tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6504933499928052824..comments2024-03-28T04:42:46.147-05:00Comments on Althouse: "[Seventy-eight percent] of hospitalizations due to COVID are Obese and Overweight people. Is there an underlying problem that perhaps we have not given enough attention to?"Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4558219161259759642021-09-03T23:38:06.411-05:002021-09-03T23:38:06.411-05:00Birches said...
I'm going to give a shout out...<i>Birches said...<br /><br />I'm going to give a shout out to people who are diligent about what they eat and are still overweight.<br /><br />I run at least 4 miles 4 times a week, walk another two days for about an hour. I intermittent fast and all our food is generally homemade. Only one serving at meals. I still need to lose 15 lbs. My spouse eats four meals a day, decides he needs to lose weight, stops eating at night and loses 15 lbs in a month. Genetics suck sometimes.</i><br /><br />Birches-- this might sound counterintuitive, but--aside from the differences between men and women, you may be either overdoing the intense exercise or actually not eating enough to fuel your body's needs to recover from that exercise. I'm not a professional, nor do I play one on TV, but in my own experience, my now-middle-aged female body seems to respond to anything approaching intense exercise by hoarding every pound it can and encouraging me to eat. Conversely, increasing my low intensity exercise such as walking does not seem to trigger a similar response. The major changes I made over the last year were increased walking, eating somewhat better (more veggies, less processed stuff, and avoid carb-laden dinners), and eating usually 2 meals/day on weekends rather than 3, with a resulting much-needed loss of 30 lbs. Granted, that's purely personal experience, there are plenty more pounds yet to be shed, and I really do needed to figure out how to work in muscle building activities without ruining the overall success. Nevertheless, it's been interesting. <br /><br />Also, for everyone who is trying to improve health/lose weight in a healthy manner/etc--go to the doctor and get your tests & blood work done so that (1) you know your physiological baseline, and (2) you can discover any hidden problems and address them!<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717733185076883718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85487203249047146552021-09-03T20:58:51.550-05:002021-09-03T20:58:51.550-05:00There are college QBs playing this weekend who are...There are college QBs playing this weekend who are in outstanding physical shape, yet have BMI ratings over obese.stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14769478684866499286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44381313512691579632021-09-03T20:47:03.861-05:002021-09-03T20:47:03.861-05:00BMI is silly. The more muscle one has, the higher ...BMI is silly. The more muscle one has, the higher the BMI, yet bodyfat percentage is lower. The average NFL tight end is considered obese by BMI standards. Not just overweight -- obese!<br /><br />Use bodyfat percentage. Yes, it takes a few moments. But wouldn't accurate information be more useful than a stupid metric that fails to measure what it is used for?stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14769478684866499286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3883009361055236732021-09-03T20:06:53.648-05:002021-09-03T20:06:53.648-05:00Unknown said...
My doctors said "lose we... Unknown said...<br /><br /><b> My doctors said "lose weight." So I asked how. They said "follow a Mediterranean diet." But I still don't see how lasagna is gonna help...</b><br /><br />I love lasagna.<br /><br />Replace the noodles with sliced eggplant. I have started frying the sliced eggplant in butter and adding garlic salt and pepper. <br /><br />4 pounds of lasagna ends up with around 30 carbs total from the canned tomatoes. Achilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972282652640331056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82007463891145031412021-09-03T18:16:20.393-05:002021-09-03T18:16:20.393-05:00Google Scholar is your friend for sorting out medi...Google Scholar is your friend for sorting out medical, nutritional, etc information. You can search for terms (X OR Y) omit others (-Z) and winnow by publication date.<br /><br />On the topic of "Metabolic Syndrome" OR "Obesity", there are 3,540,000 results.<br /><br />When you add "Inflammation" it drops only to 3,050,000 results. But if you ALSO add "Mitochondria" "Hippocampus" you're starting to get somewhere (31,100 results). <br /><br />Inflammation in the mitochondria of the hippocampus.<br /><br />So, what do you do about that? Address aberrant inflammation in the mitochondria of the hippocampus, of course. (Easier said than done.)<br /><br />A recent 2021 study:<br /><br />Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021<br />From Obesity to Hippocampal Neurodegeneration: Pathogenesis and Non-Pharmacological Interventions<br /><br />Open access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22010201<br /><br /><br />StephenFearbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05189831095663157811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74119930844612265812021-09-03T17:31:20.166-05:002021-09-03T17:31:20.166-05:00My doctors said "lose weight." So I ask...My doctors said "lose weight." So I asked how. They said "follow a Mediterranean diet." But I still don't see how lasagna is gonna help...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178745964425969835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44561929624259045312021-09-03T16:34:50.420-05:002021-09-03T16:34:50.420-05:00"Will power is for losers."
