Obesity Is A Modern Plague - Tips To Lose Weight

It's not just carbs, something is damaging insulin sensitivity in the western hemisphere. Go to European countries and find they have slightly healthier habits but then don't have issues with insulin sensitivity as we do in the US. And that partially comes down to processed foods and what's in the foods but your body is designed to produce hormones that signal when you've had enough. What's happening isn't normal.

Of course people discovered things like IF and low carb are helpful but then watch Italians scarf down entire pizzas and not have a blood sugar crash or gain a bunch of weight.

a reply to: Blue_Jay33

Exercise and don't eat large amounts of calories every day.

It's really that simple.

a reply to: v1rtu0s0

I believe that something in US food are sugar additives and High Fructose Corn Syrup. They add it to almost everything here in the US. I've seen the same brand of a common Ketchup for Heinz and the UK version did not have all the added sugars or corn syrup. I have to search the grocery store aisle here to find apple sauce without added sugars, most of what I saw sold in the store here in the US has a lot of added sugar. If you buy food that has not been processed at all such as raw potatoes, you are good but not too many people are buying all their food from the farmers market.

I will add I can also eat a lot of pizza but I usually eat less for several hours or nothing at all for several hours the next day after eating a big meal. It's the modern western diet that is causing obesity, diabetes, etc. if not combined with exercise and going longer between meals or some kind of intermittent fasting. Everyone fasts when they go to sleep at night but the trick is to extend the fasting time and lower the time for eating if someone wants to lose weight without changing drastically what they are eating. Of course if they aren't getting the health benefits they desire, then changing what you eat and exercise help a lot.

For most people telling them to eat less, exercise more has not worked. If I was a doctor I would want them to get interested in their own health to live a longer better life without so much pills and medical issues and possibly an early heart attack and medication if they survive or possibly lower their cancer risk. I've heard there may be a link between fat and cancer risk. Fasting, eating less, etc. lower those risks and improve health. You don't really have to suffer either to do it. You can build up to it and get used to it going longer between meals and actually eating nuts or a bit more fat or meat to help go longer between meals when doing intermittent fasting. I believe our health system in the US and the western way of eating has failed us overall especially here in the US. I had to learn all this on my own by watching youtube.

a reply to: v1rtu0s0

A friend of mine says it’s the glyphosate that’s used on crops on North America.

Anyway, I’m just going to support and follow the WEF. It’s a sure way to loose weight.

a reply to: Blue_Jay33


Tip 1:eat less than 2000 calories a days
tip 2: move around a bit


people seem to think that once they lose the weight thewy can go right back to their old habits of eating 1000's and 1000's of calories and stop exercising.

and as a man after 35 i have my T levels tested and they started to drop but were well in the normal range, this year i have to rub a cream on my arm once a day.

It is amazing what it did, i had put on weight and was sluggish and after the gel i feel like a teenager.

a reply to: fishingmd84

There are a lot of not talked about benefits for men to lose weight if overweight. I believe my body is getting healthier. Some mornings I feel like my body is like a body in the movie Avatar and in reality some girl must have found my real body and making me feel really good with lingering side effects in the morning.
I did hear excess fat itself can produce female hormones lowering testosterone levels so another reason to lose weight if overweight.

originally posted by: angeltone
a reply to: putnam6
Hey I only 'visualise' weights in kilo's so I went "wow" when I converted your 100lbs, only 5kgs short of two bags of cement!!
I'm impressed, and only from diet changes, well done...exercise will definitely be easier when you do that, now you ain't carrying two bags of cement ffs!!!👍👍👍

Thanks, angeltone I had so many starts and stops over the years my final ideal weight is within reach, used to joke if I was gonna actually hit that again I was going to have to be dead for at least a month.

Definitely on the exercise routine and already incorporating it into my day, the best thing is I've eliminated so many bad habits, as well as found alternative recipes that also work. Just fish and veggies wrapped in foil is so easy and can be adjusted to fit so many cuisines but just some curry powder, ginger, garlic and all different kinds of vegetables, and I can eat that every day and be satiated. Like stir-frying veggies, I use to never eat stir-fry without not only beef or chicken but a big bowl of rice. Now it's just copious amounts of veggies a little coconut oil, sesame seeds a little Sirachi sauce, or peanut sauce and it tastes great.

