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Guys/gals..... weight issues have no sex. It's great to hear from both sexes.Originally Posted by Grogs
Greetings. I'm going to assume that you mean 'guys' in the literal sense.
Funny you should mention that. All through highschool, well from about 14-19, I stayed at 140 with horrible eating habits, lots of illegal drugs, etc.... I could out eat most of my guy friends, and always stayed at 140.I was blessed (or maybe not) with a fast metabolism as a kid and that, combined with lots of running and sports in high school kept me quite skinny. I think I weighed ~120 lbs (I'm ~6') in high school and I tried hard to gain weight by eating as many as 6 full meals a day. Unfortunately, that habit did not serve me well.
I had my first child at 19, then weight issues at 21-22. Guess I thought I could still keep up my bad eating and continue staying at 140
sounds like you are doing greatI've lost ~10 lbs since the beginning of the year and not long ago, I saw a 1xx on the scale for the first time in a year and a half. The weights seem to have started working as well and my upper body is getting fairly toned. I still have a bit of a spare tire, so I feel like I'm in a sort of a Robert Mitchum 'in shape, but out of shape' place. At this point, I'd like to get rid of the last of the spare tire and lean up a little more.
Great ideas.Alcohol: I haven't completely eliminated it, but it's a very rare thing. Just too many empty calories.
Cream and sugar in my coffee: There are almost no calories in a cup of black coffee.
Soda: I limit myself to 1 16 oz bottle per day.
Fast food: If I want a hamburger, I just cook my own. Much leaner quality of meat and much less grease = fewer calories.
Snack suggestions:
Grapes: I really don't know if it's possible to eat enough grapes to get fat since they run through you so quickly.
Cherry tomatoes/carrots: Dip these in a good ranch dressing for a tasty snack.
Honey-Nut Cheerios - When I feel like a sugary late-night snack, I try to grab a bowl of these instead of the cookies.
I won't give up alcohol, but I do count it in my calories. I drink vodka coolers and buy the "lite" ones for the most part. 100cals/bottle. I will have a few on the weekends especially now getting into summertime. That's probally my worst eating habit.
I drink coffee, milk and sugar but I switched from cream to milk, and down to 1tsp sugar. That would be another pleasure of mine.
Soda: I drink diet when I do drink it.
I don't eat fast food, and very seldom go out to dinner....I'm hoping to make smarter decisions when I do go out to dinner though.
The cereal suggestion is great. I eat plain cheerios from time to time.... but honeynut would definately work for the sweet tooth.
Another sweet snack: Fat free yogurt. There's one we buy, its a package of "dessert yogurt"...each cup is 35cals. There's lemon merange(sp), strawberry chantilly, cranberry/raspberry and cherry in the box. Nice, sweet creamy texture. I will eat a couple of those instead of ice cream.