Wed, Sep-30-09, 07:28
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Attitude is a Choice
Posts: 30,111
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Plan: No sugar, flour, wheat
Stats: 228.4/209.0/170
BF:stl/too/mch
Progress: 33%
Location: NYC
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Originally Posted by Berkely
So, here is some advice for all interested parties. When the latest diet discovery hits, take a deep breath, do your homework. Use common sense. Don’t let the diet-tip du-jour move you from your well-considered strategy. Stick with a life plan that closely mirrors the way man has always eaten and behaved; one that includes plenty of simple, unadorned, natural foods, and simple, unadorned, natural physical movement. Change course only when the weight of significant evidence compels you to institute a thoughtful change of heart.
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Originally Posted by Sid
That pretty much sums it up. Find what works for you, what does not, and steer the course, using your paddle to bash anyone who tries to talk you into straying from your discovered course. Take no prisoners.
I think this is also the essence of what Michael Pollan has recommended (at least on the diet part): Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much.
Staying active is also so important, even if it is just walking. I'm watching my parents now. My mom is doing OK, but my father has trouble getting out of chairs or just walking a few steps because he is carrying so many pounds. That would be me in 20 years if I wasn't mindful -
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 I was just reading an aritcle written by the author of the book about why French women don't get fat. She was talking about women who exercise in the gym for hours on end to compensate for their poor eating habits.
It came down to a difference in lifestyle choices. French women find ways in their lives to move more, they do isometrics as part of their day. I need to find that article and bring it here. I'm not doing it any justice. 
I too, saw myself becoming an old and sick obese woman and couldn't deal with that as my possible reality. I've been looking for more ways to move without formally going to the gym...cuz I just aint a gym rat. I'ver been riding my bike more than ever and having fun doing it...using it for running errands has been great! 
I know that I need to do resistance training....  |