Weekly Weigh-in, December 28, 2009

I weighed 238 lb. this past Monday. I have been eating a lot of junk food and Christmas goodies and as of this writing I might weigh a little more than that.

Hope to get back into the routine real soon. The change of address is officially completed. I love Newmarket, New Hampshire. I filled out a change of address card at the Post Office this morning and a few hours later my mailman came by to say good-bye. The personnel at the Post Office have all been great. So have the town officials and the odd cacophany of humanity that is Newmarket.

Moving to Exeter might make dieting easier, however. Always looking on the bright side.

Moving

I am moving from Point A to Point B about ten miles away. I hope to save myself about $700-$800/month and I hope to once more become a property owner. Houses all over the US are more reasonably priced than a couple of years ago and I would like to take advantage of the situation before it is too late. Ohhh, but the move.

Oh but the move. It has consumed me. Most notably I stopped posting on my blogs. I also stopped my sporadic exercise. Of course, I have also eaten considerably less. Who has time to eat?

When the dust settles I hope to post daily. There is so much material I have not covered. I am emboldened by my drop in waist size but I have not had much time to celebrate my small victory.

I already have a couple of New Year's resolutions in place: 1. Hit my target weight of 200 lb. 2. Post at least 5 times/week.

Wish me well.

Weekly Weigh-In. Monday December 21.

Belated Happy Solstice as I am posting this on Tuesday, December 22.

On Monday, December 21 I weighed 238 lb.

On June 8 I weighed 256 lb. 18 lb. in just over six months. A nice accomplishment but maybe not a weight loss guru kind of accomplishment. After the Atkins-induced 6 pound loss the first week I have struggled to lose evry single pound. It's been more of a trench fight this time around. Each "plateau" has been a story unto itself. Each pound has been a chapter unto itself. Each morsel has been a potential game changer. Oh, the drama.

Weekly Weigh-In: December 14, 2009

I weigh 238 lb. I have gone from a size 44 waist to a size 42. I have several pairs of pants that I have not worn for about six years and then I only wore them a few times. In 2003 I got down to about 228 before reflabbing as high as 280 (or even higher. I stopped weighing myself) in Winter, 2007.

It is as if Santa came a bit early with my almost new wardrobe. Meanwhile, a lot of the size 44's are finding a new home for Christmas. I look forward to the day when all of my 44's are provided with a new address.

Weekly Weigh-in, December 7, 2009

I weigh 240 lb.

Rule of thumb: You have to lose 10% of your body weight before people notice and/or comment or your weight loss.

Weekly Weigh In: November 30, 2009

On Monday November 30, I weighed 241 lb.

Two days later I weighed 246.

As of this writing (December 5) I weigh 239.

Yea!

Weekly Weigh In: November 23, 2009

On November 23, I weighed 239 lb.

On November 9 I started the first symptoms of a cold and they continued until about November 26 (Thanksgiving Day.)I did not have much appetite during that illness. Still don't have it completely back (not exactly complaining.) I got by on fewer calories than I usually do but I hit the sweetened cough syrup and sweetened cough drops pretty hard. By the time I eased up on those things Thanksgiving was upon us.

I currently weigh about 240 lb. I enjoyed thanksgiving but I was only moderately gluttonous. I can remember one thanksgiving weekend where I put on 10 lb. and those pounds stayed with me for weeks. Not this time.

As I am moving and as I am absurdly busy I will only post sporadically until sometime in 2010. Happy New Year if I don't post until then.

Weekly Weigh-in: November 16, 2009

I weigh 240 lb. How did I lose that pseky pound? Illness. I have been sick for a week now--mostly cold and flu symptoms--and I don't have much appetite. Too late to wish me a speedy recovery.

Weekly Weigh-In: November 9, 2009

I weigh about 242. I started the week on a high protein diet but by Wednesday I threw in the towel. The transportation problem is resolved but now I might be moving in with a roommate to save money. One of the drawbacks is that I will have to surrender my Wildcat Fitness membership and there is not a nearby gym where I am moving.

I will keep my many readers abreast of the details.

weekly weigh in

On Monday, November 2, I weighed 241 pounds. I maintained a high protein diet throughout the week. No strength training or any exercise beyond walking.

Excuse of the week: transportation problems. This problem has eclipsed all else. I own a Nissan Sentra that is worth maybe $4K. I blew a head gasket but I also have problems with the O2 sensor and get this, the swirl valve.

It has been difficult to perform a cost/benefit analysis for repair. The first quote I got was $1250 but I was warned that it could be more. I got a second opinion from the Nissan dealer and he was better at explaining things. Yes, there would be overlap time in repairing the head gasket, swirl valve and O2 sensor. Good news. But there could be engine damage as a result of the blown head gasket. Bad news. Even worse news is that they would not be able to determine if damage had occurred until they were several hours into the disassembly (at $94/hr.) Even if it was determined that the Sentra was a goner, I would still be billed for re-assembley time. So I could spit out a grand just to be told that it would cost me 3 grand to repair.

Of course, I have spent most of my free time on this subject and that means no gym time. I hope that this will change when I log next week's weigh-in.

Hotties

Actually, a hot foods diet has been advocated for years. Supposably, one speeds up one's metabolism and burns more calories. Others say you just eat more to compensate for the revved up metabolism.

YOU PROBABLY MAKE UP THE BURNED CALORIES WITH MILK CALORIES

Why Did The Bacon Diet Not Work So Well For Me?

MAYBE BECAUSE I ONLY ATE A POUND PER DAY

The Mentos and Diet Coke Diet?

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Weekly Weigh In for Monday October 26

I weighed 241 lb.
I maintained a high protein diet from Monday to Sunday. On Sunday, I visited some Spanish people who served me some delicious soup that was loaded with sugar, raisins and potatoes. It tasted like pumpkin soup but they looked puzzled when someone said the word "pumpkin." As I was off-diet, I ate a couple of apples and some popcorn.

I wanted to get back on the protein bandwagon on Monday but transportation problems made me an unexpected house guest of a good friend. I feasted on enchiladas, avocados, beans and rice, and artichokes. It was great!

I returned to high protein on Tuesday.

Significant event: I discontinued resveratrol abruptly on Tuesday October 20. Reasons:
1. Possible side effect of severe gas pains. It took me a while to figure this out because I had gone on an ad lib diet and was not repeating much of anything. Usually I am immune from gas pain.

2. Efficacy. Other than the gas pain, I felt nothing. This is probably due to the problem of bioavailability.

3. Cost. Even at Beyond A Century bulk prices, resveratrol put a dent in my wallet. Had I seen some resuslts I would have found a way to continue with resveratrol.

Other significant event. On Monday October 26 I discontinued DHEA. No side effects but cost and efficacy tilted the scales. This is probably the fifth or sixth go around with DHEA going back about a decade and I have never felt any different from taking it.

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Weekly Weigh-in for Monday October 19

I weighed 243 lb. yesterday (October 19.) I lost about 5 lb. in 6 days. The plan is to continue on the present course until my weight stabilizes. I hope that I can get under 240 lb. However, if I linger in that area for more than three or four weeks, I will reformulate a new weight loss plan. There have been a couple i have been wanting to try for a few years now. But let's hope the current diet continues to yield results as it did before I abandoned it.


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Restarting The Diet

Back from a Weekend getaway where I downed nothing but fast food, my weight on Monday is hovering around 250 and we'll make that the official weekly weigh-in weight. Successfully restarted high-protein diet on Tuesday October 13.

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Unhappy Childhood as Predicter of Adult Obesity

I suppose this isn't Earth shattering news. And I'm not sure what we do if we have already experienced a miserable childhood. The most idiotic bumper sticker ever created is the one that states "It's Never Too Late To Have A Happy Childhood." Horse feathers! Maybe we should all have a Twinkie and reflect on this.

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Then again, neurolinguistic programming (NLP) can be helpful with the aftermath of a bad childhood.

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Sunday Weigh In: October 4, 2009

I weigh 246 lb. So much for that dreaded plateau. I am backsliding.

Review of diet plan:
1. For about a month I have eaten an ad lib diet. Dangerous, I know but that is the price of socialization.
2. DHEA 500 mg. bid.
3. Resveratrol 1200 mg. tid.
4. Arginine (proprietary mix) 36 grams daily.
5. Phenylalanine 6 or so grams daily.
6. Resistance training (weight machines)more or less weekly.

