December Weight Loss Challenge

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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    The Champ wrote:
    Someone didn't get the memo about starting these types of things in January. It's the fucking holidays, don't be a party pooper..And what's this about potatoes being bad for you?? It's a fucking vegetable no? Good luck everyone :)..
    Listen...I drink enough booze to more than make up for the fact that I am not eating wonder bread and french fries.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Listen...I drink enough booze to more than make up for the fact that I am not eating wonder bread and french fries.

    I said potatoes? Of course french fries are not good for you. Listen, eat a chicken breast with a baked potato three times per day and see what results occur. Yeah, booze usually leads to overeating/late night eating...No problem with red wine though :)..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    The Champ wrote:
    I said potatoes? Of course french fries are not good for you. Listen, eat a chicken breast with a baked potato three times per day and see what results occur. Yeah, booze usually leads to overeating/late night eating...No problem with red wine though :)..
    Or you could eat a chicken breast and some spinach or a salad and do the same thing, but put more fibre and vitamins into your body.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Or you could eat a chicken breast and some spinach or a salad and do the same thing, but put more fibre and vitamins into your body.

    Yes, but if you include a potato with the salad and spinach you'll feel full and also get the appropriate and/or sufficient amount of good carbs....I agree with mookie regarding that Atkins bullshit, carb starving thing...
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    The Champ wrote:
    Someone didn't get the memo about starting these types of things in January. It's the fucking holidays, don't be a party pooper..And what's this about potatoes being bad for you?? It's a fucking vegetable no? Good luck everyone :)..


    i LIKE to start these things now. i still indulge and enjoy things over the holidays, but try and watch all else when i am not at a party and such. i usually start 'self-improvement projects' around my birthday, which is around thanksgiving...so it just coincides with the holidays. however, i am just not one for new year resolutions, etc...so my birthday seems to make more sense to me.

    i've come to realize, like most things...it's about balance. it may take me longer to reach my goals, but i am more likely to make life-long positive changes in this manner. :)

    ps - you know friday will be plenty of food and drink.
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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    The Champ wrote:
    Yes, but if you include a potato with the salad and spinach you'll feel full and also get the appropriate and/or sufficient amount of good carbs....I agree with mookie regarding that Atkins bullshit, carb starving thing...
    I am not carb starving or starving for that matter. I also do not follow atkin's as I cannot digest butter all that well. :o
    Listen, if I am at a steakhouse..you KNOW I am getting a big ole steak and one of those HUGE steakhouse potatoes..a la Luger's.
    I would eat pizza and potatoes until they came out my ears...that is why I have to limit them.
    Believe me...you know I am a foodie. I let loose on the weekends.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    decides2dream wrote:
    i LIKE to start these things now. i still indulge and enjoy things over the holidays, but try and watch all else when i am not at a party and such. i usually start 'self-improvement projects' around my birthday, which is around thanksgiving...so it just coincides with the holidays. however, i am just not one for new year resolutions, etc...so my birthday seems to make more sense to me.

    i've come to realize, like most things...it's about balance. it may take me longer to reach my goals, but i am more likely to make life-long positive changes in this manner. :)

    ps - you know friday will be plenty of food and drink.

    That makes sense on your end, and I agree with the slow and steady mentality. I think any life diet should still include one to two days per week where you are free to eat and drink everything in sight. Not only good for you mentally, but also shocks the shit out of your metabolism, forcing it to work more efficiently..

    Edit: Yeah, Friday would be one of those 'free days' I mentioned..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    The Champ wrote:
    Someone didn't get the memo about starting these types of things in January. It's the fucking holidays, don't be a party pooper..And what's this about potatoes being bad for you?? It's a fucking vegetable no? Good luck everyone :)..

    I think it's that the starchy foods like potatoes (starches are sugars) are harder to break down... or something like that.

    I dunno.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Listen, if I am at a steakhouse..you KNOW I am getting a big ole steak

    murderer.
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  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I am not carb starving or starving for that matter. I also do not follow atkin's as I cannot digest butter all that well. :o
    Listen, if I am at a steakhouse..you KNOW I am getting a big ole steak and one of those HUGE steakhouse potatoes..a la Luger's.
    I would eat pizza and potatoes until they came out my ears...that is why I have to limit them.
    Believe me...you know I am a foodie. I let loose on the weekends.

    Hell yeah..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    The Champ wrote:
    Yes, but if you include a potato with the salad and spinach you'll feel full and also get the appropriate and/or sufficient amount of good carbs....I agree with mookie regarding that Atkins bullshit, carb starving thing...
    Welllll, I agree that there are "good carbs", however:

    1. Fat and the volume of food you eat are what really make you feel full, not carbs

    2. Carbs are not essential to the human body. There are essential amino acids (protein), and essential fatty acids (fat), but no such thing as an essential carb. I still eat carbs, but they're used for energy, nothing more really.

