Getting fat, need halp!

[Moss]

I used to eat it with honey mixed in, made it bearable

[Psion]

From what I remember, potatoes have a good amount of nutrients, especially the skin. Although i'd like to know as well, since i kinda have the same diet, though not by choice. (damn dad mistakes a butterhead lettuce as spinach, thinks the best avocados to get are the ones that are so soft that they're rotting inside, picks the grapes and strawberries that are molding.... He even finds coconuts that are black with rot inside somehow) he also bitches whenever i ask for anything healthy cause its more expensive, so needless to say my diet sucks.

[Caiyuo]

Fucking love greek yogurt, shit's delicious.

go take your shit.

also goddamnit rich, host your photos on bg bucket, this would've been the perfect caption for one of those musclebro pics and/or one with your cat, you could've been the uncle sam of go take your shit, zalius

[Velgadess]

Tried greek yogurt and I now refuse to eat non-greek yogurt anymore. I mix in cut up pieces of fruit to help with flavor.

[Reuniont]

Can't stand plain greek yogurt. I have to have it with fruit or else I can't eat it.

[Zetanio]

Can't stand plain greek yogurt. I have to have it with fruit or else I can't eat it.

This and blend it with a little honey.

Breakfast :D

[Hyan]

Yogurt, hmm. I always eat a quark for breakfast, maybe i should try some greek yogurt for a change. it can't taste any worse at least.

[Kohan]

I personally fucking love Greek yogurt, but my roommates hate it.

I'm moving soon, and this will actually give me time to exercise, as I'll be reducing my two to two and a half hour commute to a half hour (at most). That, and I've had medical insurance for about half a year now, so I've been working on preparing myself with a clean bill of health (back muscles aside, which I simply have to live with).

As a formerly active person, I fucking hate being overweight. My roommates have tried to adjust their eating, but it has not been working for me. I used to be so close to vegetarian that my father would tell other people that's what I was, though I wasn't; I didn't eat bread, etc., and my roommates love these things. When I was going through a rough patch, I had no choice but to eat what they ate. Now that I have steady income, I'm going back to my old habits and getting back into exercise.

This sort of thread interests me, therefore.

[Francisco]

I flat out don't believe any logic behind anything related to diet and exercise.

I walk maybe 30-40 minutes a day, and just do regular stuff in between... work, hang out, video games, whatever... I don't go to the gym, I don't run unless I need to, and I play baseball maybe 5 times a year as far as sports go.

And I eat horribly. A normal dinner for me is a medium pizza and most of a 2L soda... The building I work in has a Wendy's next to it, and a Dunkin Donuts across from it.

I'm violently addicted to chocolate milk, and the only other thing that can sate that addiction is egg nog, during the holidays. Fucking addicting.

I like healthy foods too, like carrot sticks, but end up smothering them in unhealthy food, like ranch dip.

Meanwhile, my friend jogs twice a day, everyday. He goes to the gym everyday, no exception. His diet is boiled chicken and rice. He drinks water, a lot.

He's 5'9" ~230...

I'm 5'5" ~145...

And he friggin' hates the shit out of me...

I actually had the opposite issue for a bit... same general eating habits, weighed ~125... got a nasty stomach flu and almost 15 lbs in 6 days... (looked like death, weighed myself @ 111 lbs... freaked out and added protein shakes to diet and did some extra light exercises - became non-skeletal).

The only two things I do "better" than my friend eating/diet wise is... I almost never touch alcohol, and I eat vegetables somewhat frequently (where he claims to universally hate all vegetables)...

[Milkster]

So is this the fitness thread v2?

[dejet]

we should merge them....I mean all of us are posting in both anyways.

[Darlantan]

@Francisco: Different genes, different metabolism, hormones, timing and a couple other factors play a big part. The kind of food you eat plays a role too, as has been said, but its not all that matters. Quantities are just as important. You may be eating your share of shitty food but if you are not eating a lot you are not going to be big, particularly if you have a metabolism higher than normal, "good" genes, etc. There is no doubt if you ate more you would get bigger.

What I am saying is: there are more factors than "I eat shit and he eats healthy" and "I dont workout and he says he does". People also happen to lie, not just to others but themselves, they also lowball what they eat, or the other way around. If we could do get a real log with real actual #s of what you and your friend are eating and what you and your friend are burning throughout the day, you would believe there is some solid correlation between your weights and what you are doing and eating.

A lot of people say what you are bringing up. They eat like crazy and dont do shit and cant put on any pounds of weight. Or the other way around. 99% + of them are not eating as much as they say/think, or as healthy, and if they realise that and change it, they happen to get results in the direction they want.

Its like when we played XI. There were people that said they were very good DDs because they did a lot of dmg and blablahblahhh but they really werent doing shit. They would pop a WS here and there with 4 digits and think they were doing it right.

