tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30732562.post599620363688500259..comments2010-03-23T18:13:40.685-07:00BBat50noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30732562.post-11696339711576685892010-03-22T07:34:40.104-07:002010-03-22T07:34:40.104-07:00I admire your accomplishments. <br /><br />Belated happy birthday to you!Science of Fightshttp://everythingfight.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30732562.post-54150664627837186832010-03-02T14:04:28.560-08:002010-03-02T14:04:28.560-08:00Happy birthday.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085160494038535606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30732562.post-39506721243548511362010-03-02T09:06:31.264-08:002010-03-02T09:06:31.264-08:00Happpy (belated) birthday from this 54 year old brown belt!<br /><br />Like you, I decided in January to lose some weight -- I decided I&#39;d like to be 15 pounds lighter. After 2 years in the dojo I knew exercise alone wasn&#39;t doing enough for my weight. I needed to change my diet.<br /><br />I believe success in weight management, like success in martial arts, requires discipline and commitment. For 6 weeks now I&#39;ve been recording calories, carbs, protein, and fat for everything I eat in a pocket notebook, transcribing them to a spreadsheet, adding them up, and aiming for particular goals each day. I&#39;m down 12 pounds now. Just a few pounds left to go, and then it&#39;s on to the next phase: keeping those pounds off, by continuing to track my diet and meet my goals.<br /><br />A book I strongly recommend is &quot;The Diet Docs&#39;® Guide to Permanent Weight Loss: Secrets to Metabolic Transformation&quot; (http://www.amazon.com/Diet-Docs%C2%AE-Guide-Permanent-Weight/dp/0736924655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1264102808&amp;sr=8-1). I&#39;m pretty much following their advice, though I&#39;ve reduced the protein goal a little. Really their program amounts to &quot;eat x, y, and z amounts of carbs, protein, and fat each day&quot; but the book gives a lot of insight into what goes on in metabolism and why certain diet strategies succeed or fail. Understanding is, I think, a great motivator.<br /><br />Good luck with all your goals!Doctroidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01850551887150988095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30732562.post-31466496815858239182010-03-02T01:20:16.076-08:002010-03-02T01:20:16.076-08:00Happy Birthday. Stay young!SueChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16008609198511182782noreply@blogger.com