Live and Let Diet

[Townhallsavoy]

Can you handle sardines? 

Get them in water.  Even if you don't like them, just wolf them down.  18 grams of protein.  High in B vitamins.  High in vitamin D and E.  Low in calories. 

Also, try:

Almonds
Hummus and use carrots and celery to dip
Green apples with goat cheese
Sunflower seeds
Frozen grapes

[Buzz Killington]

Get some sharp cheddar cheese sticks.  If you get a sweet tooth, just eat a spoonful of peanut butter.
Dill pickles are good too, except for the sodium...but that might subconsciously make you drink more water.

[AU_Tiger_2000]

Can you handle sardines? 

Get them in water.  Even if you don't like them, just wolf them down.  18 grams of protein.  High in B vitamins.  High in vitamin D and E.  Low in calories. 

Also, try:

Almonds
Hummus and use carrots and celery to dip
Green apples with goat cheese
Sunflower seeds
Frozen grapes

Love sardines, only problem is that I tend to eat half a sleeve of saltines and two beers with them while I'm sitting on some riverbank.

[Token]

Get some sharp cheddar cheese sticks.  If you get a sweet tooth, just eat a spoonful of peanut butter.
Dill pickles are good too, except for the sodium...but that might subconsciously make you drink more water.

Luckily, the sweet tooth isn't an issue.  Outside of sweet tea, it's never been an issue.  I like beef jerky with cheese stick, but that shit will break you as a snack.

Can you handle sardines? 

Get them in water.  Even if you don't like them, just wolf them down.  18 grams of protein.  High in B vitamins.  High in vitamin D and E.  Low in calories. 

Also, try:

Almonds
Hummus and use carrots and celery to dip
Green apples with goat cheese
Sunflower seeds
Frozen grapes

Hate almonds, but love carrots plain.  Amazed that I haven't thought about getting a pack of carrots.  Also never tried frozen grapes.  Will check it out.  But fuck a sardine.  I'll have to be 300 pounds before I consider that avenue.

[dallaswareagle]

I hit 221 this morning.  I'm running a mile before breakfast and 2 miles before dinner.  No breads, (I thought that would be much harder) no fast food and only water to drink.  No artificial sweeteners. 

I've picked up unsalted pistachios as a wonder snack to keep the hunger away, but I'm looking for more things.  I'm not really calorie counting, that's miserable in my opinion and makes it very hard to stay at it.  Really just trying to find better stuff to eat.  Suggestions?

I have found eating fruit right before I go to bed  (watermelon-Mango-pineapple) really helps cure the hunger pains for a big breakfast the following day and helps keep the plumbing flowing very regular.

[GH2001]

Luckily, the sweet tooth isn't an issue.  Outside of sweet tea, it's never been an issue.  I like beef jerky with cheese stick, but that shit will break you as a snack.

Hate almonds, but love carrots plain.  Amazed that I haven't thought about getting a pack of carrots.  Also never tried frozen grapes.  Will check it out.  But fuck a sardine.  I'll have to be 300 pounds before I consider that avenue.

Love almonds but they have to be the driest food on earth. Takes about 2 glasses of water to get down 6 almonds. They are much more bearable when they are flavored (cinnamon). I prefer cashews or pecans. Agree on the sardines. They are about an inch of above potted meat in the podunk category.

[AU_Tiger_2000]

I have found eating fruit right before I go to bed  (watermelon-Mango-pineapple) really helps cure the hunger pains for a big breakfast the following day and helps keep the plumbing flowing very regular.

When my blood sugar got a little high before I lost some weight my doctor recommended a small serving of fruit before bed (his advice was only half a banana).  Actually made my blood sugar levels lower in the morning because it keeps it from bottoming out during the night which in turn will cause the liver to release excess stored sugar into the bloodstream.  Odd, but I felt a lot better in the morning.

[GH2001]

When my blood sugar got a little high before I lost some weight my doctor recommended a small serving of fruit before bed (his advice was only half a banana).  Actually made my blood sugar levels lower in the morning because it keeps it from bottoming out during the night which in turn will cause the liver to release excess stored sugar into the bloodstream.  Odd, but I felt a lot better in the morning.

Probably had more to do with your pancreas than anything since the insulin controls sugar release. Pure Fruit sugar would make it function correctly. HFCS is screwing up a lot of people's blood sugar since the pancreas has no idea what the hell it is.

[JR4AU]

Probably had more to do with your pancreas than anything since the insulin controls sugar release. Pure Fruit sugar would make it function correctly. HFCS is screwing up a lot of people's blood sugar since the pancreas has no idea what the hell it is.

Dr. GH in da house! 

[AU_Tiger_2000]

Probably had more to do with your pancreas than anything since the insulin controls sugar release. Pure Fruit sugar would make it function correctly. HFCS is screwing up a lot of people's blood sugar since the pancreas has no idea what the hell it is.

