huge topic:Americans keep getting fatter

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[quote=briansd1]I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

That’s a good point. Salt is in everything and I think it deadens one’s taste buds. Takes a while of eating “bland” food, but then you do taste the flavor of the actual ingredient and it’s not bland at all.

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[quote=briansd1][quote=Eugene]
Quantity is more important than composition. Pretty much anything can be converted into fat, as long as there’s an excess of calories.

One Chipotle burrito contains 1200 to 1400 calories. [/quote]

By quantity, you must mean calorie density.

It’s important to choose high nutrition, high antioxidant, low calorie, low glycemic index, high fiber food.

For example, I have plain oatmeal with hot water for breakfast. If you eat the flavored, sugared oatmeal, then you’re defeating the purpose.

I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

This is one time that I completely agree with Brian. You have no idea what our bodies learn, at first, to tolerate, and later, crave. When I was a teenager I had my jaw broken. After 3 months of being wired shut I had put no greasy foods into my system. Sugars yes but because the only thing I could eat at lunch time was Mc Donald’s shakes.

When I finally had my jaw unwired the first meal I had was baked ziti. One of my favorites. I could barely eat it. The oil and grease in it were barely tolerable!

I learned then how tough it was to eat this crap at first and then crave it.

After the grease hiatus I could taste things like vegatable and fruit with such clarity…

Infact, baked ziti sounds great right now… Sigh… and I wonder why I am 30lbs overwieght…

CE

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[quote=briansd1][quote=Eugene]
Quantity is more important than composition. Pretty much anything can be converted into fat, as long as there’s an excess of calories.

One Chipotle burrito contains 1200 to 1400 calories. [/quote]

By quantity, you must mean calorie density.

It’s important to choose high nutrition, high antioxidant, low calorie, low glycemic index, high fiber food.

For example, I have plain oatmeal with hot water for breakfast. If you eat the flavored, sugared oatmeal, then you’re defeating the purpose.

I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

This is one time that I completely agree with Brian. You have no idea what our bodies learn, at first, to tolerate, and later, crave. When I was a teenager I had my jaw broken. After 3 months of being wired shut I had put no greasy foods into my system. Sugars yes but because the only thing I could eat at lunch time was Mc Donald’s shakes.

When I finally had my jaw unwired the first meal I had was baked ziti. One of my favorites. I could barely eat it. The oil and grease in it were barely tolerable!

I learned then how tough it was to eat this crap at first and then crave it.

After the grease hiatus I could taste things like vegatable and fruit with such clarity…

Infact, baked ziti sounds great right now… Sigh… and I wonder why I am 30lbs overwieght…

CE

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[quote=briansd1][quote=Eugene]
Quantity is more important than composition. Pretty much anything can be converted into fat, as long as there’s an excess of calories.

One Chipotle burrito contains 1200 to 1400 calories. [/quote]

By quantity, you must mean calorie density.

It’s important to choose high nutrition, high antioxidant, low calorie, low glycemic index, high fiber food.

For example, I have plain oatmeal with hot water for breakfast. If you eat the flavored, sugared oatmeal, then you’re defeating the purpose.

I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

This is one time that I completely agree with Brian. You have no idea what our bodies learn, at first, to tolerate, and later, crave. When I was a teenager I had my jaw broken. After 3 months of being wired shut I had put no greasy foods into my system. Sugars yes but because the only thing I could eat at lunch time was Mc Donald’s shakes.

When I finally had my jaw unwired the first meal I had was baked ziti. One of my favorites. I could barely eat it. The oil and grease in it were barely tolerable!

I learned then how tough it was to eat this crap at first and then crave it.

After the grease hiatus I could taste things like vegatable and fruit with such clarity…

Infact, baked ziti sounds great right now… Sigh… and I wonder why I am 30lbs overwieght…

CE

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[quote=briansd1][quote=Eugene]
Quantity is more important than composition. Pretty much anything can be converted into fat, as long as there’s an excess of calories.

One Chipotle burrito contains 1200 to 1400 calories. [/quote]

By quantity, you must mean calorie density.

It’s important to choose high nutrition, high antioxidant, low calorie, low glycemic index, high fiber food.

For example, I have plain oatmeal with hot water for breakfast. If you eat the flavored, sugared oatmeal, then you’re defeating the purpose.

I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

This is one time that I completely agree with Brian. You have no idea what our bodies learn, at first, to tolerate, and later, crave. When I was a teenager I had my jaw broken. After 3 months of being wired shut I had put no greasy foods into my system. Sugars yes but because the only thing I could eat at lunch time was Mc Donald’s shakes.

When I finally had my jaw unwired the first meal I had was baked ziti. One of my favorites. I could barely eat it. The oil and grease in it were barely tolerable!

I learned then how tough it was to eat this crap at first and then crave it.

After the grease hiatus I could taste things like vegatable and fruit with such clarity…

Infact, baked ziti sounds great right now… Sigh… and I wonder why I am 30lbs overwieght…

CE

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[quote=briansd1][quote=Eugene]
Quantity is more important than composition. Pretty much anything can be converted into fat, as long as there’s an excess of calories.

One Chipotle burrito contains 1200 to 1400 calories. [/quote]

By quantity, you must mean calorie density.

It’s important to choose high nutrition, high antioxidant, low calorie, low glycemic index, high fiber food.

For example, I have plain oatmeal with hot water for breakfast. If you eat the flavored, sugared oatmeal, then you’re defeating the purpose.

