OT – F as in Fat

[TemekuT]

Another poster wrote: “It’s easy to look at a heavy person and claim that they are “lazy” and lack self-control, but that kind of thinking is too simplistic. It doesn’t account for the fact that they have to FORCE their bodies to move, whereas the “hyperactive” ones (fast metabolizers) have bodies that move themselves! Think of how different hormones and medicines can make people quickly gain or lose weight, regardless of what they eat or how much exercise they get. There is far more involved in our “obesity epidemic” than some might like to believe.”

Analyze for yourself what fat people are:

a. feeding their children in public places – especially when you see the mom give the toddler in the stroller a 2 adult serving bag of Cheetos and a 16 oz. soda!
b. placing in their shopping carts
c. ordering in restaurants

The reason for their obesity is apparent.

[TemekuT]

Another poster wrote: “Up until I started having kids, people would ask how I did it. I ate total crap — tons of sugar, fat, and fast food, but never gained weight, and looked very athletic. That all changed once I started getting pregnant. The hormones caused some sort of shift in my body, and it’s never been the same since.”

True, time and hormones cause female bodies to lose muscle and gain fat. To combat my middle-age bulge I started following an clean eating diet a few months ago and with only 75% adherence to clean eating principles and by adding only 2 strenuous weekly weight routines to my already sufficient aerobic schedule, I have lost several pounds and considerable fat % without dieting or feeling hungry. I try to eat 3 small meals and 3 snacks daily. Alcohol and sugar consumption have been cut in half.

Is eating clean always easy and fun? No! It takes discipline to cook those steel cut oats instead of eating a muffin, and to pack healthy snacks in a cooler instead of getting a pretzel at the mall. Is it worth it? Definitely, specially when I realize the fat is dropping off and the muscle is increasing.

I follow (albeit imperfectly) the eating plan in Tosca Reno’s book “The Eat Clean Diet Recharged” and the results are evident.

[TemekuT]

Another poster wrote: “Up until I started having kids, people would ask how I did it. I ate total crap — tons of sugar, fat, and fast food, but never gained weight, and looked very athletic. That all changed once I started getting pregnant. The hormones caused some sort of shift in my body, and it’s never been the same since.”

True, time and hormones cause female bodies to lose muscle and gain fat. To combat my middle-age bulge I started following an clean eating diet a few months ago and with only 75% adherence to clean eating principles and by adding only 2 strenuous weekly weight routines to my already sufficient aerobic schedule, I have lost several pounds and considerable fat % without dieting or feeling hungry. I try to eat 3 small meals and 3 snacks daily. Alcohol and sugar consumption have been cut in half.

Is eating clean always easy and fun? No! It takes discipline to cook those steel cut oats instead of eating a muffin, and to pack healthy snacks in a cooler instead of getting a pretzel at the mall. Is it worth it? Definitely, specially when I realize the fat is dropping off and the muscle is increasing.

I follow (albeit imperfectly) the eating plan in Tosca Reno’s book “The Eat Clean Diet Recharged” and the results are evident.

[TemekuT]

Another poster wrote: “Up until I started having kids, people would ask how I did it. I ate total crap — tons of sugar, fat, and fast food, but never gained weight, and looked very athletic. That all changed once I started getting pregnant. The hormones caused some sort of shift in my body, and it’s never been the same since.”

True, time and hormones cause female bodies to lose muscle and gain fat. To combat my middle-age bulge I started following an clean eating diet a few months ago and with only 75% adherence to clean eating principles and by adding only 2 strenuous weekly weight routines to my already sufficient aerobic schedule, I have lost several pounds and considerable fat % without dieting or feeling hungry. I try to eat 3 small meals and 3 snacks daily. Alcohol and sugar consumption have been cut in half.

Is eating clean always easy and fun? No! It takes discipline to cook those steel cut oats instead of eating a muffin, and to pack healthy snacks in a cooler instead of getting a pretzel at the mall. Is it worth it? Definitely, specially when I realize the fat is dropping off and the muscle is increasing.

I follow (albeit imperfectly) the eating plan in Tosca Reno’s book “The Eat Clean Diet Recharged” and the results are evident.

[TemekuT]

Another poster wrote: “Up until I started having kids, people would ask how I did it. I ate total crap — tons of sugar, fat, and fast food, but never gained weight, and looked very athletic. That all changed once I started getting pregnant. The hormones caused some sort of shift in my body, and it’s never been the same since.”

True, time and hormones cause female bodies to lose muscle and gain fat. To combat my middle-age bulge I started following an clean eating diet a few months ago and with only 75% adherence to clean eating principles and by adding only 2 strenuous weekly weight routines to my already sufficient aerobic schedule, I have lost several pounds and considerable fat % without dieting or feeling hungry. I try to eat 3 small meals and 3 snacks daily. Alcohol and sugar consumption have been cut in half.