Actually according to my Dr. due to my new low sugar/lower carb diet and not eating after 7:00 pm I was going to bed with a blood sugar level of around 80 at 10:30 to 11:00.  During the night my blood sugar would continue to drop, when it hit around 70 or less at sometime during the night my pancreas would send the signal to my liver to release the stored glucose (which is one of the liver's functions).  Due to my insulin resistance (I'm pre-type 2 diabetic) and some overactivity by my liver releasing excess sugar I would wake up in the morning with a blood sugar level of 110-120.  It wouldn't be that high after I ate.

Luckily eating something that would give me a small sugar jolt with a good glycemic index would cause it to be more regulated.  Cause if that didn't work the next step was the meds.

[Token]

Started last week at 223.  Weighed in at 218 this morning. 

I know I'm going to have to change up the eating some, but this week was successful with an easy routine. 

1 mile jog (no walking) before breakfast. 
2 eggs scrambled and 3 strips of bacon for breakfast. 
Plain grilled hamburger for lunch with about a cup of pistachios
2 mile jog before dinner
2 grilled hamburgers with sweet peas for dinner

And if I had any hunger pains between meals, I had a banana.  Also, I drank, on average, 2 gallons of water a day.


Of course, I did eat chicken nachos last night, but I'm going to designate Saturday night as my "eat what I want meal".

[JR4AU]

Started last week at 223.  Weighed in at 218 this morning. 

I know I'm going to have to change up the eating some, but this week was successful with an easy routine. 

1 mile jog (no walking) before breakfast. 
2 eggs scrambled and 3 strips of bacon for breakfast. 
Plain grilled hamburger for lunch with about a cup of pistachios
2 mile jog before dinner
2 grilled hamburgers with sweet peas for dinner

And if I had any hunger pains between meals, I had a banana.  Also, I drank, on average, 2 gallons of water a day.


Of course, I did eat chicken nachos last night, but I'm going to designate Saturday night as my "eat what I want meal".

So, you're doing High Protien with a few "good carbs"?

[Token]

So, you're doing High Protien with a few "good carbs"?

Looks that way, but that wasn't a plan that I started.  Just found a combination of healthy food that I like to eat, and also fills me up.  It's probably the easiest week that I've ever had trying to lose weight.  But honestly, probably cutting out all bread and sugar did more for me than anything.

But like I said, I know I need to change it up some because I'm going to hit a wall.  So I'm working on a different combination for this week. 

[bottomfeeder]

Brazil nuts and pecans are best for you to snack on IMHO. http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/carbcounts/a/Carbs-Fats-And-Calories-In-Nuts-And-Seeds.htm

[Buzz Killington]

I have been stuck at 208 for about 3 weeks now.  I'm going to have to trick my body somehow to get that last 10 pounds I want off. 

[bottomfeeder]

http://www.ehow.com/about_5114215_benefits-eating-soy-nuts.html

[GH2001]

Actually according to my Dr. due to my new low sugar/lower carb diet and not eating after 7:00 pm I was going to bed with a blood sugar level of around 80 at 10:30 to 11:00.  During the night my blood sugar would continue to drop, when it hit around 70 or less at sometime during the night my pancreas would send the signal to my liver to release the stored glucose (which is one of the liver's functions).  Due to my insulin resistance (I'm pre-type 2 diabetic) and some overactivity by my liver releasing excess sugar I would wake up in the morning with a blood sugar level of 110-120.  It wouldn't be that high after I ate.

Luckily eating something that would give me a small sugar jolt with a good glycemic index would cause it to be more regulated.  Cause if that didn't work the next step was the meds.

Didn't know you were pre type 2. Yes, whole foods - mainly fruits and veggies will fix a lot of what ails us. Glad to hear it working. 

[djsimp]

I have been stuck at 208 for about 3 weeks now.  I'm going to have to trick my body somehow to get that last 10 pounds I want off.

Not sure if you've mentioned this in the last 400 pages but eating more meals a day but much smaller portions will speed up the metabolism alot. I've been very lazy with my workouts here of late but I use to do this in my "cut weight" cycles. It will take about two weeks, maybe a week depending on your
workout plan, before it kicks in.

[AUTiger1]

Ugh!  Back up to 218 after being down to 205.  Time to honestly get started back on something.  Diet and exercise.  This can be done.  I was doing it.  I think it's about time I got back on the wagon and cut out all lick-her and alkyhaul.  That alone helps, but it also helps with the munchies right before bed.   

Time for me to rekindle some relationships.   Treadmill, Eliptical, and Mr.Horton, I will be coming to see you.

[ssgaufan]

I ran across another fucking snake on the cross country trail last week.  I'm starting to get use to them being there.