[CRS_META] declined: crsociety - personal / no-trim

[Tim C.]

This was forwarded off-list to Gary.
-Tim C.




To Gary in Austin - TEXAS ?  I assume - please find my high school buddy - Richard Girard in Austin texas - He will 
probably help - thanks a lot - John Rhodes- westfield, Mass.

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Troy Ball

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From: phillips@

 > > Hi Gary,
 > >
 > > I am one of those who weighs stuff out on a kitchen on a scale, jots it
 > > down on a piece of paper, then eventually records it on an excel
 > > spreadsheet. If I just try to pick healthful foods, which in all honesty
 > > is about all I eat now, don't look at the actual nutrition for a few days,
 > > then enter the data, the result is usually the same - deficiency in
 > > several nutrients, usually zinc, pantothenic acid, but also depending on
 > > the choice of healthy foods, other vitamins and minerals.
 > >
 > > So I am convinced either you actually measure your nutrients or you are
 > > not likely to be getting them. An alternative of course is to come up
 > > with a standard, fully nutritional diet and not vary, but I am not that
 > > type.
 > >
 > > I keep my weight/BMI where I want it. Had to increase my calorie level to
 > > 2000 to handle weight bearing exercise I am now doing.
 > >
 > > Having said all that, it's a lot better to eat healthy foods and keep at a
 > > healthy weight, even with some nutrient defiencies, than eat junk foods,
 > > gain weight, and also have nutrient deficiencies.
 > >
 > > Bob
 > > Stilwell, Kansas
 > >
 >> > > Let me echo the advise to read Dr. Walford's "Beyond the 120-Day Diet".
 >> > >
 >> > > Personally, I do not follow a mico-managing approach. The way I look
 >> > > at it, your primary choice is WHICH foods to eat and then, also very
 >> > > important, HOW MUCH you can eat of each food without taking in too
 >> > > many calories. Get those two things right and you deal with calorie
 >> > > restriction AND optimal nutrition.
 >> > >
 >> > > For example, I have mostly fruit for breakfast but also, lately, an
 >> > > EggBeater omelett, for protein that gets me though the morning without
 >> > > hunger. I know EggBeater is low-cal but one could overdo it -- so I
 >> > > pour it thinly. Into my omelett, I typically put some avocado. But I
 >> > > know that, while very healthy, avocado is also high calorie. So, I am
 >> > > careful to limit it to, perhaps, a 1/3 avocado slice. I don't have to
 >> > > be so careful with frozen blueberries because they are not only
 >> > > healthy but also quite low in calories. Even so, I would not want to
 >> > > eat 3 bags of them. 1/2 a bag is enough. I like to sprinkle some
 >> > > pine nuts on my salads but I know that a very few nuts go a very long
 >> > > way, since they are quite high calorie. And so on.
 >> > >
 >> > > If I were not a 6'1" male racewalker or if I were of a different age,
 >> > > I would alter my decisions about food to fit my different situation.
 >> > > In theory, at least.
 >> > >
 >> > > Right now, I am not quite as strict with myself as I have been at
 >> > > other times -- probably because I have been particularly concentrated
 >> > > on my racewalking and need some extra energy for it. Life is trade-
 >> > > offs. But I still keep my BMI about 19, even with racewalking 3 days
 >> > > a week and working out a couple days a week at my gym. I am not
 >> > > willing to trade away my fitness activities, which bring me a great
 >> > > deal of pleasure, for the benefits of being able to restrict my
 >> > > calories more -- a pleasure that, at the moment, anyway, is largely in
 >> > > the thinking about it, not so much in the doing.
 >> > >
 >> > > So, my advice to you is to become as familiar as you can with A. which
 >> > > are the healthful foods and B. which are the high-calorie foods, then
 >> > > use that information, applying it to your particular body-type, age
 >> > > etc., as you eat so that you stay under that hard-to-find "set point".
 >> > >
 >> > > On the other hand, there is a very different personality type from
 >> > > mine, who loves nothing better than to weigh everything out on a
 >> > > little gram scale in the kitchen. If you are that type, then you
 >> > > should probably recognize that and go with it.
 >> > >
 >> > > Gary
 >> > > Austin
 >> > >
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