Guest guest Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 We all do it differently. I don't fast; I find that many small meals help me. My husband is no CRONIE but he does accept the healthy food I serve. When he's out of my sight, Lord only knows what he's eating. Sounds like your husband has no need for CR: but he might need " ON " (optimal nutrition). We all know people who were thin, but died young anyway. on 4/6/2004 9:07 AM, cdonegan264 at cdonegan264@... wrote: > How are most of you maintaining your CR? Is anyone fasting one-two > days a week? > > Is CRON mostly a solo journey? If you've gotten your significant > other on board, how? (My husband is 6' tall and weighs 130 on a fat > day - I'm not sure he's a great candidate for CR). > > Any advice on improving teen-age diets? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 >From: " cdonegan264 " <cdonegan264@...> >Reply- > >Subject: [ ] Fasting and family >Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 13:07:25 -0000 > >How are most of you maintaining your CR? Is anyone fasting one-two >days a week? No fasts...just eat regularly as little and as well as I can get away with... > >Is CRON mostly a solo journey? If you've gotten your significant >other on board, how? (My husband is 6' tall and weighs 130 on a fat >day - I'm not sure he's a great candidate for CR). Solo for me. My wife thinks I'm too thin. She, of course, never is.... > >Any advice on improving teen-age diets? Tell 'em to eat the opposite of what you'd really like them to eat. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Hi: It looks like your husband is already on 'CR'. But whether he is or not, as Francesca points out, the 'ON' of 'CRON' is especially important for him. If he isn't on 'ON' he may, because of his presumably low food intake, be seriously deficient in some critical nutrients. Best way to find out may be to monitor everything he eats for a month and log it into some place like Fitday.com (free). I was quite surprised to discover what was deficient from my diet. Never would have guessed it without checking. Rodney. > How are most of you maintaining your CR? Is anyone fasting one-two > days a week? > > Is CRON mostly a solo journey? If you've gotten your significant > other on board, how? (My husband is 6' tall and weighs 130 on a fat > day - I'm not sure he's a great candidate for CR). > > Any advice on improving teen-age diets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 He's certainly never restricted calories on purpose, he's always maintained he has a high metabolism. It would be interesting to see how many calories he's eating and what nutrients he gets. He maintains that his breakfast of juice, banana and poptart is the healthy start he needs each day. Then he caps the day off with a big bowl of ice cream at night. I have Walford's program, so I'll take a look. How does every body feel about vitamin supplementation? It would seem that whole food vitamins would be better than isolates and closer to eating the real thing. > > How are most of you maintaining your CR? Is anyone fasting one- two > > days a week? > > > > Is CRON mostly a solo journey? If you've gotten your significant > > other on board, how? (My husband is 6' tall and weighs 130 on a fat > > day - I'm not sure he's a great candidate for CR). > > > > Any advice on improving teen-age diets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Your reply is an eye-opener right there. He probably DOES have a high metabolism. But he's eating mounds of junk. Pop tarts are nothing but sugar and flour. Ice cream of course is not exactly a health food . It might be hard to convince him that he's not eating right since he doesn't gain weight, but I used to be just like that once upon a time. on 4/6/2004 6:41 PM, cdonegan264 at cdonegan264@... wrote: > He's certainly never restricted calories on purpose, he's always > maintained he has a high metabolism. It would be interesting to see > how many calories he's eating and what nutrients he gets. He > maintains that his breakfast of juice, banana and poptart is the > healthy start he needs each day. Then he caps the day off with a big > bowl of ice cream at night. > > I have Walford's program, so I'll take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Terrific advice! Why didn't I think of that? on 4/6/2004 4:27 PM, Dowling at dowlic@... wrote: >> Any advice on improving teen-age diets? > > Tell 'em to eat the opposite of what you'd really like them to eat. >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Hi 264: Yes, whole foods are much better. But they also contain calories you may not need. If you are eating a sensible diet and find you are still deficient in a couple of important nutrients, it is much better to supplement to make sure you get at least the RDA for them, than be deficient. Also much better than to eat more food in order to get the nutrients and put on weight. If you can find a way to adjust your food intake to solve the problem, so much the better. But there are also questions about how much of what you put in your mouth is absorbed, or prevented from being absorbed, by oxalic acid for example. This is still an inexact science, it seems. Rodney. > > > How are most of you maintaining your CR? Is anyone fasting one- > two > > > days a week? > > > > > > Is CRON mostly a solo journey? If you've gotten your significant > > > other