Diet and Nutrition

[Hopperbin]

What about alcohol? what is the most nutritous alcohol to consume? I would think wine made from some form of berries.

[fjlip]

Dark red wine has the most anti oxidants.
Reservatrol I think is the chemical.
Cheers, Hopper!
Alcohol is high in calories, however beer is high in nutrients. Cheers again!

[agchat]

Been there, done that, nine years ago with the
weight loss. 44 lbs. in 100 days. When I
started in this mission I read an article that
caught my eye. It said our body was meant to
be worked and exercised daily, and the lack
of, is the biggest cause of weight gain. So I
did, I lost weight the natural way, by making
sure my body was worked. Three hours of
dedication a day, seeding, harvest and all.
Roughly six miles a day of walking, running. In
todays progressive world we have eliminated
alot of labour intensive work(thank god), but
our bodies have suffered. My eating habits
stayed the same except for a small cutback on
junk food. As this is a farming forum just
think how our hopper bins and round balers,
just those two alone have added to elimination
of calorie burning. Don't fool yourself, farming
100 quarters with todays equipment, calorie
burning is almost eliminated. Bottom line, if
you do not work the body naturally, then other
not quit so healthy ways of losing weight can
be used. By the way I am now gaining alot of
my weight back. I once again am slowly
getting lazy in working my body. Happy New
Years to all.

[burnt]

A very interesting and informative thread. One that I can relate to. Back in the fall. I got tired of not being able o bend down to do my boots up.

So I followed the same kind of eating regimen the Cott and AllisWD45 are talking about. Cut out the carbs, increase the raw fruits, eat more vegetables, becoming conscious of eating more healthy stuff.

This means not having that donut/burger/indulgence when going to town or saying no to the cookie jar in the kitchen. Seldom have those English muffins for breakfast any more, more yogurt and bran topped with blueberries, instead, etc.

Lots of cinnamon on whatever food it complements, i.e. - the above mentioned breakfast, soups, because cinnamon speeds up metabolism and burns calories. And I really like what it does to spicing up flavors. It also had anti-inflammatory properties and helps reduce arthritic pain.

At the same time, tried to boost the activity level just a bit more than usual and guess what - down 15 pounds in 2 months.

The challenge is, as WD9 mentioned, to maintain a healthy eating pattern. Christmas in a tough time to maintain weight loss and I gained back a bit after 3 weeks of multiple dinners.

But it's a matter of changing how I look at eating. As my BIL said of his incredible weight loss over the past 2 years "I eat to live, instead of living to eat."

So I now see it as a permanent commitment to staying within an acceptable range of food choices, not that I can never have any pie and ice cream , just be smart about it and understand why I got into the sorry shape that I was in before.

And it's nice to be able to pick something up off the ground again with much less grunting.

Congratulations Cott and Allis! Stay at it! We are the losers that are winners! Hahaha!

[SASKFARMER3]

Cotton good on you, I m on the same program.
Down 24 lbs since started. It's fun. Beer was
tough but the Christmas snacking was a bitch.
Attempting to get to 35 down. Boy do you have
energy.

[burnt]

Oh and I forgot to mention that I eat all the steak, roast beef I want. I raise Black Angus . . .

[SASKFARMER3]

That's the fun part beef beef beef chicken pork.

[parsley]

It appears that farm managers have not only
embraced technology with a vengeance, but are
also adopting fitness and wellness as an integral
part of a manager's lifestyle.

And those two factors, being geeky and a foodie,
lol, along with your many skills, will provide the
basis for success.

A body is healthy because you service it properly.

I actually noted the overall fitness level of the
farmers attending Kindersley's Market Freedom
Day, and it was high in comparison to school
classes.

Perhaps a good resolution would be to make
sure the next generation of farmers are not not
oerweight. Eyeball your children this morning.
And get your family onboard to make the
necessary changes to the family's lifestyle. Pars

[DogPatch]

High Protein diet and this ketosis BS diets are dangerous. Make sure you have a real doctor backing up your weight lose. A high protein diet in itself can really screw up you kidneys. A good weight loss program would never have you lose more than about 2 lbs a week. Fast diets generally don't last and those pounds are quickly regained.

[agchat]

I guess the one thing that I forgot to say in my
post above is that no matter how you choose
to lose weight, they all are short term
solutions. Like I said in my earlier post,
working the body is the only way we will keep
our weight off,naturally and healthier, and that
is a lifetime goal. Like I once read " If your dog
is overweight, then YOU are not getting
enough exercise." When I lost my weight, that
was so true, my dog who always came along
lost weight also.

[wd9]

DogPatch, Yes!!!!!

[Livewire]

Hey you overweight people here's a program for
you. If you didn't push down all the trees on your
land so you could keep yor fat ass going straight
down the field get a wood burning system to heat
your house and shop. I feel great out working my
body making wood. As a bonus you also lower
your heating bill. Never worry about what I eat I
burn it off. I still fit the same suit I bought 21 years
ago. Can't imagine how sluggish 250 pounders
feel. I start to feel lazy if I don't get out and start
moving. No I'm not a wood stove salesman