You look so thin. Are you sick?

[Guest guest]

A person I had not seen for a while greeted me with " You look so thin.

Are you sick? " . I chuckled and replied that my weight had been

fairly steady for the last three years. With a BMI around 23, I am

not particularly skinny, but compared to other people my age, I look

thin.

CR really changes your life. At a recent gathering, I noticed how

much more people eat than I do. It seems like a long time ago, but I

seem to remember that I ate like that at one time.

I no longer buy or eat junk food. The only junk food at home is one

box of chocolates with hydrogenated fats that someone brought as a

gift not long ago, and which I put out for guests who don't watch what

they eat. What is surprising to me is that I am not tempted by the

sweets and pastries that I used to love, and when I taste them, a

forkful will do. Today, I would not consider eating a whole slice of

cake with all its frosting. Knowledge about food certainly changes

your perceptions about it.

Tony

[Guest guest]

Hi there. I get the same comments from family and friends. My BMI is

19.8. But i am all muscle because i resistance train frequently. But

still they say " There is nothing left of you. What will you do if you

get sick? " (I don't even know what that really means??)

Oh well, I feel great!

I've noticed similar changes in eating habits and preferences over

time, amazes me that food " likes " and " dislikes " can be modified given

enough time. My weaknesses were along the lines of " chips " , french

fries and bacon. Never much of a sweet-eater I'd swap my desert,

usually a pastry of some sort, for another " bologna " sandwich during

school lunches. But now a peach or strawberry is sooooo much more

succulent soo much more tasty than a french fry. All those fried foods

or " meats " taste so " oily " or " greasy " now to me. yecch.

May I ask what do you eat these days? Is your diet total " lowfat " or

more along lines of Mediterranean? Or smthg else? How much protein do

you think we should consume?

bill4cr

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> A person I had not seen for a while greeted me with " You look so thin.

> Are you sick? " . I chuckled and replied that my weight had been

> fairly steady for the last three years. With a BMI around 23, I am

> not particularly skinny, but compared to other people my age, I look

> thin.

>

> CR really changes your life. At a recent gathering, I noticed how

> much more people eat than I do. It seems like a long time ago, but I

> seem to remember that I ate like that at one time.

>

> I no longer buy or eat junk food. The only junk food at home is one

> box of chocolates with hydrogenated fats that someone brought as a

> gift not long ago, and which I put out for guests who don't watch what

> they eat. What is surprising to me is that I am not tempted by the

> sweets and pastries that I used to love, and when I taste them, a

> forkful will do. Today, I would not consider eating a whole slice of

> cake with all its frosting. Knowledge about food certainly changes

> your perceptions about it.

>

> Tony

>

[Guest guest]

Hi All!

Bill I totally agree with you, I've got so used to my low fat food (I

cook myself most of my meals) taht everytime I eat out I just fell

the fat. I don't know how to explain the sensation, it is " greasy "

especially fat on vegetables, it totally changes the taste,

everything becames the same fat taste.

And I can also smell it, and I can smell junk/processed food in other

people, especially on toiletes.

And a word about sweet things, do you feel that, after a while eating

basically nothing with sugar, any sweet becames way too sweet? Like

something you cant stand?

Disclosure: I am new to CR, 5 days to be exact, but for 1,5 years I

don't eat anything that my grand grand mother wouldn't recognize as

food, or anything processed.

> >

> > A person I had not seen for a while greeted me with " You look so

thin.

> > Are you sick? " . I chuckled and replied that my weight had been

> > fairly steady for the last three years. With a BMI around 23, I

am

> > not particularly skinny, but compared to other people my age, I

look

> > thin.

> >

> > CR really changes your life. At a recent gathering, I noticed how

> > much more people eat than I do. It seems like a long time ago,

but I

> > seem to remember that I ate like that at one time.

> >

> > I no longer buy or eat junk food. The only junk food at home is

one

> > box of chocolates with hydrogenated fats that someone brought as a

> > gift not long ago, and which I put out for guests who don't watch

what

> > they eat. What is surprising to me is that I am not tempted by

the

> > sweets and pastries that I used to love, and when I taste them, a

> > forkful will do. Today, I would not consider eating a whole

slice of

> > cake with all its frosting. Knowledge about food certainly

changes

> > your perceptions about it.

> >

> > Tony

> >

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