Ironically Ive lost that much weight years ago and it was nothing but exercise and stress because my diet was still garbage I just burned through it.

Exercise, take out the donuts and sugar, and deal with small portions no more than 3 times a day, mainly moderate healthy foods--you will lose weight at a rate of 1 to 2 pounds a week.

Portion size, type of food, and exercise IMO are the key.

I would like to remember that back in the 80s/90s everyone was told the following - it was unquestionable gospel and if you dared to believe anything else you were just stupid:

* A calorie is a calorie - it doesn't matter if you eat a lot of sweets - total calories count
* The only disease sugar is linked to is tooth decay
* Low fat diets are the best.
* Constantly eat throughout the day - NEVER skip a meal
* Long very exhausting exercise is the best
* Diet sodas help you lose weight - use artificial sweeteners - they are healthier for you than real sugar

As anyone who has recently dieted knows - all of the above are total wrong - yet no one ever questioned these so called facts. Back in the mid-80s I weighed 111-113 pounds - I was told by my doctor I was about 15 pounds over weight. Of course my mother put me on a diet and it started a life time of diets - none worked. Over eating never put on weight - ALL of my weight gain occurred in spurts during stressful periods. All of my weight - I would go years never varying more than a few pounds and then when stress hit - 10 to 20 pounds - and I was usually eating less at the time.

a reply to: peaceinoutz

No, most people won't lose that way.....
What study are you relying on or is that just what you think will happen?

Some good input, thanks.

Somebody also gave me a tip saying "don't treat food as emotional therapy", for example a depressed person scarfing down a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream at 9pm, might make you feel good, but it isn't good for you physically.

Food can make us feel happy, if we like it, but snacking all night is really bad for us.
Also if I get invited out for a dinner and the food is excellent, I am always being urged by the host to eat more, and you kind of want to. And then they offer you a second serving of some type of excellent desert, which you really don't need, but want.

Dieting can be really tough for many during the holiday seasons when people in your family are gathering together and eating, if you don't eat with them, it's kind of rude and off putting to everybody else. I guess eating with family is a cultural thing, maybe cutting back on portion sizes is the best we can do during this time.

a reply to: Blue_Jay33

Get a mountain bike.

originally posted by: NorthOfStuff
a reply to: v1rtu0s0

A friend of mine says it’s the glyphosate that’s used on crops on North America.

Anyway, I’m just going to support and follow the WEF. It’s a sure way to loose weight.

I’m in farm country.. People have no clue how bad it is. A crop goes from bright green, then it is soaked, and then it is all desiccated and yellow the next day. People are eating that, all that spray! I am convinced this is a lot of the “glueten allergy” is really round up allergy!

a reply to: JAGStorm

I grew up on a ranch and back then desiccation wasn’t a thing. Neither were “gluten allergies”.

Now we eat garbage. It’s disturbing taking a walk down grocery store isles these days and convenience stores like 7-11 are even worse.

a reply to: JAY1980

I am muscular and pushing just barely into overweight. It is possible to be muscular and verge into overweight territory.

I agree that most people aren't really in that category though. They are just plain overweight to obese. I work out pretty hard and put on the muscle.

originally posted by: JAGStorm

originally posted by: NorthOfStuff
a reply to: v1rtu0s0

A friend of mine says it’s the glyphosate that’s used on crops on North America.

Anyway, I’m just going to support and follow the WEF. It’s a sure way to loose weight.

I’m in farm country.. People have no clue how bad it is. A crop goes from bright green, then it is soaked, and then it is all desiccated and yellow the next day. People are eating that, all that spray! I am convinced this is a lot of the “glueten allergy” is really round up allergy!

I worked AG a while back. The sweet corn you buy gets sprayed by airplane every 7 days for bugs. Wheat now gets sprayed with glyphosate just before harvest to dry it out. Same with rice, called burn down. The amount of chemicals they spray on crops is insane.

originally posted by: incoserv
a reply to: Blue_Jay33

Can I simplify that list?