Critique: I have to get back on a sane diet. On Tuesday September 29, I attended a going away party for a friend at an upscale restaurant. I ate sanely but I did eat well. On October 1, I attended the Deerfield Fair in Deerfield, NH. I didn't go overboard but I did eat carnival food. Friday at work, a co-worker shared his plantains and sweet potatoes with me. Mmmmm. I do not regret those calories at all.

I also want to exercise more often. That is hard to do, given my schedule. But for now, I want to get back to 240, my "plateau weight."

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September 29 Diet in Review.

June 8....256

June 14...250

June 20...249

June 21...248

June 27...249

June 28...250

July 1....249

July 15...246

July 20...245

July 22..244

July 26..243

July 31..245

August 3..240

August 5..242

August 9..240

August 16..240

August 20..247

August 23..241

August 30..240

September 7..240

September 14..242

September 21..242

Septmeber 28..242

Note: I always weigh myself on Sunday or Monday and this is mostly what I have recorded above. In September I pretty well abandoned the high protein diet. I tried to get it restarted but it is hard to do if you socialize. I did not record my weight daily but it sometimes got as high as 249. Those sorts of rapid weight gains can only be attributed to water retention (I did not eat 8 lb. of food in one day)caused by carbohydrate consumption. Carbs absorb water.

Here is a brief summary of my diet.

1. From June 8 till September 7 I pretty much followed an Atkins-type diet with very few exceptions. Since September 7 I have eaten an ad lib diet. Lots of fats and sweets.

2. I lifted weights on average once/week. I will post my routine and the dates later.

3. On September 1 I started resveratrol 400 mg. tid.

4. On September 6 I started DHEA 250 mg. bid.

5. On September 14 I started resveratrol 800 mg. tid.

6. On September 21 I started resveratrol 1200 mg. tid.

7. I have been taken the amino acids arginine and phenylalanine daily for over 20 years. These items are touted as weight loss agents and they might be but as you can see from my life, their efficacy is limited. I took them before starting this recent weight loss effort (June 8.)

It is my solemn intention to get back on an Atkins type diet. I hope that in conjunction with resveratrol and DHEA I will start losing again. Ideally, I would like to exercise more frequently but I am not sure if that is possible due to my work schedule.


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That Was The Week That Was

I don't usually talk about my job because it involves mental health and I am unusually cautious about confidentiality. The place where I work calls itself a crisis stabilization unit. In other words, people who are experiencing a mental health crisis but do not need to be confined to a locked unit come to our ward. Also, people who "step down" from a locked unit come to our ward. As well, people who need a psychopharmalogical evaluation or need to be observed after starting a new pharmacological regime come to our unit.

Among my many duties, I act as sort of a quartermaster, purchasing food among other things. It is an ingrained ethic from early childhood, that wasting food is a very grievous sin. So diet or no, I am at war with the garbage disposal. Thus, I become a garbage disposal by proxy.

On Monday September 14 our unit had a few ripe bananas and a surplus of bread products, especially hot dog rolls. I downloaded a recipe http://www.workitmom.com/bloggers/orderingdisorder/2009/05/16/banana-bread-pudding-an-easy-crowd-pleaser/
I made a few substitutions because we didn't have all of the ingredients. It turned out great.

I decided to go off-diet for a day and since I went off diet, I ate a copious amount of bread pudding. The next day I ate more bread pudding. Since I was off-diet I had a glass of saki when I got home. On Wednesday we hate some dry bagels and some apples no one seemed particularly interested in. We turned the apple bread pudding into a group project. I made an even larger dent in this masterpiece. And as I went off-diet I ate some chips and popcorn and finished up the saki when I got home.

On Sunday September 13 and Monday September 14 I weighed 241 lb. On Thursday September 17 I weighed 249 lb. I restarted the high protein diet Thursday AM and as of this writing I weigh 241 lb.

A few quick high protein points reconfirmed in the past week. You can lose weight fast on a high protein diet and you can reagain it just as quickly. I suspect that has to do with carbohydrates' tendency to absorb water. That, in part, expains the roller coaster weight loss and gain with when carbs are eliminated and then restarted.

Other notes: On Monday September 14 I increased the resveratrol from 400 mg. tid to 800 mg. tid. DHEA stay at 500 mg. bid.


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Food Log: September 13, 2009

Monday September 7: Around 1 PM I ate approximately 1.25 lb. ground beef with two slices of Mozzarella cheese. I ate about 1 oz. of whole sunflower seeds from 2 PM to 3 PM. Around 5 PM I consumed approximately 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine. At about 9:30 PM I ate 2 chicken thighs. At about 1:30 AM I ate 2 pork chops.

Tuesday September 8: Around 1 PM I ate approximately 1.25 lb. ground beef with two slices of Mozzarella cheese. I ate about 2 oz. of whole sunflower seeds from 2 PM to 3 PM. Around 6 PM I consumed approximately 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine. Around 8 PM I ate 3 chicken thighs and one small potato. At about 1 AM I ate .75 lb. lamb and one thick cut pork chop.

Wednesday September 9: I ate 3 chicken thighs at about 1 PM. I ate about 2 oz. of whole sunflower seeds from 2 PM to 3 PM. I went off-diet around 6 PM(I slipped due to hunger. Nibbled. Nibbled some more. Nibbled some more.) I ate approximately 5 oz. fish sticks, salad with caesar dressing and approximately 4 oz. french fries. Around 9 Pm i ate a modest serving of bread pudding. Around midnight I consumed approximately 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine. Around 2 AM I ate one thcik cut pork chop.

Thursday September 10: Around 1 PM I ate 2 thick cut pork chops. I ate approximately 2 oz. of whole sunflower seeds from 2 PM to 3 PM. I ate 3 chicken thighs at about 7 PM. I ate approximately .75 lb. ground beef along with a large Spring mix salad, olives, bacon, hard boiled eggs with oil and vinegar at about 12:30 AM.

Friday September 11: I ate a Cornish Hen around 1 PM. I ate approximately 1 oz. of whole sunflower seeds from 2 PM to 3 PM. Around 5 PM I consumed approximately 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine. Around 8 PM I ate 2 chicken thighs and a small salad with caesar salad. At 1 AM I ate 2 lb. shrimp with 1/2 stick of butter.

Saturday September 12: Around 5 PM I ate 24 ox. knockwurst. Around 10 PM I consumed approximately 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine. Around midnight I ate 1.5 lb. flounder smothered in butter and basil.

Sunday September 13: Around 2 PM I consumed approximately 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine. Around 5 PM I ate a Cornish Hen. Around 10 PM I consumed approximately 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine. (Still have one more meal to go.)


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DHEA

I started taking powedered DHEA, approximately 250 mg bid on Sunday, September 6. That is a larger dose than recommended but I ordered the bulk powder and it comes with a 500 mg scoop. I can pretty well eyeball 1/2 fof a scoop but smaller amounts would be challenging. I will have more to say about dhea in later posts. In the meantime I offer this editorial viewpoint that I fully endorse.

I DON'T KNOW THIS MAN BUT I AGREE WITH HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY

Plastic Surgery Following Weight Loss

Ain't that life for ya? Ya solve a problem and the solution brings another problem. Ya want companionship so you get a dog. The dog has fleas and you got companions that suck your blood.
It's the same way with weight loss. If you lose half of your body mass your skin will take on that "nobody's home" look. Some day, someone will make a lot of money with a non-surgical procedure to tighten excess skin. In the meantime, the cut and stitch boys are the only game in town.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Weight

I weigh 240 pounds. That wall is impeding my progress once more. I will get past this monster. I will announce a new weapon in my arsenal soon.

Food Log: September 7.

Thursday September 3: Around 2 PM: 2 chicken thighs.
Around 4 PM: Approximately 12 oz. beef franks.
Around 6:30 PM: 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix.
Around 10:30 PM: Approximately 1.75 lb. shrimp with butter
Around 2 AM: A handful of almonds.
Around 4 AM: 2 pork chops.

Friday September 4: Around 1 PM: 1.11 lb. ground beef with 2 slices Mozzarella cheese.
Around 2 PM: Approximately 1 oz. whole sunflower seeds.
Around 8 PM: 2 pork chops.
Around 12:30 AM: 3 chicken thighs, two bowls of Spring Mix salad with creamy caesar, one bowl with basil romano.

Saturday September 5: Around 1 PM: Approximately 1.2 lb. ground beef with 2 slices Mozzarella cheese, 2 beef franks (approximately 3 oz.)
In the evening I went off diet because someone cooked a nice dinner for me. Meatloaf,chicken, salad with apples, brownie dessert. I did skip on the baked potatoes, however.