LOL<i>"Will power is for losers."</i><br /><br />LOLOriginal Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57929113487312595722021-09-03T16:23:14.334-05:002021-09-03T16:23:14.334-05:00I'm seventy and discovered that when I'm h...I'm seventy and discovered that when I'm hungry drink a big glass of ice water then wait a few minutes not hungry.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961374305306205038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73943678550236257362021-09-03T16:10:27.713-05:002021-09-03T16:10:27.713-05:00Every formerly fat female I’ve known, and I know a...Every formerly fat female I’ve known, and I know a few, has a visceral dislike for the obese, and blames their obesity on them, not on any external factors. And all of them credit their weight loss to- they decided to stop being fat so they ate less and exercised more. Self control is how they expressed it.<br /><br />I only have one formerly fat male friend. His motivation was the doctor telling him he had two choices- lose weight or die. And he lost it through diet and exercise. Newly retired, he and his wife joined a gym with pool and went swimming 3X a week.Gospacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570281939230746682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53841327309621476002021-09-03T14:48:59.510-05:002021-09-03T14:48:59.510-05:00I do enjoy living in a time and place where one of...I do enjoy living in a time and place where one of our biggest social issues is that poor people have too much food. TheOne Who Is Not Obeyedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384618252744334533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26722191151789777782021-09-03T14:16:20.870-05:002021-09-03T14:16:20.870-05:00Yes the underlying condition is not just the obesi...Yes the underlying condition is not just the obesity but more than likely obstructive sleep apnea so rampant among obese patients. I've written about this topic on several occasions for The Epoch Times.<br />Barry Krakow MD<br />Www.barrykrakowmd.com<br />Fastasleep.substack.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269320453679979505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49194699667824706882021-09-03T13:58:13.165-05:002021-09-03T13:58:13.165-05:00La_bob,
Don't have to be hungry when losing we...La_bob,<br />Don't have to be hungry when losing weight. Plenty of filling, relatively lo-cal foods available. exhelodrvr1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15874052265934108903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66313699060077422072021-09-03T13:50:09.072-05:002021-09-03T13:50:09.072-05:00Yes the underlying condition is not just the obesi...Yes the underlying condition is not just the obesity but more than likely obstructive sleep apnea so rampant among obese patients. I've written about this topic on several occasions for The Epoch Times.<br />Barry Krakow MD<br />www.barrykrakowmd.com<br />www.fastasleep.substack.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269320453679979505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36810193282772184772021-09-03T13:39:43.397-05:002021-09-03T13:39:43.397-05:00I have been going 20 hours between eating periods....I have been going 20 hours between eating periods. <br /><br />I don't get particularly hungry. <br /><br />The no pain/no gain and self control people are wrong. <br /><br />Carbs are an addictive poison.Achilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972282652640331056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67641760677625085882021-09-03T13:31:43.691-05:002021-09-03T13:31:43.691-05:00Yancey Ward said...
Losing weight is easy in ... Yancey Ward said...<br /><br /> <b> Losing weight is easy in the sense that we know exactly what one has to do to lose weight- burn more calories than one consumes. What is hard is getting the discipline to do so. </b><br /><br />This is just wrong.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sQrIi-RkuU" rel="nofollow">Your doctor is wrong about weight loss.</a><br />Achilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972282652640331056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68803737110214573192021-09-03T13:29:20.663-05:002021-09-03T13:29:20.663-05:00A bagel is empty calories with carbs that will mak...A bagel is empty calories with carbs that will make you hungry again sooner.walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818749187960350810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24321314275646371382021-09-03T13:08:17.670-05:002021-09-03T13:08:17.670-05:00One bagel has around 270 calories. A three Mike ru...One bagel has around 270 calories. A three Mike run burns around 300 calories. One. Bagel. The key is to not eat the bagel but do the run. You cannot lose weight by exercise alone. Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258681007386089907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26460449703306838812021-09-03T12:42:13.218-05:002021-09-03T12:42:13.218-05:00Mike Sylwester asks the right question at 6:28, bu...Mike Sylwester asks the right question at 6:28, but only gives a partial answer 29 minutes later. The key is the phrase “<i>overweight</i> or obese.” Per the CDC the percent of adults over 20 who are overweight or obese is 73.6%. So the proportion of those hospitalized for COVID who are overweight or obese pretty much mirrors the percentage of people classed as overweight or obese in the general population. Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67914647990719966222021-09-03T12:38:52.053-05:002021-09-03T12:38:52.053-05:00Keep it up mikee until you reach your goal. Figur...Keep it up mikee until you reach your goal. Figure out how to game your hunger pangs. Will power is for losers. Construct a system that limits your choices to non-triggering foods. Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5206293031442800722021-09-03T12:32:29.643-05:002021-09-03T12:32:29.643-05:00Losing weight is hard because food is cheap -- or ...Losing weight is hard because food is cheap -- or was cheap before Bidenflation.