When it comes to food, quantity has a quality all its own.
Several anecdotal experiments have been done with Mcdonalds.
Supersize Me was the example of excess killing you.
Several other examples., are people that ate only from the Micky Ds menu, but at 1500 to 1600 calories per day. Everyone in this group, lost weight, and cholesterol marke…
When it comes to food, quantity has a quality all its own.
Several anecdotal experiments have been done with Mcdonalds.
Supersize Me was the example of excess killing you.
Several other examples., are people that ate only from the Micky Ds menu, but at 1500 to 1600 calories per day. Everyone in this group, lost weight, and cholesterol markers improved.
About 20 years ago, a nutrition professor went on a twinkly diet. Nothing but twinkies, with a protein shake, and vitamins, at 1600 calories per day, and some Doritos for a little change from the processed sugar pulp.
He lost lots of weight, and all his cholesterol markers went down.
No word on how this may have effected anyone with Diabetes.
For short term, and middle term, quantity is way more important that quality.
Long term, I will let you know if I get there.
I suspect a few folks have sub acute allergies to a lot of processed carbs.
I suspect a lot of folks (myself included) have a bigger problem with how much we eat.
Currently, I am using Ozempic (got it ordered due to pre DB symptoms) and I am only using it as weight loss.
Never did increase to full dose, after a few months, I backed off to every ten days (usually Q weekly) am now at every 2 weeks, and next month, I bump it up to every 3 weeks.
I am slowly changing my habits. I now do a normal breakfast, consistently. Most of the time, also a normal lunch and dinner.
More walking, less portions, rare piggy nights.
In past 2 years, lost about 50 lbs, I still get plateaus, but still slowly losing the weight,
Cutting carbs also allowed me to decrease stool softeners to almost non use. I have cut one bp med in half. Of course, always include your doctor when you muck around with your health.
I have found out over the years that my biggest culprit for my "digestive" and fat retention issues are the foods and drinks I was consuming. I have removed so many products from my diet, and added others which I used to think were "bad for you", and I feel so much better (besides the things not correctable with diet).
Stopped drinking alcohol, and the weight dropped off.
Stopped eating all corn products, seed oils, soy products, or soy containing products, and things just worked better.
Stopped eating all cheese, except for on a rare pizza treat, which I can't live without
Biggest improvement ?
Removed all Hydrogenated oil products (specifically commercial peanutbutter) and it's amazing how well your digestive system can work for you, and not against you.
Pro biotics, pre-biotics, and the Zelenko protocol, and I never get sick anymore
(unless I'm surrounded by blue haired people, of course)
absolutely correct, I suspect modern processed food stuff is a culprit in a lot of sub acute chronic conditions, Eliminating about 50 percent of my carb intake has resulted in me not needing stool softeners, anymore.
I should have been diabetic 16 years ago, (I suspect drinking 6 to 8 cups, per day, of black coffee has something to do with that, I saw an old study from 20 years ago, and switching to black coffee was something I could do)
My plan, I started Oz q week, at the starter dose. I never increased to maintenance dose. It really helped with lowering my food portions, frequency, and even my drinking. After about 6 month, I started taking it every ten days. About 11 months after I started, I now take it q 2 weeks, next month I bump up to q 3 weeks.
I will do that probably all summer, then switch to q month, till I get to one syringe (I was able to accumulate due to smaller dosing)
End game, when I get to one syringe, that I will use prn, probably last a year.
And Ozempic is the crutch I found most useful to get me back on my "feet"
At this point, I think I have a new breakfast habit, pretty close to a new lunch habit, and supper getting better (IE less) .
My plan, learn new habits of eating, and activity, with less alcohol consumption, after two years of "training".
It takes me about two years to really change a habit. Stopping smoking was easy, I just never picked them up again. I HAVE to pick up food.
After 2 years, I stopped even thinking about cigarettes. I suspect every has a different time table for change.
I did add zinc, which seems to ward off leftist germs ;-}
I am also working on "ritual".
Humans have been doing rituals for hundreds of thousands of years, and I suspect its because they worked, often enough. My walking, and prepping smaller meals, has turned into a ritual. More on that if some cool supernatural shit happens, like finding that lost thing. "if" I go thru the "ritual", ending with getting my keys to go buy the missing thing, and then viola, finding the thing before I leave.
If I don't do the ritual, and just go out and buy it, I wont find the lost tool till I get back home. absolutely amazing how often that happens.
Rituals. Time honored human activity. And easier to do that just common sense.
When it comes to food, quantity has a quality all its own.
Several anecdotal experiments have been done with Mcdonalds.
Supersize Me was the example of excess killing you.
Several other examples., are people that ate only from the Micky Ds menu, but at 1500 to 1600 calories per day. Everyone in this group, lost weight, and cholesterol markers improved.