1. Stop shoving crap in your pie-hole.
2. Get off your butt and exercise.

How's that?

Nope - really, really bad advice. My guess is you never lost any significant weight and certainly not any weight past a certain age. You can eat a really healthy diet and still be over weight. For most people, limiting carbs and some type of fast is necessary for weight loss.

But we must also keep in mind there's money and fame in Obesity, if you have "the right stuff".

Example:

a reply to: Daughter2

Different people have different bodies, different systems, different metabolisms. What worked for you might not work for someone else.

I restricted my calories and went high fat, high protein, low carb when I lost my weight, but I've heard of others having success in different ways. I did not particularly fast.

At the beginning of May I weighed 494 lbs, on August 9th a clinic weighed me and I was 373 lb. I cannot say how much I weigh right now but I'm definitely smaller my clothes show it I feel a lot better and neighbors and friends are complimenting me on the daily.

And this is how I did it:

I break a freaking sweat every freaking day.

End of story.

What I have been doing is walking around what I call the crazy tree, because it looks like nine trees growing as one, and I have made a path around the lot the lonely tree sits in which happens to be right beside my home, I finally got out of that dilapidated apartment for those that remember me mentioning that way back when.

Anyway, I have been consuming lots of water, as far as my eating habits go I rarely snack and I try not to eat right before bed and instead of skipping breakfast like I did for almost 30 years, I now have a breakfast and not a large one, I usually drink a bottle of Ensure and have a piece of fruit and maybe toast or eggs something of that nature, but no sugary cereal or Pop-Tarts or sweet cakes for breakfast.

I cannot even begin to express how I feel and this literally just happened as far as my upbeat attitude. Two weekends ago I had a mental breakdown because I still could not fit into a pair of jeans that I've been trying to get into, wow I just realized I sound like a woman.... anyway I had a outfit picked out for me to wear on August 16th because that was my 50th birthday and it was a no go. I haven't worn jeans in over 2 years, it's been nothing but sweatpants, yeah I was one of those people.... and I guess I actually still am at the moment.

And I had to go commando for 2 years because I grew my underwear and I just started wearing underwear over a week ago and man my testicles are so freaking happy.

It's unbelievable I regret not documenting this I took pictures about 2 years ago and then about a year ago and that was it, and I seriously regret not documenting this like I originally wanted to I wanted to put it up on YouTube or something and maybe put some coin in my pocket but whatever it's not about the money that's about my will being and my mental state. I was on a deep dark downward spiral that's why I haven't posted anything on ATS in quite a while, I have not even been lurking, until about a week ago.

I have wanted to try a lot of things that's on your list especially the vinegar concoction but I never got around to it because every time I bought vinegar I ended up making barbecue sandwiches and soaking them in vinegar, I love vinegar and technically I need it because still haven't got situated with my medical stuff and I'm supposed to be on blood thinners and I'm not.

All I can say is break a sweat break a sweat break a sweat break a sweat break a sweat break a freaking sweat.

That should be number one on the list.

It's like a doctor told me years ago, if you're not breaking a sweat daily you're never going to lose weight.

I'll try to update in the next day or two on what my actual weight is I'm obviously still over 300 because my scales tap out at 300 so I'll need two scales or either need to go somewhere where there's a bigger scale, no pun intended.

And let me add this, the spare tire around my waist and my boobs are like the hardest thing to even make slightly smaller, in fact they appear to be getting bigger because everything else around it is getting smaller. And I already know about the sit-ups push-ups pull-ups chin ups... I don't do UPS I do Downs, I sit down lay down and get down. So for the last 3 days whenever I make my laps around the crazy tree I suck my stomach in as tight as I can, and it actually feels like a workout it's harder than you would believe, I haven't even actually made it around the whole lap with a completely sucked in but for what part I did I'm starting to feel sore in my waist, as if I've been doing setups and crunches.

Yeah that's all I got to say God bless you all have a great weekend.