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Samstag:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on August 30, 2008, 11:26:06 am ---It may be different in the third world, but in America we've become so 'health conscious' that you can eat virtually anywhere and stay healthy.  I think it's simply a matter of being informed over what you're doing to yourself and making decisions and choices accordingly. 

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I've been to a lot of different countries (none of them third world) and I'd say the "healthy" menu stuff in any American restaurant is less healthy than any random offering elsewhere.

Except Bavaria.  Those guys can make twinkies look like a healthy alternative.

ChadTower:

For the last 1000 years grandmas have been saying that if you get off your butt your butt will get off you.  Why is it any different now?

Jdurg:

--- Quote from: Samstag on August 30, 2008, 08:48:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: pinballjim on August 30, 2008, 11:26:06 am ---It may be different in the third world, but in America we've become so 'health conscious' that you can eat virtually anywhere and stay healthy.  I think it's simply a matter of being informed over what you're doing to yourself and making decisions and choices accordingly. 

--- End quote ---

I've been to a lot of different countries (none of them third world) and I'd say the "healthy" menu stuff in any American restaurant is less healthy than any random offering elsewhere.

Except Bavaria.  Those guys can make twinkies look like a healthy alternative.

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I've been to Brussels in Belgium, and I can't really say that they have "healthy" food there.  They have DAMN GOOD food there, but I wouldn't call it healthy.  The thing is, I didn't see one single fat person in the entire week I was there.  The Belgian Waffles were to kill for, the french influence in food was insane, and the amount of chocolate and beer floating around was incredible.  The thing is, the service was slow so that you had to sit and slowly eat your food and in the end, the portion sizes are about half of what we have here in the USA.  So by cutting back on the amount of food you eat, you can still eat somewhat unhealthy food and enjoy it.  I LOVED Brussels and desperately want to go back.

patrickl:
The difference is probably in portion size. You can eat unhealthy crap, but if you don't eat too much of it you still won't gain weight.

I've eaten in restaurants all over the US and portions tend to be twice the size of the portions served in European restaurants. If you finish your plate in the US you will gain a lot of weight pretty fast. I guess the doggy bag is a good alternative, but if the plate is filled with too much food then people tend to eat too much.

The weirdest thing I got was a free refil cup at some burger place off a highway. It was a 1 liter cardboard bucket that I could refil as often as I wanted. I can't imagine drinking more than a liter of soda in one go. There were families there that did refil their buckets though.

ark_ader:
Last time I went on a "Diet" was Bill Phillip's Body for Life.  I followed his guide and I did lose weight but over a much longer period.  I went to the gym 5 times a day with cardio and swimming with weight training every other day.  I had good muscle tone and a reduced urge to snack.  This was nothing like Atkins.

Meal portion was rice and peas and chicken 3 times a day every 4 hours with a Breakfast shake and a sensible evening meal.  The portion was fist sized, and I could snack on celery or cheese strings.  I got myself down from 300 lbs to 248 lbs in 7 months. 

But with Atkins I cut to the chase and did it in 3 weeks.  BTW I just checked and I'm 17 st. 6 lbs after 4 weeks that is 13.5 pounds a week.   :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: I can fit into my old suit! :woot

I'll stay on this puppy for another 4 weeks to see if I can keep it up.  No real side effects, except bad breath, and the odd fainting episode because I did not eat lunch on time yesterday - oops. :dizzy:   :laugh2:

I tried some of the crunches and from what I read it should help burn some more fat.  25 to start, with 50 my goal.

I do want to hear of your success stories, so get dieting and posting - you can do it!. 

But see your doctor first.  I didn't but that is not good advice, just don't let the doc talk you out of it though :applaud:

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