I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

This is one time that I completely agree with Brian. You have no idea what our bodies learn, at first, to tolerate, and later, crave. When I was a teenager I had my jaw broken. After 3 months of being wired shut I had put no greasy foods into my system. Sugars yes but because the only thing I could eat at lunch time was Mc Donald’s shakes.

When I finally had my jaw unwired the first meal I had was baked ziti. One of my favorites. I could barely eat it. The oil and grease in it were barely tolerable!

I learned then how tough it was to eat this crap at first and then crave it.

After the grease hiatus I could taste things like vegatable and fruit with such clarity…

Infact, baked ziti sounds great right now… Sigh… and I wonder why I am 30lbs overwieght…

CE

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There is such a thing on the weight lifting sites as looking good naked as a goal, however that is not the same as what a physician might consider overweight.

That is if you poll medical folks outside of folks with drastic stomach fat, someone with a slight beer belly is not going to get your Doctor too excited. Or perhaps the lady with cottage cheese or saddlebags could be considered the same. So while a some men might consider her fat, her Dr. is probably telling her she’s fine. Have a walk everyday and don’t sweat it. There is no true need for 6-pack abs unless you are an athlete, (triathlete), or want to “swing” with other hard bodies.

I still fall under obese because I’ve put my kid’s activities ahead of mine when in reality a 45 minute walk a day would help a ton (especially when in a ketogenic state). Ironically I’d be able to do even more stuff with them.

[CardiffBaseball]

There is such a thing on the weight lifting sites as looking good naked as a goal, however that is not the same as what a physician might consider overweight.

That is if you poll medical folks outside of folks with drastic stomach fat, someone with a slight beer belly is not going to get your Doctor too excited. Or perhaps the lady with cottage cheese or saddlebags could be considered the same. So while a some men might consider her fat, her Dr. is probably telling her she’s fine. Have a walk everyday and don’t sweat it. There is no true need for 6-pack abs unless you are an athlete, (triathlete), or want to “swing” with other hard bodies.

I still fall under obese because I’ve put my kid’s activities ahead of mine when in reality a 45 minute walk a day would help a ton (especially when in a ketogenic state). Ironically I’d be able to do even more stuff with them.

[CardiffBaseball]

There is such a thing on the weight lifting sites as looking good naked as a goal, however that is not the same as what a physician might consider overweight.

That is if you poll medical folks outside of folks with drastic stomach fat, someone with a slight beer belly is not going to get your Doctor too excited. Or perhaps the lady with cottage cheese or saddlebags could be considered the same. So while a some men might consider her fat, her Dr. is probably telling her she’s fine. Have a walk everyday and don’t sweat it. There is no true need for 6-pack abs unless you are an athlete, (triathlete), or want to “swing” with other hard bodies.

I still fall under obese because I’ve put my kid’s activities ahead of mine when in reality a 45 minute walk a day would help a ton (especially when in a ketogenic state). Ironically I’d be able to do even more stuff with them.

[CardiffBaseball]

There is such a thing on the weight lifting sites as looking good naked as a goal, however that is not the same as what a physician might consider overweight.

That is if you poll medical folks outside of folks with drastic stomach fat, someone with a slight beer belly is not going to get your Doctor too excited. Or perhaps the lady with cottage cheese or saddlebags could be considered the same. So while a some men might consider her fat, her Dr. is probably telling her she’s fine. Have a walk everyday and don’t sweat it. There is no true need for 6-pack abs unless you are an athlete, (triathlete), or want to “swing” with other hard bodies.

I still fall under obese because I’ve put my kid’s activities ahead of mine when in reality a 45 minute walk a day would help a ton (especially when in a ketogenic state). Ironically I’d be able to do even more stuff with them.

[CardiffBaseball]

There is such a thing on the weight lifting sites as looking good naked as a goal, however that is not the same as what a physician might consider overweight.

That is if you poll medical folks outside of folks with drastic stomach fat, someone with a slight beer belly is not going to get your Doctor too excited. Or perhaps the lady with cottage cheese or saddlebags could be considered the same. So while a some men might consider her fat, her Dr. is probably telling her she’s fine. Have a walk everyday and don’t sweat it. There is no true need for 6-pack abs unless you are an athlete, (triathlete), or want to “swing” with other hard bodies.

I still fall under obese because I’ve put my kid’s activities ahead of mine when in reality a 45 minute walk a day would help a ton (especially when in a ketogenic state). Ironically I’d be able to do even more stuff with them.

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[quote=desmond][quote=briansd1]
I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

Sounds like my sex life.[/quote]

desmond, that has to be the Piggs “Response of the Week”. Priceless! However, I have to ask: Is it the statement above in its entirety? Or just the first sentence?

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[quote=desmond][quote=briansd1]
I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

Sounds like my sex life.[/quote]

desmond, that has to be the Piggs “Response of the Week”. Priceless! However, I have to ask: Is it the statement above in its entirety? Or just the first sentence?

[eavesdropper]

[quote=desmond][quote=briansd1]
I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

Sounds like my sex life.[/quote]

desmond, that has to be the Piggs “Response of the Week”. Priceless! However, I have to ask: Is it the statement above in its entirety? Or just the first sentence?

[eavesdropper]

[quote=desmond][quote=briansd1]
I’ve learned to eat very plain, bland food. But I find it delicious because I can taste and appreciate the natural unadulterated ingredients.[/quote]

Sounds like my sex life.[/quote]

desmond, that has to be the Piggs “Response of the Week”. Priceless! However, I have to ask: Is it the statement above in its entirety? Or just the first sentence?

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