Ok, I just received my pedometer in the mail today, and I set it up. I have accumulated 72 steps from computer to refrigerator, back to computer. I am well on my way to a healthy lifestyle.

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Tell me more about this beer diet.

Are you sure you want to know?

Beer diet

You have a lot of different ingredients, in different kinds of beers. Beer is intriguing and healthy for me as I do not over-consume at all:) Everybody has their own 'diets' Es:) (although soon I might find a different diet, that doesn't include alcohol... (and non alcoholic beer is something I don't favor)

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Tonight's "little jaunt" on my bike about ten miles, all off road, and today about 7000 steps so far.
A few more fridge and cold tap raids before slumber starts....

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I only use Stevia lately. No calories, nothing artificial in it and very sweet!

Gosh darn, didn't any of you watch "Breaking Bad"? Can't quite look at stevia the same way, anymore ...

(I know, I know - it's just a TV show).

CC

Didn't watch it...

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You don't need to diet Julie. not in my estimation.

Imo every sane person has his/her own diet. You have too Chris:)

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...Sometimes I don't eat for three days...

Wow!!! I would be a Grumposaurus Rex if I didn't eat for three days. Heck, I can even get grumpy if I have a late lunch.

...Sometimes I don't eat for three days...

Wow!!! I would be a Grumposaurus Rex if I didn't eat for three days. Heck, I can even get grumpy if I have a late lunch.

I love people who love to eat:) Like Yoko, she's such a sweetheart, with her sausages and coctail sauce... God bless her.

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This is interesting:

https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old-immune-system/

CC

Interesting, yes, but I have no desire to sign up for clinical trials!

Along a similar vein, I've read that anti-aging research involving laboratory animals has a long track record of showing that animals just this side of starving live longer, healthier lives. (Probably not happier lives though...)

Until medical science can give me something to trigger the beneficial bodily effects of starvation in an easy to swallow pill form (preferably mashed into my ice cream), I will simply have to settle for a life span of average duration... should I be so lucky!

Well, how about this?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/science/young-blood-may-hold-key-to-reversing-aging.html?_r=0

If it truly works, and I think it will, metabolism would revert to a younger age, as well. This news excites me more than anything I've read (biologically) in a long time.

Finished hijacking thread.

CC

And vampires are so "in" now... what's not to like?!!!

I do not see this as a hijack. This is a thread for people who want to improve their health and you have shown us some directions the scientific community is exploring with that very objective in mind. Your articles seem very "on topic" to me.

Although the title involves weight loss, I did state at the beginning that this is a thread for improving health, in general. If someone wanted to try to quit smoking, for example, that person would be welcome to come here and discuss that process.

Worked out today. Spent 45 Min. on the treadmill; plus, a 10 Min cool down. (Breakdown of two sessions at 22.5 Min. each with two 5 Min. cool down periods.)

I also got weighed... Two pounds gained... NOT good; but, since I was able to work up to 45 Min. workouts, that should correct itself next Monday's weigh-in. I hope to lose 5 lbs. between now and Monday. Wish me luck.

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TL
I think you are loosing fat and gaining muscle.

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TL
I think you are loosing fat and gaining muscle.

Quite possibly so, as muscle mass weighs more than fat.
But daily weigh-ins can also be misleading, which is why I only get on the scale once a week (usually Monday morning).

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TL
I think you are loosing fat and gaining muscle.

Quite possibly so, as muscle mass weighs more than fat.
But daily weigh-ins can also be misleading, which is why I only get on the scale once a week (usually Monday morning).

Yes, but, I'm not weighing everyday... Just once a week. This week; however, I missed weighing in on Monday, I skipped working out Tuesday, so, I weighed in yesterday.

As Uli suggests; it could be muscle mass, however, that doesn't help me when I need to "lose the most weight between April 1, 2014 and June 30, 2014", to win the contest at Fitness 19 "for a trip for two to Hawaii." Therefore; my goal remains to lose another five pounds before this coming Monday, to put me back on track.

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I weighed myself last month.

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TL
I think you are loosing fat and gaining muscle.

Quite possibly so, as muscle mass weighs more than fat.
But daily weigh-ins can also be misleading, which is why I only get on the scale once a week (usually Monday morning).

Yes, but, I'm not weighing everyday... Just once a week. This week; however, I missed weighing in on Monday, I skipped working out Tuesday, so, I weighed in yesterday.

As Uli suggests; it could be muscle mass, however, that doesn't help me when I need to "lose the most weight between April 1, 2014 and June 30, 2014", to win the contest at Fitness 19 "for a trip for two to Hawaii." Therefore; my goal remains to lose another five pounds before this coming Monday, to put me back on track.

That seems a lot. Don't put yourself in danger because of a competition. Getting fit is a long haul.

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That seems a lot. Don't put yourself in danger because of a competition. Getting fit is a long haul.

+1

Five pounds in a week is so much!!! No contest is worth jeopardizing your health by crash dieting, Scott.

That seems a lot. Don't put yourself in danger because of a competition. Getting fit is a long haul.

+1

Five pounds in a week is so much!!! No contest is worth jeopardizing your health by crash dieting, Scott.

Wholeheartedly +2 TL!

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That seems a lot. Don't put yourself in danger because of a competition. Getting fit is a long haul.

+1

Five pounds in a week is so much!!! No contest is worth jeopardizing your health by crash dieting, Scott.

Wholeheartedly +2 TL!

I agree. And whilst muscle does weigh more than fat, it also boosts metabolic rate significantly. Crash dieting doesn't. The body thinks the planet has plunged into a widespread global famine... it then does it's utmost to conserve it's energy supplies by lowering your metabolism... then, as soon as the global famine ends (a whiff of a jellybaby for instance) it keeps the metabolic rate pegged at a much lower rate "just in case" the jellybaby famine returns the following week. :) What you've hit is the extremely annoying "plateau" where the scales say "nothing to see here" but the tape measure says otherwise :) Don't let it fool you AND DON'T LET IT DEPRESS YOU EITHER :) You're doing brilliantly.

Yes Scott, you and Vic have both lost the most weight so far. You ARE doing brilliantly!!!

Is anyone besides me feeling hungry right now? I hope Eric gets home from work before I start gnawing on the furniture!!!

I ran some errands this evening and in doing so I parked the car far far far away from my destinations. It was a win-win for me. I drive poorly and I park worse, so the further away I am from potential victims the better... and on top of that I got in a little bit of the dreaded e-word (exercise).

Went for a 3 mile walk today (about 45 minutes).

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