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OT: my new diet

Yardigan said:
So...if I donate my excrement...instead of just flushing it...can I deduct that on my taxes? Is there a standard rate? Are there drop boxes like they have for clothes and books and shoes and stuff?
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Are you a titan of industry or a professional athlete?
 
I'm trying to change up nutrition now as well, as I'm trying to get biking endurance up over the summer. Just doing ezekiel bread in the morning with peanut butter and some fruit as well as a big glass of water, something small for lunch like a sandwich or some chicken, fruits throughout the day for snack, and then a lunch with a meat and vegetables. Trying increase the number of physical activities i do instead of just always mountain biking. Mixing in road biking, hiking, and trail running. Trail running is no joke--went yesterday and am incredibly sore today in my abs and lower back.
 
superjohn said:
Eating just meats and processed foods isn't good for you, eating just plants isn't good for you, focusing on just one food group isn't good for you. There may be some people this works for but by in large this stuff isn't good for you and is really hard to maintain.

It's fairly simple, the best diet is a balanced diet. Whether it's 2 or 3 big meals or 6 or so smaller meals throughout the day if it's good food you're going to be pretty healthy, balance is everything. Have steak but outside of splurges limit it to small portions of steak with healthful sides. A pretty easy rule is try and eat as many foods as you can that spoil. If it's coming out of a can or box it probably isn't any good for you.

If you have food allergies, celiac disease, lactose intolerance etc. that's different but some people just seem to want to convince themselves they have these issues just like some want to convince themselves a diet of only bacon is good for them.
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You hit the nail on the head. The only thing I would add is try to eat good quality food. Organic as much as possible. Meat from free range humanely slaughtered animals or wild meat. Avoid commercial slaughterhouse mass production meat from animals injected with steroids, hormones, anti biotics etc. vegitarian is good, to a point. I eat much less meat than I used to, but I still eat it. Meat is not necessary 3 times a day 7 days per week. If you live in a cold place like Connecticut, it is good to eat some meat. Listen to your body. Eat reasonable portions.
 
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The new big thing they are pushing here in Holland is eating grasshoppers, crickets and meal worms. Great source of fat free protien. No thanks.
 
I had an effective diet this last winter. it’s called the flu virus diet, followed by the coughing your lungs out diet. All good now.
 
jibsey said:
I had an effective diet this last winter. it’s called the flu virus diet, followed by the coughing your lungs out diet. All good now.
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The seafood diet is my favorite. See food, eat it.
 
Mokum said:
The new big thing they are pushing here in Holland is eating grasshoppers, crickets and meal worms. Great source of fat free protien. No thanks.
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It's big in Washington, too. You can get bbq crickets at Mariners games.
 
JMick said:
It's big in Washington, too. You can get bbq crickets at Mariners games.
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I guess it beats the fake meat made from sewer sludge that Japanese scientists have developed. I don't care how safe, how much protien, how little fat. I am not ordering a bacon turd burger. They said they were developing it to feed third world people. How nice. We come in and rape your country. Oh, you are starving now because we took everything? Here , you can eat our poop.
 
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JMick said:
It's big in Washington, too. You can get bbq crickets at Mariners games.
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I had Grasshopper Tacos at a place in Miami a couple years ago. They were actually really really good.
 
Ive changed up nutrition pretty radically and been doing 1 hr long circuit workouts 4 or 5 days per week for the last 2 weeks. Only down .5 lbs which has been rough, but I think Im also gaining good muscle
 
I ate a protein bar in Newark Airport a couple weeks ago with cricket powder in it.

Tasted just like every other chewy, overpriced snack stick I've ever had.

Would try them BBQ'd though.
 
Diets are tough to stick with. Joe D. was hanging in there for years. Saw him yesterday at Hurley's thing and it looks like he finally gave up.
 
