[quote=ocrenter]First, congrats to flu for closing in on a huge milestone.
Regarding losing that excess weight around the waist, it is all intake related.
–get rid of refined carbs, have your carbs in the morning or lunch only.
–watch the sodium as it spikes your cravings and you generally end up eating more than planned
–no calories in liquid form, your body doesn’t see them
–reduce your portions slowly, too fast and your body kicks into famine busting mode and it’ll work to restore prior weight loss
–exercise daily 40-60 minutes, modest exercise is sufficient, break it up into 15-20 minute sessions, remember the modest exercise helps burn stress and therefore reduces cravings, you are not exercising to burn calories, it doesn’t compute.
–aim for very modest goals, 10-20 lbs in a year, not in 3 months.
I’m down about 20% my prior weight, dropping from BMI of 26.5 to 20.5 in 4 years and maintained ever since. I never joined a gym, I never ran.
That weight around the mid-section is metabolically doing harm, unfortunately Asians are predisposed to deposit excess weight directly to that mid-section.
Best of luck[/quote]
Thanks for the info….
Yeah, my diet for the past few years has been pretty strict. So I guess I’m use to it I’ll just continue it.
1. No alcohol (throws off my liver panel, which was already high during chemo). (Ok, I might need a glass of wine occasionally moving forward, but I’m not a heavy drinker to begin with)
2. No soda (for the past few years), no juice, no milk, no soy milk. Sparingly on tea. Sparingly on coffee, typically black with no sugar or cream..maybe just almond milk.
3. No fried foods (charlie’s chicken was soooo tempting). No burgers, no hot dogs, and no red meat.
Pizza, cheese, or anything greasy is out. Chicken or fish.
6. Basically anything that has soy, soybean oil, or soy by product, I avoid…And this pretty much eliminates most processed foods, since most processed food uses soybean oil or some variation of it. (You know how hard it is to find food without soy and soybean oil in it)?
I’ve cut about 8 lbs so far just by starting to exercise regularly again over the past 2 months, now being active doesn’t feel such a drag. And I’m finding when I do exercise more, I tend to eat less, and feel less draggy during the day, which eliminates the need for coffee :),. I think if I can cut another 8 lbs, and tone up a bit, and maintain it, that would be ideal.
Elliptical glider seems kinda cool, maybe I’ll get one.
