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Otis fad diet thread — yoga, fasting, and kevzilla walking on🚶‍♂️ (2 Viewers)

James Daulton said:
Then how do you do it at work?  Am I being dumb?  I couldn't work high.
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Just like grabbing a drink at lunch. You're not drunk or too buzzed after one.

 
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After about 10 months of trying, I finally had an email returned from the number 2 in command in the marketing department at a Fortune 50 company today.

I did just fine after pulling a few hits off the thing. I'm not like Sean Penn in Ridgewood High.

Besides curbing my hunger and leading to an awesome day at work, this thing gets my wife to do things she sometimes resists... It's a device everyone should own. 

 
fantasycurse42 said:
After about 10 months of trying, I finally had an email returned from the number 2 in command in the marketing department at a Fortune 50 company today.

I did just fine after pulling a few hits off the thing. I'm not like Sean Penn in Ridgewood High.

Besides curbing my hunger and leading to an awesome day at work, this thing gets my wife to do things she sometimes resists... It's a device everyone should own. 
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Which one did you get?  I have an Atmos Jump which gets up to 392 but, honestly I am not getting high using it.  I feel relaxed, calm etc so I think it is vaporizing the CBD but not much of a high.  From what I have read 392 may be on the low end for vaporizing THC. 

 
fantasycurse42 said:
After about 10 months of trying, I finally had an email returned from the number 2 in command in the marketing department at a Fortune 50 company today.

I did just fine after pulling a few hits off the thing. I'm not like Sean Penn in Ridgewood High.

Besides curbing my hunger and leading to an awesome day at work, this thing gets my wife to do things she sometimes resists... It's a device everyone should own. 
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Sounds like you're the one that should be in marketing for this device

 
Based on this thread I had 10 assorted flavors of Halo Top shipped to my house on dry ice.  This stuff is great. Crushing a pint of mint chip right now. BECAUSE I NEED THE PROTEIN. 

:flex: 

 
Otis said:
Based on this thread I had 10 assorted flavors of Halo Top shipped to my house on dry ice.  This stuff is great. Crushing a pint of mint chip right now. BECAUSE I NEED THE PROTEIN. 

:flex: 
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I do love how you go big when you do go.   You still taking all those vitamins?   :lol:  

 
NutterButter said:
Did it really come out like that?  That's gorgeous.   I'm going to have to hit that up.   
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Looked like the plate with the garlic slices on it.  The chimichurri was more "melted" in but the pic is about 95% accurate.

ETA - the steak was thicker than the flatter photo.  Came out med-rare as ordered...and was $10.99  :coffee:

 
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shadyridr said:
Exactly what I'm afraid of
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The prices on ellipticals are currently crazy for the crap out there.  We got a Livestrong (now discontinued) from D.i.c.k.s sports 7-8 years ago ($699 with a front wheel).  It started getting wonky and we looked into a new one.  All the $1200 ones sucked ### compared to what we hae.  We now have a maintenance guy come out for $150 once a year to tune the Livestrong and fix any bad parts.  Totally worth it.

Tldr: see if you can find a Livestrong;  a million times better than the others.

 
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xulf said:
The prices on ellipticals are currently crazy for the crap out there.  We got a Livestrong (now discontinued) from D.i.c.k.s sports 7-8 years ago ($699 with a front wheel).  It started getting wonky and we looked into a new one.  All the $1200 ones sucked ### compared to what we hae.  We now have a maintenance guy come out for $150 once a year to tune the Livestrong and fix any bad parts.  Totally worth it.

Tldr: see if you can find a Livestrong;  a million times better than the others.
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Thinking about getting this one.... Thoughts?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NQ6TBFA/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 
Zow said:
It was absolutely delicious.  

I was up one pound this morning (229.6) but still no regrets from yesterday.  And, looking back, the only really "bad" things about what I ate were the bun, the sugar and salt in the soup, and the beer (obviously).  But I limited myself to literally like 8 fries and the ingredients this place uses for its food is top notch.  While it was more calories and probably more salt than normal, I still had a lot of protein so the macro ration wasn't atrocious (it's not like I was shoveling chocolate and pasta with cream sauce down my throat).  Not a "clean" cheat by any stretch but it made me happy and I got back on the horse with a healthy meal last night and a healthy breakfast this morning. 

I've been told we're eating at a particular restaurant for brunch with my in-laws on Sunday.  They have a killer antelope and hatch green chile burger that I can't pass up so anticipating another cheat but using that as motivation to work around it. 