Is eating clean always easy and fun? No! It takes discipline to cook those steel cut oats instead of eating a muffin, and to pack healthy snacks in a cooler instead of getting a pretzel at the mall. Is it worth it? Definitely, specially when I realize the fat is dropping off and the muscle is increasing.

I follow (albeit imperfectly) the eating plan in Tosca Reno’s book “The Eat Clean Diet Recharged” and the results are evident.

[TemekuT]

Another poster wrote: “Up until I started having kids, people would ask how I did it. I ate total crap — tons of sugar, fat, and fast food, but never gained weight, and looked very athletic. That all changed once I started getting pregnant. The hormones caused some sort of shift in my body, and it’s never been the same since.”

True, time and hormones cause female bodies to lose muscle and gain fat. To combat my middle-age bulge I started following an clean eating diet a few months ago and with only 75% adherence to clean eating principles and by adding only 2 strenuous weekly weight routines to my already sufficient aerobic schedule, I have lost several pounds and considerable fat % without dieting or feeling hungry. I try to eat 3 small meals and 3 snacks daily. Alcohol and sugar consumption have been cut in half.

Is eating clean always easy and fun? No! It takes discipline to cook those steel cut oats instead of eating a muffin, and to pack healthy snacks in a cooler instead of getting a pretzel at the mall. Is it worth it? Definitely, specially when I realize the fat is dropping off and the muscle is increasing.

I follow (albeit imperfectly) the eating plan in Tosca Reno’s book “The Eat Clean Diet Recharged” and the results are evident.

[briansd1]

[quote=GH]Growth hormones, genetic engineering…

[/quote]

I believe that there’s some of that.

Without a doubt, Americans are undergoing puberty at a younger age and getting older earlier than people in Europe, Asian, Latin America.

I believe that it’s due to the hormones in dairy products and meat which we consume in abundant quantities.

When it comes to dairy and meat, I believe that it’s worth paying the higher prices for organic and free-range.

[quote=Ren]

Oh I completely agree. For some it’s more difficult, and your body does change with age and pregnancy. My wife has to do an hour of cardio, 5 days/week, to lose weight. I can do half that for the same results. Strict calorie control makes it easier, and that also means eating enough.[/quote]

I also agree.

[quote=Ren]
No matter the difficulty, an energy deficit WILL cause you to lose weight, so “bad” genes still aren’t an acceptable excuse (as a former 14-year smoker, no level of difficulty is an acceptable excuse in my mind). [/quote]

I also agree.

Genes play an important roles but we can compensate with effort.

That goes for academic studies as well. Some people learn easily; for others it’s hard.

[briansd1]

[quote=GH]Growth hormones, genetic engineering…

[/quote]

I believe that there’s some of that.

Without a doubt, Americans are undergoing puberty at a younger age and getting older earlier than people in Europe, Asian, Latin America.

I believe that it’s due to the hormones in dairy products and meat which we consume in abundant quantities.

When it comes to dairy and meat, I believe that it’s worth paying the higher prices for organic and free-range.

[quote=Ren]

Oh I completely agree. For some it’s more difficult, and your body does change with age and pregnancy. My wife has to do an hour of cardio, 5 days/week, to lose weight. I can do half that for the same results. Strict calorie control makes it easier, and that also means eating enough.[/quote]

I also agree.

[quote=Ren]
No matter the difficulty, an energy deficit WILL cause you to lose weight, so “bad” genes still aren’t an acceptable excuse (as a former 14-year smoker, no level of difficulty is an acceptable excuse in my mind). [/quote]

I also agree.

Genes play an important roles but we can compensate with effort.

That goes for academic studies as well. Some people learn easily; for others it’s hard.

[briansd1]

[quote=GH]Growth hormones, genetic engineering…

[/quote]

I believe that there’s some of that.

Without a doubt, Americans are undergoing puberty at a younger age and getting older earlier than people in Europe, Asian, Latin America.

I believe that it’s due to the hormones in dairy products and meat which we consume in abundant quantities.

When it comes to dairy and meat, I believe that it’s worth paying the higher prices for organic and free-range.

[quote=Ren]

Oh I completely agree. For some it’s more difficult, and your body does change with age and pregnancy. My wife has to do an hour of cardio, 5 days/week, to lose weight. I can do half that for the same results. Strict calorie control makes it easier, and that also means eating enough.[/quote]

I also agree.

