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ANTHONY DIODATI - 23 Mar 2007 01:55 GMT

Looks like I'll be starting my low carb diet again, I did it in the
past,and it worked well for me.
I've put on too much weight lately, and "trying" to watch what I eat is not
working. Getting to where I can't stand myself these days.
Getting too hard to move around at work too.
(Won't even ask a girl out right now.)

I was using a Thermojetic back then too, and it seemed to help too. I
don't remember the name of it, something you could buy at GNC or K mart. But
I think it was before they banned certain ingredients in the Thermojetics
products.
Are there any Thermojetics today the seem to help.
Any good web sites about Low Carb dieting I can read over?
Thanks, Tony D.

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Ann in Houston - 23 Mar 2007 04:55 GMT

> Looks like I'll be starting my low carb diet again, I did it in the
> past,and it worked well for me.
> I've put on too much weight lately, and "trying" to watch what I eat is
> not
> working. Getting to where I can't stand myself these days.

I know what you mean. It seems like we ought to be able to just scale back
on the carbs a bit, but it seems it is necessary to actually reprogram our
systems and get a chemical reaction going.

> Getting too hard to move around at work too.

Yeah, but that is the part that gets better first, before you can even see
the difference.

> I was using a Thermojetic back then too, and it seemed to help too. I
> don't remember the name of it, something you could buy at GNC or K mart.
> But
> I think it was before they banned certain ingredients in the Thermojetics
> products.
> Are there any Thermojetics today the seem to help.

I started out using a thermogenic as well, but many here will warn you
against it. I discontinued it as soon as I felt I had a handle on my
cravings due to the appetite suppressant effect of the diet. Don't be
surprised if you don't get much encouragement on finding a new one.

> Any good web sites about Low Carb dieting I can read over?

People have posted several links to good articles. There might even be one
listed in the FAQ. Look for " A beginner's guide to low carb living". It
gets posted on a regular basis. BUT - you would do yourself lots more good
by choosing a recognized LC plan to follow and read, read, read it and read
it some more, as you work the program. I use 'Protein Power' by Dr. Michael
Eades. I think you can tell that most others here use Atkins.

> Thanks, Tony D.

Good Luck, and stick around for a while to see if it helps.

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Roger Zoul - 23 Mar 2007 12:06 GMT

::: Looks like I'll be starting my low carb diet again, I did it in the
::: past,and it worked well for me.
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::
:: Good Luck, and stick around for a while to see if it helps.

I second Ann's advice. Stay away from temporary aids and read, read, read.
Learn what it means to live and eat low carb. All of that reading helps you
to gain mental focus, which is important in establishing a mindset that
allows you to lose weight. Believe it or not, but a lot of it is in your
head (well, if you're not a fathead most of the fat ain't there!).

Instead of spending your money on crap products, that you have to renew
every month or so, get a copy of Atkins, Atkins for Life, and Protein Power
and or Protein Power Life Plan. That's just 4 books and is an excellent
investment to help you rid yourself of the extra weight and keep it off. Of
course, you need to read the damn books, too.

And if you really want a themogenic, consider exercise. For a male, moving
your a.s will definitely raise your metabolism and thus help you lose
weight. Walking, dreadmill, swimming, cycling, etc. Weight lifting is
highly recommended as well.

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ANTHONY DIODATI - 24 Mar 2007 01:49 GMT

> ::: Looks like I'll be starting my low carb diet again, I did it in the
> ::: past,and it worked well for me.
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> weight. Walking, dreadmill, swimming, cycling, etc. Weight lifting is
> highly recommended as well.

Thanks guys,
Oh yea, exercise is always good.
Best thing for me to do is keep my mouth shut about it at work and around
town.
Everyone has advice, "you will just put the weight back on"
"just eat smaller portions"(that's the best one)
Like I said,it's best for me to just be quiet.
The thing I hated about being on a LC diet was people always offering you
things. Cake and pie and the like. ALL THE TIME!!
Then you tell them your on LC and they want to argue with you.
"you look fine" "you don't need to loose weight"
Then they want you to go to the bar for a few beers.
Then they argue with you again.
Mean while there as skinny as a rail! People that never had a weight
problem.
Or you go into a fast food place and order a cheeseburger with out the bun
and they look at you like your from mars, then they ask you if you want
fries.
It's hard to find a low carb snack anywhere.
I guess I will have to just start bringing my own food to work.
I did do really well with the LC diet in the past, but then I went back to
eating what ever I wanted,
I really was not too bad(heavy) for a good while, but lately I have really
started to gain.
I have always been on the heavy side, to stay thin(er) I always had to work
on it.
So I want to read up a little and am going to start the 1st of April.
Oh well thanks for reading and your replies.
Tony D.

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Pat - 24 Mar 2007 03:18 GMT

Tony, you CAN do it. Don't get down on yourself.