<br /><br />We use food as a drug, and as drugs go it's not the worst.<br /><br />I think you can lose weight -- or quit smoking -- if you radically change your life routine.<br /><br />But then you sink into a new routine and start putting on the pounds again.Lurker21https://www.blogger.com/profile/05692740653467688670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51990515697854347722021-09-03T12:28:43.058-05:002021-09-03T12:28:43.058-05:00This is true: "Howard (not that Howard) said....This is true: <i>"Howard (not that Howard) said...<br />I've been saying since the very beginning, like March 2020, that the best response to this pandemic is to focus on improving one's general health,"</i>, but how?<br /><br />And also true what <i>Temujin said...<br />There's so much about the virus, it's variations, the vaccines, and mask use that is constantly changing. Either the message gets changed to fit the new narrative or new actual facts appear. And it has been this way since December of 2019. But there have been a handful of constants that we know. Things that seem to be indicators of who will be more severely ill, or die, from this virus.</i><br /><br />Obesity? Yep, known since the beginning. At least one mention of Vitamin D above- and very early on one of the biggest predictors of whether someone ended up in ICU was- low Vitamin D blood level. Hey, you know what most obese people have? Low Vitamin D blood level. Fat cells suck up D. And don't give it up easily. Why? I don't know. The relationship between low D blood levels and worse outcomes in ALL URIs, including TB, has been known for over 2 decades. How many of you have had your D blood level checked? According to most internet sources, an ideal range is 40-60 ng/ml with >100 approaching Vitamin D intoxication, a bad thing. Except in the USA, inexplicably a few years back, the upper level was set at 50 ng/ml. Why isn't a blood level check a routing part of routine physicals and hospital admissions? It's an easy fix.<br /><br />So aside from Vitamin D checking, how do you improve your general health? Well, a good multi-vitamin-mineral (without iron) won't hurt. Of course, the medical establishment is near unanimous that all supplements are a waster of money- because if you eat a well balanced diet, you get all the vitamins and minerals you need! Note to medical establishment- no one eats a well balanced diet. You'll have to do the research yourself- what's best for me may not be best for you. Most people get the Mg they need from tap water. My well is 36 grains hard- we soften with potassium chloride. Hence, no Mg. And, when I switched from NaCl to KCl my better half's BP medicine had to be adjusted. There's all kinds of factors that determine what you will need- and one is- what's in your water supply. Do you like fruits and veggies or do you avoid them? Are you a vegetarian? Then you REALLY need to supplement...<br /><br />I've seen it here, I've seen it in other places, and I've said it myself. Your doctor, the health establishment, the government, none of them are responsible for your health. You are. Your doctor can help- but he's there to treat your sicknesses, not keep you healthy. Gospacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570281939230746682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40091085229740365502021-09-03T12:10:13.341-05:002021-09-03T12:10:13.341-05:00I’ll be 69 years old later this month. I’ve lost 3...I’ll be 69 years old later this month. I’ve lost 35 lbs since Feb ‘20 and feel much better. I’d like to lose more - another 20 lbs would be nice - and have a short term goal of losing 10 lbs before our daughter’s wedding in late November.<br /><br />I’ve developed a better appreciation for the discipline required to lose and maintain weight. Imanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212729241514444338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52002718753334063382021-09-03T11:51:06.385-05:002021-09-03T11:51:06.385-05:00Speaking as a person who is down 50 pounds from my...Speaking as a person who is down 50 pounds from my max mass, and who needs to lose 150 more pounds for my health: to hell with people who throw around fat shaming and fat phobia. Being overweight is killing me, and I damn well know it. So do all the other fat people on earth. <br /><br />When you can't reach your own backside on the potty you know something is very, very wrong. If I can accept the shame of having to grope really awkwardly with toilet paper to avoid having my backside covered with my own filth, anything anyone says to me is quite insignificant in comparison.<br /><br />I have a lot of Optifast protein shakes in my future, and a lot of them in my past. They aren't any fun, with side effects from constipation to muscle loss to fatigue to mental impairment while basically starving myself to lose weight. But I'm doing it. mikeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875483485290838207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57629150238066532372021-09-03T11:44:25.815-05:002021-09-03T11:44:25.815-05:00If under 65 and without chronic health problems, a...If under 65 and without chronic health problems, a BMI of 25+ is your ticket to monoclonal antibody eligibility.<br />So..if you are close and looking for a reason to chow down this weekend, there ya go.walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818749187960350810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83860798239209573642021-09-03T11:32:50.800-05:002021-09-03T11:32:50.800-05:00Fat acceptance is "politically correct,"...Fat acceptance is "politically correct," but it also goes against the general trend of political correctness which is making us more like China. So I'm ambivalent about it. It shames and suppresses people for shaming fat people, but at least it saves us from government-imposed calisthenics.Lurker21https://www.blogger.com/profile/05692740653467688670noreply@blogger.com