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That's a great idea Matt! I have a mountain bike and a bike trail
that runs right by my back yard. I just haven't taken advantage of those two facts. My brother bought the bike for me, and so far I've only ridden it to the pool with my two girls, which is only about half a mile. My girls would swim and I would just take a nap on the pool lounger. How patheic. I used to ride, senior year high school about twenty years ago, from Herndon, VA to DC, lock up the bike, have lunch somewhere or see the museums and ride back. about fifty miles round trip. I sure miss those days. The weather is nice right now. I outta here, gonna ride down the trail a little. Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone Matt Whiting wrote in message Well, Bryan, might want to try the bike approach again. I just bought two new bikes for me and my wife ... and I can now afford GOOD bikes, which I couldn't when I was young just as you couldn't. I bought two top of the line Fuji comfort bikes. Riding is actually just as much fun now as it was then. I get saddle sore much faster, but I rode a 30 mile ride last Saturday in the hills of northern PA and it didn't kill me. Although, I thought a couple of times that my heart was going to pop out of my chest and run away... :-) Matt |
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And to think we were supposed to talk about ****in airplane
"bryan chaisone" wrote in message om... That's a great idea Matt! I have a mountain bike and a bike trail that runs right by my back yard. I just haven't taken advantage of those two facts. My brother bought the bike for me, and so far I've only ridden it to the pool with my two girls, which is only about half a mile. My girls would swim and I would just take a nap on the pool lounger. How patheic. I used to ride, senior year high school about twenty years ago, from Herndon, VA to DC, lock up the bike, have lunch somewhere or see the museums and ride back. about fifty miles round trip. I sure miss those days. The weather is nice right now. I outta here, gonna ride down the trail a little. Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone Matt Whiting wrote in message Well, Bryan, might want to try the bike approach again. I just bought two new bikes for me and my wife ... and I can now afford GOOD bikes, which I couldn't when I was young just as you couldn't. I bought two top of the line Fuji comfort bikes. Riding is actually just as much fun now as it was then. I get saddle sore much faster, but I rode a 30 mile ride last Saturday in the hills of northern PA and it didn't kill me. Although, I thought a couple of times that my heart was going to pop out of my chest and run away... :-) Matt |
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Jean-Paul Roy wrote:
And to think we were supposed to talk about ****in airplane Dude, you need to subscribe to rec.aviation.fetish for that conversation. -- http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ "Ignorance is mankinds normal state, alleviated by information and experience." Veeduber |
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I scrounged through the recycle bin until I found last month's Reader's
Digest (July) and re-read the article on "Beating the Urge to Eat" by Peter Jaret. Several interesting items caught my attention. 1. A hormone called leptin signals the brain to supress appetite - "Hey, Dude, quit eating. You're full!". 2. 85 to 90 percent of obese people DO NOT have a deficiency of leptin. Their bodies have become resistant to its effects. This is much like Type II diabetes where the body has plenty of insulin but is insulin resistant. 3. An excess of triglycerides may contribute to leptin resistance. 4. An enzyme called SCD-1 - controlled by leptin - is used by the body to create fat cells. Delete the gene that makes SCD-1 (in mice) and they can pig out on Twinkies and beer without gaining weight. 5. Another culprit that may make you chubby is a virus, AD-36. 6. Base level activity can vary up to 500 calories/day. Notice how some people constantly twitch? Low or high metabolism is hereditary, but they're working on metabolism boosting substances. The article closes with, "Patients used to blame being overweight on glands and hormones, and we doctors would say, 'It's not hormones, it's calories,' " says Banks. "Now we know hormones *are* involved." . . ."People can diet and lose 10 or 15 pounds. But real obesity isn't a willpower problem,. It's a medical problem." Environment, heredity, hormones, cholesterols, viruses - all may play a part. There is no simple answer to weight control. Sure, you can force a human to starve to death, but that is not an answer. We need a way for people to control weight that is workable. I'm currently fighting the fat with the South Beach diet. It's probably no better or worse than Atkins, Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig. But any time you starting trying to control what, and how much you eat, it's bound to make a difference. I'm down fifteen pounds in a month. I might gain it back and then again I might lose fifteen more. But *right now* I am fifteen pounds less. My feet thank me. Rich S. |
