Little Known Uni diet plan works!

[Memphis Mud]

I've always been somewhat active. Never "dieted" in my life. Recently been getting a little chunky. Did this:

6 ft 1 in.
Mid March 206 pounds

MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY:
Drastically reduce (try to omit) bread, rice, pasta ...(Carbs).
Did not reduce fruit, red meat, fat, cheese, beer.
Typical breakfast: Apple or Banana (you could snack on these at 10 am too.)
Typical lunch: Apple, 1/4 pound sliced Salami, couple pc cheese. Water.
Typical dinner: meat and vegs. Just no breads (refined flours)

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
Eat anything you want. Pancakes, Spaghetti... Sometimes I will eat 2 or 3 icecream sandwiches in a row. I made a fantastic coconut pie. mmmm. Hamburgers fine. Bread fine. It doesn't matter. Treat yourself for being good MTWT.

Physical Activity: Uni. On the road, MUni, out in front of the house, whatever. MUni is best because it'll eat up an hour quick. Way better than running because its SO DANG FUN!!!

Mid May 186 pounds.

Guess what? Today is friday and Memphis is hosting the Internation Barbeque Cooking Contest. My company is competing. We're invited to the booth. Mmmmmmmm...BBQ Samiches.

[wobbling bear]

Originally posted by Memphis Mud
I've always been somewhat active. Never "dieted" in my life. ...
6 ft 1 in.
Mid March 206 pounds

MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY:
Drastically reduce (try to omit) bread, rice, pasta ...(Carbs).

I am no dietetician
(but I've been a cooking fan for nearly 50years -1,77m for 73kg -)
frankly I am surprised by this tendency to reduce bread , rice, pasta...
IMHO you are going the wrong way of "pop dieteticians".

what about more balanced meals (stronger at noon, lighter in the evening) with less meat, fat, cheese and more vegs?

My best advice for dieters: learn to cook! the more you'll love
sophisticated cuisine the leaner you'll get!

bear.

[muddycycle]

I have a simple uni diet. Eat anything, ride whenever I can. I have lost about 1 pound a week for the last year on this plan.

[Memphis Mud]

Originally posted by wobbling bear



frankly I am surprised by this tendency to reduce bread , rice, pasta...
IMHO you are going the wrong way of "pop dieteticians".

I remember my mom doing this back in the 60s. Its not all new advice. Nor could it be all bad advice.

The "pop" diets cut out fruit too. I refuse to believe that's good advice. An apple a Day...is etched in pretty deep. Those diets are for people who want to lose weight while sitting on the couch.

The only argument I'll accept (cuz I've lost 20 lbs, remember) is that when I go back to my old ways, I'll gain it all back. I believe this is a fact. So, the Mud-maintenance plan is to frown on too much bread, too much potatos, too much pasta... Everything in moderation.

It hasn't been a hardship at all. Turns out, on the weekends I don't want pastas, etc. Simply thinking before eating has paid off.

Critical Element to success: Unicycling is fun. In contrast to Running, which to me is mind-numbingly boring after 30 min. And in order to get anything beneficial, I think you need to go an hour or more on your long runs.

180-185 is about right.

In article <Memphis.Mud.nix4n@timelimit.unicyclist.com>,
Memphis.Mud.nix4n@timelimit.unicyclist.com (Memphis Mud) wrote:

>
> I've always been somewhat active. Never "dieted" in my life. Recently
> been getting a little chunky. Did this:
>
> 6 ft 1 in.
> Mid March 206 pounds
>
> MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY:
> Drastically reduce (try to omit) bread, rice, pasta ...(Carbs).
> Did not reduce fruit, red meat, fat, cheese, beer.
> Typical breakfast: Apple or Banana (you could snack on these at 10 am
> too.)
> Typical lunch: Apple, 1/4 pound sliced Salami, couple pc cheese.
> Water.
> Typical dinner: meat and vegs. Just no breads (refined flours)
>
> FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
> Eat anything you want. Pancakes, Spaghetti... Sometimes I will eat 2 or
> 3 icecream sandwiches in a row. I made a fantastic coconut pie. mmmm.
> Hamburgers fine. Bread fine. It doesn't matter. Treat yourself for being
> good MTWT.
>
> Physical Activity: Uni. On the road, MUni, out in front of the house,
> whatever. MUni is best because it'll eat up an hour quick. Way better
> than running because its SO DANG FUN!!!
>
> Mid May 186 pounds.
>
> Guess what? Today is friday and Memphis is hosting the Internation
> Barbeque Cooking Contest. My company is competing. We're invited to the
> booth. Mmmmmmmm...BBQ Samiches.
>
>
> --
> Memphis Mud - Student of GrandMaster 2T

Like Wobbling Bear, I'm surprised it worked, but it obviously does. Well
done! You deserve a triple puff pastry chocolate surprise with extra
spraying cream and lashings of caramel fudge sauce. Wouldn't you hate me
if I said that to you yesterday?!