About 20 years ago, a nutrition professor went on a twinkly diet. Nothing but twinkies, with a protein shake, and vitamins, at 1600 calories per day, and some Doritos for a little change from the processed sugar pulp.
He lost lots of weight, and all his cholesterol markers went down.
No word on how this may have effected anyone with Diabetes.
For short term, and middle term, quantity is way more important that quality.
Long term, I will let you know if I get there.
I suspect a few folks have sub acute allergies to a lot of processed carbs.
I suspect a lot of folks (myself included) have a bigger problem with how much we eat.
Currently, I am using Ozempic (got it ordered due to pre DB symptoms) and I am only using it as weight loss.
Never did increase to full dose, after a few months, I backed off to every ten days (usually Q weekly) am now at every 2 weeks, and next month, I bump it up to every 3 weeks.
I am slowly changing my habits. I now do a normal breakfast, consistently. Most of the time, also a normal lunch and dinner.
More walking, less portions, rare piggy nights.
In past 2 years, lost about 50 lbs, I still get plateaus, but still slowly losing the weight,
Cutting carbs also allowed me to decrease stool softeners to almost non use. I have cut one bp med in half. Of course, always include your doctor when you muck around with your health.
WHAT? McDonald's and Twinkies for weight loss is so absurd I can barely stomach it!!!
Cant stomach the absurdity??
Wait till you try the food!
So, you are taking Ozempic?
Have you found yourself dancing with a bunch of people in fancy, flowery dresses?
Have you had the side effects of flat buttocks, or shitting the bed while you sleep?
https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/ozempic-butt-is-latest-bizarre-side-effect-of-trendy-weight-loss-drug/
Be careful, as people are reporting gall bladder and kidney damage from it
https://medium.com/@tmiles676767/three-serious-side-effects-of-ozempic-1d52f963b249
Thyroid cancers being reported as well
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/ozempic-weight-loss-drug-linked-to-increased-risk-of-thyroid-cancers/
Stay healthy......my friend
nope, like I said, I have a plan, and so far, not been punched in the face. (with a nod to Mike Tyson)
unlike a lot of stupid and pathetic leftists, I know exactly what the risks and benefits are, to any med I take.
been a nurse for 40 years. Informed consent was one of my biggest concerns for patients, much to the chagrin of doctors I used to work for.
Great !
I have found out over the years that my biggest culprit for my "digestive" and fat retention issues are the foods and drinks I was consuming. I have removed so many products from my diet, and added others which I used to think were "bad for you", and I feel so much better (besides the things not correctable with diet).
Stopped drinking alcohol, and the weight dropped off.
Stopped eating all corn products, seed oils, soy products, or soy containing products, and things just worked better.
Stopped eating all cheese, except for on a rare pizza treat, which I can't live without
Biggest improvement ?
Removed all Hydrogenated oil products (specifically commercial peanutbutter) and it's amazing how well your digestive system can work for you, and not against you.
Pro biotics, pre-biotics, and the Zelenko protocol, and I never get sick anymore
(unless I'm surrounded by blue haired people, of course)
absolutely correct, I suspect modern processed food stuff is a culprit in a lot of sub acute chronic conditions, Eliminating about 50 percent of my carb intake has resulted in me not needing stool softeners, anymore.
I should have been diabetic 16 years ago, (I suspect drinking 6 to 8 cups, per day, of black coffee has something to do with that, I saw an old study from 20 years ago, and switching to black coffee was something I could do)
My plan, I started Oz q week, at the starter dose. I never increased to maintenance dose. It really helped with lowering my food portions, frequency, and even my drinking. After about 6 month, I started taking it every ten days. About 11 months after I started, I now take it q 2 weeks, next month I bump up to q 3 weeks.
I will do that probably all summer, then switch to q month, till I get to one syringe (I was able to accumulate due to smaller dosing)
End game, when I get to one syringe, that I will use prn, probably last a year.
And Ozempic is the crutch I found most useful to get me back on my "feet"
At this point, I think I have a new breakfast habit, pretty close to a new lunch habit, and supper getting better (IE less) .
My plan, learn new habits of eating, and activity, with less alcohol consumption, after two years of "training".
It takes me about two years to really change a habit. Stopping smoking was easy, I just never picked them up again. I HAVE to pick up food.
After 2 years, I stopped even thinking about cigarettes. I suspect every has a different time table for change.
I did add zinc, which seems to ward off leftist germs ;-}
I am also working on "ritual".
Humans have been doing rituals for hundreds of thousands of years, and I suspect its because they worked, often enough. My walking, and prepping smaller meals, has turned into a ritual. More on that if some cool supernatural shit happens, like finding that lost thing. "if" I go thru the "ritual", ending with getting my keys to go buy the missing thing, and then viola, finding the thing before I leave.
If I don't do the ritual, and just go out and buy it, I wont find the lost tool till I get back home. absolutely amazing how often that happens.
Rituals. Time honored human activity. And easier to do that just common sense.
woohoo