POTATO DIET

Each day, I get a list of articles, blogs, and/or press releases from google referring to diet and weight loss.  Yesterday, I received an article with this headline:

An Australian Man Lost 53 Pounds In 78 Days By Eating Nothing But Potatoes

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I certainly believe that this is possible.  In fact, I believe you an lose weight if you eat nothing but ice cream cones every day.  Whatever it is that you are eating, if you are interested in losing weight, you must still observe the laws of physics: calories in must be less than calories out. If you fulfill that requirement, you will lose weight.  The problem with many of these somewhat ridiculous diets is that they teach you nothing. They do not teach you how to live and eat with other human beings in a true social settings. What does one do if one is invited to a friends house and a potato is not on the menu? I sympathize with this Australian man as he and I share a common problem - we have difficulty limiting our food intake. I am just fairly certain that trying to limit oneself to one food item is not the answer. On the other hand, spending 3+ hours per day on an elliptical machine is also not the answer. Just because one knows what the answer is (or is not) does not necessarily mean that a person can follow a sound course of action. I bet that there are plenty of overweight and obese people out there that are well aware that their personal lifestyles are not the answer.  

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, March 20, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Cinnamon & Spice Instant Oatmeal	480	96	6	12	630	33
Quaker - Rice Cakes - Butter Popcorn	490	98	3	14	630	0
	970	194	9	26	1,260	33
L U N C H
2 Egg Omelette With Ham & Cheese	460	2	25	39	972	2
Nice! - Honey Grahams , 6 pieces	390	72	9	6	510	24
Pre-Cooked Bacon, 6 slices	240	0	18	18	1,050	0
	1,090	74	52	63	2,532	26
D I N N E R
Pasta - Orechiette Pasta	280	59	1	9	0	3
Cranberry Walnut Cabbage Slaw	124	12	9	2	104	0
Generic - Teriyaki Salmon Steaks	270	3	8	47	365	5
Imitation Crab Salad, 1.01 cup	301	17	10	0	944	0
	975	91	28	58	1,413	8
S N A C K S
Marshmallows (Jumbo), 8 pieces	200	48	0	0	50	40
YOGURT ALMOND	220	22	14	4	20	19
Whole Foods - Banana Chips	200	23	13	1	0	13
YOGURT PRETZELS	190	28	0	2	180	19
	810	121	27	7	250	91
Totals	3,845	480	117	154	5,455	158
Your Daily Goal	5,648	706	188	283	2,300	211
Remaining	1,803	226	71	129	-3,154	52
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 3,718 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,467
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	90	1,386
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,355
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-490
Daily Total / Goal	275 / 30	3,718 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	2096 / 210	32,346 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3845 calories

total calories burned (elliptical) 4208 calories

total net 363 calorie deficit

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fitbit day 200

32350 steps  

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Perhaps, I should consider adding more potatoes into my diet....They appear to be a fairly healthy food.

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and finally....a trip in the 'wayback' machine....

Remember the old days....When the biggest knock against the vice president was that he couldn't spell... Compare that with the liar we have today... Here are a few of my 'favorite' lies:
(as reported by Gateway Pundit)

1.) If you like your insurance plan, you can keep your insurance plan.
2.) With Obamacare we will reduce your insurance premiums by $2,500, per family per year
3.) I cannot pass amnesty through executive action… I am not a dictator
4.) Not one dime of Obamacare will go for abortions
5.) It was not my decision to pull all the troops from Iraq

Big deal, our current president can spell.  But he cannot tell the truth. 
He also ain't too big on pronunciation.... do a youtube search for the way he pronounces corpsman.  It will make you cringe. And if it does not make you cringe, you just might be a certified kool-aid drinking, non-thinking, don't care that ship is sinking, liberal. (or worse)