can i survive on smoothies?

BEELZEBOB · 02-13-2008, 06:00 PM

i.e. to elliminate saturted fat from my diet, can i just drink these Odwalla superfoods and V8s?

lcstorc · 02-13-2008, 06:02 PM

Can you? Yes
Should you? No
You need to have some variety and a diet like that will not work for the long term. The diets that work are the ones that change your eating habits to healthier habits that you keep long term. Otherwise the weight just comes back when you go off of the diet.

Octoman · 02-13-2008, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BEELZEBOB

i.e. to elliminate saturted fat from my diet, can i just drink these Odwalla superfoods and V8s?

I think you would develop lateral line disease and hole in the head if you didn't mix at least a little nori in with that...

CATALYST · 02-13-2008, 06:11 PM

You need to eat food dude. Unprocessed food is best. Gotta have protein. And, exercise.

kathywithbirds · 02-13-2008, 06:47 PM

Mike crash diets with the cabbage soup diet. It's nasty by day 4 but he gets through it then goes on Atkins. He does seem to keep it off that way, but HOLY COW stay upwind.

Witfull · 02-13-2008, 06:57 PM

im a firm believer in low carb, hi protien diets. rice is great too, but not uncle bens crapola,,,real rice, the sticky stuff~ sushi, lean meats and veggies. stay away from pasta and breads. also,,,,i know this will hurt,,,,,no beer!

funkpolice · 02-13-2008, 08:26 PM

v8 has alot of nutrients. You could probably survive on that. v8 and pocket lint. I'm gonna write a book.
bill

DrHank · 02-13-2008, 08:57 PM

You can survive on anything you eat until you die!

aquaticimports · 02-13-2008, 08:59 PM

LOL Doc

vdituri · 02-13-2008, 09:04 PM

I don't think we can be friends anymore Wit.

No Bread? No beer? No Pasta?

What am I supposed to eat?

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Originally Posted by Witfull

im a firm believer in low carb, hi protien diets. rice is great too, but not uncle bens crapola,,,real rice, the sticky stuff~ sushi, lean meats and veggies. stay away from pasta and breads. also,,,,i know this will hurt,,,,,no beer!

kathywithbirds · 02-13-2008, 09:23 PM

I absolutely MUST have some form of sugar at least once a week. When I'm bad it's once a day.

ANYway, whaddya doin', Bob? Just losing for general reasons or you got an event comin' up? The soup diet will take 10 lbs off, pretty much guaranteed if you are faithful. Hard as h@%% though.

How about running? Can you run? If you take up running and get into it as fast as you can (without hurting yourself, get GOOD SHOES) fat will melt off. Every guy I have ever known has the ability to shave off pound through either of those two methods. For us women, dieting just sucks.

Oh, and PM Craig. He does the exercise thing for a living.

ReefGuy69 · 02-13-2008, 09:25 PM

i recommend doing this. weigh yourself for a few weeks eating what your always eat. See if you are maintaining your weight. If so then good. From there see what your eating and see if you can cut out stuff. For example if your eating chicken with the skin on it, then go skinless, if your eating alot of cookies, then when you go for a cookie try something healtheir like a granola bar. With slow changes like that you will be able to slowly bring your weight down, and you will also be more likley to stick with it in the long run. Im trying to do this... its really hard though. Driving by the burger shop and having the smell of fresh grilled burgers coming thru my heater vents of the car or the thought of pizza and wings on a friday night with a movie. But slowly im managing it so hopefully a few years from now i will have conqured the whole dieting thing.

vdituri · 02-13-2008, 09:35 PM

That is along the same line I been doing.
When the whole atkins diet when crazy nuts I started reading closer to the ingredients on things and noticed the connection between carbs and sugar.
In whatever it was I was looking at they were exactly the same # of grams. Go figure.
So I started with my drivethrough combo meals switching from my default soda to iced tea. Then after a long while cut the fries out. I would eat a couple but toss the rest. Then when Wendy's did the whole choose your side thing started getting chili then salads. Has done alot for me. I still get icecream or cookies from time to time. I'm not dead after all.
It took me 39 years to get to this point so I'm not expecting an overnight miracle.

kathywithbirds · 02-13-2008, 09:42 PM

Victor, you look darn good for 39.

