A "Full" Stomache - Bane to Weight Loss plus other dietary tips
I know that for many people, very little can be done with weight because of genetics. This means for many of them, they opt for things like lapbands or RNY gastric bypass or some partial stomache removal. (I recently had an ulcer / perforation and gall bladder removal which caused me to lose a lot of weight and the doctor said that the upside to all this was that I would have a smaller stomache and hence more success in weight loss.)
The trick of weightloss WITHOUT such extreme measures seems to mimick the basic concept of these procedures. That is, keep your stomache SMALL! In other words, instead of paying for an expensive weight loss surgery, there ARE things you can do to lose weight by keeping your stomache SMALL. The biggest is to train your mind to stop eating, not when you are "full" but rather when you are "not hungry anymore". Eating until "full" and enjoying the feeling of overstuffing yourself, even once is a bane to weight loss because your stretched out stomache will feel hungry more often. If you have been eating until full, you should do a one time day fast (yes, I know the whole blood sugar issue) to shrink the stomache, (slowly sipping water)...and then never fast again after that. The alternative is to stop "mealing" and start "hypersnacking" immediately. Instead of five snacks a day, just keep "perpetually snacking" every 10 minutes. A single pretzel (for example), timed every ten minutes at work is a great trick. (in lieu of a pretzel, a cube of cheese, a slice of nori, or piece of jerky or a slice of apple/banana, a berry and so on works just as well)
My advice these days to anyone wanting to lose weight is simple: "NEVER EVER overstuff yourself if you want to lose weight!"
This means:
* Never getting the best value at a buffet, this includes "Salad" buffets. If you are invited to a buffet, you're going to have to live with overpaying for what you end up eating. (a small plate).
* Instead of eating Thanksgiving all at once, stock up on leftovers and go through that over a week.
* Instead of ordering a meal at fast food joints (like a #X), order off the dollar menu for a 4pc mcnugget.
* No more "filler" foods. Instead of buns and bread, eat foods low in bulk like crackers or hard pretzels.
* Generally, instead of meals, keep some jerky, string cheese, pretzels and chips handy. Eat these over the course of the day. Always have food around you. Avoid going out to meals.
* Don't overdrink water in one sitting! Sip slowly! Don't drink carbonations. If you are burping or hiccuping, it's a bad sign.
* Do not eat until full, eat until you can tolerate "not being hungry".
* Never eat more than about a cup of food at a time. I use a cup of pretzels and eat that over the course of 4 hours to a day, complimented with a small salad, a small bag of raisins, an occasional snickers bar (small size), some fruit candies, it can be whatever.
* Use vitamins when you can't access greens. It's important to stay up on vitamins and pretzels, while they supply carbs don't cut it.
* Some of the most villainized foods are actually low cal compared to a "side item" on a fast food meal: a couple strips of bacon is 10x better than an entire large fry. (Barring lactose intolerance or casein/milk allergies), a half cup of half n half is 10x better than a "large fry" for example. Butter is more nutritious than margarine. Milk products in moderation are fine. A couple of french fries is ok but a large size fry is not.
* In the spirit of a very good dietary book of advice ("Eat this not that"), avoid all hamburger buns, hot dog buns, rolls etc like the plague. These are like half a loaf of bread (10 slices). One slice of toast won't hurt nearly as bad as a single bun. I also avoid sausage (it's just a very calorie dense food), prefer a strip of bacon or a piece of jerky instead. Avoid tree nuts. These have mold, and can cause distended gut. Prefer squash nuts like pumpkin seeds or flower nuts (like sunflower seeds) instead. More beneign tree nuts would be pistachio and cashew. Stay away from sharp tree nuts: coconut, almond, brazil, walnut, cashew, peanut etc. These have substances that increase appetite even though they might be fairly nutritious.
* Exercise for health, not weight loss. Exercise in general increases your appetite. Exercise to get rid of restlessness and to prevent thrombosis in the legs, to get rid of acid buildup in muscle. Most aches and pains are due to acid and crystal build up in joins and in muscles. (especially uric acid and purines).
* Eat stemmy vegetables (celery asparagus), organ meats, insectoid meats (shrimp) sparingly. They're high in purines. Avoid excess beans, beer and excessive coffee. Prefer leafy and root crucifers (cabbage, mustard greens, radishes) to their stemmy cousins (broccoli and cauliflower). Crucifers are great vegetables that add minerals, lower pH and help ward off cancers. Stick to a single cup of any alcoholic or caffeinated beverage at a time.
* Do not fear salt if you can keep sipping water to balance it. Salt (from pretzels and cheese) is not a huge issue if you can keep up the water. The problem with salt is that people don't drink enough water along with it. Also, avoid chugging the water, just keep refilling your cup and you'll find that from eating either spicy or mildly salty (salt on the outside, not on the inside like a pretzel), will keep you drinking. The problem with spicy foods comes if you have an ulcer sensitive stomache... (so avoid it if you are having any stomache upsets). Drinking too much water will basically take out your salt. Your body can get rid of salt if you are sipping enough water. The excess salt just goes through. That said, avoid the hidden salt that is hiding inside the food, the perservatives, the MSG, some of the baked goods and condiments that don't even taste that salty but are. This all said, many people in asian countries eat a lot more salt than we do and many of them have fairly low blood pressure and low weight regardless. The big difference between the american asian food and authentic asian food is the amount of hidden salt and MSG in restaurant bulk food.
