Monday, March 21, 2016

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 Ic_i 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)

1 comment:

shoom said...

Good diet if you're matt damon and live on mars.. Hope you started preparing for your liquid life diet (lechayim) thursday night. One can not simply jump into that unless the one is Levi