Comments on: Out With The Old, In With The New: Figure Out Your Biggest Mistake http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/03/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-figure-out-your-biggest-mistake/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bill http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/03/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-figure-out-your-biggest-mistake/#comment-932141 Bill Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:59:53 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6326#comment-932141 If carrying a little extra weight in your 30′s while being an American is your worst regret, you are doing pretty good. I started putting on weight starting around 30, about 37 I found out I had diabetes. Not a big surprise as everyone in my family has it. I monitor my diet pretty close and exercise a lot. Now into my 40′s with my weight/diabetes under control I’m very happy with my physical condition, but I could not do it with out the exercise.

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/03/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-figure-out-your-biggest-mistake/#comment-932121 Suzanne Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:43:36 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6326#comment-932121 Trent, we know you enjoy reading and devour books (like I do), so I hope you will take the time to look at one that all of us who were or are overweight and out of shape, need. The book that changed my life is titled: “The China Study” by T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. When you finish that, you’ll want to read “Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Esselstyn’s son Rip Esselstyn has more recently come out with “The Engine 2 Diet” based on an experiment done by Austin Texas Firefighters. He proposes that you try his way of eating for 28 days and it will change your life. It did mine. I tried for 28 days and it was so easy and satisfying that I have continued eating this way for several months now. I didn’t plan to lose weight– just reduce my cholesterol. I feel so well, have so much energy. And lost weight without trying. The point is to eat the right foods and eat as much as you need of them. I love it!

I first heard about this when Wolfe on CNN asked former President Clinton how he lost so much weight prior to Chelsea’s wedding. As he has had heart disease for some time and loved his cheeseburgers– I thought– if he can do it, I can do it.

But it is the China study’s evidence about the American diet that convinced me and makes me a convert. I love the food I eat now and feel great. I hope for you and your family’s sake you get that book today and then report to the rest of us how your personal experiment with changing your eating goes. It may be the subject of an entirely new blog!

]]> By: Kathryn Fenner http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/03/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-figure-out-your-biggest-mistake/#comment-932112 Kathryn Fenner Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:45:46 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6326#comment-932112 I feel you. I have been overweight my whole life, but I got extra fat starting with the low fat craze. Finally getting diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Disease and getting on Synthroid helps–make sure you are thoroughly checked out for medical reasons–and make sure when they test your thyroid function they check your free T4–not the other tests….

and try the *new* Atkins diet–I tried the old version, but couldn’t stick with it. I have religiously followed the new version since February, and after finding that any deviation blocked my weight loss, simply insisted on no deviations– a lot of time I notice that overweight people put everyone else’s needs first and either eat food they don’t even want to make someone else happy, or eat to stuff the resentment they feel at being a door mat.

Best wishes!

]]> By: Tristan http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/03/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-figure-out-your-biggest-mistake/#comment-932106 Tristan Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:24:47 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6326#comment-932106 Looking forward to reading this series for the rest of the month. Some of your series seem to drag on… But even though this is a long one I am looking forward to the relatively short, yet thought-provoking posts.

]]> By: Johanna http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/03/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-figure-out-your-biggest-mistake/#comment-932104 Johanna Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:22:20 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6326#comment-932104 If your foremost concern is your overall health, your weight is not the best measure of that. It makes me so sad to see anyone characterize their own body as a “mistake.”

If you’re looking for books to review, you could try “Rethinking Thin” by Gina Kolata or “The Obesity Myth” (also published under the title “The Diet Myth”) by Paul Campos.

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