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Otis fad diet thread — yoga, fasting, and kevzilla walking on🚶‍♂️ (1 Viewer)

Otis said:
Rice diet is intriguing me. Sounds tastier and easier than potato diet.  Tell me more please. Will go buy a rice cooker on Amazon right now. 

And paging @Maurile Tremblay For whatever science may be behind it. 

TIA
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I've mentioned the rice diet before. I doubt that it's as effective as the potato diet, but that's just a guess. The rice diet has been studied in a clinical setting much more than the potato diet has, and has produced terrific results. The original version is to eat only white rice, fruit, fruit juice, and sugar. The reason white rice was chosen over brown rice had nothing to do with nutritional content -- it's just that it was more widely available. So feel free to use brown rice if you prefer it. Later versions allowed some fish and chicken.

A fun read about the rice diet is here: https://deniseminger.com/2015/10/06/in-defense-of-low-fat-a-call-for-some-evolution-of-thought-part-1/

 
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Maurile Tremblay said:
I've mentioned the rice diet before. I doubt that it's as effective as the potato diet, but that's just a guess. The rice diet has been studied in a clinical setting much more than the potato diet has, and has produced terrific results. The original version is to eat only white rice, fruit, fruit juice, and sugar. The reason white rice was chosen over brown rice had nothing to do with nutritional content -- it's just that it was more widely available. So feel free to use brown rice if you prefer it. Later versions allowed some fish and chicken.

A fun read about the rice diet is here: https://deniseminger.com/2015/10/06/in-defense-of-low-fat-a-call-for-some-evolution-of-thought-part-1/
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Nice!

Maybe I'll jump on Amazon and pick up a rice cooker.

 
I still love Stage II Otis. Best schtick ever. Your Sisyphus-like struggles to push that rock up the mountain bring me joy. Makes me laugh every time.

my money is on rick6668. He's the front runner for this race. Seriously, you inspired me to get on the wagon this time, when I wasn't feeling like doing it, at all. BnB has the best schtick (along with YankeeFan) but he will burn out before April. Sorry, GB.

I feel like a million bucks today. My energy and spirits have lifted, no cravings, don't need food- haven't eaten in 15 hours and feel really good. This potato thing is a miracle. Crushing it.

 
fantasycurse42 said:
Man, I'm ####### starving right now... I really want to go off the rails, but I am going to exercise some restraint. 

Soup & 1/2 sandwich
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I mentioned this vape pen I picked up earlier in the thread, could be the greatest thing ever invented - at least for me personally...

Went outside, hit the thing, decided to just come back in the office, lost my hunger, and got some work finished instead. 

 
fantasycurse42 said:
I mentioned this vape pen I picked up earlier in the thread, could be the greatest thing ever invented - at least for me personally...

Went outside, hit the thing, decided to just come back in the office, lost my hunger, and got some work finished instead. 
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What strain are you using for day use?

 
Okay WTF?

OTIS: Hey everyone eat only potatoes! Or eat only rice!

EVERYONE:  :excited: :thumbup: :pickle: :clap: :hifive: :headbang: :tebow:

OTIS: :bowtie:

CHAKA: Hey guys, you all know I have been doing this for quite awhile and have significant knowledge about nutrition and health that I have demonstrated time and again over the years. I suggest that if you are trying to lose weight to focus on sensible calorie restriction and keep your activity level high without actually overstressing your body with heavy workouts.  Once you have reached your goal weight I recommend increasing your food intake and simultaneously starting an exercise program.  Over time you will be able to increase your workouts, improve overall physical fitness and health and have a significantly improved quality of life.

EVERYONE: :( :loco: :yawn: :sleep: :rant: :hot: :thumbdown: :rolleyes: :censored: :crazy: :tinfoilhat: :penalty:

CHAKA: :confused:

 
Had some coffee with fake sugar, a cliff bar, and a Lima's buritto (like chipotle but better).  I'm thinking 1.2k calories so far.

I also got a stand up desk with my new gig.  Doing some research it seems you burn 15-20'ish more calories standing than sitting, so I allocate an extra 100 daily burned for that.  So I have that 100 + the 100 from my am lifting session.  I'm already 200 calories up on my TDEE for the day, yay!

 
Chaka said:
Okay WTF?

OTIS: Hey everyone eat only potatoes! Or eat only rice!

EVERYONE:  :excited: :thumbup: :pickle: :clap: :hifive: :headbang: :tebow:

OTIS: :bowtie:

CHAKA: Hey guys, you all know I have been doing this for quite awhile and have significant knowledge about nutrition and health that I have demonstrated time and again over the years. I suggest that if you are trying to lose weight to focus on sensible calorie restriction and keep your activity level high without actually overstressing your body with heavy workouts.  Once you have reached your goal weight I recommend increasing your food intake and simultaneously starting an exercise program.  Over time you will be able to increase your workouts, improve overall physical fitness and health and have a significantly improved quality of life.

EVERYONE: :( :loco: :yawn: :sleep: :rant: :hot: :thumbdown: :rolleyes: :censored: :crazy: :tinfoilhat: :penalty:

CHAKA: :confused:
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CHAKA loves him some CHAKA  :wub:

 
Chaka said:
Okay WTF?

