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cliffordu

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21. 2 hours on a mountain bike 6 days a week.

Thu May 3, 2012, 04:26 AM

May 2012

in the woods. On steep narrow trails.

Eat all you want and never gain an ounce. In fact, I had to start doing protein shakes to keep my weight up.

That was when I was 55. I weighed about 185..... 6'1"

I'm 60 now and don't ride the bike in the woods at all anymore. I weigh 30 lbs more than I did back then.

These days all I have to do is LOOK at food to gain another pound a day, it seems.

Man, I miss me at 55.

Sorry I don't have an answer, although I think I did, a long time ago.

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What is the most successful diet you have tried? [View all] applegrove May 2012 OP

watching portions and eliminating HFCS tabbycat31 May 2012 #1

HFCS is poison as far as I'm concerned n/t Populist_Prole May 2012 #6

I lost 45 pounds with smaller portions/fewer calories/'mind game'. It takes a while, but it works. trof May 2012 #24

For the most part I cut out soda years ago tabbycat31 May 2012 #25

I quit the soda and other sweetened drinks OriginalGeek May 2012 #26

I wasn't really hungry with smaller portions. trof May 2012 #27

my version of the Scarsdale kwassa May 2012 #2

Same here. Swede May 2012 #3

Jail food. I lost weight for the week I was in. Kaleva May 2012 #4

I don't have a name for it, but I lost 20+ lbs and kept it off Populist_Prole May 2012 #5

it all sounds really good ! But coffeemate? Isn't that really "processed"?? nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #41

It surely must be, but it's but 3 teaspoons a day. Populist_Prole May 2012 #42

oh..makes sense. hate black coffee too. have you tried Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #43

I always wanted to try them out of curiosity Populist_Prole May 2012 #45

Eat right and exercise. Iggo May 2012 #7

Plant based whole foods, low fat Doremus May 2012 #8

Virtually giving up soda, I didn't have any for a month mythology May 2012 #9

Soda is probably the simplest. quakerboy May 2012 #32

The do not eat too much food diet. Seriously CBGLuthier May 2012 #10

Starvation. Just not eating. Works all the time. n/t RebelOne May 2012 #11

Eating whatever I want within a certain daily calorie calculation. Brickbat May 2012 #12

A program my Dr. Introduced me to. Consists of daily meal replacement shake and cleansing. ohiosmith May 2012 #13

The Poor college student diet siligut May 2012 #14

Atkins worked fastest. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #15

Soouth Beach is Atkinsy but way healthier. nolabear May 2012 #34

Atkins for long-term, Medifast for quick weight loss. Still Blue in PDX May 2012 #16

Pasta salad with every Raven May 2012 #17

Lost 90 lbs. due to stress and a job I hated........ mrmpa May 2012 #18

Gardening. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #19

giardia. n/t dimbear May 2012 #20

2 hours on a mountain bike 6 days a week. cliffordu May 2012 #21

exercising and not eating too much. harmonicon May 2012 #22

Eat less, exercise more. Scuba May 2012 #23

That's it, my dear Scuba! CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #29

Unemployment guitar man May 2012 #28

Successful? hobbit709 May 2012 #30

Stopped keeping cookies & potato chips in the house WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #31

I seem to be doing well on a low carb diet. nolabear May 2012 #33

I can give you the trends quakerboy May 2012 #35

Was it diet or full calorie soda you gave up? applegrove May 2012 #36

All soda quakerboy May 2012 #37

The 'no bread and potatoes' diet; elleng May 2012 #38

Just cutting back a bit on bread, sweets such as cookies and ice cream, wine, butter Arugula Latte May 2012 #39

The I'm-so-fucking-depressed-that-I-won't-eat-anything diet MrScorpio May 2012 #40

Smaller portions, more exercise. HappyMe May 2012 #44

Paleo diet, and strength training. JBoy May 2012 #46

Dukan weight loss diet RhondaGraymond Jul 2012 #47