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Post by orangina on Oct 18, 2004 14:41:03 GMT -5
For those who need help..CHANGE ONE (on sale in paperback for about $6 at Amazon is very good. It teaches you how to change one thing each week in your daily menu so you will eventually drop the pounds.
Naturally I like the fatfallacy book too!
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Post by abrannan on Oct 18, 2004 15:08:56 GMT -5
I was wondering where you'd gone off to... Apparently you've been reading!
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Post by orangina on Oct 18, 2004 18:37:11 GMT -5
Ah..did ya miss me?
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Post by abrannan on Oct 18, 2004 21:45:39 GMT -5
Of course I did! I haven't read the words "Eat like the French" in what feels like months!  |
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Post by orangina on Oct 19, 2004 4:57:49 GMT -5
EAT LIKE THE FRENCH...lose weight!
There that should last ya!
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Post by Ozarra on Oct 19, 2004 23:46:02 GMT -5
i'll have to look up that book, sounds interesting  and I like the idea of going slow with changing one thing a week  seems easier on your body than just cutting things out cold turkey. |
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Post by orangina on Oct 20, 2004 7:13:29 GMT -5
The site I work for has a book also called thefatfallacy its at Amazon and quite good on how fake much of the food we eat is
the change one book is very basic though ..it breaks it down one week at a time and makes things manageable so its very good ..I would highly recommend it for someone who needs help and is overwhelmed
I also like thestepdiet book it really stresses how you have to MOVE to lose.
I wear my pedometer with DDR and I get in some steps.
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Post by Ozarra on Oct 21, 2004 22:35:38 GMT -5
wow, yeah I do think that would be a good book for me, just starting a eating plan and exercise plan is the hardest thing for me but I'm commited this time, I don't want to be fat anymore.  |
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Post by Laura Moncur on Oct 22, 2004 7:37:54 GMT -5
I used to have an entire shelf of weight loss books from all different sources.
A couple of months ago, I gave them all to charity. I realized that they represented every failure I had ever experienced losing weight. Each book was a "new thing" that I tried and failed at.
The day I decided that I was just going to eat healthy for the rest of my life because I actually feel better when I do, I started losing weight. Weight Watchers showed me how to eat healthy, but I could have gotten that information from any nutrition counselor.
Now, I just need to conquer stress and boredom eating and I'll be free!
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Post by Ozarra on Oct 22, 2004 17:56:26 GMT -5
well I hope they did someone some good Ive got a few of those floating around here somewhere, I bought the southbeach diet book, susan powder book, and more i'm sure with intentions of starting them but I love starches wayyyy too much and I guess I just wasn't as ready as I thought I was at the time. I try to be careful now with my sweet intake mostly and highfat/high calorie starches. I used to buy a 6 pack of donuts and a 6 pack of peanutbutter crackers when I went on break at work but now Ive learned better. I havn't bought donuts in quite a while |
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Post by Ozarra on Oct 22, 2004 18:03:05 GMT -5
I tried the southbeach diet but I mainly eat starches like pasta, crackers, chips (lower in fat), bagels, cereal.....stuff like that so it was kinda hard for me to cut them cold turkey. My dad though now i'm proud of him, he's on the southbeach diet and he's lost about 40 pounds on it so far. I think he was like 330 b4 and now he's around 290 so I know it does work, I just didn't have the will power to stick to it |
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Post by orangina on Oct 23, 2004 7:58:22 GMT -5
I dont believe in diet books as a whole either. But the books I mentioned are not really diets.
Thestepdiet book has a diet name but it pretty much talks about how to lose weight by cutting 100 calories out of your days intake and walking more.
The changeone book is good because it helps with portion sizes and eating healthy and some folks need this info.
So yes I say get rid of the books like the peanutbutterdiet and thedrinkingmans plan etc..but a few books can help those who need it.
I got rid of all my WeightWatchers books because I thinkmany of them have a major diet mentality, with all the counting and measuring etc.
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Post by orangina on Oct 23, 2004 8:01:22 GMT -5
BTW you are lucky you had a good Weight Watchers counselor to teach you how to eat healthy.
There are many people who cannot afford WW and thus a book with good info. is helpful
I personally dont like Weight Watchers. The one I attended years ago taught people to NOT WORK OUT WITH WEIGHTS because it would make them heavier ..NOT to eat real food but use fake foods because it was lower in points etc.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE SCALE AT WEIGHT WATCHERS NOT ABOUT GETTNG HEALTHY
at least the one I went to was like that and I had about 4 different leaders..so you are lucky you got a good one.
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Post by Laura Moncur on Oct 29, 2004 6:43:54 GMT -5
You're right. Over the years, Weight Watchers has changed quite a bit. When you hear stories about the older plans (one serving of liver required each week), I just cringe.
Weight Watchers is constantly changing and trying to keep up with the ever changing world of nutrition and fitness. They are staffed by experts in medical science, so they are trying to be safe and healthy, but it's true. Medical science doesn't have the full picture yet. When they do, I'm pretty sure WW will change their plan again.
Wow! That sounded like a commercial. You're right. I am lucky that I got a good teacher. I need the extra support that WW provides me. That's why it works for me.
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and I like the idea of going slow with changing one thing a week 
seems easier on your body than just cutting things out cold turkey. 