[quote=Ren]
No matter the difficulty, an energy deficit WILL cause you to lose weight, so “bad” genes still aren’t an acceptable excuse (as a former 14-year smoker, no level of difficulty is an acceptable excuse in my mind). [/quote]

I also agree.

Genes play an important roles but we can compensate with effort.

That goes for academic studies as well. Some people learn easily; for others it’s hard.

[briansd1]

[quote=GH]Growth hormones, genetic engineering…

[/quote]

I believe that there’s some of that.

Without a doubt, Americans are undergoing puberty at a younger age and getting older earlier than people in Europe, Asian, Latin America.

I believe that it’s due to the hormones in dairy products and meat which we consume in abundant quantities.

When it comes to dairy and meat, I believe that it’s worth paying the higher prices for organic and free-range.

[quote=Ren]

Oh I completely agree. For some it’s more difficult, and your body does change with age and pregnancy. My wife has to do an hour of cardio, 5 days/week, to lose weight. I can do half that for the same results. Strict calorie control makes it easier, and that also means eating enough.[/quote]

I also agree.

[quote=Ren]
No matter the difficulty, an energy deficit WILL cause you to lose weight, so “bad” genes still aren’t an acceptable excuse (as a former 14-year smoker, no level of difficulty is an acceptable excuse in my mind). [/quote]

I also agree.

Genes play an important roles but we can compensate with effort.

That goes for academic studies as well. Some people learn easily; for others it’s hard.

[briansd1]

[quote=GH]Growth hormones, genetic engineering…

[/quote]

I believe that there’s some of that.

Without a doubt, Americans are undergoing puberty at a younger age and getting older earlier than people in Europe, Asian, Latin America.

I believe that it’s due to the hormones in dairy products and meat which we consume in abundant quantities.

When it comes to dairy and meat, I believe that it’s worth paying the higher prices for organic and free-range.

[quote=Ren]

Oh I completely agree. For some it’s more difficult, and your body does change with age and pregnancy. My wife has to do an hour of cardio, 5 days/week, to lose weight. I can do half that for the same results. Strict calorie control makes it easier, and that also means eating enough.[/quote]

I also agree.

[quote=Ren]
No matter the difficulty, an energy deficit WILL cause you to lose weight, so “bad” genes still aren’t an acceptable excuse (as a former 14-year smoker, no level of difficulty is an acceptable excuse in my mind). [/quote]

I also agree.

Genes play an important roles but we can compensate with effort.

That goes for academic studies as well. Some people learn easily; for others it’s hard.

[briansd1]

[quote=CA renter]
Case in point: my sister was born 11 pounds, 2 oz. I was born 6 pounds, 8 oz. All our lives, I could eat twice as much as she did, but she would rapidly gain weight, while I would lose weight or remain stable. [/quote]

Another case: my big brother doesn’t lift a finger in the house. He never cooks or prepare his own meals (but he’s a good provider and his wife stays home).

She’s from Kentucky and she cooks Southern food out of habit. Both husband and wife are puffing up in middle age. They know that they are, but its incremental so it becomes accepted.

[briansd1]

[quote=CA renter]
Case in point: my sister was born 11 pounds, 2 oz. I was born 6 pounds, 8 oz. All our lives, I could eat twice as much as she did, but she would rapidly gain weight, while I would lose weight or remain stable. [/quote]

Another case: my big brother doesn’t lift a finger in the house. He never cooks or prepare his own meals (but he’s a good provider and his wife stays home).

She’s from Kentucky and she cooks Southern food out of habit. Both husband and wife are puffing up in middle age. They know that they are, but its incremental so it becomes accepted.

[briansd1]

[quote=CA renter]
Case in point: my sister was born 11 pounds, 2 oz. I was born 6 pounds, 8 oz. All our lives, I could eat twice as much as she did, but she would rapidly gain weight, while I would lose weight or remain stable. [/quote]

Another case: my big brother doesn’t lift a finger in the house. He never cooks or prepare his own meals (but he’s a good provider and his wife stays home).

She’s from Kentucky and she cooks Southern food out of habit. Both husband and wife are puffing up in middle age. They know that they are, but its incremental so it becomes accepted.

[briansd1]

[quote=CA renter]
Case in point: my sister was born 11 pounds, 2 oz. I was born 6 pounds, 8 oz. All our lives, I could eat twice as much as she did, but she would rapidly gain weight, while I would lose weight or remain stable. [/quote]

Another case: my big brother doesn’t lift a finger in the house. He never cooks or prepare his own meals (but he’s a good provider and his wife stays home).

She’s from Kentucky and she cooks Southern food out of habit. Both husband and wife are puffing up in middle age. They know that they are, but its incremental so it becomes accepted.

[Author]

Posts