Sunday, September 6: Around 2 PM: 6 tbsp. of proprietary arginine mix.
Around 5 PM: Approximately 1.25 lb. lamb, two bowls of Spring Mix with Creamy Caesar.
Around 8:30 PM: I was once more treated to dinner. I ate a couple pieces of chicken and some peppers. I went easy on the potatoes (.5 small potato.) Around 1 AM: 2 pork chops.

Monday, September 7: Around 1 PM: Approximately 1.25 lb. ground beef with two slices of Mozzarella cheese.

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Food Log

September 2: I ate approximately 14 oz. all beef franks with mustard at about 1:30 PM. I ate about an ouce of whole sunflower seeds from 2PM to 3PM. I ate 8 oz salami at about 9PM. I took 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix at 12:30 AM. I ate 7 hard boiled eggs at 2AM.

Resveratrol continued.

I took approximately 400 mg. resveratrol once on Sunday.

I took approximately 400 mg. resveratrol tid on Monday and Tuesday. I hope to maintain this regimen indefinitely.

Stuck at 240

I currently weigh 240 lb.

Food Log

Addendum to Augsut 31: I ate 4 hard boiled eggs and approxiamtely 5 oz. bacon at about 2AM (actually September 1.)

Tuesday September 1: I ate 1.13 lb. pre-cooked ground beef with two slices of mozzarella cheese at about 1PM. I ate about 1 oz. of whole sunflower seeds while driving to work (2-3 PM.)I took 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix at 5PM. I ate 1/2 apple at 7PM. I ate 3 chicken thighs at 8:30PM. I ate 1.15 lb. ground beef with two slices of mozzarella cheese, a dab of mayo and hot sauce. Also had two bowls of spring mix salad with oil and vinegar, three hard boiled eggs and a few olives.

Starting a Treadmill Program

Starting your program
Treadmill exercise is convenient. You can do it at your own pace, and unless you choose to use a treadmill in a gym, you will be in the comfort of your own home with no one around except for Fluffy or Spot to watch you exercise.

If you are new to exercising, start slow and build up your time and speed. Experienced exercisers can pick up the pace more quickly. The key is to go at your own speed and to set a program you can stick with. The benefits of treadmill exercise come from maintaining a walking program, not from jumping on and running a five-minute mile twice a month.

Start out by warming up for five to 10 minutes. As with any exercise, a good warm-up and cool-down are essential to an injury-free workout.

Beginners should start slow and walk at a comfortable pace for 10 to 15 minutes and gradually increase your pace. Always check with your doctor before you begin this or any exercise program and ask how much and how fast you should walk.

To get the most out of your treadmill workout, you want to get to the point that you are walking in your "target heart rate zone." To get the aerobic benefit from the exercise, you must walk in your target heart rate zone.

To figure out whether you are exercising in your heart rate target zone:

•Stop exercising.
•Take your pulse at your neck, wrist or chest, wrist recommended. Place the tips of your index and middle fingers over your vein and press lightly. Take a 60-second count of heartbeats or a 30-second count and multiply that by 2.
•Subtract your age from 220 to get your Maximum Heart Rate (MHR). Your target zone should be between 50 percent and 70 percent of your MHR.

Treadmill Exercise Guidelines

Exercise guidelines
As with anything else in life, you get the most enjoyment and benefit out of the activities that you perform properly. Treadmill exercise is no exception. According to the American College of Sports Medicine:

•Before you get on the treadmill, make sure you know how to work all the controls, such as speeding up, slowing down, changing the incline and emergency off.
•Use correct posture when walking, with shoulders back, head and chin up and slightly forward, and tighten your abdominal muscles. Look forward, not down.
•Use the same stride you normally use when walking.
•Stay in position - don't go off to the side or the back.
•Try to use your treadmill at the same time of day for a certain amount of minutes and make it part of your daily routine.

Weekly weigh in.

On Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st, I weighed 240 pounds. Dreaded snag!

Food Log: August 29, 2009

Thursday August 27: As mentioned, I had a mini-illness on Thursday. Woke up with headache and nausea. Took two ibuprofen and later took three aspirin. Nausea caused a lack of appetite. I got lightheaded from not eating but by early evening the nausea had run its course and I was hungry with a capital H. I went on a feeding frenzy. I ate 3 creamsicles, a couple of nectarines, a banana, potato chips, fritos, a 2,5 oz bag of pretzels, a couple of chunks of ginger root.

The pretzels are interesting. I have heard people tout soda crackers for an upset stomach but that never worked for me. Pretzels work miracles for my stomach. They are similar in composition to soda crackers but they work better. The ginger root helped my nausea but not like the pretzels did. I made the decision to go off-diet to relieve the nausea. It succeeded and the feeding frenzy began.

Friday August 28: I started the eating with approximately 1.5 lb shrimp with butter. In the evening I ate 3 pork chops. I took 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix around midnight and ate 4 hardboiled eggs at around 2 AM.

Saturday August 29: I took 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix in early afternoon. I ate 24 oz. of beef franks at 5PM. I ate 3/4 Cornish Hen at 11PM.

Sunday August 30: 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix before going to the gym. I ate 3 pork chops at 5PM. I ate 2 more pork chops with a micro salad at 10:30PM. At 2AM I ate approximately .5 lb. shrimp with butter and a handful of pecans.

Monday August 31: Ate two porks chops around 12:30PM. I ate approximately 1 oz. whole sunflower seeds from 2PM to 3PM. I consumed 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix at 5PM. I ate three chicken thighs at 8:30. Maybe another oz. whole sunflower seeds from 11Pm to midnight.

Benefits of Treadmill

Are excuses holding you back from getting into shape? Are you too busy with work and family? Is the weather a problem? Treadmill exercise may be just the thing that wipes out your excuses and puts you on the road to good health and fitness.

With a treadmill, even excuses about being uncoordinated fly out of the window because the only sporty skill you need is something you already do all day long -- walk. The weather isn't a problem and neither is boredom. Place your treadmill in your home, perhaps in front of the television or a picture window, and put on those walking shoes.

What is treadmill exercise?
A treadmill is a machine that essentially allows you to walk or jog "in place." One of the best reasons to take your walking program inside is because on a treadmill you can maintain the pace of your stride easily. Plus, you can get the benefits of aerobic exercise without leaving your home.

Advantages of treadmill exercise
While there are many indoor exercise machines on the market, few compare to treadmills when it comes to health benefits and burning calories, an essential part of losing weight and getting in shape. In one study, treadmills easily outpaced an exercise bicycle, a rowing machine and a cross-country skiing machine.

A group of volunteers at the Milwaukee Veterans Administration Hospital did a series of workouts on different machines, each time exercising at what felt like the same intensity. Researchers used a special device to measure the number of calories burned. The treadmill allowed the individuals to burn up to 200 calories per hour more than the bicycle ergometer, which had the lowest energy expenditure, said the researchers.

The average medium-intensity treadmill workout burned 700 calories per hour, compared to just 500 calories per hour on the exercise bike. One reason for the difference is the amount of muscle mass that is used in both exercises.

Burning calories is a great benefit of treadmill exercise, but it's not the only reason to consider this type of workout. Walking is an excellent form of exercise for people with certain health conditions, such as osteoporosis, hypertension and back pain. For these, as well as those of us who aren't crazy about going to a gym, the flexibility of a treadmill can be very exciting. Further, a treadmill adds consistency to your walking workout because many models allow you to maintain speed and intensity throughout your entire workout.

According to research conducted by the Harvard Medical School, walking 45 minutes five times a week can cut your chances of getting a flu or cold in half.

Also, while some aerobic activities can be risky during pregnancy, walking has many benefits. Hormonal changes caused by pregnancy can loosen ligaments. Walking helps to tone muscles and strengthen joints that support a growing baby.

Treadmills have numerous features that allow you, for instance, to change the MPH or elevate the grade. Further, most models have options to determine calories burned, time elapsed and distance traveled.

An adequate display panel allows you to keep track of workouts (e.g. time and MPH), which in turn allows you to easily monitor progress.

Finally, if you are just looking to get in shape, walking or jogging on a treadmill improves muscle tone all over your body. Strengthened muscles means the heart can pump more oxygen-rich blood with each step you take.

Benefits of Trampoline Redux

Are trampolines like bird feeders? Just put one in the backyard and they'll find it? I sure hope so.