There was another group of people that would not just eyeball that stuff and leave it at that, they would actually parse their events and parties. They would find out the actual numbers, what worked where, what didnt. What they were doing. Those people would then add more acc gear, or pop a different food, etc, making slight adjustments to perform better.

This is pretty much the same.

[Osede]

Actually, there is still one more fact that some people may overlook. You may has lower weight than the other person who has more weight, it may because that most of your weight are fat. This youtube video shows a good example that the size of one pound fat vs size of one pound muscle.

[richardd]

Actually, there is still one more fact that some people may overlook. You may has lower weight than the other person who has more weight, it may because that most of your weight are fat. This youtube video shows a good example that the size of one pound fat vs size of one pound muscle.

i love the way she completely dumbed it down so any self proclaimed nutritionist or a "god of eating whatever they want" can understand the mechanics of it. a lot of us on the other thread know this already, but its good to remind others.

i support eating whatever you want. AS LONG as you have the right lifestyle for it. if you do, great. if you dont, great. but i don't pity people who know these things already and choose to make the wrong decisions.

a scale to me means jack shit. i weigh 245 lbs right now since im bulking, but i still wear size 34 and 36 jeans. bodyfat % will tell you a great deal about your body than some of these idiotic "BMI tests" or scales ever will.

i get irritated with posts like that lol. "i eat whatever the fuck i want, and i still weigh less than my friend who eats like a nazi, har har" and that should never be an accurate conclusion to anything. Besides the reason that darlantan posted above (good job btw! lol)every overweight person who is involved in my life somehow, NEVER eats the way they normally do when they're out in public. at least in my case, lol. i could be wrong here. but i've had overweight people ask me how i never got fat when i order 2 steaks, and 2 baked potatoes at Cheddars. they have no idea lol

if you have a size 52 waist, and you're under 6 feet tall, and the only thing you order is a salad, i think that's great. maybe you're trying to change the way you live. but if you hang out with me and look the same while ordering the same stuff over and over and nothing changes overtime, you're not fooling anyone, lol. i pulled that same shit, too. i know all the tricks.

[Kohan]

we should merge them....I mean all of us are posting in both anyways.

I believe I've even posted in the other thread before, but because of the size it's grown to, I'm drawn to a smaller thread like this instead. It contains a wealth of information, but that can be a lot to wade through.

I'd understand if the two were merged, though.

[shaddix]

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Food_woo

Skimming through a few nutrition articles on that site, it appears they are poorly sourced and suffer from some common misconceptions about diet. E.g. Increasing dietary cholesterol raises serum cholesterol.(false)

edit: not that raising serum cholesterol is a bad thing

[Trinsie]

By itself... it's all creamy and shit. I have like one serving or more (175+ grams). Maybe I'm super weird though. I like cottage cheese by itself too.

I like cottage cheese by itself also, but greek yogurt kicks in the gag reflex with all its nasty cold booty crack taste.

[Mazmaz]

No one can top this one. I mix cottage cheese with peanut butter.

[Churchill]

Skimming through a few nutrition articles on that site, it appears they are poorly sourced and suffer from some common misconceptions about diet. E.g. Increasing dietary cholesterol raises serum cholesterol.(false)

edit: not that raising serum cholesterol is a bad thing

I love that paleo is listed as a fad diet. The description for it under the debunked section is about as asinine as it gets.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

So I'm 165 5.9" male. I used to be around 145 and felt good about it. Been dating my gf for a year now and I've gained 20pounds.

Working off excess weight to me has never been a problem until now. Whenever I work out nowadays I get a massive headache. Doing anything like pushups or pullups or running for an extended period of time makes my head explode.

This wasn't always the case and it's probably why I've gained 20pounds and look like a fat piece of lard while taking a shit.

I'm certain all of the fat is in my core as my legs are ripped and my face and neck aren't fat.

Tips?

I have p90x used to do it daily but now it just makes my head explode.

brb taking gf to work.

The headache thing concerns me, might want to get your bloodpressure checked.

You can lose weight using a low carb high protein low fat diet though and it takes longer without exercise but it is definitely possible.

Also stay away from sugary sodas, fried food.
Whenever you buy food, check the carb count on the back of the package. Many low carb food co's like to show off that they are low carb and will put that on the package.

When you get hungry, high protein stuff helps like chicken.

You can eat lots of veggies but be careful what you put on them.

Bake, steam, boil, don't fry. Even fast food places have baked versions of their food for low cal diets. Wendy's has their low carb 6$ burger, Jack in box has baked chicken and I think KFC does too. With Salad Dressings or toppings, use low fat low carb.

If you have high bp watch for low carb/diet stuff that is high in sodium because often its done to compensate for lack of fatty flavorings/additives.

Best of luck, I lost 100lb on this diet.