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Xiaou2:
I suppose I should have specified, my experience was with Chinese & Taiwanese.

 Ive been with a Chinese girl (in usa, moved here when she was like 9yrs old), as well as Taiwanese girl (Native in Taiwan), as well as chatted with others.   The Chinese girl & her family didnt go to eat fast food that I can ever recall, and Id been with her for 3yrs, hanging out with them often. They didnt have too many snacks around, and didnt eat too many sweet things.  Similar for the Taiwanese girl.

 The Chinese woman I chatted with (Native in China) also wasnt into sweets either.   Im a sweet-a-holic  heh

 Im a Caucasian btw, and Im no racist.

 Im merely stating the observations Ive had.  Im certain poor diet has a huge impact on health and longevity.  Most especially the masses eating junk food high fat diet.

 Id say that theres probably some things that people are eating that counteract the bad.  But excesses are going to outweigh the bad.  (The Taiwanese girl had ordered me a bowl of noodle soup, which had what appeared to be dandelion stems. Those didnt taste that good, but maybe it was good for me... Freshly made noodles 'on-the-spot', however, were out of this world)

 And while there are a lot of junk foods made in various Asian countries.. its not just the fact that they exist... but the frequency that they are bought and consumed.

 Btw - My ex loved that dried Seaweed stuff.  The smell of it turned my stomach. heh
However, I have had non-dried seaweed in a Japanese meal, that had some sort of dressing, and it was pretty good.

javeryh:
Damn.  Now I could really go for some lumpia.  I agree with not doing fad diets.  Last October I was in the best shape of my life (marathon training) and then I got sick and just stopped working out cold.  Before I knew it the holidays had come and gone and it wasn't until February I decided to step on a scale and I had gained 30 lbs!  I hadn't changed anything other than the fact that I wasn't running and lifting weights 5 times a week. 

So in February I finally got the energy to get back on track and now about 15 weeks later I've lost over 30 lbs.  The difference this time is I finally found a diet and workout schedule that work for me.  I work out 4 times a week and I have been eating really healthy (lots of chicken, fish, fruits and vegetables) and I stopped drinking everything except for water.  It hasn't been that much effort - I'm never hungry, I have a ton of energy and I look and feel great (I'm about 200 lbs. now and 6' tall and I'm a pretty big dude).  I'm actually going to try and lose 15 more in the next 15-20 weeks.  I think 185lbs would be ideal but maybe a little too skinny but I haven't been that skinny in 10 years so what the heck.

ark_ader:
Nope I have Bacon & Eggs in the morning then a small banana at break - in the afternoon  lettuce, 5 slices of cucumber, 2 mushrooms with small amount of olive oil & rice vinegar (shaken) in a salad for lunch with with two small sheets of crisp bread (for fibre) then nothing until dinner when I have two chicken breasts and 4 florets of cauliflower with melted cheese.  

For a treat I will have Philadelphia full fat on 3 celery sticks and I can have about 5 boiled eggs if the hunger pangs.  I drink about a litre of coffee (Starbuck black and straight ice cold) and water about three litres a day.  This time around I give myself 5 carbs a day, but I burn it right through when I walk to work each morning.

Exercise:  20 laps in the pool, body workout, each day and walk 25 miles a week.  No car.  

Eating is alright - getting rid is the difficult part.... :lol

DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: eds1275 on June 08, 2011, 07:52:00 pm ---.....Played an ungodly amount of frisbee [which made me more social] and had lots of sex.

--- End quote ---

I take it you weren't married at that time..

All this talk about food makes me want pizza, breadsticks and 3 or 4 Dos Equis'.

javeryh:
ark_ader - your diet is terrible!  You can't eat like that forever!  Celery sticks?  Slices of cucumber? Boiled eggs?  Jeez - that sounds like hell to me.  It may work in the short term but long-term I just don't see anyone keeping that up.  You would be better off just gradually changing your diet from crap food to healthy food instead of something so drastic.  You can still eat normal food and lose weight.

The exercise you are getting is great though and chicken for dinner is good.  Instead of bacon and eggs try egg whites in a bowl with slice of chopped ham or turkey - mix that together in a bowl and microwave for 90 seconds - it's delicious and really good for you.  That's what I eat in the mornings, I have a ham sandwich on rye with lettuce, tomato and honey mustard with a small bag of sunchips for lunch and then chicken or fish with sauteed peppers and onions for dinner.  I snack on fruit and nuts all day long and I drink a crap ton of water.  I'm never hungry and I rarely crave bad food - and when I do I just indulge a little.  Last weekend I had 2 slices of pizza for dinner one night and it didn't affect my weight loss for the week at all.

Just my $0.02 - it's a constant battle and I finally feel like I found the right solution (for me).   :cheers:

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