jholic wrote:man, i love food, but this past weekend, i came down with a case of food poisoning. man, still feeling the effects of it. i can't really keep anything down. i must've dropped about 10 lbs! :beaten:
That happened to me before I ended up in the hospital. It wasn't food poisoning, but I lost about 25 pounds. I was 180, which is healthy for 6'1", but then I got down to 155.
pcmodem wrote:Dude, be careful, especially about the stress -- IBS is difficult to treat, doctors don't really understand the causes and treatments well, they essentially treat the symptoms like shots in the dark.
Yeah...in the end, they weren't quite sure if it was IBS, or INflammatory bowel syndrome, which can be worse, and isn't always related to stress. It's been a year so far...and I've only gotten better, except for the vigilence I have to keep for my stomach.
Dang Kitakaze, thats a lot of weight u lost :shocked: 155 is where i wanna be at, but im no where near your height. I hope u get better and u can start eating all the food u love :woot:
Yeah...I gained all the weight back though...in the wrong places. I used to be really fit...now I need to do about 5000 sit-ups to get rid of that fat around my stomach. Right now I'm 191 lbs...I need to loose ten pounds. :puppydog:
kitakaze wrote:Yeah...I gained all the weight back though...in the wrong places. I used to be really fit...now I need to do about 5000 sit-ups to get rid of that fat around my stomach. Right now I'm 191 lbs...I need to loose ten pounds. :puppydog:
My thoughts exactly. There's only one way to loose weight, actually eat healthy and exercise. Luckily, except for instant noodles, most Japanese food is healthy :hehe: .
well, the diet sure worked for the celebrities. so, fart dust all the way! xD
it really doesn't. the 'celebs' have the best doctors and nutritionists on the planet and then make tons of money just to say "I love the Atkins diet!". Sure SOME do... but most don't put their health in jeopardy with it...
it's like all those poor kids that bought all those bodybuilding products in the early 90s because some jacked up pro bodybuilder "swears by them" when in reality, most pro-bodybuilders don't use ANYTHING that's bought over-the-counter. LOL
don't get me wrong... the diet DOES work if all you care about is losing weight fast...
but once you've done that... and you get tired of BEING tired... and you want to eat like a normal human being again... you gain all the weight back and you've kicked your own ass by screwing with your chemistry in the process.
i'm feeling better. but like pc, i've gotta get my weight back UP. i can lose weight quite fast if i'm not too careful. then again, i can pack it on pretty quick too! :hehe:
i think almost all diets work. it's just a matter of following them and sticking to them STRICTLY.
one of my friends (who is overweight) tried the atkins diet and stuck to it religiously for about three weeks. this is a guy i see almost every week. i could actually SEE the weight loss. BUT, he told me he really didn't like it, and like what some of you have said, felt tired, a massive craving for starch, etc. he gave it up, and unfortunately, he's right back where he started.
i'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing, but it would have been nice to see him pull through.
Just eat a lot of chips, crackers, and bread...that's how I gained it back so fast.... :sweat: Now I mainly just eat bread with meals and try to stay away from snacks like chips and crackers.
kitakaze wrote:Just eat a lot of chips, crackers, and bread...that's how I gained it back so fast.... :sweat: Now I mainly just eat bread with meals and try to stay away from snacks like chips and crackers.
well if you want to lose weight, it's best to snack and eat small meals since that will keep your metabolism going but it also depends on the type of snacks you eat. Those nasty ruffles and lay's chips and many others are full of calories so I avoid them :P