Thread: South Beach Diet

Originally Posted by aging one

Just exercise. I wear a fitbit and noticed in the states I was averaging about 13,000 steps a day while touring around. So came back and kept it up. Now up to 16,000 steps a day of which say 5000 is jogging. Comes out to about 13 kilometers a day of exercise.

Then I came up with the bright idea to exercise at my prime drinking time 5pm to 630, so I am walk/jogging and doing some weights at that time.

Then come home to only 2 dark beer Lao's and a good dinner with salad every night.

I managed to eat about 4,000 calories a day in the states and not gain weight, here I am having to snack just to maintain the weight I am now as I am burning about 2400 calories a day with the regime.

Been 6 weeks now and it really seems natural. Did not really ever think I could do this.

Can appreciate the fitness consciousness and routine, AO - yet, to be fair, you've never had an overweight problem, have you?

Always remained [more or less] the same, yes?

Never really more than a few pounds overweight. But I had gotten lazy and began drinking too much beer. I realized how lazy I had become while home in the states. Living here I never washed clothes or did dishes. Rarely washed a car or did gardening. There was always somebody to do that here. It really hit home and I decided to put the energy into exercise. I sure as hell am not getting any younger....

I also realized as I aged I was no longer always the happy drunk, but sometimes angry and bad tempered....

Originally Posted by aging one

I was no longer always the happy drunk, but sometimes angry and bad tempered

...who would have guessed...

Originally Posted by aging one

I was no longer always the happy drunk, but sometimes angry and bad tempered....

Only every 28 days or so.

Meat chunks appear to be dry.

Apart from that, your Dilly Fusion Cuisine has possibilities.

The plate is actually 12 feet wide.



Good stuff Dill, Banoffee Pie cookies are 2 for 1 in Tops at the moment. With one cookie an evening as dessert yer sorted for a month for only 53 baht.

I bought these dates to combat the sweet tooth and they're working


400 fukkin baht but reduced from 600. Gotta love a bargain

Shit: just noticed theres 70 calories in a date.

I could have had 6 malteasers

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Meat chunks appear to be dry.

It was awful that dinner, that was sunflower oil fried chicken

Theres some mature cheddar cheese on the spinach which didnt work too.

Its all good though, cus half went in me , half went in the bin.

Winner winner chicken dinner

Originally Posted by Dillinger

...the fuck is that abomination??

^^ skinless chicken breast and a big jacket spud with a spinach and cheese sauce

I know, it looks like Chitty made it

^ Fancy writing up a diet, exercise and meal plan

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Fancy writing up a diet, exercise and meal plan

I'm a bit rubbish at sticking to a good diet plan because I tend to sleepwalk my way to the fridge every night and rid it of the nice shit that I'd studiously avoided during the day.

Exercise though...
got this good little gig going with the girls at the mo; they ride, I run... win win

Mine runs with me..... i have to shout at her to wait up sometimes. As Lulu says, baby steps

Bananas are the key if you crave something sweet!
Good source of energy and stop you cramping up during your 10 metre daily jog to the fridge and back

Shoulders and boxing down the gym today followed by a half marathon walk later.
Shall mostly be eating o%fat yoghurt drinks , bananas and salmon sandwiches.
Gonna weigh myself post workout.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Bananas are the key if you crave something sweet!
Good source of energy and stop you cramping up during your 10 metre daily jog to the fridge and back

Shoulders and boxing down the gym today followed by a half marathon walk later.
Shall mostly be eating o%fat yoghurt drinks , bananas and salmon sandwiches.
Gonna weigh myself post workout.

Bananas are fattening - taken abundantly.
Try another fruit with less starchy/carb laddened enzymes.

Yup, you never see a skinny gorilla

Problem with these 0% fat yogurts are that they are high in sugar. As someone else posted, Greek style yogurt dribbled with natural honey and some chopped soft fresh fruit is much better.

If you exercise more. Eat fruit and a nice slice of toast for breakfast. Then that chicken breast in a sandwich with a nice salad. Dinner can be 110 grams of a pork loin some mushrooms garlic and onions. Nice baked spud with more than spinach.

^^ Roll on Breakfast

Originally Posted by PAG

Greek style yogurt dribbled with natural honey and some chopped soft fresh fruit is much better.

Yeah it's good stuff that. Pretty much a breakfast staple of mine with some fruit or other.

I don't add the honey though - although it sounds nice now you've mentioned it.

I guess it can be quite tart and acidic but I've grown to quite like the taste of it on its own.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Yeah it's good stuff that. Pretty much a breakfast staple of mine with some fruit or other.

I don't add the honey though - although it sounds nice now you've mentioned it.

I guess it can be quite tart and acidic but I've grown to quite like the taste of it on its own.

Yup, my regular breakfast of choice......

^^I was going to say...'dribbling natural honey' over anything isn't a great way to lose weight.

Originally Posted by cyrille

I was going to say...'dribbling natural honey' over anything isn't a great way to lose weight.

Ultimately it's about balancing the bodies needs in terms of carbs, proteins etc, and reducing volumes against calorie expenditure. As CCC said, bananas are great as a precursor to activities such as cycling, but not as a staple diet. Just about the body learning to burn fat as a source of energy rather than digested carbs/sugar.

Originally Posted by aging one

If you exercise more

I have identified that as my main problem.

Found a place to give the missus a spanking at tennis and badminton tomorrow. Gotta be more fun than pacing around the same park, which I will do in the morning.

Is yoga gay?