The trick of weightloss WITHOUT such extreme measures seems to mimick the basic concept of these procedures. That is, keep your stomache SMALL! In other words, instead of paying for an expensive weight loss surgery, there ARE things you can do to lose weight by keeping your stomache SMALL. The biggest is to train your mind to stop eating, not when you are "full" but rather when you are "not hungry anymore". Eating until "full" and enjoying the feeling of overstuffing yourself, even once is a bane to weight loss because your stretched out stomache will feel hungry more often. If you have been eating until full, you should do a one time day fast (yes, I know the whole blood sugar issue) to shrink the stomache, (slowly sipping water)...and then never fast again after that. The alternative is to stop "mealing" and start "hypersnacking" immediately. Instead of five snacks a day, just keep "perpetually snacking" every 10 minutes. A single pretzel (for example), timed every ten minutes at work is a great trick. (in lieu of a pretzel, a cube of cheese, a slice of nori, or piece of jerky or a slice of apple/banana, a berry and so on works just as well)
My advice these days to anyone wanting to lose weight is simple: "NEVER EVER overstuff yourself if you want to lose weight!"
This means:
* Never getting the best value at a buffet, this includes "Salad" buffets. If you are invited to a buffet, you're going to have to live with overpaying for what you end up eating. (a small plate).
* Instead of eating Thanksgiving all at once, stock up on leftovers and go through that over a week.
* Instead of ordering a meal at fast food joints (like a #X), order off the dollar menu for a 4pc mcnugget.
* No more "filler" foods. Instead of buns and bread, eat foods low in bulk like crackers or hard pretzels.
* Generally, instead of meals, keep some jerky, string cheese, pretzels and chips handy. Eat these over the course of the day. Always have food around you. Avoid going out to meals.
* Don't overdrink water in one sitting! Sip slowly! Don't drink carbonations. If you are burping or hiccuping, it's a bad sign.
* Do not eat until full, eat until you can tolerate "not being hungry".
* Never eat more than about a cup of food at a time. I use a cup of pretzels and eat that over the course of 4 hours to a day, complimented with a small salad, a small bag of raisins, an occasional snickers bar (small size), some fruit candies, it can be whatever.
* Use vitamins when you can't access greens. It's important to stay up on vitamins and pretzels, while they supply carbs don't cut it.
* Some of the most villainized foods are actually low cal compared to a "side item" on a fast food meal: a couple strips of bacon is 10x better than an entire large fry. (Barring lactose intolerance or casein/milk allergies), a half cup of half n half is 10x better than a "large fry" for example. Butter is more nutritious than margarine. Milk products in moderation are fine. A couple of french fries is ok but a large size fry is not.
* In the spirit of a very good dietary book of advice ("Eat this not that"), avoid all hamburger buns, hot dog buns, rolls etc like the plague. These are like half a loaf of bread (10 slices). One slice of toast won't hurt nearly as bad as a single bun. I also avoid sausage (it's just a very calorie dense food), prefer a strip of bacon or a piece of jerky instead. Avoid tree nuts. These have mold, and can cause distended gut. Prefer squash nuts like pumpkin seeds or flower nuts (like sunflower seeds) instead. More beneign tree nuts would be pistachio and cashew. Stay away from sharp tree nuts: coconut, almond, brazil, walnut, cashew, peanut etc. These have substances that increase appetite even though they might be fairly nutritious.
* Exercise for health, not weight loss. Exercise in general increases your appetite. Exercise to get rid of restlessness and to prevent thrombosis in the legs, to get rid of acid buildup in muscle. Most aches and pains are due to acid and crystal build up in joins and in muscles. (especially uric acid and purines).
* Eat stemmy vegetables (celery asparagus), organ meats, insectoid meats (shrimp) sparingly. They're high in purines. Avoid excess beans, beer and excessive coffee. Prefer leafy and root crucifers (cabbage, mustard greens, radishes) to their stemmy cousins (broccoli and cauliflower). Crucifers are great vegetables that add minerals, lower pH and help ward off cancers. Stick to a single cup of any alcoholic or caffeinated beverage at a time.
* Do not fear salt if you can keep sipping water to balance it. Salt (from pretzels and cheese) is not a huge issue if you can keep up the water. The problem with salt is that people don't drink enough water along with it. Also, avoid chugging the water, just keep refilling your cup and you'll find that from eating either spicy or mildly salty (salt on the outside, not on the inside like a pretzel), will keep you drinking. The problem with spicy foods comes if you have an ulcer sensitive stomache... (so avoid it if you are having any stomache upsets). Drinking too much water will basically take out your salt. Your body can get rid of salt if you are sipping enough water. The excess salt just goes through. That said, avoid the hidden salt that is hiding inside the food, the perservatives, the MSG, some of the baked goods and condiments that don't even taste that salty but are. This all said, many people in asian countries eat a lot more salt than we do and many of them have fairly low blood pressure and low weight regardless. The big difference between the american asian food and authentic asian food is the amount of hidden salt and MSG in restaurant bulk food.
hopeful