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Sun, Aug-24-14, 12:53

Bonnie OFS Bonnie OFS is offline

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Plan: Dr. Bernstein
Stats: 188/150/135 Female 5 ft 4 inches

BF:
Progress: 72%

Location: NE WA

I thought of something that makes me look more frugal than I am. Besides buying many pounds of on-sale hamburger, several months earlier I had bought 3 cases of tuna on sale. Anytime something is on sale, I buy as much of it as I can afford to. So each month we're eating food that was bought months before.

To get a more accurate monthly average, I would have to keep track of all food shopping for a year or more & average it out.

I doubt if even poorer people (we're considered poor) could manage to buy ahead that way. And storage would be difficult for many.

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Sun, Aug-24-14, 14:54

Liz53

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Plan: Mostly Fung/IDM
Stats: 165/138.4/135 Female 63

BF:???/better/???
Progress: 89%

Location: Washington state

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Originally Posted by WereBear

Very true, and I'd add that until the very concept even occurs to you... merely asking "Is this food?" will sound like a very insane question.

I vividly remember reading one of the Pritikin books (thank goodness I never went that far) and Pritikin himself was claiming that food was merely "bulk" to the stomach. That we could eat cement dust and we wouldn't be hungry any more.

Now that's insane.

Wow, I don't remember that! I read and did Pritikin and in the process (I'm now convinced) forever altered my metabolism (and not for the better). Guess I was drinkin' the Koolaid. I will say that Pritikin "helped" me get to my lowest weight in my adult life. 113. Low enough that my periods stopped and people told me I was wasting away. I gained back the weight very very quickly and I'm sure in the process traded some muscle for fat. Sigh....I'd like a do-over on that, please.