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07-15-19, 07:36 AM
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I suspect the same for me. Spain is especially attractive since I speak the language already. And they even speak "proper" Castillian Spanish in Andalucia. Es bueno.
07-15-19, 08:00 AM
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07-15-19, 08:04 AM
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Ideal Protein. It’s combined carb and calorie restriction. She’s in the weight loss phase now, which is a lot of protein, a ton of vegetables, a little olive oil, water, and salt, with Ca, Mg, and Omega 3 supplementation. Crazy effective and she’s feeling good. It’s made my cooking job easier because everything is easy to prepare, and hard because it’s difficult to introduce much novelty.
Bad news: I started gaining weight back a year later and crept back up to within 2# of where I started.
Around May 1st, due to my doc giving me 6 more months before starting Metformin, I combined a low sugar diet with my Fodmap diet and have now lost 28#. I think I may have found my lifetime diet, finally. Tons of vegetables and some fruit as my Fodmap allows, no fried foods, etc. Regardless, whether it's the diet or weight loss, which is still happening, my energy levels are off the charts and that makes me happy.
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07-15-19, 08:05 AM
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07-15-19, 08:08 AM
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07-15-19, 08:09 AM
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@rjones28 Dude, you rock a bicycle!
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07-15-19, 08:54 AM
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07-15-19, 09:01 AM
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I did the Ideal Protein in 2014 and lost 54#. I felt great but the first few weeks are rough. I did have a dietician and a doctor monitoring things in case the IP people got stupid and my doc did stop some of the supplements that the IP people wanted me to take. For example, because I'm on my third bout of prostate cancer, he nixed the Omega 3 and since I also consistently test high for Mg, I didn't take that either.
Bad news: I started gaining weight back a year later and crept back up to within 2# of where I started.
Around May 1st, due to my doc giving me 6 more months before starting Metformin, I combined a low sugar diet with my Fodmap diet and have now lost 28#. I think I may have found my lifetime diet, finally. Tons of vegetables and some fruit as my Fodmap allows, no fried foods, etc. Regardless, whether it's the diet or weight loss, which is still happening, my energy levels are off the charts and that makes me happy.
Bad news: I started gaining weight back a year later and crept back up to within 2# of where I started.
Around May 1st, due to my doc giving me 6 more months before starting Metformin, I combined a low sugar diet with my Fodmap diet and have now lost 28#. I think I may have found my lifetime diet, finally. Tons of vegetables and some fruit as my Fodmap allows, no fried foods, etc. Regardless, whether it's the diet or weight loss, which is still happening, my energy levels are off the charts and that makes me happy.
Sounds promising. As skinny (and Hollywood-handsome) members of a caring profession, I'm sure @datlas and I will be happy to provide some therapeutic shaming and scare-talk if you start to slide.
07-15-19, 11:04 AM
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07-15-19, 11:08 AM
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Speaking of gas...I got a new gas meter installed today. The old one was from 1998.
07-15-19, 11:23 AM
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I still can. And I live alone, so I have no filter when it comes to that.
Years ago I was watching TV with my legs propped up and by back against the couch. My now departed cat was curled up between my legs. I cuddled out a silent but deadly. About 30 seconds later the cat got up, moved about 3' away, plopped back down and resumed his nap.
Years ago I was watching TV with my legs propped up and by back against the couch. My now departed cat was curled up between my legs. I cuddled out a silent but deadly. About 30 seconds later the cat got up, moved about 3' away, plopped back down and resumed his nap.
07-15-19, 12:48 PM
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07-15-19, 12:52 PM
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07-15-19, 12:56 PM
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Ideal Protein. Its combined carb and calorie restriction. Shes in the weight loss phase now, which is a lot of protein, a ton of vegetables, a little olive oil, water, and salt, with Ca, Mg, and Omega 3 supplementation. Crazy effective and shes feeling good. Its made my cooking job easier because everything is easy to prepare, and hard because its difficult to introduce much novelty.
The most interesting effect is that her osteoarthritis, which had been going on for years and getting bad in multiple joints, improved within days and before she experienced any significant weight loss. Her mom had the same thing, took cox2 inhibitors for years, and died in her 70s in CHF, presumably from small vessel disease. Wife wont even take NSAIDS unless things are really bad and is pretty serious about not repeating that scenario.
Needless to say, Im on board.
The most interesting effect is that her osteoarthritis, which had been going on for years and getting bad in multiple joints, improved within days and before she experienced any significant weight loss. Her mom had the same thing, took cox2 inhibitors for years, and died in her 70s in CHF, presumably from small vessel disease. Wife wont even take NSAIDS unless things are really bad and is pretty serious about not repeating that scenario.
Needless to say, Im on board.
07-15-19, 01:22 PM
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It would be neat to know which dietary component was contributing to her arthritis, assuming it is that simple. Rather than extreme dietary deprivation, which never ends well, just eliminating the culprit from her long term maintenance plan would be desirable. Of course it could be a multi-component issue.
1. Sugar
2. Saturated fats
3. Trans fats
4. Omega 6 fatty acids
5. Refined carbs
at the top of its list of pro-inflammatory foods. She has cut out all except the occasional bit of omega 6 when I use canola oil on the grill. My money is on the carbs. It's multicomponent in the sense that she's got bum joints and always will. What the diet did was to cool them off noticeably.
She needs to lose weight and, incidentally, calorie restriction is one of the few things proven to prolong life in healthy animals.
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07-15-19, 01:23 PM
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07-15-19, 01:25 PM
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07-15-19, 01:25 PM
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07-15-19, 02:06 PM
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07-15-19, 03:35 PM
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Just the pie?
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Made a little photo album of my trip:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/105349...57709619080636
Click on the first image and advance manually to see the captions. Sorry for the ads.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/105349...57709619080636
Click on the first image and advance manually to see the captions. Sorry for the ads.
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