"GO AHEAD AND JUMP. MIGHT AS WELL JUMP."

Is This the Before Or After Shoot?

BENEFITS OF TRAMPOLINE TRAINING

Trampoline For Shaping and Toning

FURTHER BENEFITS OF TRAMPOLINE EXERCISE

Food Log August 27, 2009

Sunday August 23: About a pound of shrimp with butter at 2PM. Consumed 6 tbsp. of proprietary arginine mix at about 5 PM. Around midnight I ate approximately 1.2 lb. ground beef with mozzarella cheese.

Monday August 24: I ate a Cornish Hen that had to be cooked or it faced spoilage. I also ate a half of a Cornish hen that had been leftover from Friday. I was briefly content. On the way to work I ate approximately 2 oz. of whole sunflower seeds. I consumed 8 oz. of salami from 9Pm to 11:30PM. At about 1:30 AM I ate three chicken thighs, a large spring Mix salad with two hard boiled eggs, bacon (approximately 3 oz.) oil and vinegar.

Tuesday August 25: I ate approximately 1.25 lb. ground beef with two pieces of mozzarella cheese at about 1 PM. On the way to work I ate approximately 2 oz. of whole sunflower seeds. Ate three chicken thighs at about 9PM. Took 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix shortly after midnight.

Wednesday August 26: Gym day. I took 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix before going to gym. Ate 24 oz Hebrew national all beef franks at about 1 PM. At work I was treated to a Honduran dinner, so I went off diet. It was good! As I have mentioned before, I don't want to be on a high protein diet forever. At 200 lb., I hope to move on. We miss out on so much, as luxurious as a high protein diet might seem. Also, carbs seem to taste even better if you are carb-deprived.
Dinner consisted of two seasoned chicken thighs and rice. Because I had gone off diet I also ate a couple of nectarines after dinner. I ate two porkk chops before going to bed.

Thursday August 27: I woke up with hangover symptoms even though I had not a drop of alcohol for several days. This happens fairly often. I wake up with a slight headache and slight nausea and I cannot trace it to anything in particular. I sometimes think I have this problem figured out and I'll go a couple of weeks without a problem and then I'll wake up feeling sick. Then I immediately do a mental review of all that I have consumed for the past day or so and rate the possibility of food infection. Not sure what it is this time. Hope it's not that damn killer flu I keep hearing about.
I will skip breakfast and lunch today. I will drink black coffee and chew on ginger root. Ginger is an excellent natural remedy btw. It's a shame that manufacturers usually substitute artificial flavors for ginger when they make ginger ale. For that reason I buy the ginger root from the produce section.
Wish me a hasty recovery.

Trampoline Benefits

Trampoline Benefits


Trampolining is considered to be one of the best exercises yet devised by man, especially because of the effect rebounding has on the lymph of the body.

Rebounding is an exercise that reduces your body fat - which is highly beneficial for diabetes and a host of other diseases, provides an aerobic effect for the heart and gives your body energy when it's tired.

The benefits of trampolines are enumerable. Irrespective of the level of skill in bouncing, anybody who undertakes trampoline exercise regularly benefits in different areas. The physiological benefits of trampoline exercises are impressive enough to convince anybody to undertake this form of exercise.

People Jump on a Trampoline not just when they have energy but even when they need energy. The effect is not just psychological, because the action of bouncing up and down against gravity is one of the most beneficial aerobic exercises ever developed.

Some of the benefits of trampolines are as below:


Trampolines provide you an easy and healthy way to work muscles, increase heart rate and flexibility, and improve reflexes.

It develops your balance, spatial awareness and all round physical fitness and suppleness.

By exercising on the trampoline for just 20 to 30 minutes you will reap benefits by way of good health and fitness and keep obesity away.

Another benefit of trampolining is that it effects joints, strengthening the muscles, tendons and ligaments around the joint, and improves movement, thereby reducing risk developing some forms of arthritis.

Side benefits of trampolines include improved posture, co-ordination, lung capacity, vision and self confidence.


The list of benefits from trampolines is absolutely endless.

Just buy a trampoline today for your whole family and experience the benefits yourself and watch your kids grow into confident, healthy and successful individuals.

Benefits of Strength Training:

Benefits of Strength Training:
Increased muscular strength
Increased strength of tendons and ligaments
Potentially improves flexibility (range of motion of joints)
Reduced body fat and increased lean body mass (muscle mass)
Potentially decreases resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure
Positive changes in blood cholesterol
Improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity
Improved strength, balance, and functional ability in older adults

SPEAKING OF MUSCLE MASS...

Benefits of Aerobic Training

Benefits of Aerobic Exercise:
Increased maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max)
Improvement in cardivascular/cardiorespiratory function (heart and lungs)
Increased maximal cardiac output (amount of blood pumped every minute)
Increased maximal stroke volume (amount of blood pumped with each beat)
Increased blood volume and ability to carry oxygen
Reduced workload on the heart (myocardial oxygen consumption) for any given submaximal exercise intensity
Increased blood supply to muscles and ability to use oxygen
Lower heart rate and blood pressure at any level of submaximal exercise
Increased threshold for lactic acid accumulation
Lower resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure in people with high blood pressure
Increased HDL Cholesterol (the good cholesterol)
Decreased blood triglycerides
Reduced body fat and improved weight control
Improved glucose tolerance and reduced insulin resistance

SPEAKING OF INCREASED BLOOD SUPPLY...

Health Benefits of Exercise

Health Benefits of Exercise and Physical Activity:
Reduce the risk of premature death
Reduce the risk of developing and/or dying from heart disease
Reduce high blood pressure or the risk of developing high blood pressure
Reduce high cholesterol or the risk of developing high cholesterol
Reduce the risk of developing colon cancer and breast cancer
Reduce the risk of developing diabetes
Reduce or maintain body weight or body fat
Build and maintain healthy muscles, bones, and joints
Reduce depression and anxiety
Improve psychological well-being
Enhanced work, recreation, and sport performance

C'MON! GET OFF YOUR DUFF AND PARTICIPATE

Exercise: Cornerstone of Weight Loss?

Day 77..If My Math is Right

1. June 8....256

2. June 14...250

3. June 20...249

4. June 21...248

5. June 27...249

6. June 28...250

7. July 1....249

8. July 15...246

9. July 20...245

10. July 22..244

11. July 26..243

12. July 31..245

13. August 3..240

14. August 5..242

15. August 9..240

16. August 16..240

17. August 20..247

17. August 23..241

I lost 15 pounds in 11 weeks. Of course I lost 16 pounds in 8 weeks so I have hit a rough spot. Note the spikes in weight when I consumed 50 or so grams of carbs in a day's time. That has happened like that in the past, too. Another factor in fluctuating weight is heat. We finally got summer in New England. A week of hot days. I drank a lot of water to compensate.

Note: I have now been 10 days without resveratrol. That is due to having a busy schedule. Hope to order this evening.

Computer Glitches

I tried upgrading the memory on my computer and it consumed most of the weekend. The story has a happy ending, fortunately. I bought a kit of 2x1 gb ddr2. I installed them and nada. The happy ending is that one of the sticks was defective but I refused to consider that possibility at first. After taking them back to Brand X, where there was a long line, I had the helpful tech guy test them and then I wnet back to customer service and finally I came home with a much faster machine.

But of course I have not posted since Thursday. So here goes. I returned to the gym on Thursday, the first time since July 26. Did a weight routine. Hope to get back there tomorrow.

Thursday: I ate 16 oz. of beef franks before leaving for work (About 1PM.) Also had a small amount of cheese and bacon with it. On the way to work 2PM to 3PM I ate about 3 oz. whole sunflower seeds. I ate 3 thick cut pork chops at 10PM. I consumed 6 tbsp. proprietary arginine mix before going to bed. Coffee in AM and one cup around 5PM.

Friday: I ate approximately 1.5 lb shrimp with a half stick of butter at about 1PM. I ate about 2 oz. of whole sunflower seeds on the way to work. At work I ate two cups of popcorn and about half a brownie. Sigh. I then consumed 8 oz. of packaged salami. I consumed 6 ox. proprietary arginine mix around midnight. At about 2 AM I ate a Spring Mix salad with ranch dressing, 1/2 Cornish Hen and approximately 6 oz. almonds. Coffee in AM and a few cups in the early PM.


