What you have described is the basic equation for maintaining or losing weight that the majority of people don't understand and/or can't live by...intake less than or equal to what you expend !!! It IS that simple.
In all honesty...I spent 3 weeks in Europe earlier this summer and even though i wasn't;t working out...i lost weight....we noticed there were much smaller portions, everybody walking, and side dishes were veggies not french fries...In the past i always ate what i wanted but just put the work in the gym to keep thin but that was getting harder to do as i got older...this is actually easy
Max...I started doing inclined situps about six months ago...at first i couldn't;t do more then 7 or 8...now i do sets about 5 sets of 25 three times a week and its awesome...total blast to the abs
you got one hell of a tude for 60' holmes.....i am 22 years away from that and only hope to have your spunk when i get there...fat, bald it dont matter when you gots pizzaz and spirit and life in ya......
The following is a list of findings why you should avoid sugar. The reference list can be found here, http://www.mercola.com/article/sugar/dangers_of_sugar.htm 1. Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses against infectious disease.1,2 2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium. 3,4,5,6 3. Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.7,8 4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol, triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol.9,10,11,12 5. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.13 6. Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, biliary tract, lung, gallbladder and stomach.14,15,16,17,18,19,20 7. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia.21,22 8. Sugar can weaken eyesight.23 9. Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.24,25,26,27,28 10. Sugar can cause premature aging.29 11. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.30 12. Sugar can cause your saliva to become acidic, tooth decay, and periodontal disease.31,32,33 13. Sugar contributes to obesity.34 14. Sugar can cause autoimmune diseases such as: arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis.35,36,37 15. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections)38 16. Sugar can cause gallstones.39 17. Sugar can cause appendicitis.40 18. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.41 19. Sugar can cause varicose veins.42 20. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.43 21. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.44 22. Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby causing an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes.45,46,47 23. Sugar can lower your Vitamin E levels.48 24. Sugar can increase your systolic blood pressure.49 25. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.50 26. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar molecules attaching to and thereby damaging proteins in the body).51 27. Sugar can interfere with your absorption of protein.52 28. Sugar causes food allergies.53 29. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.54 30. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.55 31. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.56,57 32. Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA.58 33. Sugar can change the structure of protein and cause a permanent alteration of the way the proteins act in your body.59,60 34. Sugar can make your skin age by changing the structure of collagen.61 35. Sugar can cause cataracts and nearsightedness.62,63 36. Sugar can cause emphysema.64 37. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in your body.65 38. Sugar lowers the ability of enzymes to function.66 39. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson's disease.67 40. Sugar can increase the size of your liver by making your liver cells divide and it can increase the amount of liver fat.68,69 41. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney such as the formation of kidney stones.70,71 42. Sugar can damage your pancreas.72 43. Sugar can increase your body's fluid retention.73 44. Sugar is enemy #1 of your bowel movement.74 45. Sugar can compromise the lining of your capillaries.75 46. Sugar can make your tendons more brittle.76 47. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines.77 48. Sugar can reduce the learning capacity, adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders.78,79 49. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves which can alter your mind's ability to think clearly.80 50. Sugar can cause depression.81 51. Sugar can increase your risk of gout.82 52. Sugar can increase your risk of Alzheimer's disease.83 53. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalances such as: increasing estrogen in men, exacerbating PMS, and decreasing growth hormone.84,85,86,87 54. Sugar can lead to dizziness.88 55. Diets high in sugar will increase free radicals and oxidative stress.89 56. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.90 57. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration and is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.91,92 58. Sugar is an addictive substance.93 59. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.94 60. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.95 61. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.96 62. Your body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.97 63. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.98 64. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).99 65. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.100 66. Sugar can slow down the ability of your adrenal glands to function.101 67. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.102 68. I.V.s (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to your brain.103 69. Sugar increases your risk of polio.104 70. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.105 71. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.106 72. In intensive care units: Limiting sugar saves lives.107 73. Sugar may induce cell death.108 74. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44 percent drop in antisocial behavior.109 75. Sugar dehydrates newborns.110 76. Sugar can cause gum disease.111
that's right, if we all eat sugar we're gonna die. do you know what "sugar" is? it's found in fruits and vegetables. your post is stupid.
so Rocco....i guess your saying...SUGAR IS BAD?? LOL I have read and heard though that REFINED CANE sugar is the devil where as the sucrose sugars found in fruits are good for you...kind of like there are good and bad cholesterol and fatty acids...but what the fuck do i know? Im not a Dr....But I did stay at a holiday inn last night!!!! FWIW...if you have kids, heres another little thing i have done...We stopped ordering a meal for each of the kids...they NEVER finish and my wife and i become " the clean up crew" and finish up all their stuff so it doesn't;t go to waste....we also stopped ordering them french fries as well.
even fruit sugar burns up a little too fast. Cinnamon with fruit is a good thing, tasty too. About 1/8 teaspoon helps you regulate sugar metabolism. It's free at most restaurants [you might have to ask for some on the side, they all have it in the kitchen somewhere] and coffee places too.. back in the day my mom used to cook these horrendous things with fruit and sugar but she always served them with cinnamon.. we have no diabetes in the family at all...
If i have that urge to not waste food I ask "is this really food?". If it's white flour,sugar, soft drink, fried, etc. the answer is no and I consider it s possibly more entertainment than food and I just do a little of it. A little coca cola in polite company, to be sociable, for the entertainment value, the good taste, is not going to hurt anyone, finishing a 16 ouncer is stupid IMO.