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Originally Posted by suzzer99
I believe you. Anyone that has that much trouble losing weight at 25 obviously has some kind of imbalance. I was always the chubby kid in school and my mom had nothing but health food in the house. I never had junk food or Twinkies until I could drive.
Then I went from chubby to fat in about 4 years. Then lost 50 lbs by starving myself one semester in college. Ever since then it's been extremely easy for me to gain weight and really hard to lose. Finally I had a nutritionist who put me on testosterone. That worked like no amount of dieting ever could.
Guess it's only obvious to you and me.
The rest of the post sounds exactly like my experience, except for the last two sentences--I want to hear more about testosterone! I'd always suspected mine was low for other reasons, I had no idea it applied here as well.
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Originally Posted by TomCollins
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You claim to hate those foods. But that's what happens when you don't eat something often. It will taste bad at first. Keep eating it. If it still tastes bad after a week, then consider changing it up. It takes a while for the palette to get used to the food.
Oatmeal with the right toppings is delicious. I hate most oatmeal cookies too. Putting bananas on it or some honey in it is very good. And you may not like it at first, but give it at least 3 tries before dismissing it. Your body might adjust before then.
You're probably right, of course. I made myself eat salads even though I couldn't stand them at first, figuring I had no shot of keeping my army gig without them. Now I really enjoy a pre-meal salad. I never applied that sort of rigor with fruits, I guess I should.
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BTW- most trainers are ******s.
EVERYBODY is a ******!
Doctors are ******s! I went to four different orthopedic guys for my knees, the fourth one I started the discussion with, "Look, we need to talk about knee replacement, or amputation, or SOMETHING, but I can't live with this pain any more!" He replied, "Have you tried cortisone?" I made a face that indicated that I had never heard of it, and said no. He made a face that indicated, "WTF is wrong with this world, that this poor bastard has been through three so-called doctors and not one suggested the obvious remedy?"
All the misinformation I've averred ITT has come from trainers, and doctors, and nutrition counselors, etc. I didn't make up any of it, I've been relying upon the advice of "experts".
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Originally Posted by Gizmo
That's way too much water
Oh, gawddammit, now you're telling me there's such a thing as too much water? Is there no end to this wretched indignity?