OTIS: Hey everyone eat only potatoes! Or eat only rice!

EVERYONE:  :excited: :thumbup: :pickle: :clap: :hifive: :headbang: :tebow:

OTIS: :bowtie:

CHAKA: Hey guys, you all know I have been doing this for quite awhile and have significant knowledge about nutrition and health that I have demonstrated time and again over the years. I suggest that if you are trying to lose weight to focus on sensible calorie restriction and keep your activity level high without actually overstressing your body with heavy workouts.  Once you have reached your goal weight I recommend increasing your food intake and simultaneously starting an exercise program.  Over time you will be able to increase your workouts, improve overall physical fitness and health and have a significantly improved quality of life.

EVERYONE: :( :loco: :yawn: :sleep: :rant: :hot: :thumbdown: :rolleyes: :censored: :crazy: :tinfoilhat: :penalty:

CHAKA: :confused:
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I think some of you are missing a big part of this thread. 

 
ProstheticRGK said:
I still love Stage II Otis. Best schtick ever. Your Sisyphus-like struggles to push that rock up the mountain bring me joy. Makes me laugh every time.

my money is on rick6668. He's the front runner for this race. Seriously, you inspired me to get on the wagon this time, when I wasn't feeling like doing it, at all. BnB has the best schtick (along with YankeeFan) but he will burn out before April. Sorry, GB.

I feel like a million bucks today. My energy and spirits have lifted, no cravings, don't need food- haven't eaten in 15 hours and feel really good. This potato thing is a miracle. Crushing it.
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A few guys have really surprised me with their dedication to losing weight.  I hope that they do not burn out.

 
AcerFC said:
I have lost upwards of 30-40 pounds in 3 months 3-4 times already in my life. It is sad that I dont have the discipline to keep that off, but that is my own issue. I eat anything I want during my times dieting and make sure that I do not over do it. 
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I don't want to pick on Acer, but this is totally the "dieters mentality" and I think it's problematic.  If you lose a bunch of weight and then gain it back, your approach was a failure.  It wasn't that you had a good approach, but then decided not to do that good approach.  It was that the original approach was unsustainable.  Dieters always seem to point to the original weight loss as proof that the diet "works" but when it comes to the subsequent weight gain, they blame it on lack of discipline or whatever, not on the original diet.  This is why Weight Watchers makes huge profits even though the overwhelming majority of people that do it don't manage to have a sustained weight loss.  People lose weight on Weight Watchers and attribute that success to the program.  Then they gain weight and attribute that to their own personal failure.  So then they sign up to do Weight Watchers again. 

 
Chaka said:
Okay WTF?

OTIS: Hey everyone eat only potatoes! Or eat only rice!

EVERYONE:  :excited: :thumbup: :pickle: :clap: :hifive: :headbang: :tebow:

OTIS: :bowtie:

CHAKA: Hey guys, you all know I have been doing this for quite awhile and have significant knowledge about nutrition and health that I have demonstrated time and again over the years. I suggest that if you are trying to lose weight to focus on sensible calorie restriction and keep your activity level high without actually overstressing your body with heavy workouts.  Once you have reached your goal weight I recommend increasing your food intake and simultaneously starting an exercise program.  Over time you will be able to increase your workouts, improve overall physical fitness and health and have a significantly improved quality of life.

EVERYONE: :( :loco: :yawn: :sleep: :rant: :hot: :thumbdown: :rolleyes: :censored: :crazy: :tinfoilhat: :penalty:

CHAKA: :confused:
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Don't take it personally, GB... it's all about the OtisShticktm

 
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fatguyinalittlecoat said:
I don't want to pick on Acer, but this is totally the "dieters mentality" and I think it's problematic.  If you lose a bunch of weight and then gain it back, your approach was a failure.  It wasn't that you had a good approach, but then decided not to do that good approach.  It was that the original approach was unsustainable.  Dieters always seem to point to the original weight loss as proof that the diet "works" but when it comes to the subsequent weight gain, they blame it on lack of discipline or whatever, not on the original diet.  This is why Weight Watchers makes huge profits even though the overwhelming majority of people that do it don't manage to have a sustained weight loss.  People lose weight on Weight Watchers and attribute that success to the program.  Then they gain weight and attribute that to their own personal failure.  So then they sign up to do Weight Watchers again. 
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:goodposting:

The Diet Industrial Complex is a perfect machine designed to quickly and repeatedly separate the consumer from his/her money.

It's the business equivalent of a perpetual motion generator.

 
ProstheticRGK said:
I still love Stage II Otis. Best schtick ever. Your Sisyphus-like struggles to push that rock up the mountain bring me joy. Makes me laugh every time.

my money is on rick6668. He's the front runner for this race. Seriously, you inspired me to get on the wagon this time, when I wasn't feeling like doing it, at all. BnB has the best schtick (along with YankeeFan) but he will burn out before April. Sorry, GB.