Saturday: Ate 16 oz. beef franks around noon. Consumed 6 tbsp. of proprietary arginine mix at about 5 PM. Ate approximately 1.5 lb. shrimp with butter late at night. Drank a lot of coffee, more than usual throughout day.

Sunday: So far I have eaten about a pound of shrimp with butter at 2PM. Consumed 6 tbsp. of proprietary arginine mix at about 5 PM.

DHEA: Here to Stay?

This woman speaks my point of view (except the part about vitamin C preventing colds...it has other redeeming qualities though.)

SAVE OUR DHEA!

Resveratrol: ABC News "Nightline"

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

Monday: I ate leftover fried chicken breast (lightly breaded) around 12:30 PM after enjoying my AM coffee. I had some Half-N-Half with my coffee. On the way to work I ate approximately 2 oz. of whole sunflower seeds. At work I ate perhaps another lb. of the leftover chicken breast. I used a small amount of salsa as a relish. At home I ate .98 lb. ground lamb with two slices of cheese. Finished off the remaining gin (about four ounces.)

Tuesday: I drank my coffee with Half-N-Half. Ate approximately 1.2 lb. ground beef with two slices of mozarella cheese at about 12:30 PM. I ate approximately 2 oz. sunflower seeds on way to work. Ate a whole leg of chicken at work. Upon returning home (around midnight) I ate one more lg of chicken and two leftover legs from Cornish Hen.

Wednesday: I ate three thick cut pork chops at about 12:30 PM. Drank coffee with a small amount of Half-N-Half. Ate approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds on way to work. At work I helped myself to some peanut butter and praline fudge my boss gave to me. Mmmmmm. I don't miss a lot of off-diet stuff but this was heavenly, especially the praline. WAY OFF DIET! Ate 2 whole chicken legs at work. since I had already exceeded my carb level I went ahead and gobbled down 4 oz. of Fritos and a banana. Shortly after I post this I will eat another two thickly cut pork chops.

Resveratrol: Genesis

No, I am not getting a kickback from this company. But I sure would like to.

IF ONLY THEY WOULD HAVE SIGNED BILLY MAYS AS THEIR PITCHMAN

Resveratrol. Dow Jones Online

MORE ABOUT THE TRENDY NUTRIENT

Resveratrol: Barbara Walters

Why Twitter?

Being a trendy guy I just had to taste th Twitter soup. After two months I am asking myself, "why?" When all is said and done, Twitter might be remembered as the pet rock of cyberspace. A trend as stupid and as short-lived as the Cabbage Patch Dolls.

For whatever reason I used Twitter to post my meal log. But at 140 characters I often abbreviated in a way that did not make sense. Chx thghs for chicken thighs. .5&.5 instead of Half-N-Half. Approx for approximately. Welcome back, Queen's English.

Friday August 14. I enjoyed cold, black coffee. Before leaving for work I ate 24 oz. (precooked weight) of frankfurters (Hebrew National if they want to give me a kickback.) I later cooked a meal loaf using 1+ lb of ground beef, salsa, bread crumbs and oatmeal. Not real low carb but probably not more than the carbs in two slices of bread. The meat was going to go bad so I had to eat it that night...I consumed about 36oz. arginie in a propietary mix upon returning home. As a nightcap I had a taste of gin, 5 eggs, and I estimate 4 oz of previously-cooked bacon.

Saturday August 15. I got called to work unexpectedly and my cubbard was bare. Ate .8 oz. Salami on the way to work and topped it off with approximately 4 oz. pecans and two Atkins bars. Despite the name, Atkins bars are not really all that low-carb and they can wreck a diet. But I was hungry and the cubbard was bare. I ate another 8 oz. salami around 9PM. Upon arriving home I consumed the same propietary arginine mix, about 36 grams of arginine. Later i ate approximately 8 oz. of precooked bacon.

Sunday August 16: Drank coffee with Half-N-Half then had 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix (36 grams estimate.) Fianlly ate around 5:30 PM. Small salad and 1.35 lb. haddock lightly breaded in flower and fried in bacon grease. Nibbled on lightly breaded chicken fingers that I had cooked. Just took a taste of gin and I have a Cornish Hen in the oven (12:42 AM August 17.)

Ahh, the Queen's English.

Resveratrol: 60 Minutes

THE VID THAT LAUNCHED A MILLION BOTTLES

Water liposuction

This is encouraging news. The technology holds a lot of promise.

SCIENCE MARCHES ONWARD

How America Got Fat

THE AMAZING PYRAMID

On Changing Taste or Just Eat The Apple

Because I don't eat a lot of sugar, sweet things taste sweeter to me. Because I am not always drenching my taste buds in fructose, sucrose, etc. my sense of taste has changed, if not improved. On Monday I ate an apple. Sorry to say that I inadvertently left it off my tweets, but that is another matter for another time.

The apple was possibly the best apple I have ever eaten. It was from New Zealand. It had a micro sticker on it that said "Jazz." It was reddish/yellowish autumn color. It was big and slightly crunchy. That was one damn fine apple.

How much of my epicurean delight was attributable to the flavor of the apple and how much was attributable to my changing taste is hard to say. But because I do eat candy and doughnuts and ice cream, my taste for sweetness has been sharpened. I enjoy a good apple as much as I once enjoyed a cherry cheesecake. Salads are something I look forward to as much as I once looked forward to Hagen Daz. I don't miss the mega-doses of sugar.

Yes, I do look forward to that day when i can enjoy starches and desserts in moderation. But that's at least 40 pounds from now. In the meantime, I am usually content. If I eat sufficient protein, I do not crave coffee rolls and pastries and and things that melt in the mouth. But I am thinking about that next killer apple.

Falling Off The Wagon

One of the keys of a high protein diet is ensuring that one does not get hungry. For it is when we get hungry that we go carb crazy. I did this on Tuesday. I don't really eat breakfast as such. I don't really eat meals as such. I eat a large serving of protein early in the day, eat a smaller sized protein snack/meal around 5 or 6 and then eat another large serving of protein shortly after arriving home. Usually this last meal is at 1 AM.

On Tuesday I did not eat enough protein (.98 lb ground lamb with cheese) before leaving for work. At work I ate 8 oz. of salami and a diet drink. I also had a couple of pieces of fried chicken breast (approximately 4 oz.) I went easy on the chicken because it was breaded.

Later, when brownies were served, I just could not stop. I ate four of them. I felt guilty but when I fall off diet I try to eat something else, I normally cannot eat, since the diet is shot anyway. So I ate a green apple. It was bland. I drank a little gin when I came home and had a few extra pecans. Try again tomorrow.

I think if I had eaten a pound and a half of lamb instead of .98 pound, I would not have eaten four brownies later in the day.

Today is much more successful. I ate two thick cut pork chops for breakfast, 2 chicken thighs for dinner and I will have a salad with ground lamb and a taste of gin shortly after posting this.

Yesterday I weighed 248 lb. I don't know why one retains so much water after eating carbs following a long period of almost abstinence. But it seems to work that way. Monday I weighed 240 and today I weigh 241. Go figure.

Overview of Weight Loss: First 9 Weeks.

On June 8 of this year I did something I have done repeatedly for almost two decades. I launched yet another weight loss effort. It was going to be different this time. This was it! Losing and sustained loss.

How have I done? I have lost 16 lb. in 63 days. Of course, I lost 16 lb. in 56 days. So I flatlined this past week. But I would rather focus on the success of the first 56 days and think that maybe I have set myself up for more weight loss in the coming week.

A quick review in pounds:

1. June 8....256

2. June 14...250

3. June 20...249

4. June 21...248

5. June 27...249

6. June 28...250

7. July 1....249

8. July 15...246

9. July 20...245

10. July 22..244

11. July 26..243

12. July 31..245

13. August 3..240

14. August 5..242

15. August 9..240

Recapping the weight loss strategy:
1. Carbohydrate restriction. My strategy might be called modified Atkins or maybe haphazard Atkins. As mentioned in previous posts I have had varying degrees of success with Atkins. It worked real well one year. I went off it and gained excessive weight. Restarted it the next year and did not follow it as closely and was not as successful. Also, I have always gone through flatline periods, especially when I am in the 240-250 range.

Believe it or not, I have cut back on fat a little bit. My diet used to look like an inverted USDA food pyramid (one of the biggest flops in the history of the world)with fat from calories as the base. Now, protein would probably be the base. I no longer smother swordfish in butter and I frequently substitute tabasco sauce or mustard for mayo. But don't ever ask me to substitute low fat or lite mayo. I am 100%against the Ersatz Food movement that robs souls and ruins lives! Besides, low fat products usually have a higher sugar content than the real thing.

