Some people may say to never eat animal products because of the cruelty that the animals are put through. I myself eat meat, but I can certainly respect that point of view.

With all of that being said, I 100% agree with your comment. I dare anyone who thinks that fruit will make you fat to eat nothing but fruit for a month while maintaining their maintenance level of calories and see how they won’t gain weight.

That’s the problem with the mainstream diet industry and books. I partly blame Atkins for the fruit and carb phobia.

I usually get the ‘fruit will make you fat’ comment from people who don’t like to eat fruit. Their so concerned about the sugar in fruit but they have no problem throwing back 10 candy bars or other junk. They don’t give the sugar content a second thought in that junk food, but they’ll avoid healthy fruit because of it.

I read that post from Craig when he published it earlier. It’s a very well written post as usual.

I appreciate you chiming in Adam.

http://www.ttfatloss.com/workouts/obesity/

Go there and read at the bottom. Plenty of studies to show that Apples actually can whiten and rejuvenate the teeth.

In the same way too much fat in the diet stresses the gall-bladder and will make you prone to gall stones and an eventual removal of said organ.

People suffering from kidney stones are often very heavy meat-eaters. The medical fraternity will advise that they cut down on their meat intake as well as up their fluids.

I believe you are what you eat and it’s all about the balance and the intake of calories. Problems appear to arise when we over eat one type of nutrient. Comes to mind that if we focused on the balance we would not have a calorie surplus.

A handful of peanuts and not the whole bowl, half a bottle of wine and not one bottle of wine and six stubbies(that’s Aus for 375 mls beer) followed up by enough fish and chips for 3 people. And what I consumed after that I really can’t remember. However the bowls on the coffee table in the morning were evidence that I continued on my merry way. Here, I am refering to my eating yesterday.

I haven’t put on any weight because each day I tear it up at the gym. This is making me hopping mad at myself. Today will be different. BTW it is 43 degrees in Perth WA today as it was yesterday and my gym is not airconditioned. Being outside is like putting your head in a very warm oven.
Have a terric day everyone. You are all probably tucked up in bed sound asleep right now.
_Cheers

Veggies, nuts, fruits, eggs, meats such as chicken, fish and steak.

Unlike many females, I am also not afraid of fats, provided its animal fats, butter (not margarine) and any virgin type oils, then i’ll use it. Any processed fats, such as un-virgin oils, margarine etc are a no-no for me. I never used to eat fat, but now eating a bit of it has benefited my hunger.

After having years of digestive problems I have found the best thing I have done is eliminate gluten and grain products from my diet.

Having said all that, I also schedule cheat days, where I eat some processed things and pastas etc. I find no reactions to those foods despite the fact that when i had them all the time i was having reactions. I find i can lose weight with cheat days and its an awesome psychological boost. I have either one or two cheat days depending on whether i’m trying to lose fat.