If you get a vegetarian cookery book (or look up recipes on the net)
you'll find ways of making those vegetables a bit less bland.


Liam

[iunicycle]

Believe it or not, the laws of the Universe apply to diets: if you eat more calories than you need, the extra weight is added to your body. Our bodies are very efficient in transforming food into simple carbohydrates, protein and fat, and storing any left overs.

In order to lose weight you must eat less calories than you need to maintain your weight. To loose a pound of fat this reduction in calories is 4000. For a typical person, that means not eating anything for about two days.

If you eat an extra 100 calories a day for a year (beyond what your body needs to maintain a steady weight), you should expect to gain about 9 pounds. That is just about one slice of bread too much every day.

Here is my weight reduction diet:

Get an accurate scale.

First find a healthy, balanced diet that will just maintain your current weight. By healthy, I mean lots of veggies,
whole grain carbohydrates (no potatos or even whole wheat bread), 25-30 % fat max. Only use Extra Virgin Olive Oil as your pure oil source, as other foods like meat and nuts will have saturated fats.

Second, once your weight is stablized on a healthy diet, reduce your calories by 100-200 per day, max.

The more you exercise, the more you can eat.

Your weight will fluctuate based on things like how much extra water you body is holding. Lots of diets work by getting you to shed this water, resulting in quick weight loss. This is not the kind of weight you want to loose. Check your weight daily, but maintain an average over a 1-2 week period.

Your balanced diet can also be averaged over a two week period. Don't obsess on maintaining your diet at every meal, or every day. Don't worry about going to a party or a restaraunt and not following your diet.

Avoid:
saturated fat. Beef fat in every form is believed to be as harmful as cigarette smoking (but there is no second-hand fat problem).
finely divided carbohydrates. Potatos, bread, pasta. These break down into pure glucose within minutes causing damage to your glucose/insulin system. Even sugar is better than bread: it breaks down into glucose and fructose.
fast food.
simple diets. Everyone has a diet, just know what yours is. Pay attention to what you eat.

Bottom Line:
Restricted caloric intake is the only way to loose weight. There are few fat people in China.

The memphismud diet could be working because you are paying attention to what you are eating 4/7ths of the time. That is a good start, more than I do. Even doing this one day a week is a good start, because this is always the first step to any diet.

[tomblackwood]

Yes to fish, mostly no to red meat. Lots and lots of soybeans for protein. Add TVP to low-protein dishes.

Yes to complex carbs, no to simple carbs. Brown rice and multi-grain breads.

Mostly no to dairy fats, daily yes to geting fats via nuts. Almonds = brain food.

Exercise. Ride uni often. Supplemental ab/core work on swiss ball helps both posture and uni strength.

200 lbs a year ago, 175 and holding now.

[Mikefule]

Well well...

I got 'into' unicycling because I needed to lose weight, and I have nowhere to keep a normal bicycle, and I couldn't get excited by folding bicycles. I had an old uni... and now I have 7 unis and regularly ride 20 mile days.

Jan 2002, 163 Pounds, 5 foot 7.
Late 2002, 142 Pounds, but still 5 foot 7.

Now: the muscle's starting to go on in place of the fat, so I'm up to around 147 Pounds, but still 5 foot 7.

Diet: I gave up alcohol for a month. I'm vegetarian anyway. I cut out chocolate and sweets, and substituted bananas an apples.

Best unicling for burning off the calories: MUni.

What's the best unicycling for getting taller? A giraffe?

[harper]

Originally posted by muddycycle
I have a simple uni diet. Eat anything, ride whenever I can. I have lost about 1 pound a week for the last year on this plan.

Have you really lost 52 pounds in the last year?

My diet: cookies...pounds of them. High fat spicy foods, as much as I can injest. Root beer and espresso. Lots of dairy products. Steak or pork chops whenever possible. Oily, salty nuts. I draw the line at donuts.

Exercise: basketball, bicycle, unicycle, watching Buster run on the beach.

1975: 6'2", 180 lbs, 25 years old
2002: 6'1", 185 lbs, 50 years old

The shrinking porker. To lose weight, have frequent surgeries.

