Help, I'm getting fat. I'm not supossed to be a heavyweight.

[Scott Philips]

Teeth are merely excess weight John.

[10th Planet Riverside, Ca]

All of that can definitely be easier said than done. especially those who have habits and rituals to going to those comfort foods when there is stress involved. will definitely be a mental struggle especially when you want to see immediate results. just something to think about...gotta make sure you stick with your plan when the times get tough, you make excuses in your head, and you want to turn to fast food because you haven't eaten all day.

I feel yah lates. I make those excuses in my head all the time. Just remember Snowman throwing the hamburger buns away.
When ever possible I ask to have my hamburger served on a whole wheat bun or whole wheat bread.

[10th Planet Riverside, Ca]

Great stuff, good points. Keep it coming. I'm not a soda or fast food guy, but I see that I do end up with quite a bit of sugar in my diet as well as bread/rice/flour ect... Good thought John about cooking ahead of time, I think I will try that with some chicken breasts. I totally need to eliminate the temptation too, If it's in the pantry I'll eat it!

Thanks guys, I figured I'm not the only one with this type of problem. It's good to talk about this stuff and put it out into our consciousness.

The other part to this story is don't eat at night. Easier said than done I know. East a good breakfast of eggs and a baked microwave potato and natural no added sugar apple juice. Have a healthy lunch no bread and then do not eat at night. If you go train you can't train on a full stomach anyway.

[Tom Van]

Please do not drink fruit juice. Fruit juice is concentrated fructose with the fiber that normally slows down the digestion removed. There is significant clinical evidence that fructose specifically leads to metabolic derangement.

Also, whole wheat is no better than white flour. The glycemic index is the same as white flour, so there's no benefit there. The nutrients are all bound to phytic acid and are not bio-available. And, gluten has been shown to be a potential culprit in a laundry list of autoimmune diseases. That last one is definitely unproven, but the risk seems significant enough to be wary, and there is absolutely zero benefit to eating that stuff.

[Ehsan_Karam]

no starch, no sugar

[10th Planet Riverside, Ca]

Please do not drink fruit juice. Fruit juice is concentrated fructose with the fiber that normally slows down the digestion removed. There is significant clinical evidence that fructose specifically leads to metabolic derangement.

Also, whole wheat is no better than white flour. The glycemic index is the same as white flour, so there's no benefit there. The nutrients are all bound to phytic acid and are not bio-available. And, gluten has been shown to be a potential culprit in a laundry list of autoimmune diseases. That last one is definitely unproven, but the risk seems significant enough to be wary, and there is absolutely zero benefit to eating that stuff.

Well I said to cut out flour all together but whole grain without white sugar has fiber while white flour doesn't. But like I said cut out flour products all together. Brown whole grain rice is better than white rice. White rice alone is very bad. Oats are better than wheat too and whole grain oats better than the processed stuff.

[John Alighieri]

The other part to this story is don't eat at night. Easier said than done I know. East a good breakfast of eggs and a baked microwave potato and natural no added sugar apple juice. Have a healthy lunch no bread and then do not eat at night. If you go train you can't train on a full stomach anyway.

I would like to disagree with the not eating at night part...It's silly you pretty much spend 6 hours + without food or water so eating at night is good LOL
Plenty of people wake up throughout the night due to low blood sugar...
Don't eat like a pig have something lite but eat something! Don't load up on carbs would be a better advice

I wouldn't recommend drinking any juice either. You're simply drinking calories nothing healthy about juice. Fruits are pretty much evil when you're trying to cut weight

[Tom Van]

Well I said to cut out flour all together but whole grain without white sugar has fiber while white flour doesn't. But like I said cut out flour products all together. Brown whole grain rice is better than white rice. White rice alone is very bad. Oats are better than wheat too and whole grain oats better than the processed stuff.

I disagree that brown rice is better than white rice, since brown rice has all of the prolamins and phytates, while white rice is essentially just starch (glucose), which for a person who is not overweight is a perfectly healthy post-workout carbohydrate. However, these gripes are pretty minor, as just cutting out all flour is probably enough for Bryan to see an improvement. Cutting out all grains of any kind, all sugar, all vegetable oils, seed oils, and hydrogenated oils, all dairy, and all processed foods would be a guaranteed life changer. I also agree with the post above that taking it easy on the fruit while dropping weight is a good idea. If you want fruit, stick to the more nutrient dense ones like berries, where you get more bang for you buck in terms of nutrient vs sugar. Even if you just cut out grains and sugar you'll probably drop a ton of weight.

[bobby rivers]

Sign up for a big tourney about two months away at desired weight. Make it publicly known to all your peers that you will be doin the tourney and that you plan on winning it. The nervous anticipatory energy helps to be committed to any goals you have.

[Chris Herzog]

Bryan, if it breathes eat it. If it doesn't don't touch it. Stay away from anything processed.