I remember quitting Cokes about 25 years ago. I was drinking, I estimate, about 40 per day. It was amazing how fast 75 pounds fell off.I quit drinking Cokes and lost 8 lbs the first month,
I could see that being a fraud for sure.The food pyramid isn't outdated. It was a giant fraud from the start.
And the sugar lobby.
If only our fathers and grandfathers had listened to John Yudkin we might be a much, much healthier society today.
If it came from one of Frued's family members you know that there was a motive, there for sure. That family is nuts.There was a lot of input from people who had a vested interest in bread sales when the idea of a “food Pyramid” was being developed.
Orange juice was never a thing until someone needed to sell more oranges. Turns out one of Sigmund Frueds family members (nephew or some shit) was really good at creating large scale behavioral changes. He had a hand in a lot of similar and successful campaigns.
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That is so true! I know too many people who don't understand why they can't loose weight. When you tell them to track there sugar intake it usually shocks them. These are usually people who eat fairly healthy as well.Sugar is a weight loss killer. Amazing how much goes away with just cutting it out of your diet.
There are some decent sugar free cookies (they use one of the sugar substitutes).Delicious sugar
Carrots are pretty sweet though and make a fair substitute.
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I remember quitting Cokes about 25 years ago. I was drinking, I estimate, about 40 per day. It was amazing how fast 75 pounds fell off.
I've fallen off the wagon, though, and usually have a Coke a day. If I could ever break that habit...
ETA: I have improved levels of hope, though. HEB has, for the first time in over a year, started stocking their plain cola. At only 20 calories per can, I can usually substitute it for Coke and not feel terribly deprived. The last time I went fully Coke-free for a few months, it was those HEB substitutes that made it possible. I even quit them after a while.
There are some decent sugar free cookies (they use one of the sugar substitutes).
Of course nothing compares to homemade. Wife quit baking desserts when my blood sugar starting getting at the top end of the normal limit.Agree to disagree. Lol.
But I’ve never had a decent store bought cookie of any kind. Spoiled by a grandfather who really new how to bake and have his recipes.
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Yeah, and it's not an overstatement. I would gulp down 4+ before breakfast. During work hours, I kept them in a fridge under my desk and went through more than 2 12-packs during each workday. When I got home, I'd polish off more than one 12-pack. Add in the ones I bought when eating out or refilling and the total averaged more than 40 a day.40 is a ton!
Awesome job!Yeah, and it's not an overstatement. I would gulp down 4+ before breakfast. During work hours, I kept them in a fridge under my desk and went through more than 2 12-packs during each workday. When I got home, I'd polish off more than one 12-pack. Add in the ones I bought when eating out or refilling and the total averaged more than 40 a day.
It's tough to get your weight up to over 600 pounds but I did. In my heart of hearts I believe I went WAY beyond 600 pounds but I was never weighed at my heaviest so I can't say for sure. All I'll own up to is "somewhere over 600 pounds."
Now that I've lost over 350 pounds, that last 100 is turning out to be very tough to lose for an old man like me. And all my efforts have come way too late. The diabetes and the joint problems I created when I was 30 can never be fixed. I can get better but I'll never be without pain and other complications.
If I could tell my young self just one thing it would be "It's a tragedy to live your life without experiencing the things a healthy body can do. Don't make that mistake."
This is one of the reasons that having an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet near me is absolute death to my attempts to lose weight. Luckily, I have to drive quite a distance from home if I want to go to one so it's not an everyday thing. But, damn, the amount of sweetener on shrimp and broccoli and lots of other things that don't need sugar is just stupefying.high fructose corn syrup ... causes food to brown nicely ...
I would say dont have that first back surgery. Once they start they never stop. They are like the Mafia in that way, just when you think your out, they drag you back on the operating table.If I could tell my young self just one thing it would be "It's a tragedy to live your life without experiencing the things a healthy body can do. Don't make that mistake."
Seriously? It seems most endos have tried to switch their patients to the newer Ozempic. I take it. It's more convenient. But it's also more expensive for me, given my drug coverage.Victoza goes generic this year thank god. It's a 1000 dollars a month.
Yep the patents run out in Aug I think.Seriously? It seems most endos have tried to switch their patients to the newer Ozempic. I take it. It's more convenient. But it's also more expensive for me, given my drug coverage.
If Victoza could be had relatively inexpensively, I'd switch back to it in a heartbeat.
Thank you very much for that info.