, we'll see how that one goes. > > > > > >Robert Everland III > > >Web Developer Extraordinaire > > >Dixon Ticonderoga Company > > >http://www.dixonusa.com > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:28 AM > > >To: CF-Community > > >Subject: RE: Adkins > > > > > > > > >Yes, it makes your breath reek. > > >Your body goes into ketosis, and the smell is blowing off acetone. > > > > > >Atkins screws up your whole metabolic balance in much the > same way as > >acute > > >starvation or severe diabetes. > > > > > >see WebMD article: > > >http://my.webmd.com/content/asset/miller_keane_18249 > > > > > >IMHO, the only diet that really works without messing up > your health > > >is > >to > > >decrease total calories as part of a > nutritionally-balanced diet, and > > >increase calorie expenditure through aerobic and other > exercise. The > >basic > > >immutable rule of physiology is 3,500 calories = 1 pound. > > > > > >-Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Adam Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: RE: Adkins > > > >Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:24:27 -0000 > > > > > > > >Doesn't it make you breath reak? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: 22 November 2002 09:10 > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: Adkins > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How are you finding the adkins diet? > > > > > > > > > > there was a documentary about it over here basically > saying it > > > > > was very bad for you > > > > > > > > > > But the weight loss was preety good, but i'm really not sure > > > > > about the ultrea low carb part > > > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > > Oh, and before anybody jumps on me 'cause of the > "lazy worthless > > > >fat-ass" > > > > > thing, I used to weigh 320# and stand 6'0" tall. I > took my own > > > > > weight and my own health into serious consideration > and over the > > > > > past two years I have reduced my weight to 260# my > goal is 220# > > > > > and I am about a year away from it (Atkins and > exercise, baby!). > > > > > > > > > > And believe me, if *I* can do it *anyone* can! > > > > > > > > > > McDonalds *did not* make me fat. *I did.* (I don't like fast > > > > > food...too much > > > > > salt) Or rather *my* actions (or lack of action) did... > > > > > > > > > > I'm sick and goddamned tired of these worthless morons. > > > > > > > > > > my $0.02 > > > > > > > > > > will > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > William H. 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"They're all fricken sheep" ... > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/21/fast.food.lawsuit.ap/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