Lastly, I've decided that my permissibly any time cheat on this diet will be exotic burgers. 
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he best part of the burger= the meat cheese and condiments are fine. Maybe eat it open-faced and strategically have very little or no bread. Go ahead and get a double meat and sliced avocado, jalapenos and tomatoes on the side. IMO flour and sugar are the biggest diet-killers around

 
Tiger Fan said:
I know the original post says " Must do regular checkins with progress ".  Most have been weighing in on Mondays, but that's not a hard fast rule right?  Given that there are no weekly prizes or anything and that the contest ends on a Friday/Saturday, as long as there are regular checkins, shouldn't it be up to each individual to choose their weigh in day on what motivates them most?  

I know some are motivated by a Monday weigh in b/c it encourages them to be good on the weekend.  Others might be more motivated by a Friday weigh in b/c it allows more days to make up for the weekend.

Just spitballing here and in the grand scheme of things probably doesn't matter as long as there are regular updates :shrug:
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I don't think anyone really cares whne you weigh. Weigh when you wamt and the last weight you post can be entered into the weekly Monday weight. 

 
rascal said:
I do good/great till I get home.  I tend to eat too large of portions for dinner (wife makes healthy meals on average) and then I'm always hungry late and night and snacking.  And yes, I'm drinking lots of water.  Yesterday I drank about 120 ounces.
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I feel you. Of course I'm usually stoned and/or drunk late night, so my will power is considerably diminished. I try really hard not to eat at least two hours before bed, but sometimes that make me stay up until 2-3am

 
NutterButter said:
I spoke with my constituents and for those viewing at home, a weekly monday weigh in (or tuesday even for those that started then) would be nice with some details on where you initially started, where you're at and how much you lost that week.  And no mid week weight updates.   That just takes away all the fun of that monday update.   
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Lett's all do what works best for us, coming in with at least a once a week number

 
Chaka said:
Breakfast:


Brazil Nuts - (Raw) Organic, 5 gram


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Healthy Me - Pure Collagen, 7 g


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Bob's Red Mill - Potato Starch, 0.5 Tbsp (12g)


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TruVibe - Cacao Powder in grams, 4.9 g


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Organic Valley - Cultured Pasture Butter, 7 g


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365 - Coconut Oil Virgin, 0.5 Tbsp (14g)


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Spices, cinnamon, ground, 3 g


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Tru-nut - Powdered Peanut Butter, 12 g


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Blueberries - Raw, 28.0 g


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This is why I win.
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I keep doing the collagen, hoping for muscle joint support. I don't know if its really helping.

Why do you add the potato starch?

I use it occasionally as a sub for wheat flour, but it is very carb dense

 
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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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I read some diet book about a rice-based diet, I think it was the Okinawa Diet

 
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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I remember Paul Jaminet and some of the other contemporary Paleoesque gurus saying that brown rice was worse because of its fiber that tened to wreak havoc on the stomach lining (or intestine?)/

 
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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No, the diet works. Its all on me. I make the choice to eat doritos and have ice cream after eating an entire 12 oz steak. I cant speak for others, but my weight gain is all on me and my inability to have self control. 

 
NutterButter said:
I'd check craigslist.  Plenty of husband's out there selling the ellipticals that their wives bugged them to get, but never used.   
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wait a month or two and they'll be a lot cheaper. But its still going to be a large, ugly contraption that you use to throw dirty clothes on

 
cosjobs said:
I keep doing the collagen, hoping for muscle joint support. I don't know if its really helping.

Why do you add the potato starch?

I use it occasionally as a sub for wheat flour, but it is very carb dense
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Pre-biotic fiber (feeds the stomach bacteria). About 8-9 glasses of wine in right now (y'know stocking up on my resveratrol and anti-oxidants) but IIRC only 1/2 of the carbs are actually absorbed.

 
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AcerFC said:
No, the diet works. Its all on me. I make the choice to eat doritos and have ice cream after eating an entire 12 oz steak. I cant speak for others, but my weight gain is all on me and my inability to have self control. 
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This is me too. I'm in this because I got on the scale New Years Day and it was 229 from 3 weeks of Christmas and New Years partying, several concerts of binge drinking and just way too much food. I'm generally around 210, hell i was down to 225 the day after because it was obviously an inflated number from being an idiot.

I haven't had many weight swings, I've been in that 210 (+/- 10lbs) range for 8-9 years now but when it climbs, like it did over Christmas, i know its happening, I know why it's happening and I know its my fault.

