My wife tells me that the nuts I always eat have a lot of saturated fats. I am addicted.
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> wrote: > nuts are great for you as long as they are not salted or candied. Lots of > great protein in nuts and they are a natural food. read the label and make > sure the only ingredients are nuts, if you see anything else listed then > move on. > > the "diet industry" has us programmed to count calories but all calories > are not made equally (actually burned equally would be a better phrase). > > start reading the ingredient list and make sure you are eating as much > natural food as possible with as little sugar as possible. don't put sugar > or sweeter in your coffee either, drink it black. > > you will go into withdrawals and start craving sugar like a crack addict > but just always keep it in your head "is there added sugars in what i'm > eating?" > > instead of eating ice-cream grab some greek plain greek yogurt (again > check the label because sometimes they add sugar to even the plain yogurt) > and put some fresh fruit on top. > > you for sure need the wife on board. if the bad food is around it will > get eaten so toss it out and start over. after about 3-4 weeks it will be > habit and be pretty easy but getting thru the first month of sugar > withdrawals is actually hard. > > -sean > > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:12 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> Yeah, I just got back from England and jumped on the scale. Arrgh. >> I don’t drink sugared sodas so that is no problem, but my wife does buy >> candy. >> And I snack on nuts all the time too but I know they are pretty high >> calories. >> >> So, baby carrots and hummis I guess. >> >> I can lose weight, much easier if my wife is on board. >> We are empty nesters now and I am hoping to convince to help me with >> this. >> >> *From:* Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> >> *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2016 11:02 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Fit Bit >> >> 5 things that will help you loose and keep weight off >> >> 1. no Alcohol (you probably already do this chuck) or only a drink or two >> per week >> 2. no added sugar. check every label on the food you eat and buy the >> stuff without sugar or as little sugar as possible. the low fat stuff >> usually means they added sugar so avoid it like the plague. especially >> avoid high fructose corn sweetener. >> 3. no bread or very little bread. instead of a sandwich throw all the >> sandwich fixins on a salad or lettuce wrap. or in the winter eat soup (for >> some reason salad is not appetizing to me in the winter...prolly because >> i'm already cold lol) >> 4. healthy snacks with no added sugar. get all your sugars from fruits >> if you can (your body needs some sugar). unsalted nuts are good, cheese as >> long as it's not in excess is good protein too. >> 5. 30 minutes of some kind of exercise. walk, bike, go to the gym, >> whatever, just move around for 30 min. >> >> you'd be amazed at what cutting out all the crappy sugar can do. their >> is already a lot of sugar in everything we eat so try to cut it out as much >> as possible. >> >> I dropped 15lbs pretty quick once i got rid of sugar, alcohol (which >> turns into sugar), and bread (carbs that turn into sugar). the awesome >> thing is the weight stayed off since i've programmed myself to avoid sugar. >> >> 2 cents, good luck!! >> >> -Sean >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 10:20 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >>> Thinking of getting a fitness tracker. Getting too fat this summer. >>> Does the fit bit only work with an iPhone? How do you charge them and >>> get the data out? >>> I am still running my iPhone 4 and bound and determined to use it until >>> it no longer works. >>> >> >> > >