2. Second strategem is exercise. I do want to go to the gym more frequently but my time constraints are real. Having said that, I have only attended the gym 7 or 8 times(I believe it's 8 but I will double check) during this 63 day period. No doubt I would lose weight faster if I had the luxury of liesure.

3. Third strategem is phenylalanine. I have been using phenylalanine daily for 20 years. In and of itself, it has not been successful in weight control but I do believe it has merit. More on this amazing amino in future posts.

4. Fourth strategem is arginine. Arginine can be a cornerstone of weight loss but it has a few flaws. The big flaw of arginine is its taste. Years ago someone compared its taste to dog vomit. I cannot make that comparison but I will say that arginine is one of the worst tasting substances I have ever swallowed. For that reason I started buying the more expensive proprietary mixes during the early 90's. What a difference!
But most arginine products were sweetened with sugar. Not a problem until I started a low carb diet. Fortunately, there are proprietary arginine products that use stevia as a sweetener. But I cannot say for certain how stevia affects low-carb diets. There is this gray area of sugar alcohols, virtual carbs, actual carbs and so on. A small amount of stevia will not sabotage a low-carb diet. A high intake might sabotage the diet.
This is an area of frustration for me. It is one of those things where it is hard to find reliable information. Ask a doctor and he'll tell you that a low-carb diet is dangerous and it never, ever, ever works. Also stevia is probably poison. Take two pyramids and call me in the morning. Of course, I don't trust the proprietor to tell me if and when stevia might sabotage my weight loss efforts. Joe Internet will offer an opinion on the subject but I sometimes think Mr. Internet is not as smart as he thinks he is.
Arginine has a lot to offer but the stevia continues to concern me. I sometimes use arginine as a meal substitute but only if I am not all that hungry. From July 4 to July 25 I used arginine in lower doses (3 tbsp/6 gram arginine per tbsp)a couple of times before bed and each time before exercise. I started arginine the week of July 20. Usually 6 tbsp. daily (one x per day.) Through oversight I abstained for three days in the first week in August.
The stevia thing has not been resolved but at this writing I am taking arginine 6 tbsp. daily.

5. Fifth Strategam is resveratrol. On Wednsesday July 29 I took 400 mg. resveratrol
one x. The next day I took 400 mg tid. The following day I settled into a routine of 400 mg bid. On August 6 I increased resveratrol to 800 mg. bid.
Despite the immediate weight loss (5 lb. in 3 days) I am still skeptical of resveratrol. The weight loss could have been coincidental. We get those peaks and valleys in every weight loss (and weight gain for that matter) scenario. Even at wholesale prices, resveratrol is pricey. But it would certainly be money well spent if one was certain their body was assimilating the ingested resveratrol. However, bioavailabilty is certainly a concern. But for now, I will include resveratrol.

That is my First 9 Week Summary. If anyone has any suggestions, good advice, bad advice or ridicule, please pass it along.

Tweets: First Week of August, 2009

What I ate on Saturday so far...18 oz arginine, coffee, 2 chx thighs, serving grn beans, 1/2 serving rice
about 16 hours ago from web

salad on Fri (actually early Sat. AM contained hb egg, mozzarella cheese, oil & vinegar
about 16 hours ago from web

What I ate on Friday...1.20 lb gr bf with 2 slices cheese, 3 chx thighs, diet drink, coffee, approx. 1.3 lb gr bf with 2 slices chese, salad
about 16 hours ago from web

what i ate Thurs. 10 oz. tuna & mayo, coffee, 8 oz salami, 2 chx thighs, 1 hb egg, approx 14 oz shrimp with butter
about 16 hours ago from web

On the health benefits of obesity: http://bit.ly/iY9Qe
11:07 AM Aug 6th from web

should have read tuna, not tune....tired
2:27 AM Aug 6th from web

just ate 22 oz of tune with mayo
2:26 AM Aug 6th from web

has jsut consumed 18 oz of arginine sweetened with stevia.
11:37 PM Aug 5th from web

weighs 242 lb.
7:50 PM Aug 5th from web

what I ate today: 2 cx thighs, approx. 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds, diet drink, 8 oz. salami
7:48 PM Aug 5th from web

yesterday b4 bed....large lettuce salad with cheese, hb eggs, bacon, oil & vinegar, 2 franks sans bun (6 oz.)
7:47 PM Aug 5th from web

what I ate yesterday...approx. 1.25 lb. gr chuck with 2 slices cheese (mozarella) approx. 1 oz whole sunflower seeds, 3 chicken thighs......
7:39 PM Aug 5th from web

No arginine last three days...not by design...more by oversight
7:36 PM Aug 5th from web

monday (actually Tuesday AM) ate 3 more chx thighs b4 bed.
7:35 PM Aug 5th from web

what I ate today: 3 chicken thighs, approx. 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds, 8 oz salami. coffee, diet drink
1:13 AM Aug 4th from web

what I ate Sunday august 2...coffee, approx. 1.25 lb. gr. chuck, with two slices cheese, arginine, cornish hen
1:11 AM Aug 4th from web

What I ate last Saturday: 18 oz franks with bacon and cheese. 18 gr. arginine, 5 hardboiled eggs, coffee with half-n-half.
1:10 AM Aug 4th from web

What i ate last Friday..approx. 1 lb shrimp with .5 stick butter, 3 Tru Chocolates, 3 chx thighs, 1 oz bbq chips, cornish hen, coffee.
1:07 AM Aug 4th from web

started resveratrol last Wed after shipment arrived. 400mg, day one. 400mg tid, thursday. 400mg bid since then.
11:34 AM Aug 3rd from web

Weighs 240 lb. I seem to have lost 5 lb. in three days.
11:33 AM Aug 3rd from web

Tweets: Reverse Order. July 28 to July 31.

Weighs 245 lb.
12:28 AM Jul 31st from web

what i ate today: approx. 1.25 gr bf with 2 slices cheese, approx. 2 oz whole sunflower seeds, approx. 1 lb shrimp, black coffee, 3 chx thgs
12:28 AM Jul 31st from web

what i ate today continued....approx. 1 oz. whole sunflower seeds, large spring mix with bacon, egg & cheese., t chicken thighs
1:27 AM Jul 30th from web

what I ate today: approx. 1.25 lb gr. bf. with 2 slices cheese, coffee, diet drink, 2 chicken thighs, 4 cups popcorn...
1:26 AM Jul 30th from web

what I ate yesterday: 3 prk chps, 4 cups popcorn, 2 cups veg juice, 1 apple, 6 eggs, diet drink, black coffee, no arginine
1:23 AM Jul 30th from web

what i ate yesterday: 1.84 lb sole, 3 chicken thighs, 1 pork chop, 3 cups jumbalaya, black coffee, two diet drinks
11:17 AM Jul 28th from web

Tweets: Reverse Order. July 20 to July 26

what I ate today: 1.47 lb. sole with butter, spices, pecans, 6 tbsp. arginine, coffe with a small amount of cream, .25 glass red wine.
6:53 PM Jul 26th from web

Weighs 243 lb...I believe that's 13 in 49 but I'll check.
10:41 AM Jul 26th from web

@1weightloss ...clicked on url you provided. I am still unclear how AtricleContentKing works.
10:39 AM Jul 26th from web in reply to 1weightloss

what i ate today: 3 chx thighs, 2 lb shrimp & .25 stick butter, coffee black, coffee with cream, cappucino with Splenda, arginine, 2rum&diet
12:05 AM Jul 26th from web

Meme Roth vs. Dr. Regina Benjamin http://misterweightloss.blo... No fat chicks?
1:26 AM Jul 25th from web

yes, I have reinstated arginine
1:22 AM Jul 25th from web

forgot to mention I took 6 tbsp arginine sweetened with stevia daily past two day(in addition to days where I mentioned this)
1:21 AM Jul 25th from web