on board, how? (My husband is 6' tall and weighs 130 on a > fat > > > day - I'm not sure he's a great candidate for CR). > > > > > > Any advice on improving teen-age diets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Hi 264: Another issue raised by your post is 'high metabolism'. I have often wondered whether this phenomenon really exists. We are all aware of people who seem to remain thin no matter how much they eat. If indeed your husband does have a 'high metabolism' (assuming he doesn't use huge amounts of exercise daily to burn off his calories? Or immerse himself in frigid water for an hour or two daily (swimming laps, perhaps)? Or run around with few clothes on with the thermostat set at 60°F?) then the extra energy he burns off must show up somewhere. One would think that most likely the extra energy would be evidenced by a higher body temperature. Energy cannot be simply destroyed without trace so if he really is burning it then his body must, by some means or other, be dissipating it to the environment. A higher body temperature is a possibility. It would be extraordinarily interesting if you were to take your husband's temperature to see if it really is above average. Since body temperature varies throughout the day - lower in the early morning, higher later in the day I believe - it would be good to watch it a few times a day if possible, over a few days. If he doesn't have a higher than average body temperature then one would have to ask how his body is dissipating the extra energy he believes he is burning off. There are alternative explanations. One is that his intestine may be absorbing fewer of the calories than the average person. Just a thought. If you find it convenient the temperature detail might help to confirm, or perhaps question, the high metabolism issue, depending on what you found. Rodney. > > > How are most of you maintaining your CR? Is anyone fasting one- > two > > > days a week? > > > > > > Is CRON mostly a solo journey? If you've gotten your significant > > > other on board, how? (My husband is 6' tall and weighs 130 on a > fat > > > day - I'm not sure he's a great candidate for CR). > > > > > > Any advice on improving teen-age diets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 My husband doesn't exercise much nor immerse himself in frigid water. I think his temperature has always been normal. Maybe it is a reduced intestinal absorption thing. Thanks for your thoughts. Carolyn > > > > How are most of you maintaining your CR? Is anyone fasting one- > > two > > > > days a week? > > > > > > > > Is CRON mostly a solo journey? If you've gotten your > significant > > > > other on board, how? (My husband is 6' tall and weighs 130 on a > > fat > > > > day - I'm not sure he's a great candidate for CR). > > > > > > > > Any advice on improving teen-age diets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Assuming, of course, that he absorbs the same amount of calories from food. Those with gastric bypass and other GI abnormalities may not absorb the same amount of calories from what they eat as others. >From: " Rodney " <perspect1111@...> >Reply- > >Subject: [ ] Re: Fasting and family >Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:39:15 -0000 > >Hi 264: > >Another issue raised by your post is 'high metabolism'. I have often >wondered whether this phenomenon really exists. We are all aware of >people who seem to remain thin no matter how much they eat. > >If indeed your husband does have a 'high metabolism' (assuming he >doesn't use huge amounts of exercise daily to burn off his calories? >Or immerse himself in frigid water for an hour or two daily (swimming >laps, perhaps)? Or run around with few clothes on with the >thermostat set at 60°F?) then the extra energy he burns off must show >up somewhere. > >One would think that most likely the extra energy would be evidenced >by a higher body temperature. Energy cannot be simply destroyed >without trace so if he really is burning it then his body must, by >some means or other, be dissipating it to the environment. A higher >body temperature is a possibility. > >It would be extraordinarily interesting if you were to take your >husband's temperature to see if it really is above average. Since >body temperature varies throughout the day - lower in the early >morning, higher later in the day I believe - it would be good to >watch it a few times a day if possible, over a few days. > >If he doesn't have a higher than average body temperature then one >would have to ask how his body is dissipating the extra energy he >believes he is burning off. There are alternative explanations. One >is that his intestine may be absorbing fewer of the calories than the >average person. > >Just a thought. If you find it convenient the temperature detail >might help to confirm, or perhaps question, the high metabolism >issue, depending on what you found. > >Rodney. > > > > > > How are most of you maintaining your CR? Is anyone fasting one- > > two > > > > days a week? > > > > > > > > Is CRON mostly a solo journey? If you've gotten your >significant > > > > other on board, how? (My husband is 6' tall and weighs 130 on a > > fat > > > > day - I'm not sure he's a great candidate for CR). > > > > > > > > Any advice on improving teen-age diets? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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