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ANTHONY DIODATI - 25 Mar 2007 17:43 GMT

> Tony, you CAN do it. Don't get down on yourself.

Thanks for the support "guys"
I'll let you know how it's going.
Tony D.

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Jbuch - 24 Mar 2007 03:35 GMT

>>::: Looks like I'll be starting my low carb diet again, I did it in the
>>::: past,and it worked well for me.
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> It's hard to find a low carb snack anywhere.
> I guess I will have to just start bringing my own food to work.

First really smart thing you said. You CAN solve your problems.

> I did do really well with the LC diet in the past, but then I went back to
> eating what ever I wanted,
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> on it.
> So I want to read up a little and am going to start the 1st of April.

Try to read up a lot. Most useful are the books by Dr. Atkins and those
by the Drs. Eades. But, there are other good things as well.

Your setting a start date is excellent.

I wanted to get married on that same date, but my fiance would not have
any of that.

> Oh well thanks for reading and your replies.
> Tony D.

Your "friends" are often your worst enemy in losing weight and keeping
it off.

You have to learn to live with that, or get new friends.

If you go back to eating "whatever", you become as "fat as forever".

When you lose 30 or 60 pounds, you aren't "cured" of a damn thing.
Unless you change your attitude about food, you are then just a fat guy
who lost weight and who will surely get fat again when he begins to eat
"normal" again. Cause he wasn't "cured", he just got temporarily skinny.

Be smart this time. Unless you enjoy the up and down cycle of weight.

You know you can get the weight off. Cause you did it.

Oh, one of the perpetual bitches here. Nobody "looses" weight. They lose it.

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Aaron Baugher - 26 Mar 2007 15:56 GMT

> Best thing for me to do is keep my mouth shut about it at work and
> around town. Everyone has advice, "you will just put the weight
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> loose weight" Then they want you to go to the bar for a few beers.
> Then they argue with you again.

The harsh truth is that most people don't really want you to succeed.
Your fat friends don't want you to succeed because then they'd have no
excuse not to do the same, of course. But in general, people have a
certain image of you that they're comfortable with, and if you start
looking or acting differently, that's uncomfortable for them. As
someone else said, you may have to get new friends (or they may come
into your life as part of the process). Or at least don't eat with
the friends you have, because they'll try to sabotage you, whether
they mean to or not.

> Mean while there as skinny as a rail! People that never had a weight
> problem. Or you go into a fast food place and order a cheeseburger
> with out the bun and they look at you like your from mars, then they
> ask you if you want fries. It's hard to find a low carb snack
> anywhere. I guess I will have to just start bringing my own food to
> work.

Yep, that's really your only choice. Even the burger without the bun
probably has more carbs in the secret sauce and processed cheese than
you realize, and it just gets tiring to always remember to tell them
to leave that stuff off (and a fast-food burger is fairly tasteless
without it).

Besides, it ticks me off to pay for something I'm not going to eat.
Fries are basically free, thanks to the combo meals, so if you order a
burger and a drink, you're paying for fries and a bun that you're not
eating. Might as well take your $4 to the grocery store across the
street and buy 2+ pounds of ground beef that'll make at least four
nice big thick burgers at home. Or, if you're looking for a tidy
snack to eat with your friends, some sliced meat and cheese that you
can roll up together.

If you don't have a place to refrigerate your work snacks, or are
afraid you'll detour at your cow-orker's jelly-bean jar on the way to
the break room, nuts or jerky are pretty good snacks to keep at hand.

> I did do really well with the LC diet in the past, but then I went
> back to eating what ever I wanted, I really was not too bad(heavy)
> for a good while, but lately I have really started to gain. I have
> always been on the heavy side, to stay thin(er) I always had to work
> on it. So I want to read up a little and am going to start the 1st
> of April.

Sounds like you're on the right track. The books that have been
recommended are very good, and will help you understand *why* you
should eat this way, and how to handle keeping the weight off after
you lose it.

You might also want to do some reading about improving your
self-image. "I have always been on the heavy side" sounds like
something I could have written, because I've seen myself that way too.
I remember hating to be "skins" in PE class, because I didn't want to
take my shirt off in public. But you know what? My mom has all my
school pictures, and when I look at those, I wasn't heavy at all! (I
think the truth is I had bigger pecs than most kids from all the farm
work I did, and I thought they were man-boobs.)

So that wasn't reality at all; just a self-image I'd created. It may
not be your reality either, but even if it was, it's your *past*
reality, not your future. Your future is what you're deciding with
your thoughts and actions now.

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girt x loin - 22 Nov 2008 13:26 GMT

f.ck!!!!!!!! FUUUUUUUUCK........I am hungry!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where do all you lard a.s get the strength?
Other than weeing in another pocket.
Fetish dioes not fat break~~~~~~~~
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLPP

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