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Rich S. wrote:
I scrounged through the recycle bin until I found last month's Reader's Digest (July) and re-read the article on "Beating the Urge to Eat" by Peter Jaret. Several interesting items caught my attention. 1. A hormone called leptin signals the brain to supress appetite - "Hey, Dude, quit eating. You're full!". 2. 85 to 90 percent of obese people DO NOT have a deficiency of leptin. Their bodies have become resistant to its effects. This is much like Type II diabetes where the body has plenty of insulin but is insulin resistant. 3. An excess of triglycerides may contribute to leptin resistance. 4. An enzyme called SCD-1 - controlled by leptin - is used by the body to create fat cells. Delete the gene that makes SCD-1 (in mice) and they can pig out on Twinkies and beer without gaining weight. 5. Another culprit that may make you chubby is a virus, AD-36. 6. Base level activity can vary up to 500 calories/day. Notice how some people constantly twitch? Low or high metabolism is hereditary, but they're working on metabolism boosting substances. The article closes with, "Patients used to blame being overweight on glands and hormones, and we doctors would say, 'It's not hormones, it's calories,' " says Banks. "Now we know hormones *are* involved." . . ."People can diet and lose 10 or 15 pounds. But real obesity isn't a willpower problem,. It's a medical problem." I still don't buy it. If it is a medical problem, why did it just occur in the last 20-30 years and not 500 or 1000 years ago? I believe it is our sedentary lifestyle combined with simply eating for recreation rather than sustenance. Matt |
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
... I still don't buy it. If it is a medical problem, why did it just occur in the last 20-30 years and not 500 or 1000 years ago? I believe it is our sedentary lifestyle combined with simply eating for recreation rather than sustenance. Well Matt, you must have some definitive evidence for your firmly held belief. I would be glad to read about it. Perhaps you could give us some reference, assuming it is not a divine revelation. :-) Rich "Willing to listen" S. |
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Rich S. wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... I still don't buy it. If it is a medical problem, why did it just occur in the last 20-30 years and not 500 or 1000 years ago? I believe it is our sedentary lifestyle combined with simply eating for recreation rather than sustenance. Well Matt, you must have some definitive evidence for your firmly held belief. I would be glad to read about it. Perhaps you could give us some reference, assuming it is not a divine revelation. :-) Nope, simply observation over time, knowing from labor statistics the kinds of jobs we have now compared to 30 or 40 years ago. We have fewer farm, manufacturing, heavy labor, etc., jobs and more desk jobs, service jobs, etc. Also, I've yet to see any evidence that humans have evolved genetically in a dramatic way in such a short period of time. Also, our society in general seems to be much less inclined to take personal responsibility for anything and wants to blame someone else for all of their ills. Look at the proliferation of law suits regarding insane things like spilling coffee in your lap, getting fat on Oreos, smoking cigarettes, etc. I think obesity is the same way. People simply are eating too much (myself included) and exercising too little (again, myself included) and that is why we are fat. However, few want to admit that and take the action required to address it. It is much easier to blame something or someone else. I'm trying to address it and having some success. I joined a health club 6 months ago and began a weight and cardio routine. I have been slacking a little now that it is summer, however, I've been adding bicycling. I rode 25 miles yesterday over hilly PA roads (took nearly two hours). I've lost about 14 lbs. in 6 months, which is painfully slow to me, but my doctor suggested that 2 lbs. a month is about right and lets your body slowly adapt to the new weight. Like he said, "You didn't gain the weight in 6 months so you shouldn't expect to lose it in 6 months." Matt |
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Matt Whiting wrote:
