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Let's Get Healthy!
« on: June 14, 2009, 11:03:54 PM »

I've been putting off eating right and exercising because I just figured "Bah, I'll just live right later". Like most things in my life, I'm starting to think that was a bad choice on my part.

Now, personally, I have no problem eating healthy -- my problem is that I'd actually have to cook for myself. Yeah, over the last few years I more or less became a fast food junkie. More easily achievable, though, is that I need to cut the fuck down on drinking soda.

And exercising. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2009, 11:05:51 PM »

Switch to diet soda.  Force yourself to like it.  Trust me, it's more than worth it.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2009, 11:07:49 PM »

Switch to water.  Force yourself to like it.  Trust me, it's more than worth it.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2009, 11:08:27 PM »

Try frozen small-portion stuff like Healthy Choice.  Wait til the store has a special and you can get whatever brand at 2.00 a piece or less and then buy a ton at once.

Eat about 5 of them through the day, spaced out.  They're more nutritious than fast food crap, convenient if you can't be assed to cook, and will help you learn portion control.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2009, 11:09:33 PM »

Switch to water.  Force yourself to like it.  Trust me, it's more than worth it.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2009, 11:12:42 PM »

I forgot to mention: I actually have switched to water, for the most part, with an occasional can of Pepsi.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2009, 11:13:28 PM »

Problem with frozen foods that are low in fat/calories, they're also still crazy ridiculous with salt.  A lot of salt.  So much salt in them.  Delicious though.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2009, 11:18:52 PM »

Switch to water.  Force yourself to like it.  Trust me, it's more than worth it.

What?  So no one likes unsweetened tea?  Hell, I wish they made unsweetened soda, one just to see how much the crap needs sweetening, and two, if there were any that were still palatable I'd no longer have a good portion of sugar in my diet without breaking my addiction.  I mean, almost half the time I think soda is too sweet, so I think I would probably down right like the stuff unsweetened.  It can't all be worse than black coffee, right?
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2009, 11:41:14 PM »

Switch to water.  Force yourself to like it.  Trust me, it's more than worth it.

I'm being realistic here.  Is water healthier?  Yeah, but they both have 0 calories and sometimes you need the taste.

Eating at home is always preferable.  If you know how many calories/fat something has when you eat it, all the better.  Try to figure out how many calories are in each meal you have, just knowing will steer you towards better choices.  Purposeful ignorance can be dangerous.

I always say that there's good news and bad news when trying to be healthier.  The bad news is that it's not easy: there's no magic system that lets you not have to eat healthier or not exercise.

However, the good news is that it's not as hard as you think.  People make the mistake of "going on a diet", which is WRONG for any sort of health improvement.  Simply put, "going on a diet" implies that you will "go off" it at some point, and resume your prior habits.  All that means is you will lose any progress you made, and you will not be happy.

Be smart about your limitations.  No one expects you to eat salad three meals a day for the rest of your life, so don't even try.  The more difficult changes you make, the more likely you will throw them all away when you mess up.

Make several smaller, but permanent, changes.  There will be times where you will want to eat pizza or fast food, and it's just ridiculous to say you will never eat out again.  It's okay to go, but try only going in a group, or when you can't get home to make something yourself.  In short, don't go out by yourself to eat crap.

Go to the grocery store and look for things you like, or might like.  If you don't like to cook, find stuff to microwave, or just get sandwich ingredients.  Don't worry too much about getting health foods, but do look at the calorie counts and serving sizes to get an idea of what you're intaking at each meal.  Again, you don't have to always go for the least calories, but you'll probably be turned off when something has a very high count.

Don't buy snack foods, resist the temptation.  It's too easy to open a bag of chips and end up eating the whole thing in a day.  Just take them out of the equation completely.  You can always get a small bag of chips at Subway or something.  If you have to munch on something, find some non-sugary cereal, or better yet, vegetables.

When you get home, try and see what you like.  Whatever you enjoyed, stock up on that.  Make a habit of preparing these home meals instead of going out.  The key is making new habits that stick.  When you think to yourself "time for dinner, I think I'll cook this", you're doing better.  Routines are hard to break, so you have to prepare to make it as tolerable as possible.

If the changes seem torturous, you're doing something wrong.  I'm not saying it will be easy, but things do not need to be constantly unpleasant.  Remind yourself of your motivation, and keep in mind that every little change adds up over time.  If you eat something bad, don't feel like you lost, just make yourself that much more motivated to do better next time.  Don't give up.

Get a scale if you don't have one, and keep a weekly journal of your weight.  Try to weigh yourself at the same time of day each week, and resist the temptation to check every day.  It's very important to keep track of your progress, so you can see if things are working or if you're slipping.  Don't let your mistakes surprise you weeks or months later.  If you check every week, you will have plenty of time to react before you lose too much progress.

Okay, I wrote a lot.  I was actually planning on making this topic myself one day, but never got around to it.  I'll write about exercise later, but let me know if you have any questions on what I wrote so far.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2009, 12:23:44 AM »

I've been putting off eating right and exorcising because I just figured "Bah, I'll just live right later". Like most things in my life, I'm starting to think that was a bad choice on my part.