[jagur]

uni-diet plan?

the only thing i seem to lose is the unicycle itself...

buh boom boom cheeesh

[Rowan]

Originally posted by harper
1975: 6'2", 180 lbs, 25 years old
2002: 6'1", 185 lbs, 50 years old

I am curious. You lost 1" in height and gained 5 pounds weight in 27 years, but you only gained 25 years in age. How did you achieve this? I never seem to gain weight. I eat when I am hungry and ride when I feel like it. When I was 16 I was measured at 180cm tall in school and last time I was arrested (for arguing with police about riding on the footpath.. they called it disorderly behaviour for swearing at them), I only measured up to 176cm. Both times I had no shoes on. Perhaps it was the humiliation of being arrested that made me shrink.

[harper]

Originally posted by Rowan

I am curious. You lost 1" in height and gained 5 pounds weight in 27 years, but you only gained 25 years in age. How did you achieve this?

I have done enough time reversal experiments in fundamental particle physics to hold me back a couple of years. Or, maybe I can't add. I'm pretty sure that I can't add, come to think of it.

Thanks, Rowan. I love seeing stuff like that.

[bugman]

I love the pundits who talk about fad diets. I think the food pyramid is a fad, with no science to back it up. Do I have opinions.... oh yes I do.

I eat 2 eggs over hard fried in butter, and 2 strips of bacon. Pretty much every day for breakfast.

Lunch I have double bacon cheeseburger, and spinach salad. sometimes fish, steak, tuna, chicken salad etc...

Dinner I have Salmon, Steak, Polish sausage, Hamburger, Pork Chops(white steak) and a nutrient rich complex carb like broccoli, asparagus, spinach salad, etc...

I was 205 mid February, and am currently 168. I am starting to show hard earned muscle through the small layer of fat that remains. Simple carbs are killing americans everyday, and they are the foundation of the food pyramid.

By the way my Blood pressure is 110/70, my cholesterol is 180 with the HDL at 70 and my tryglycerides are 33. All of these numbers have dropped since February. I had borderline high blood pressure, High cholesterol, and I was out of breth walking up a flight of stairs.

I have done all the things that the nutrition books(college) say you should do, and never got into great shape. The only times I have been in good shape I was working out like a madman. Running, Lifting and teaching Martial arts five nights a week. I was thin, and had some muscle, but not a model type body. I have been running, biking and Unicycling since Late February and am physically in about as good a shape as when I was 20.
I have lost 0 muscularity since eating this way. I have no intention of adding back in ice cream, milk, cola, candy, bread, and most other processed food. I really have no desire for it either. Unlike when I was a vegan... I always craved things I couldn't have... But If what your doing is working and your bloodwork shows it to be healthy go for it. If your bloodwork is telling you a different story, consider the alternatives. My .02

bugman wrote:
> I love the pundits who talk about fad diets. I think the food pyramid
> is a fad, with no science to back it up. Do I have opinions.... oh
> yes I do.
>
> I eat 2 eggs over hard fried in butter, and 2 strips of bacon. Pretty
> much every day for breakfast.

I fry the bacon first so I can fry the eggs in bacon grease, and I aim for
50 grams of protein, so 6 slices of bacon (that's how many the skillet holds
;-)) and 5-6 eggs, maybe scrambled with Rotel and grated cheese.
>
> Lunch I have double bacon cheeseburger, and spinach salad. sometimes
> fish, steak, tuna, chicken salad etc...

Kifta, lately: 2.5# extra lean ground beef, 1# bag of peppers and onions,
3/4 cup lemon juice, heaping spoonfuls of cayenne pepper and minced garlic
and salt and habanero paste. Yummy! That recipe makes 5 servings, btw.
;-)
>
> Dinner I have Salmon, Steak, Polish sausage, Hamburger, Pork
> Chops(white steak) and a nutrient rich complex carb like broccoli,
> asparagus, spinach salad, etc...

Cucumbers and blue cheese dressing, mmm. Italian sausage and Rotel, or
roasted chicken with an interesting sauce (Tabasco and honey, mmm)... tuna
pan-fried in sesame oil... I'm getting hungry. ;-)
>
> I was 205 mid February, and am currently 168. I am starting to show
> hard earned muscle through the small layer of fat that remains.
> Simple carbs are killing Americans everyday, and they are the
> foundation of the food pyramid.

Yeah, cutting carbs helps a lot for me too. Giving up chocolate milk and
chocolate ice cream is really hard for me, but the effect, when I do, is
immediate and obvious.

Weren't the food groups invented by the dairy companies after world war 2?

Dylan