I've been going hard at the gym and eating really well and was down to 215.6 this AM, which from a start of 229 would put me right near the top of the leaderboard I'm guessing, but I likely won't be that low on Monday morning, as the forecast calls for a lot of beer tomorrow.  Also, I'll have little staying power near the top since, I'm fairly content with how I look at 210lbs (I could stand to be less for sure but beer) and it seems to be the weight I always end up back at.

 
Maurile Tremblay said:
I don't get this. Why not go for a walk outside? Walk up a hill.

But whatever gets you to be more active is probably worth it...
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It's been -5 to 30 for the last two months. Wont be over 35 until March.

Don't last long on a hill because I had two blood clots in my lungs 7 years ago and on a thinner. Tire very easy after 3-4 flights of stairs. I can ride a bike on a flat service 15 miles easily. Also need something low impact due to an old atv injury.

When I lived downtown and close to the YMCA, this machine was easily the best for me and I had great results three years ago.

I've tried the gym about a mile away from my new place, and it just takes too much time out of my day.   I have the perfect little room off my bedroom to put this. 30-45 minutes each morning and then on with my day.

 

 
Maurile Tremblay said:
Sounds perfect.
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That's awesome (still watching).  I can relate now because we've had record snow here in Boise and when it melts, we will be swimming under water.

 I can also relate because when I had the PE's, the doctor came in and said, "I've never had a conversation with a patient whose chart looked like this." I told him it was nice to meet him also. I couldn't walk ten feet the first six months.  They told me it would take years to heal. I'm probably 90% now. 

Just took spent a year working hard to set up our retirement.  When I get back from Oahu 2/12, my main goal the rest of the year will be to drop 80-100 pounds.  Was going to join this challenge, but I don't want to think about limiting food for eight days in Oahu.

 
Mini update: this afternoon, I weighed in at 240.8, down 9-10 lbs. (had a weigh in after the 9th on fitness guru app of 251) in 3.5 days of potatoes. No water weight, I'm actually more hydrated than I was.

Game over, #####es.

 
For those wanting a low impact workout that buns more calories than walking, an elliptical is a great choice.  I've had a Smooth Fitness for 5 years and put hundreds of hours on the thing.  I typically do a kind of HIIT workout where I'll go hard for a couple of minutes, slow for a minute or two, and repeat.  When I'm done (between 40 - 60 minutes) I'm sweating my balls off.  And while not as effective as running, the elliptical no doubt has positive cardiovascular benefits, I can walk up steps without getting out of breath, have tons of energy, etc.  An elliptical is a terrific choice.  Important things to consider are max weight it can handle, stride length, flywheel weight, and front or rear flywheel. 

 
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Baloney Sandwich said:
Yet here you are...
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As has been said many times, it's very easy to out eat and out drink exercise.  Plus I'm really not fat, I just want to lose enough weight to get really lean and look fantastic before I hit 50.  Don't know why, just do.  Also the cardiovascular and other benefits of exercise go way beyond just fat loss.

And I know you were just ####### with me but I wanted to give a real response anyway.  So now back to your regularly scheduled ####### with programming. 

 
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AcerFC said:
No, the diet works. Its all on me. I make the choice to eat doritos and have ice cream after eating an entire 12 oz steak. I cant speak for others, but my weight gain is all on me and my inability to have self control. 
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Yeah, I think you are wrong.  Maybe it would help if I told a story:

My dream is to run a marathon.  So far I've entered 5 marathons.  I know I can do it because every time I do great for the first two miles.  I don't even walk or anything, and I'm even way ahead of a lot of people.  But then around mile 3 I always make the choice to stop.  That's my fault.

I'm doing my sixth marathon soon.  This time I'm just going to keep doing what I did the first two miles for the whole 26.  Wish me luck!

 
James Daulton said:
For those wanting a low impact workout that buns more calories than walking, an elliptical is a great choice.  I've had a Smooth Fitness for 5 years and put hundreds of hours on the thing.  I typically do a kind of HIIT workout where I'll go hard for a couple of minutes, slow for a minute or two, and repeat.  When I'm done (between 40 - 60 minutes) I'm sweating my balls off.  And while not as effective as running, the elliptical no doubt has positive cardiovascular benefits, I can walk up steps without getting out of breath, have tons of energy, etc.  An elliptical is a terrific choice.  Important things to consider are max weight it can handle, stride length, flywheel weight, and front or rear flywheel. 
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Did you mean to say spin bike?   

 
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