Now, personally, I have no problem eating healthy -- my problem is that I'd actually have to cook for myself. Yeah, over the last few years I more or less became a fast food junkie. More easily achievable, though, is that I need to cut the fuck down on drinking soda.

And exorcising. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

DN.

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Listen to me.

The Devil is not making you fat.

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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2009, 12:37:10 AM »

fuck you it's late
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2009, 03:18:25 AM »

Switch to water.  Force yourself to like it.  Trust me, it's more than worth it.

I'm being realistic here.  Is water healthier?  Yeah, but they both have 0 calories and sometimes you need the taste.

Eating at home is always preferable.  If you know how many calories/fat something has when you eat it, all the better.  Try to figure out how many calories are in each meal you have, just knowing will steer you towards better choices.  Purposeful ignorance can be dangerous.

I always say that there's good news and bad news when trying to be healthier.  The bad news is that it's not easy: there's no magic system that lets you not have to eat healthier or not exercise.

However, the good news is that it's not as hard as you think.  People make the mistake of "going on a diet", which is WRONG for any sort of health improvement.  Simply put, "going on a diet" implies that you will "go off" it at some point, and resume your prior habits.  All that means is you will lose any progress you made, and you will not be happy.

Be smart about your limitations.  No one expects you to eat salad three meals a day for the rest of your life, so don't even try.  The more difficult changes you make, the more likely you will throw them all away when you mess up.

Make several smaller, but permanent, changes.  There will be times where you will want to eat pizza or fast food, and it's just ridiculous to say you will never eat out again.  It's okay to go, but try only going in a group, or when you can't get home to make something yourself.  In short, don't go out by yourself to eat crap.

Go to the grocery store and look for things you like, or might like.  If you don't like to cook, find stuff to microwave, or just get sandwich ingredients.  Don't worry too much about getting health foods, but do look at the calorie counts and serving sizes to get an idea of what you're intaking at each meal.  Again, you don't have to always go for the least calories, but you'll probably be turned off when something has a very high count.

Don't buy snack foods, resist the temptation.  It's too easy to open a bag of chips and end up eating the whole thing in a day.  Just take them out of the equation completely.  You can always get a small bag of chips at Subway or something.  If you have to munch on something, find some non-sugary cereal, or better yet, vegetables.

When you get home, try and see what you like.  Whatever you enjoyed, stock up on that.  Make a habit of preparing these home meals instead of going out.  The key is making new habits that stick.  When you think to yourself "time for dinner, I think I'll cook this", you're doing better.  Routines are hard to break, so you have to prepare to make it as tolerable as possible.

If the changes seem torturous, you're doing something wrong.  I'm not saying it will be easy, but things do not need to be constantly unpleasant.  Remind yourself of your motivation, and keep in mind that every little change adds up over time.  If you eat something bad, don't feel like you lost, just make yourself that much more motivated to do better next time.  Don't give up.

Get a scale if you don't have one, and keep a weekly journal of your weight.  Try to weigh yourself at the same time of day each week, and resist the temptation to check every day.  It's very important to keep track of your progress, so you can see if things are working or if you're slipping.  Don't let your mistakes surprise you weeks or months later.  If you check every week, you will have plenty of time to react before you lose too much progress.

Okay, I wrote a lot.  I was actually planning on making this topic myself one day, but never got around to it.  I'll write about exercise later, but let me know if you have any questions on what I wrote so far.

  

Listen to this man, this is pretty much what I find works as well.

In my case I've gained some weight in the past few months (or, well, gained fat. My doctor seems to think my weight has not changed appreciably), but that's because I spend 10 hours a day in an sunless, airless box with nothing to amuse myself in the down minutes besides food and the internet.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2009, 03:32:02 AM »

Next time, be born with an insane metabolism that lets you eat a cheesecake and gain not one fat cell. That's what I did, and it works great! Alternate: Heroin/Cigarette diet.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2009, 05:47:24 AM »

shut up Guild
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2009, 06:11:15 AM »

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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2009, 09:33:12 AM »

I don't envy high metabolism guys, since they trade off the ability to have HUGE GUNS for the convenience of not having to maintain themselves.  Mesomorph pride sucka.

You endomorphs can at least look forward to being able to toss cars if you work at it enough.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2009, 09:37:41 AM »

Go to the store and purchase vegetables you like.

Go to Recipe Puppy and put them in as ingredients.

Browse until you can make something.

This is a really slick way to skip around actually knowing how to cook. I just picked up an eggplant and the first two squashes I saw and made a bitching stew.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2009, 09:52:45 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdmKo4jSfig

1. Watch some youtube videos
2. Follow the suggestions
3. Stop being such a fatty
4. ???
5. Profit
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2009, 11:29:21 AM »

Now somebody write a dieting guide for people whose roommates insist on buying enough desserts and snack food that you can and do literally make 4-foot high towers out of them at any given time.
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Re: Let's Get Healthy!
« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2009, 11:30:47 AM »

Disaster! The easiest way to make yourself cook more often and snack less is to actually leverage your laziness to the point where you don't feel like going to the store. Eventually raw hunger overrides it and you boil some noodles.
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