Mokum said:
The new big thing they are pushing here in Holland is eating grasshoppers, crickets and meal worms. Great source of fat free protien. No thanks.
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It’s all about that fungi protein now
 
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If someone close to you gets CDiff (look it up) which can be life threatening and is life altering then you will gain a new respect for the term eating poop. The Chinese were the first to use it in the fourth century I believe. There are two ways to get a fecal transplant and the easiest and most common way is to swallow 25 fecal pills which are odorless and tasteless in a half an hour. This has an 80% chance of correcting (for lack of a better medical term) your gut microbes. If it doesn't work the person does a second round of pill swallowing which ups the percentage to 95. If those fail an anal transplant is required. Luckily the first method worked for my friend. CDiff is getting more common in hospitals and nursing homes. If you are taking any antibiotic I strongly advise avoiding those places until the antibiotics are out of your system. From now on my friend is advised never to take antibiotics again. If she has to take antibiotics 3 different drs. have to be notified and they must conference to agree on the correct regimen. To see a heathy person suddenly struggle with a condition we had never heard of and be told that it might limit her activities for the rest of her life is quite sobering. Anyway said friend is cured and life is good again. Thanks for reading. We don't discuss this much(not at all because who wants talk about eating someone elses poop) so I appreciate the ability to put this out there. As for transferring gut microbes after birth I'm at a loss. I do know that researchers are realizing how important gut microbes are to everyones health.
 
QDOG5 said:
If someone close to you gets CDiff (look it up) which can be life threatening and is life altering then you will gain a new respect for the term eating poop. The Chinese were the first to use it in the fourth century I believe. There are two ways to get a fecal transplant and the easiest and most common way is to swallow 25 fecal pills which are odorless and tasteless in a half an hour. This has an 80% chance of correcting (for lack of a better medical term) your gut microbes. If it doesn't work the person does a second round of pill swallowing which ups the percentage to 95. If those fail an anal transplant is required. Luckily the first method worked for my friend. CDiff is getting more common in hospitals and nursing homes. If you are taking any antibiotic I strongly advise avoiding those places until the antibiotics are out of your system. From now on my friend is advised never to take antibiotics again. If she has to take antibiotics 3 different drs. have to be notified and they must conference to agree on the correct regimen. To see a heathy person suddenly struggle with a condition we had never heard of and be told that it might limit her activities for the rest of her life is quite sobering. Anyway said friend is cured and life is good again. Thanks for reading. We don't discuss this much(not at all because who wants talk about eating someone elses poop) so I appreciate the ability to put this out there. As for transferring gut microbes after birth I'm at a loss. I do know that researchers are realizing how important gut microbes are to everyones health.
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Fewer and fewer people are dying at home and skilled nursing facilities are notoriously bad for infection control. Cdiff is spread by fecal route to some mucosa and it is notoriously difficult to kill, if you are exposed to it on your skin or clothes it won’t go away without physical scrubbing. That’s why it’s so insidious. It’s not airborne so as long as you practice adequate barrier/cleaning practice then you should be fine regardless of whether or not you’re on antibiotics.
 
I've yo-yo'd my weight for years... decades really. Not by choice. I'm fully aware it's not a healthy way to go. Both my parents were heavy and I was heavy from 1st grade (but only really big in high school when we had some family issues and ate out every night of the week, plus late night diner/pizza runs with friends). I'm convinced that my weight issues are 50% bad choices / upbringing, and 50% biological (mental and physical). I've usually kept my peaks and valleys in a pretty set range until this last time where I blew through my peak by 15 pounds (35.5 BMI). The lowest I get is 28 BMI which isn't even close to normal. I truly think I'd be in the hospital if I hit "Normal BMI."