I feel like a million bucks today. My energy and spirits have lifted, no cravings, don't need food- haven't eaten in 15 hours and feel really good. This potato thing is a miracle. Crushing it.
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Would this potato thing work on a short time basis?  I could see myself trying this out for a week to get past a plateau and then back to the healthy low fat protein and veggies.

 
As I was leaving WaWa a little bit ago and got in my car this really beat up SUV full of Japanese guys followed me for awhile.  When I stopped at the light the car next to me had hipsters in it and the Japanese guys turned around and went back in the direction of WaWa.  Weird.

 
Yankee23Fan said:
Haven't cheated.

Haven't had an alcoholic beverage since at least a week prior to Thanksgiving;

Haven't had a cheeseburger in god knows how long;

Haven't had anything that has anything but a trace amount of processed sugar in it since December;

No pizza since....... crap...... the fact I can't remember is truly a crime against humanity;

Haven't hit Jersey Mikes for a whole stickball Mike's way in.... at least a month;

since starting taking part in this thread I haven't had...... well anything bad really.  no chips or chip type things.  Only snack food has been ...... water.  Every now and then I will have some trail mix that is nuts and raisins.

I'm beyond caring about cheating.  The health scare from before Thanksgiving has done that.  My problem is like fatguy said my lifestyle is not conducive to spending the time necessary to work on my body for myself.  I let the holidays get to me even while trying to be good and removing alcohol and the other stuff the doctor told me to, but I still had pasta.  A lot of effing pasta.  And Christmas cookies.  God I love Christmas cookies.  While my wife was making them the only reason I wasn't rubbing one out watching was because my kids were home.

Man this post is depressing.  I don't know what I would do for a glass of bourbon and a double cheeseburger with bacon and a side of bacon cheese fries right at the moment, but I'm quite certain that I would do a lot.

Crap, here comes that ship again.  Gotta go.
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To be fair you've spent 90% of your life drinking and eating all the crap as much as you wanted.  And if I take away your baby years it's more like 99.9%.  Bought time you showed some restraint.

 
rick6668 said:
Would this potato thing work on a short time basis?  I could see myself trying this out for a week to get past a plateau and then back to the healthy low fat protein and veggies.
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It's generally meant to be done for 3-5 days at a time for weight loss, and then 1-2 days at a time, every so often, for maintenance.

A week would be relatively hard core -- not that there's anything wrong with that.

 
rick6668 said:
Would this potato thing work on a short time basis?  I could see myself trying this out for a week to get past a plateau and then back to the healthy low fat protein and veggies.
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It will work.  I think it mostly works as a means of forced calorie restriction.  I'm 6'1" 185 lbs and I can eat with the best of them.  For example Sunday I had an entire 12" pizza, 6 garlic rolls, 4 beers (Stone & Lost Abbey) 5-6 glasses of wine and a pint of Arctic Zero and that was just dinner (who says I don't go off the rails every now and again?).  But I can only tolerate about 3 lbs of potatoes on any given day (about 1,300 calories).  My palate gets bored, and the thought of eating even one more bite of spud makes me want to kick a baby holding a puppy that's playing with a hamster.

 
culdeus said:
Americans stopping cigarettes was easier. You look at smokers and they look miserable and die early. Easy to quit with the right drugs.  Just took the right mix and we for all intents eradicated smoking. 

Science hasn't figured out how to make a fat chantix or gum or whatever. And America simply doesn't care about fat people. They don't ban them from restaurants or make them go 100 feet out the doorway to eat. There's no motivation to quit and it's dubious that industry has motivation now either. 
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No, it's actually gone the other way and started shaming fit people for even thinking there is anything wrong with being fat.  

 
Chaka said:
Dear Penthouse Forums:

I always thought that these stories were fake, until this happened to me.  I had an entire 12" pizza, 6 garlic rolls, 4 beers (Stone & Lost Abbey) 5-6 glasses of wine and a pint of Arctic Zero and that was just dinner (who says I don't go off the rails every now and again?).
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Amazingly, all I've taken back today is 370 calories. I'm not the starve myself kind of dieter either, I eat my meals, just make them healthy. 

I've got about 1200 or 1300 calories to consume for dinner at my disposal :banned:

Back is still hurting, but much better than the weekend. Hoping to start working out aggressively by the week of 1/23.

 
AcerFC said:
It really doesnt matter when someone weighs in. Why is this even being discussed. I chose Tuesdays because my first weigh in was a Tuesday. I didnt think too hard about it
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It matters to those viewing from home.   I'd like all the results on one day preferably.   It makes for a much better viewing experience.    

 
James Daulton said:
Then how do you do it at work?  Am I being dumb?  I couldn't work high.
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I've gotten as much accomplished today as I have in a while, good things happened today. 

I wouldn't do that if I had anything client facing that went beyond emails, but for today before a 3 day weekend, not an issue.

 
The Gator said:
MONDAYS! 

I think it helps people slow roll the weekend

Also, Monday Feb 6th is going to be an epic weigh in the day after the super bowl 
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I am having my boys ski weekend Feb 1-Feb 6.  I bet + 5 lbs or so.

 
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