Rich S. wrote: I scrounged through the recycle bin until I found last month's Reader's Digest (July) and re-read the article on "Beating the Urge to Eat" by Peter Jaret. Several interesting items caught my attention. 1. A hormone called leptin signals the brain to supress appetite - "Hey, Dude, quit eating. You're full!". 2. 85 to 90 percent of obese people DO NOT have a deficiency of leptin. Their bodies have become resistant to its effects. This is much like Type II diabetes where the body has plenty of insulin but is insulin resistant. 3. An excess of triglycerides may contribute to leptin resistance. 4. An enzyme called SCD-1 - controlled by leptin - is used by the body to create fat cells. Delete the gene that makes SCD-1 (in mice) and they can pig out on Twinkies and beer without gaining weight. 5. Another culprit that may make you chubby is a virus, AD-36. 6. Base level activity can vary up to 500 calories/day. Notice how some people constantly twitch? Low or high metabolism is hereditary, but they're working on metabolism boosting substances. The article closes with, "Patients used to blame being overweight on glands and hormones, and we doctors would say, 'It's not hormones, it's calories,' " says Banks. "Now we know hormones *are* involved." . . ."People can diet and lose 10 or 15 pounds. But real obesity isn't a willpower problem,. It's a medical problem." I still don't buy it. If it is a medical problem, why did it just occur in the last 20-30 years and not 500 or 1000 years ago? I believe it is our sedentary lifestyle combined with simply eating for recreation rather than sustenance. Matt It's a medical problem that has always existed, but we have become much more affluent in the past 20 or 30 years. We've gone from an average of one car per family to three. We go to restaurants where we're served huge, fatty portions, 'cause nobody would spend $50 for a plate of boring vegetables and a slice of baloney (what you'd eat if you stayed at home and fixed it yourself). Millenia of evolution taught us that we better eat when food is available or you'll starve to death tomorrow. You've gotta get fat in the summer to survive the winter. The instinct is still there, but the winter isn't, and neither is the need to chase the food down. I've done better with my weight lately as I've started getting out of the kitchen and into the garage, getting so caught up that I miss a meal every now and again or just eat a bite so that I can get back to work. I'll lose weight and have an airplane to boot. 8*) -- http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ "Ignorance is mankinds normal state, alleviated by information and experience." Veeduber |
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Ernest Christley wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote: Rich S. wrote: I scrounged through the recycle bin until I found last month's Reader's Digest (July) and re-read the article on "Beating the Urge to Eat" by Peter Jaret. Several interesting items caught my attention. 1. A hormone called leptin signals the brain to supress appetite - "Hey, Dude, quit eating. You're full!". 2. 85 to 90 percent of obese people DO NOT have a deficiency of leptin. Their bodies have become resistant to its effects. This is much like Type II diabetes where the body has plenty of insulin but is insulin resistant. 3. An excess of triglycerides may contribute to leptin resistance. 4. An enzyme called SCD-1 - controlled by leptin - is used by the body to create fat cells. Delete the gene that makes SCD-1 (in mice) and they can pig out on Twinkies and beer without gaining weight. 5. Another culprit that may make you chubby is a virus, AD-36. 6. Base level activity can vary up to 500 calories/day. Notice how some people constantly twitch? Low or high metabolism is hereditary, but they're working on metabolism boosting substances. The article closes with, "Patients used to blame being overweight on glands and hormones, and we doctors would say, 'It's not hormones, it's calories,' " says Banks. "Now we know hormones *are* involved." . . ."People can diet and lose 10 or 15 pounds. But real obesity isn't a willpower problem,. It's a medical problem." I still don't buy it. If it is a medical problem, why did it just occur in the last 20-30 years and not 500 or 1000 years ago? I believe it is our sedentary lifestyle combined with simply eating for recreation rather than sustenance. Matt It's a medical problem that has always existed, but we have become much more affluent in the past 20 or 30 years. We've gone from an average of one car per family to three. We go to restaurants where we're served huge, fatty portions, 'cause nobody would spend $50 for a plate of boring vegetables and a slice of baloney (what you'd eat if you stayed at home and fixed it yourself). Millenia of evolution taught us that we better eat when food is available or you'll starve to death tomorrow. You've gotta get fat in the summer to survive the winter. The instinct is still there, but the winter isn't, and neither is the need to chase the food down. Baloney. We also have a brain that we can use to know that we don't need to eat like pigs when our waist measurement exceeds our chest measurement. I really feel sorry for all you folk that are just victims of the world and circumstances. Matt |
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4. An enzyme called SCD-1 - controlled by leptin - is used by the body to
create fat cells. Delete the gene that makes SCD-1 (in mice) and they can pig out on Twinkies and beer without gaining weight. Haaaaa! Thats me to a "T" Eat, drink ANYTHING I want and never gain a pound! Eat (your low carb) hearts out guys ![]() Of course looking like a mouse doesnt help the dating scene though ![]() take care Blll |
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