I find that the only way that I lose weight is by cutting out most carbs, certainly processed carbs. That's not news to anyone. My secret weapon to not having salad every damn meal is quinoa. It gives me the satisfaction of a grain like rice or pasta, and it really doesn't seem to negatively impact weight. I also have to weigh myself regularly. That's especially true for me to try to maintain my weight. I keep a spreadsheet. Out of site, out of mind, and I can put weight back on real quickly if I don't track. Of course, the more I put on, the less likely I am to check. When I kept weight off the longest (for a couple years), I would add "Key Events" to my spread sheet with a required weight. That kept me motivated. They could be big events (reunions, parties) or little things just to keep motivated. I've also done online diet bets for small amounts of money, but it's motivation.

I'm currently down 21 pounds from the recent extreme peak. This all seems crazy, but I don't like the way I feel when I get to my maximum capacity. Thankfully, while my 6th graders aren't skinny, they are a fine weight.
 
Chuck said:
I've yo-yo'd my weight for years... decades really. Not by choice. I'm fully aware it's not a healthy way to go. Both my parents were heavy and I was heavy from 1st grade (but only really big in high school when we had some family issues and ate out every night of the week, plus late night diner/pizza runs with friends). I'm convinced that my weight issues are 50% bad choices / upbringing, and 50% biological (mental and physical). I've usually kept my peaks and valleys in a pretty set range until this last time where I blew through my peak by 15 pounds (35.5 BMI). The lowest I get is 28 BMI which isn't even close to normal. I truly think I'd be in the hospital if I hit "Normal BMI."

I find that the only way that I lose weight is by cutting out most carbs, certainly processed carbs. That's not news to anyone. My secret weapon to not having salad every damn meal is quinoa. It gives me the satisfaction of a grain like rice or pasta, and it really doesn't seem to negatively impact weight. I also have to weigh myself regularly. That's especially true for me to try to maintain my weight. I keep a spreadsheet. Out of site, out of mind, and I can put weight back on real quickly if I don't track. Of course, the more I put on, the less likely I am to check. When I kept weight off the longest (for a couple years), I would add "Key Events" to my spread sheet with a required weight. That kept me motivated. They could be big events (reunions, parties) or little things just to keep motivated. I've also done online diet bets for small amounts of money, but it's motivation.

I'm currently down 21 pounds from the recent extreme peak. This all seems crazy, but I don't like the way I feel when I get to my maximum capacity. Thankfully, while my 6th graders aren't skinny, they are a fine weight.
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BMI is useless. I'm a skeleton at anything under a 26
 
Chuck said:
I've yo-yo'd my weight for years... decades really. Not by choice. I'm fully aware it's not a healthy way to go. Both my parents were heavy and I was heavy from 1st grade (but only really big in high school when we had some family issues and ate out every night of the week, plus late night diner/pizza runs with friends). I'm convinced that my weight issues are 50% bad choices / upbringing, and 50% biological (mental and physical). I've usually kept my peaks and valleys in a pretty set range until this last time where I blew through my peak by 15 pounds (35.5 BMI). The lowest I get is 28 BMI which isn't even close to normal. I truly think I'd be in the hospital if I hit "Normal BMI."

I find that the only way that I lose weight is by cutting out most carbs, certainly processed carbs. That's not news to anyone. My secret weapon to not having salad every damn meal is quinoa. It gives me the satisfaction of a grain like rice or pasta, and it really doesn't seem to negatively impact weight. I also have to weigh myself regularly. That's especially true for me to try to maintain my weight. I keep a spreadsheet. Out of site, out of mind, and I can put weight back on real quickly if I don't track. Of course, the more I put on, the less likely I am to check. When I kept weight off the longest (for a couple years), I would add "Key Events" to my spread sheet with a required weight. That kept me motivated. They could be big events (reunions, parties) or little things just to keep motivated. I've also done online diet bets for small amounts of money, but it's motivation.

I'm currently down 21 pounds from the recent extreme peak. This all seems crazy, but I don't like the way I feel when I get to my maximum capacity. Thankfully, while my 6th graders aren't skinny, they are a fine weight.
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Nice work! How do you usually cook your quinoa? Or just have it plain?
 