RyanG · 02-13-2008, 09:55 PM

You can survive off that for a while, are you having cholesterol/blood pressure problems or trying to lose weight? If you are trying to lose then you must learn to modify your eating habits i lost 25 lbs by cutting out soda and replacing my regular lunch with raw veggies and fruits. Plateaued and lost another fifteen by eating a garden salad and a glass of water before dinner and cutting down the portions of my dinner plate. Actually I just used a smaller plate in size. This all included a brisk 1hour walk every day before dinner.

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CATALYST Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 916 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: can i survive on smoothies? You need to eat food dude. Unprocessed food is best. Gotta have protein. And, exercise. __________________

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,712 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: can i survive on smoothies? Mike crash diets with the cabbage soup diet. It's nasty by day 4 but he gets through it then goes on Atkins. He does seem to keep it off that way, but HOLY COW stay upwind. __________________ (\ /) This is Bunny crying. ( ; ; ) He thinks Brainy and Bunnina . ' ' ...are having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang Start: 163.5 Current: I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale...

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,712 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: can i survive on smoothies? I absolutely MUST have some form of sugar at least once a week. When I'm bad it's once a day. ANYway, whaddya doin', Bob? Just losing for general reasons or you got an event comin' up? The soup diet will take 10 lbs off, pretty much guaranteed if you are faithful. Hard as h@%% though. How about running? Can you run? If you take up running and get into it as fast as you can (without hurting yourself, get GOOD SHOES) fat will melt off. Every guy I have ever known has the ability to shave off pound through either of those two methods. For us women, dieting just sucks. Oh, and PM Craig. He does the exercise thing for a living. __________________ (\ /) This is Bunny crying. ( ; ; ) He thinks Brainy and Bunnina . ' ' ...are having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang Start: 163.5 Current: I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale...

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ReefGuy69 Plate Coral Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 746 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: can i survive on smoothies? i recommend doing this. weigh yourself for a few weeks eating what your always eat. See if you are maintaining your weight. If so then good. From there see what your eating and see if you can cut out stuff. For example if your eating chicken with the skin on it, then go skinless, if your eating alot of cookies, then when you go for a cookie try something healtheir like a granola bar. With slow changes like that you will be able to slowly bring your weight down, and you will also be more likley to stick with it in the long run. Im trying to do this... its really hard though. Driving by the burger shop and having the smell of fresh grilled burgers coming thru my heater vents of the car or the thought of pizza and wings on a friday night with a movie. But slowly im managing it so hopefully a few years from now i will have conqured the whole dieting thing. __________________ Dennis ________ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...journal-3.html 55gal AGA w/ built in overflow 15 gal acrylic DIY sump/fuge 75lbs Fiji Live Rock 45lbs of Live Sand 1-1/2inch (1) 96 watt Super Blue Actinic Power Compact (2) 96 Watt 10,000k Power Compacts (2) Ebo Jager 200 watt heaters Seaclone 150 Skimmer (2) Hagen 50's Power Heads for flow (1) Hagen 70 Return Pump DIY ATO system (5 Gal) Mini Aqua Lights for fuge (10k/Actinic03) TLF 150 Phosban Reactor 12X turnover rate 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Peppermint Shrimp, Neon Green Hairy Mushrooms, Red Zoanthus Polyps.

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vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 5,725 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: can i survive on smoothies? That is along the same line I been doing. When the whole atkins diet when crazy nuts I started reading closer to the ingredients on things and noticed the connection between carbs and sugar. In whatever it was I was looking at they were exactly the same # of grams. Go figure. So I started with my drivethrough combo meals switching from my default soda to iced tea. Then after a long while cut the fries out. I would eat a couple but toss the rest. Then when Wendy's did the whole choose your side thing started getting chili then salads. Has done alot for me. I still get icecream or cookies from time to time. I'm not dead after all. It took me 39 years to get to this point so I'm not expecting an overnight miracle. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,712 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: can i survive on smoothies? Victor, you look darn good for 39. __________________ (\ /) This is Bunny crying. ( ; ; ) He thinks Brainy and Bunnina . ' ' ...are having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang Start: 163.5 Current: I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale...

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RyanG Ricordea Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cuba,NY Posts: 176 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: can i survive on smoothies? You can survive off that for a while, are you having cholesterol/blood pressure problems or trying to lose weight? If you are trying to lose then you must learn to modify your eating habits i lost 25 lbs by cutting out soda and replacing my regular lunch with raw veggies and fruits. Plateaued and lost another fifteen by eating a garden salad and a glass of water before dinner and cutting down the portions of my dinner plate. Actually I just used a smaller plate in size. This all included a brisk 1hour walk every day before dinner.

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