additives everywhere!

[_RaT_]

Moderation is easier said than done. I'm a compulsive type. It's all or nothing with most things I do. I don't eat a few chips, I eat the whole bag.

I've had six pack abs and when I quick dipping Copenhage, I gained fiftey pounds in less than a year. My family history has weight problems and a whole list of problems.

But if I was to avoid the things I enjoy in order to add a few years to my life, or avoid an unknown desiese, I think I'd go nuts. I've spent years in they gyms in California and have met a few of the top Bodybuilders in the world. Some good friends compete at the national level. They are good examples of those who take it to the extreme. Their diets are full time jobs!!! Every thing they eat is weighed and calculated as to it's benifit to there muscle gain and fat loss.

They are ALL neurotic!!!! Yes, I'm thowing a blanket statement over all over them. From the natural lifters to the full juicers, they are all very unhappy, obsessive misserable people. Male and female!!!

I still lift weights, but only once or twice a week. I also eat salads once a week, lots of fruit and veggies, but also plenty of tastey junk food.

If my diet kills me, than it's better than some random, outside force. There's no gurantees, so I might as well enjoy each day and try to make the next one ever better!!!

Give me all the Walmart steaks they have. I'll just add some more additives to them if they don't taste good enough.

Eddie

I think you understand whats right Eddie. If you ate a whole bag of chips each night, that would only last so long before you either grew tired of the taste or had some kind of greasy complication. While you may not moderate by eating the whole bag, you don't eat a whole bag daily. Eat, Drink and be Merry as Dr Dean Edell says. Moderation is key. Exercise is important if your desire to have some kind of activity in your older years I'm sure. I just want to exercise because my body beckons me too. I enjoy a great sweat. I enjoy a body that gets a little sore the next day. It makes me feel alive! I also enjoy my wine, vodka lemmonades, gin & tonics, eating all the chocolate chip cookie dough before its even cooked. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but almost always in moderation. Finally, I know I never want to be FAT.

 

[Highbeam]

In response to this thread, I have ordered the movie "Supersize me" for this weekend. Should be good fun but first I will eat today's two burritos, diet caffeine free pepsi, and sunflower seeds for lunch.

Maybe I should go to McDonalds for a nice big lunch tomorrow.

 

[flwiii]

Highbeam:
I would suggest nibbling on Mickey D's fries and a Quarter Pounder while you watch the "Supersize Me" movie. It will give a bit more realism to the story. Just a thought.

 

[_RaT_]

In response to this thread, I have ordered the movie "Supersize me" for this weekend. Should be good fun but first I will eat today's two burritos, diet caffeine free pepsi, and sunflower seeds for lunch.

Maybe I should go to McDonalds for a nice big lunch tomorrow.

You know, in all the years I've gone to McDonalds, I have yet to super size anything. Do you just utter those words out loud and they do it? Is it worth it?

 

[Highbeam]

Oh yes, I utter those words. All you get is a larger size of fries and soda. But when you're hungry, it's more food. The additional amount of fries and soda lowers the per pound price of those items so it is worth it if you are hungry. The alternative to supersize is to just buy another quarter pounder from the dollar menu.

I study the menu for the most efficient use of my McDollar. It is a math and efficiency excersize and they constantly switch the best deal around like a shell game.

 

[Soundguy]

Sometimes i do that at wendy's... way cheaper to throw a burger on for a buck than get a double sometimes..

Soundguy

 

[HomeBrew2]

... Dr Dean Edell ...

Do you mean Dr Dean Edell, the doper's pal ?

 

[EddieWalker]

Do you mean Dr Dean Edell, the doper's pal ?

I've always enjoyed Dr. Dean Edell on the radio. He has a common sense aproach to things that make allot of sense to me. My favorite thing he says is about suppliments and diet pills. When somebody comes out with one that actually works, they will get the Nobel Prize for it and it will be headline news. The whole world will know about it!! This makes a ton of sense to me and is a very good argument against buying suppliments.

He also explained how suppliments are made and what goes into them. Just getting a vitamin into pill form means that you can only use certain materials, which limits their effectiveness. That and the fact that there are no regulations on them, mean the makers of these pills can get away with almost anything.

I was really into the health food thing for awhile in my 20's and thought vitamins and all those things at GNC really did something for you. Now I know I was wrong and it was a waste of money.

What really got me was talking to some of the professional body builders I met in Southern California. None of them took the stuff they were selling. Then Dr. Edell comes on the air and people ask him questions about the pills and it all made sense. Eat real food and save your money. hahahaha

As to the movie about McDonalds. I've never eaten there since I saw it. Great movie, but scary results. Now I just eat hamburgers. No more fries. If one burger isn't enough, I'll get two.

Eddie

 

[Highbeam]

So I watched the "Supersize Me" movie. It made me hungry. Really it was not nearly as profound as I had been led to believe and seemed more centered around obese people and how you might become obese. Well, I have a hard time keeping my weight up to where it was in high school so weight is of no concern. If you were a fat dude, this movie would have a much bigger impact.

The guy couldn't even eat a single supersized value meal without puking very early on in the 30 day experiment. Tells me he is a girly man.

I gathered that repetitive eating of the same thing will make you not want it anymore. That was about all I will take away from the movie and isn't a big surprize. Have you ever sat down with a tub of red licorice?

Let's go get a burger!

 

[flwiii]

I was not as impressed in his reactions to eating Mickey D's as I was in the changes that was reflected in his doctor's reports. Before the 30 days were over his liver function had shifted so drastically that his doctor told him to stop or his liver might give up (possible death). I would guess that this might be explained away by the fact that he lived mostly on salads and had never participated in fast food eating of any kind prior to the experiment. I would assume this is something like Mexican water. They can drink it, but we can't.