Wow, Tri. $300 per month for food at 6000 calories a day. I definitely have to look into this Costco thing.
[quote]michael2507 wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
michael2507 wrote:
Nearly every time someone tries to talk me into committing assisted glycemic suicide, it is by using a question along the lines of “What would happen if you ate just ONE piece of cake?” What happens if I don’t? Many people just can’t understand that it is not only possible to repress cravings but eliminate them all together…
What do you tell them? Nothing much will probably happen if they eat ONE piece of cake, occasionally. The problem is many people tend to view occasionally as once per day. lol
I actually ask them what would happen if I don’t. Some of them pretend to be slightly offended as a host whose hospitality has just been rejected. But can trying to forcefeed a guest with junk food he doesn’t like in the first place be considered as hospitality, all the more in cases where my nutritional habits are known?[/quote]
Nah. Nobody should try to pressure you to do anything. You should be allowed to eat what you wish without feeling uncomfortable.
I think the high carb, low protein and very low fat craze was one of the worst things to ever happen to our country health-wise. These people go on one of those diets and lose a bunch of weight but a ton of muscle as well since they’re not lifting and not eating enough protein to fuel a 2-year old.
Inevitably, they can’t stay on these tasteless diets because they’re starving from lack of fat and protein or just from sheer boredom. So they go back to their normal junky eating except this time they’ve depressed their metabolism through muscle loss and starvation. And they end up fatter, softer, and with a lower metabolism than they started with. Begin diet again. Repeat cycle ad nauseum.
Fortunately, this has died out. But we’ve still got a long way to go. Too many people just don’t know what healthy eating is. And too many of those that do don’t care enough/have enough resolve to do it.
L ike Tri mentioned. COSTCO is THE way to go. I cut my grocery bill down by around 30% (yea, Im extreme with my budgeting, its the only way to save) since I signed up and started shopping there exculsively. Only thing I cant find is natural peanut butter. Besides that its the ultimate place for a lifter to shop for food. Drastically reduced from other grocery stores. Hed, I used to eat out once a day, usually a quiznos double meat black angus but the monthly cost was around 420 bucks on that ONE meal out.
Food is NOT cheap in New York.
Amir
[quote]jsbrook wrote:
Wow, Tri. $300 per month for food at 6000 calories a day. I definitely have to look into this Costco thing.[/quote]
[quote]jsbrook wrote:
I think the high carb, low protein and very low fat craze was one of the worst things to ever happen to our country health-wise. These people go on one of those diets and lose a bunch of weight but a ton of muscle as well since they’re not lifting and not eating enough protein to fuel a 2-year old.
Inevitably, they can’t stay on these tasteless diets because they’re starving from lack of fat and protein or just from sheer boredom. So they go back to their normal junky eating except this time they’ve depressed their metabolism through muscle loss and starvation. And they end up fatter, softer, and with a lower metabolism than they started with. Begin diet again. Repeat cycle ad nauseum.
Fortunately, this has died out. But we’ve still got a long way to go. Too many people just don’t know what healthy eating is. And too many of those that do don’t care enough/have enough resolve to do it.[/quote]
I think people with a high level of fitness, like good scores across the board on a physical, should be all but exempt from paying for health care. Maybe that will get some people to wake up, since most people care more about $ than their health anyway. As it is someone who takes care of their health pays around the same as someone who is young but headed for disaster. And the burden of the sick gets figured into the premium. At least I think thats how it works.
[quote]AMIRisSQUAT wrote:
L ike Tri mentioned. COSTCO is THE way to go. I cut my grocery bill down by around 30% (yea, Im extreme with my budgeting, its the only way to save) since I signed up and started shopping there exculsively. Only thing I cant find is natural peanut butter. Besides that its the ultimate place for a lifter to shop for food. Drastically reduced from other grocery stores. Hed, I used to eat out once a day, usually a quiznos double meat black angus but the monthly cost was around 420 bucks on that ONE meal out.
Food is NOT cheap in New York.
Amir
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No doubt, no doubt. If there’s one reasonablly close to Ann Arbor, I’m definitely joining come September