Duane

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• Commented on Starting Again With My Weight Loss
  I feel your pain. I lost 170lb years ago and had gotten myself down to the nice 180lb. But then I started to slip and despite hitting the gym 4-5 times a week, my weight started creeping up. Now I'm...
• Commented on Poll: Coke and Calories
  I agree with the results of the poll so far, it won't deter most people from drinking Coke. They already put calorie and nutritional information on all kinds of foods, good and bad, and people still consume them. About the...
• Commented on Is a Revolutionary Obesity Treatment On the Horizon?
  I'm not sure I like the idea of science mucking around with us at the genetic level. You change one thing and something else is bound to be affected. I don't agree with this attempt at creating "Frankenpeople"....
• Commented on How Do I Motivate Myself to Lose 30Ibs?
  You sound like you believe motivation is something artificial, something you can whip up out of nowhere like a casserole (mmmmm casserole) on a whim. You talk of not liking how you look these days yet that doesn't seem like...
• Commented on 16 Years Old and Desperate To Get Skinny Fast
  There's been quite a few of these "desperate" and apparently extreme people posting lately on here that I'm beginning to wonder if maybe some or most of them aren't trolls looking to get the folks here worked up at their...
• Commented on How Many Calories Do I Need?
  Google "calorie calculator", pick one that comes up or pick several as they all have slight differences, fill in the blanks and it will tell you how many calories you need to be a certain weight. If you want to...
• Commented on 4 Ways to Avoid the Freshman 15 Syndrome
  I agree with much of this but you forgot one important thing...increased consumption of alcohol. When the cat's away the mice will play and college kids tend to lose control in many areas including diet and alcohol consumption when away...
• Commented on My Diet Experiment: The Candida Diet
  This is foolish. You're on your way to becoming another dieting statistic....
• Commented on How Can I Motivate Myself?
  No one can motivate you to do something like lose weight, it has to come from you. If you are having motivation issues, you may not be ready to lose weight. It's like a switch, either it turns on or...
• Commented on The Shake Weight: Absurd or Inspired?
  Sadly, there are many people out there who will buy this device, the same people who buy every piece of crap out there. Ignorance is bliss....
• Commented on I Just Don't Enjoy Exercise!
  Oh boy! Are you going to be confused after getting the responses to that question. From what I've read on this site from the members, there is no consensus on diet, exercise, validity of studies that are mentioned and quoted,...
• Commented on Teenage Worries About Weight
  Well according to BMI, which I'm not an advocate of to be honest, you come in at 20.6 which is low normal so you're fine that way. Is it that you're body type is different? Maybe your weight is proportioned...
• Commented on No More Dieting Just Eating Right
  Hope this works for you. Please keep in mind that first 7lb was water and bloat. The weight loss will slow down afterwards. Don't get discouraged....
• Commented on No-one Understands My Eating Issues
  I understand as do many people who've battled their weight all their lives, lost it and still saw the fat person they were. The people who are telling you that you're skinny and to shut up mean well but they...
• Commented on Ouch! Gastric Bypass May Increase Risk of Kidney Stones
  I did this almost 20 years ago back when it was stomach stapling and they didn't have laproscopic procedures. 10 months after, I lost my gall bladder, a common problem i wasn't aware of. I also wasn't told of the...
• Commented on Starting the South Beach Diet Again
  Exactly the problem right there. This is the reason diets don't work, especially these highly marketed diets, no after plan. Sure there's maintenance but are you going to live the South Beach diet the rest of your life? You've already...
• Commented on Has Anyone Read This Book: The Metabolism Miracle?
  Amen....
• Commented on Has Anyone Read This Book: The Metabolism Miracle?
  Metabolism B is something Kress made up. She's flogging a new diet book, just another addition to the confusion dieters suffer from. Do a search on "Metabolism B" and you'll have your answer....
• Commented on 5 Dieting Excuses You Can Beat Today
  I find it all comes down to whether or not that little switch in your head goes off or not. Until then, you will make excuses and the attempts you do make won't last. Unless you've decided once and for...
• Commented on Help Needed with Lemon Cleanse
  Doing something drastic like a lemon cleanse isn't the answer. None of those types of fixes are what you need. You need to eat healthy and in moderation and get some exercise. You claim to eat healthy yet you by...
• Commented on 7 Simple Ways to Avoid Weekend Weight Gain
  An extra 115 calories per day on the weekend seems awfully low. That's a beer or a handful of chips. Seems to me, people who do this are consuming much more than 115 extra calories. I'd guess its closer to...
• Commented on Use Mindless Snacking to Lose Weight
  This is bunk. I snack on fruit all the time and I'm actually ingesting more calories than I require! Not too many people who "mindlessly" snack eat only a cup of celery, they're not thinking about it! Hence, mindless! It...
• Commented on BeltzBib: Buckle Up and Stuff Your Face
  Awesome! Totally awesome! How did I ever live without it?...
• Commented on It's Time to Panic...About Obesity
  from the story: "So yes, at this point in time swine flu is a public health issue that's completely out of our control, and that scares us." Swine flu is not out of our control, simple measures like handwashing and...
• Commented on Snack On Popcorn Rather Than Potato Chips
  Unfortunately, plain popcorn is rather tasteless, almost like eating cardboard. It's one of those snacks that are decent but needs something to make it palatable. This is where the whole thing goes south. It's too bad because I love my...
• Commented on Can Obesity Be a Civil Rights Issue?
  Some don't, they join the Fat Acceptance community where they can be coddled....
• Commented on Desk Jobs Make People Fat
  This makes total sense and I've lived it. I spent many years working in service jobs where you spend most of your time standing and moving. When I went back to college a few years ago I found myself sitting...
• Commented on Brain Surgery for Weight Loss?
  I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, eventually science will understand the brain well enough to learn how to control most, if not all, behaviours. This can be a benefit in the case of the criminal...
• Commented on Why do Skinny People hate Fat People?
  I have agree with this. This appears to be the ramblings of someone who feels very sorry for themselves and doesn't accept responsibility for their situation. Fat people don't really have a hard time making friends, they find it harder...
• Commented on How Many Calories In Your Burger and Fries?
  It's definitely not the way to solve the obesity problem plaguing western society. Calorie counts for many foods have been available on packaging for years yet people still buy and consume them. Has the nutritional information on a candy bar...