What I ate today: 1.06 lb grnd bf with cheese, black coffee,,, .75 Cornish Hen with small amount of stuffing, approx. 1 oz pork rhinds.
11:20 PM Jul 24th from web

also yesterday: black coffee and a handful of pecans.
11:18 PM Jul 24th from web

What i ate yesterday: already mentioned 6 prk cutlets, .75 Crnsh Hen, small amount of stuffin with mshrms@celery, 5 hb eggs, 2 strips bacon
11:18 PM Jul 24th from web

what i have eaten today so far: 6 pork cutlets (roughly 1 lb. total) black coffee
4:16 PM Jul 23rd from web

i also ate yesterday: 2.5 more chciken thighs, 4 hard boiled eggs
4:15 PM Jul 23rd from web

what I ate yesterday: 2 pork cutlets, .5 Crnsh Hen, 2 chckn thghs, 2 strps bcn, black coffee, 6 tbsp arginine, bowl of lettuce...continued
4:13 PM Jul 23rd from web

@MorganGetty I know all about bacl/neck pain. Try placing a full two liter bottle at base of spine and slowly roll the bottle to neck area
10:41 AM Jul 22nd from web in reply to MorganGetty

weighs 244 lb.
1:42 AM Jul 22nd from web

WHAT I ATE TODAY: 4 chicken thighs, 6 tbsp arginine, black coffee, 1/2 glass chardonnay, 3 slices pizza, approx. .75 lb pork cutlets.
1:41 AM Jul 22nd from web

Weight loss advocates: I am looking for guest editors. http://misterweightloss.blo... Will gladly link to your site in return. repeat
10:41 PM Jul 21st from web

Weight loss advocates: I am looking for guest editors. http://misterweightloss.blo... Will gladly link to your site in return.
11:05 AM Jul 21st from web

Resveratrol advocates and resveratrol salesmen: RSVP http://bit.ly/3ec28e
11:00 AM Jul 21st from web

View vintage tobacco commercials with Dick Van Dyke http://misterweightloss.blo... Should tobacco be part of your weight loss plan?
10:02 PM Jul 20th from web

lifted weights at the gym today and spent a half hour on the treadmill.
9:52 PM Jul 20th from web

weighs 245 lb...put on 1 lb. last week...lost 11 lb. in 43 days.
9:52 PM Jul 20th from web

Also had oil and vinegar on salad...
9:49 PM Jul 20th from web

What I ate today: 1 lb grnd chuck with cheese, black coffee, 6 tbsp. arginine, approx 3/4 Cornish hen, spring mix with bacon, eggs, cheese
9:48 PM Jul 20th from web

what I ate yesterday: already mentioned pollack. mostly black coffee, 6 tbsp arginine, approx. .5 lb roast beef, 3 eggs.
9:45 PM Jul 20th from web

On The Health Benefits of Obesity

Few things in life are all good or all bad. However, our public discourse does not reflect balanced assessments. The primary media bias is the bias for simplicity. We can argue whether this bias reflects humanity's bias for simplicity or that it proves that people in the press are mostly simpletons. But for whatever reason, the media hold a bias for simplicity.

While this editor was unable to find any advantages to bulimia (we will try again in the future) he was able to find advantages to obesity. Exhibit A: A high BMI is associated with improved survival. "Weight-gaining interventional studies in dialysis patients are urgently needed to ascertain whether they can improve survival and quality of life."

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/81/3/543

And if you're bothered by that pesky hypoxia, remember this: "We found that high-fat diet-fed (HFD) mice recovered from acute hypoxia 5 times faster than normal-diet-fed (ND) mice." Yeah baby. You go, fat mouse! Sis boom bah! Outsurvive the skinny mouse! Outsurvive the skinny mouse! Outsurvive the skinny mouse!

http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/150/6/2660

This study is complex but has a few intriguing facets. "However, until we fully understand the physiology of uraemic fat, and especially the causes of the accelerated mortality in CKD, it is hard to exclude that adipose tissue may indeed also exert beneficial effects in patients with CKD."

http://ndt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/23/10/3041

Finally, I offer my own non-clinical observation. Obese people develop amazing lower body strength. It is hard to replicate an exercise of carrying around extra pounds under the skin 24/7. Your fat makes your legs strong. If you are obese or formerly obese, test this hypothesis. Go down to the gym and hit the leg press or the squat bar. I bet you put the marathoner to shame. And you will retain that stregth even if you shed some tonnage. It is possible that the formerly obese will be shown to be healthier than the never obese. I hope so.

Why I am Dubious About Colon-Cleansing Products

1. I'm not sure it is a good idea to purge one's colon of its "spackle and paste." That bacteria is performing a useful function. It is keeping you alive.

2. Those advertised products cannot possibly work as well as phospho-soda are any of the other products one takes the night before a colonoscopy. If you ingest phospho-soda you will have to stay close to a toilet for the duration of the evening.

3. When I had my only colonoscopy I did not lose 10-15 pounds. My weight was about the same the next time I weighed myself a few days later.

If you feel the need to cleanse your colon, then why not schedule a colonoscopy? That way, a trained professional will be able to observe any abnormalities and your colon will be cleaned in the process.

But if you don't want to go through all that hassle (and I don't blame you if you don't)you might try a high colonic. Howard Stern does it, so I am told.

DOES A ROYAL FLUSH BEAT A FULL HOUSE? (I stole that line from a Boston paper)

Oh What a Week It Was!

This was going to be bulimia week. The editor figured that like smoking, hurling would yield hidden benefits. Jockeys and super models would probably fare as well as Walmart employees. Right?

Probably not. We were unable to find a single health benefit to bulimia (unlike tobacco consumption where there are health benefits that balance the disadvantages.) And we found a whole mess of adverse effects:

Erosion of tooth enamel because of repeated exposure to acidic gastric contents.
Dental cavities, sensitivity to hot or cold food.
Swelling and soreness in the salivary glands (from repeated vomiting).
Stomach Ulcers.
Ruptures of the stomach and esophagus.
Abnormal buildup of fluid in the intestines.
Disruption in the normal bowel release function.
Electrolyte imbalance.
Dehydration
Irregular heartbeat and in severe cases heart attack
A greater risk for suicidal behavior
Decrease in libido

So maybe we'll close the book on bulimia, at least until we can find a reason to re-open it. We conclude with the late, great George Carlin's comments on the subject.



Shifting gears, a study lnking msg to weight gain has been announced.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/uonc-urf081308.php
It has been on our back burner to jump into the msg fray. More specifically, we want to explore the excitotoxin controversy in all of its luste and splendor. We will return to msg in the near future.

Finally, we have three accounts of the Earth-shattering meta-analysis that smokeless tobacco has only a trivial link to cancer. Maybe smokeless tobacco will become part of everyone's weight loss regimine!!!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728201734.htm
http://www.wmtw.com/health/20211710/detail.html
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pulmonary/Smoking/15292

A New Perspective on Bulimia

I thought there would be more "hidden benefits of bulimia" or at least they would be easier to find. In the meantime, watch this guy.

Bulimia Introduction

We're kicking off eating disorder week here at Mister Weight Loss. We'll cover the topic in a bit more detail but for now let's be open minded on the subject. Like tobacco, bulimia is not without its merits. It's advanced and prolonged the careers of jockeys and supermodels. Maybe we can learn from our bucket-hugging friends.

Steve McQueen Fighting Obesity

THINKING MAN'S FILTER

No Fat Chicks?

This Meme Roth is frightening. Frightening! Think she might do the finger in the throat stunt? Just wondering.
You know, Dr. Regina Benjamin would probably be thinner if she smoked a Kool now and then.

IF WE COULD JUST GET OBAMA TO SHARE HIS CIGARETTES

Gastric Bypass Video

If motivation is the issue, this vid should help.

DR. JAWAD LAYS DOWN THE CUTS

Free Plug: Wildcat Fitness, Durham, New Hampshire

I like these people. Professional, personable, reasonable. I could say more but I think their site speaks well for them.
http://www.wildcatfitness.net/index.html

Yabba Doo Redux

MEET THE WINSTONES

Vintage Fat Guys II: Oliver Hardy

Behold Oliver Hardy. The 250 lb. successor to the Fatty Arbuckle designated endomorph domain.

Granted, Hardy did have a double chin. And yes, his girth did seem to blossom over time. Still, by today's standards, he just wasn't that large.






I could not locate the date of this photo but I believe it was probably late 1920's. Whereas the bust shot above was probably from the mid 30's. So maybe this clouds my argument. But I assure you, Oliver Hardy at his greatest mass is not all that big by 2009 standards.

Tangent #1: This is a baggy clothes era, so it is hard to get a good grasp on people's physiques. But then as now (and as always with adolescents) baggy clothes were worn in an effort to make people look larger. Hardy wanted to look bigger to enhance his comic fat man motif. Stan Laurel, as with most men of his era (or at least those in movies, the men who established style and fashion for their time) is wearing a suit that disguises his pipe cleaner build.