    I'm not saying go ketogenic on Atkins, but there's no question that it's really difficult to put on fat eating a low-carb diet. But it's also difficult to get through your workouts on a low-carb diet!
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    The Champ wrote:
    That makes sense on your end, and I agree with the slow and steady mentality. I think any life diet should still include one to two days per week where you are free to eat and drink everything in sight. Not only good for you mentally, but also shocks the shit out of your metabolism, forcing it to work more efficiently..

    Edit: Yeah, Friday would be one of those 'free days' I mentioned..


    i agree overall. i think everyone simply has to be self-aware enough to realize how their individual body works, and what works diet-wise and what doen't. there is no one-size-fits-all approach to eating healthfully and maintaining your body. sure, there are good guidelines out there...but what works fr one may not for another....and we all have to get attuned to what truly works for us.

    i DO try and 'limit' my carbs overall...b/c i KNOW i am a total carbwhore and they are my downfall. yes, i allow myself to indulge, but they are probably the main focus on what i truly watch to keep myself in check. i think we all do know what works best for us, it's merely utilizing the self-restraint and/or motiviating oneself to do what truly is good for YOU.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    Saturnal wrote:
    Welllll, I agree that there are "good carbs", however:

    1. Fat and the volume of food you eat are what really make you feel full, not carbs

    2. Carbs are not essential to the human body. There are essential amino acids (protein), and essential fatty acids (fat), but no such thing as an essential carb. I still eat carbs, but they're used for energy, nothing more really.

    I'm not saying go ketogenic on Atkins, but there's no question that's really difficult to put on fat eating a low-carb diet. But it's also difficult to get through your workouts on a low-carb diet!

    The Italians live forever and they practically inject themselves daily with pasta, potatoes and wine. Maybe it's not 'essential,' but don't fuck with what works. Eat everything in moderation, not Rosie O'Donnell style..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Saturnal wrote:
    Welllll, I agree that there are "good carbs", however:

    1. Fat and the volume of food you eat are what really make you feel full, not carbs

    2. Carbs are not essential to the human body. There are essential amino acids (protein), and essential fatty acids (fat), but no such thing as an essential carb. I still eat carbs, but they're used for energy, nothing more really.

    I'm not saying go ketogenic on Atkins, but there's no question that it's really difficult to put on fat eating a low-carb diet. But it's also difficult to get through your workouts on a low-carb diet!
    I have no problems getting through my workouts.
    I actually feel I am getting through them better.
    And yes, gue, they are more difficult to break down.

    And white bread....c'mon...the most nutrionally valuable part of the wheat is removed.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Ok folks it's back. It's that time of the year to eat, drink, and be merry! It's also that time to gain a fourth chin and a third ass. So to those of us who want to avoid that last part we will be having a December weight loss challenge. Just like in September feel free to post as little or as much as you would like on the weigh in days. We can use the same weigh in dates so post your results on:

    12/1
    12/8
    12/15
    12/22
    12/29

    Good luck to all and remember you're not just prolonging your life, but also shortening your hangover!

    I'm currently participating in the weight gain challenge and I think I'm winning.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    fanch75 wrote:
    murderer.
    :p
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • ryan198
    ryan198 Posts: 1,015
    how's everyone doing today...i'm waiting for my workout machine, and have eaten some crackers and shrimp (leftover from my fiancees work bridal shower), and a small slice of cake from said party. so i'm prolly sitting at 700 cals for the day. still have 1300 to work with post workout.
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    The Champ wrote:
    The Italians live forever and they practically inject themselves daily with pasta, potatoes and wine. Maybe it's not 'essential,' but don't fuck with what works. Eat everything in moderation, not Rosie O'Donnell style..

    Well I'm not saying that eating carbs is gonna kill you or not let you lose fat. I'm just saying low-carb diets are typically better for losing fat. If you need to eat say...2500 calories/day or less to lose fat, you'll lose lots more fat if the majority of those calories are coming from protein and fat rather than from carbs.
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    I'm currently participating in the weight gain challenge and I think I'm winning.

    :D Keep up the good work! ;)
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I have no problems getting through my workouts.
    I actually feel I am getting through them better.

    Yeah, people generally have mixed feelings on this I've noticed. I do cardio in the morning before eating any carbs, and I'm fine. But if I do my lifting routine without eating carbs prior, I can barely get through it...and all my lifts go way down.

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