14-02-2012, 05:27 PM
My normal food intake is very healthy, it's the snacks that are killing me. 
Here's a disturbing thought. I read that diets and calorie counting never work over the long term. That it is impossible to balance calories consumed and calories expended over extended periods of time. That the best we can do is to eat lots of fruits and veggies and stay away from calorie-dense snacks such as cake and candy. I just did the math and it works out. Eating 3 almonds too many each day will cause you to gain 24 pounds in a decade. Does anyone think they can balance their food intake with calories expended to that level day after day after day? I don't think I can. So if you're 150 at the age of 40. and nothing changes in your life, then at 50 you'll weigh 175 and at 60, 200. How discouraging. And that does not even take into account a slowing metabolism as you age.
I just this second thought of something while typing. Stepping on a scale once a week and cutting back when it starts to show weight gain seems logical.
Think I post this anyway and see how many find errors in my math.
Here's a disturbing thought. I read that diets and calorie counting never work over the long term. That it is impossible to balance calories consumed and calories expended over extended periods of time. That the best we can do is to eat lots of fruits and veggies and stay away from calorie-dense snacks such as cake and candy. I just did the math and it works out. Eating 3 almonds too many each day will cause you to gain 24 pounds in a decade. Does anyone think they can balance their food intake with calories expended to that level day after day after day? I don't think I can. So if you're 150 at the age of 40. and nothing changes in your life, then at 50 you'll weigh 175 and at 60, 200. How discouraging. And that does not even take into account a slowing metabolism as you age.
I just this second thought of something while typing. Stepping on a scale once a week and cutting back when it starts to show weight gain seems logical.
Think I post this anyway and see how many find errors in my math.