Tangent #2: The disappearing American scarecrow. Stan Laurel was a designated skinny guy. But almost everyone in the movies in his era, and for decades to come, was ectomorphic. The exceptions were the designated endomorphs like his partner, Oliver Hardy and the designated mesopmorphs, John Wayne being the most famous. This is a topic I want to return to. We don't see Stan Laurels or Fred Astaires or Bings or even people built like the young Frank Sinatra. Why are they disappearing? And the scarecrows of yesteryear might have reflected an aesthetic ideal but their manner of dress says otherwise. Their manner of dress reflects an effort to literally cover up their true physique.



Here we see one more body shot of the subject. He is neatly contrasted by his partner, Stan Laurel. Olly's chin is in full bloom but the rest of him does not look all that large. Of course, we are viewing him with modern eyes.

So let us summarize:

1. They DO make fat men like they used to. In fact, they mass produce them. Yesterday's sideshow attraction is today's 2X.

2. Skinny men are disappearing from the landscape. They don't make beanpoles like they used to. Men today are either muscular or fat or somewhere in between. Even distance runners carry more muscle than yesterday's movie stars.

3. While it is easy to offer explanations as to why men dressed up in the old days (they had more class, they were more concerned with image and decorum, etc.) one must consider that The Scarecrow would prefer looking like The Tin Man or The Cowardly Lion. The ongoing, concerted efforts to shift shape cannot be ignored.

Dick Van Dyke Smoked Kents

FOR THE BEST COMBINATION OF FILTER AND GOOD TASTE, KENT SATISFIES BEST

Tweets: July 13, 2009 to July 19 2009 (Reverse Order)

http://bit.ly/3ec28e Resveratrol sounds good but I do have some reservations.
about 13 hours ago from web

also had a couple of diet drinks and coffee with half-n-half today
about 23 hours ago from web

what I ate today: 1 lb. shrimp with .5 stick butter, 4 oz Genoa Salami, 4 oz Hard Salami, 3 hard boiled eggs, rst bf with small serving veg
about 23 hours ago from web

I loved Ali G and I loved Borat...I walked out on Bruno...no laughs...none
about 23 hours ago from web

Vintage Fat guys: Fatty Arbuckle http://bit.ly/3x632O
about 24 hours ago from web

I ate yesterday: app. .5 lb bacon, 1/2 Cornish Hem, app. 2 oz whole sunflower seeds, 2 diet drinks, 5 small pork chops, 1lb gr bf & cheese
9:58 AM Jul 18th from web

what I ate taoday...1/2 Cornish Hen, coffee with .5&.5, app. 2 oz whole sunflower seeds, 2 diet drinks, 8 oz salami, 8 cherries, 8 franks
12:13 AM Jul 17th from web

weighs 246 lb....damn grapes
11:53 PM Jul 15th from web

Oh yes, yesterday I also drank black coffee and ate app. 10 cherries and 3-4 grapes.
11:53 PM Jul 15th from web

What I ate today: black coffee, 1 chx thigh, 3 prk chps, app. 2 oz whole sunflower seeds, 8 oz salami, Diet Coke with Lime
11:52 PM Jul 15th from web

What I ate yesterday: 3 chicken thighs, approx. 1 oz whole sunflower seeds, 8 oz salami, 4 tbsp arginine with stevia.
11:47 PM Jul 15th from web

just ate a sald with 5 hard boiled eggs, approx. 1/4 lb. bacon, oil and vinegar.
2:15 AM Jul 14th from web

what i ate today...a whole chicken leg with small salad & Ranch dressing, black coffee...8 oz salami, approx 3 oz whole sunflower seeds.
1:06 AM Jul 14th from web

had 4 tbsp. arginine sweetened with sweet stevia right before bed.
1:02 AM Jul 14th from web

Second meal of day: Spring mix with spicy sprouts and Ranch dressing, pork chop, large cheeseburger sans bun.
12:34 AM Jul 13th from web

took 6 tbsp. arginine (with stevia) as sort of a between meal snack.
12:33 AM Jul 13th from web

What I ate today: cheesburger sans bun, 1 chicken kabob, 1 barbecued rib...drank two cups back coffee, one with .5&.5.
12:32 AM Jul 13th from web

Vintage Fat Guys

Fatty Arbuckle


The obesity "epidemic" has changed our perspective, if not our definition of fat people. Yesterday's corpulence is today's norm. Let me illustrate.





This is Fatty Arbuckle. It isn't Slightly Portly Arbuckle. It isn't Dude Could Use Some Toning Arbuckle. It is Fatty Arbuckle, perhaps the most rounded actor of the silent movie era, the prototypical endomorph.

Let's get another look.



It states in the IMDB that Fatty was required by contract to keep his weight above 250 lb. and that his weight was often near 300 lb. Did someone put their thumb on the scale?





Chaplin was 5'5" and of slight build, by the way.

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was a big man. Point taken. But in today's America, professional athletes often carry a higher BMI than Fatty did. Not a day goes by when I don't see a woman who is bigger than Roscoe Arbuckle in his prime.

My Reservations About Resveratrol

I have experimented with resveratrol in the past but I discontinued it too early to notice any results. Recently I have read up on the subject and I find it discouraging. Granted, my scholarship is not by any means exhaustive. Google Scholar pulled up over 76,000 hits and I did not read a fraction of the articles. I need an impartial scientist to help me out here but none has come forward just yet.

In the course of my limited reading I came across an article (not in a scientific journal) stating that the amount of resveratrol needed to duplicate the infamous mouse studies would be 1.5 to 28.8 grams. I then did a search on resveratrol wholesalers and the best price was just under $600/kilo. At the lower end of the spectrum that is about $1/day. At the upper end...let's just say that it is beyond my budget.

I don't want to store resveratrol in my fridge and worry about moisture and power failures and decay and anything else that might affect my $600 investment. Then again, I used to buy trytophan, arginine and other amino acids in bulk. So I might reconsider that position. However, the subject is clouded by the subject of bioavailability, and it is a complicated subject.

Dosage and bioavailability are two subjects I will have to put aside for the time being. Stay tuned.

Danny Thomas Fights Obesity!

CHECK OUT THE LEAF AS BACKDROP!

Joey Bishop

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THIS SHOW?

Inspiration: Before and After

A NEW SERIES AT MR. WEIGHT LOSS

The Golden Age Of Television

LUCY AND DESI FIGHT OBESITY

Tweets: July 8 to July 11: Reverse Order

1.weighs 244 lb.about 1 hour ago from web (July 11)
    
2.lifeted weights at gym today....first time in 6 daysabout 1 hour ago from web (July 11)
    
3.also drank a Coke Zero , ate 2 chicken thighs , approx. 2 oz whole sunflower seedsabout 1 hour ago from web (July 11)
    
4.What I ate today: 3 hordboiled eggs, i cup blck coffe, two cups with .5 &.5...large capuccino with whole milk and splenda, 4 oz. hard salamiabout 1 hour ago from web (July 11)
    
5.Weighs 246 lbabout 11 hours ago from web (July 11)
    
6.had 3 rum and diets & 6 hard boiled eggs..life is goodabout 22 hours ago from web (July 11...early AM)
    
7.what I ate today: 3 chiken thighs, black coffee, approx. 2 oz whole sunflower seeds, two large pork chops8:22 PM Jul 10th from web
    
8.ate two large pork chops for dinner.1:53 AM Jul 10th from web
    
9.ate approx. 1 lb grnd beef, two slices of cheese, small spring mix salad with ranch dressing...coffee, some .5&.5, 8 oz. salami, diet g ale9:22 PM Jul 9th from web
    
10.weighs 250 lb.11:11 AM Jul 9th from web
    
11.What I ate yesterday... 1lb. grnd bf with cheese...approxmtly 1/8 cup fried rice, 8 oz. salami, 3 chicken thighs, coffee with .5&.511:11 AM Jul 9th from web
    
12.http://bit.ly/ldif7 Mr. Drysdale assists Mr. Clampett fight obesity.1:50 AM Jul 8th from web
    
13.what I ate today: Cornish Hen, approx. .5 0z whole sunflower seeds, coffee and .5&.5...0 oz salami and 1/4 up corn...8 frankfurters sans bun1:17 AM Jul 8th from web
    
14.took 3 tbsp of arginine last night before bedtime...1:15 AM Jul 8th from web