Chuck said:
I've yo-yo'd my weight for years... decades really. Not by choice. I'm fully aware it's not a healthy way to go. Both my parents were heavy and I was heavy from 1st grade (but only really big in high school when we had some family issues and ate out every night of the week, plus late night diner/pizza runs with friends). I'm convinced that my weight issues are 50% bad choices / upbringing, and 50% biological (mental and physical). I've usually kept my peaks and valleys in a pretty set range until this last time where I blew through my peak by 15 pounds (35.5 BMI). The lowest I get is 28 BMI which isn't even close to normal. I truly think I'd be in the hospital if I hit "Normal BMI."

I find that the only way that I lose weight is by cutting out most carbs, certainly processed carbs. That's not news to anyone. My secret weapon to not having salad every damn meal is quinoa. It gives me the satisfaction of a grain like rice or pasta, and it really doesn't seem to negatively impact weight. I also have to weigh myself regularly. That's especially true for me to try to maintain my weight. I keep a spreadsheet. Out of site, out of mind, and I can put weight back on real quickly if I don't track. Of course, the more I put on, the less likely I am to check. When I kept weight off the longest (for a couple years), I would add "Key Events" to my spread sheet with a required weight. That kept me motivated. They could be big events (reunions, parties) or little things just to keep motivated. I've also done online diet bets for small amounts of money, but it's motivation.

I'm currently down 21 pounds from the recent extreme peak. This all seems crazy, but I don't like the way I feel when I get to my maximum capacity. Thankfully, while my 6th graders aren't skinny, they are a fine weight.
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Have you ever had any genetic testing? I got mine done through work and found I have very low levels of the gene that breaks down carbs. I crave carbs more than others and I process them worse than others. If someone the same exact height and weight as me, same age, same everything other than this generic piece eats the same carbs I do? I need to work harder to break them down. So I have to basically pick my spots, really limit them or I gain weight.
 
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Deepster said:
Have you ever had any genetic testing? I got mine done through work and found I have very low levels of the gene that breaks down carbs. I crave carbs more than others and I process them worse than others. If someone the same exact height and weight as me, same age, same everything other than this generic piece eats the same carbs I do? I need to work harder to break them down. So I have to basically pick my spots, really limit them or I gain weight.
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What's a good resouce for this kind of testing? All I come up with a lazy google search is ancestry and stuff
 
superjohn said:
That stinks, I would imagine it's reversible though. Keto diet just like all these other fad diets is not good for you. I don't know why people try so hard to complicate something that should be so easy.
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Keto diet is incredibly healthy. If it’s followed correctly, you will feel the best and be the healthiest of your life.
 
Rocktheworld said:
What's a good resouce for this kind of testing? All I come up with a lazy google search is ancestry and stuff
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Mine was through work as part of the wellness program. I don’t know if 23&me tests for it. You could also ask your primary care doc for options.
 
JimOllie said:
Keto diet is incredibly healthy. If it’s followed correctly, you will feel the best and be the healthiest of your life.
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Don't take this guy's diet advice.

Keto, like a million other things, will help you drop some LBs in the short term. It's not some panacea.
 
JimOllie said:
Keto diet is incredibly healthy. If it’s followed correctly, you will feel the best and be the healthiest of your life.
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Keto makes some people feel good and other people feel bad. No diet that's focused on eliminating an entire food group or source of calories is going to be good for everyone. I personally don't do well on anything like a ketogenic diet (keto, Atkins, certain types of South Beach etc.).
 
Deepster said:
Mine was through work as part of the wellness program. I don’t know if 23&me tests for it. You could also ask your primary care doc for options.
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Do you know if it was a panel test with multiple foods or just a test with fat/protein/carbs? I really need to get something similar done. I can yo-yo like crazy when I'm not being careful. Ive always had a propensity to gain and lose weight very fast.
 
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