[Bastiat]

Originally Posted by hotskates

You thought I meant good looking HOT No way.....I meant hot HOT...smoke in your face, smoldering bricketes, sun pounding down on your head HOT

Thanks for the clarification. I'd hate to think Mulder spent all that money for hair plugs for nothing.

[hotskates]

This cook IS HOT....
Who wouldn't want him standing in front of your BBQ

[JStergis]

Originally Posted by valley

My son's grades were slipping in school. He also has trouble sitting still and is restless a lot in class. His teachers say that he is not disruptive...just inattentive. I talked to a Dr who was covering for our regular Pediatrician one day while we were there for a checkup and he suggested that I put him on ADD meds and said that he has the "classic signs" of ADD. I came home crying over it. I do not want my son on medication at 12 years old!

Instead, I decided to try and alter his diet instead of relying on the drugs. It couldnt hurt, right? Drugs could always come later if they were truly necessary. I know from experience that when I eat too much sugar, bad fats & white products (bread, potatoes, white rice, pasta etc), I feel tired and irritable, not to mention bloated. So I took away all the junk food he was eating and I cut back his sugar intake. Its been a few months now. He has brought his science grade from a 64 to an 86. His teachers are amazed at the difference in him. He can focus much better. All of his other grades are fine and he should be back on the honor role by the last quarter. The only difference has been his diet. No more little debbie cakes after school. No more cookies and cake for dessert. No more potato chips in front of the TV at night and no more grazing on treats. I let him have one treat a day and on weekends, sometimes we let him splurge a bit. Its made a world of difference.

No doubt about it...certain food additives are harmful to the body and can do a lot worse to you than just make you fat.

Good for you! I can't stand people who think medicine is the solution to everything. You found a way around it that has worked!

If you think about it, it makes sense. There's some chemical in Turkey (tryptophan or something) that makes many people drowsy. Though I've never experienced it, I know many who have. It seems likely that many "junk foods" could have similar effects.

[JStergis]

I eat worse than anyone I know. A very quick calculation of yesterday and I came up with almost 5000 calories, and I know I'm forgetting things. I'd say that's about average, some days may be a bit more, but I don't think too many are less.

The weird thing is, I'm 5'7" and 115 lbs. During the winter I do nothing active, during the summer I mountain bike a lot (5 miles on a bad day, 10+ on a good day, sometimes as many as 30).

I haven't had a single item on the list of 20, though mainly because all we have here in that list is McDonald's, and I don't care for that place much.

[poochee]

Originally Posted by JStergis

I eat worse than anyone I know. A very quick calculation of yesterday and I came up with almost 5000 calories, and I know I'm forgetting things. I'd say that's about average, some days may be a bit more, but I don't think too many are less.

The weird thing is, I'm 5'7" and 115 lbs. During the winter I do nothing active, during the summer I mountain bike a lot (5 miles on a bad day, 10+ on a good day, sometimes as many as 30).

I haven't had a single item on the list of 20, though mainly because all we have here in that list is McDonald's, and I don't care for that place much.

What on earth did you eat????

[JStergis]

Originally Posted by poochee

What on earth did you eat????

Anything and everything!

It adds up quick. In drinks along, just the two Snapples I have when I wake up are 400 calories. Three or four 16.9 oz Coca-Colas are another 600-800.

A 1/4 gallon of ice cream (1/2 a carton) for "snacks" during the day is another 1120.

Not all I eat is junk though. I frequently make myself a huge Caesar salad for lunch or dinner. I think the amount I make is supposed to serve 8, but it's a course. I'm not sure how many calories are in that. I use a lot of dressing tossed into it, so that probably has a lot. Ran out of it, so I can't check the bottle.

Sometimes I'll make hamburgers out of ground beef, bacon, and cheese, I use about a pound of ground beef and usually make 4 good sized patties for two double-stacked burgers. Quickly googling, the buns are 240 calories, hamburger is about 1100.

I didn't even count breakfast, endless snacks, etc. and I'm already up to 3660 cals. Not too hard. It's not like I'm unhealthy either, I just eat a lot. I have a resting pulse of about 50, bike lots without trouble, etc. I must have an incredibly high metabolism. Lucky, I guess

[poochee]

Originally Posted by JStergis

Anything and everything!

It adds up quick. In drinks along, just the two Snapples I have when I wake up are 400 calories. Three or four 16.9 oz Coca-Colas are another 600-800.

A 1/4 gallon of ice cream (1/2 a carton) for "snacks" during the day is another 1120.

Not all I eat is junk though. I frequently make myself a huge Caesar salad for lunch or dinner. I think the amount I make is supposed to serve 8, but it's a course. I'm not sure how many calories are in that. I use a lot of dressing tossed into it, so that probably has a lot. Ran out of it, so I can't check the bottle.

Sometimes I'll make hamburgers out of ground beef, bacon, and cheese, I use about a pound of ground beef and usually make 4 good sized patties for two double-stacked burgers. Quickly googling, the buns are 240 calories, hamburger is about 1100.

I didn't even count breakfast, endless snacks, etc. and I'm already up to 3660 cals. Not too hard. It's not like I'm unhealthy either, I just eat a lot. I have a resting pulse of about 50, bike lots without trouble, etc. I must have an incredibly high metabolism. Lucky, I guess

I feeeeeeeeeel the calories. How frequent is frequent. You are cracking me up! I can't stop laughing at you. Seriously though, you may develop health problems if you keep eating like this. Take care.