What you MUST do first before trying to lose weight

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Re: What you MUST do first before trying to lose weight

Post by idamtnboy » Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:36 pm

RocketGirl wrote:Carbs are the culprit, eating at night is the culprit, salt is bad for you, coffee is bad for you, red wine is bad for you, red wine is good for you, eat organic, eat like a caveman, you need a fasting regimen, keep up with being a vegetarian, you need our patented liquid formula diet with 27 vitamins and minerals and chemicals, sugar is poison but chocolate is good for you, no wait, chocolate has fat and is bad for you, all fat is bad for you, no wait, only some fats are bad for you, yeah says you, all fats are bad for you..., no wait, it's really not about fat, it's about protein, no wait you just need apple cider vinegar and cabbage soup - bah humbug!
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Re: What you MUST do first before trying to lose weight

Post by Lizistired » Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:47 pm

idamtnboy wrote: The real problem --- Life: a sexually transmitted condition that ultimately leads to death!

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Re: What you MUST do first before trying to lose weight

Post by jazzer4 » Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:54 pm

That's a good one!!!!

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Re: What you MUST do first before trying to lose weight

Post by Drowsy Dancer » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:01 pm

My n=1. After commencing CPAP treatment lost around 60 pounds. It was all about the ghrelin and leptin for me.

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Re: What you MUST do first before trying to lose weight

Post by rocklin » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:33 pm

Janknitz wrote:sodium is essential
Only the amount needed to regulate your cellular fluids.

But not a drop more.

No other mammal, certainly no other primate, plays with his basic blood chemistry in such a reckless way.

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Re: What you MUST do first before trying to lose weight

Post by Janknitz » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:46 pm

The real problem --- Life: a sexually transmitted condition that ultimately leads to death!

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