Eat less and live longer

I watch the way "some" people allow their dogs and cats to eat, some keep them lean, knowing that their quality of life will be enhanced, longer lives, more enjoyment physically, and some just stuff them, but I've never correlated the humans to the animals in terms of the humans doing what they preach.
Shame on the people that control the diet of their pets but not their own

BMI is a good gauge I hang around 24, and it's an ongoing Effort, but being able to physically interact with my environment pleases me, all things in moderation.

 

eat more, and enjoy life! either way, you're gonna wind up dead

 

Although well documented for non-human species, the efficacy of caloric restriction on human longevity and anti-aging effect is still speculative at best, IMHO. Live longer and healthier maybe the Holy Grail of human fulfillment, but at what cost? This planet is already at carrying capacity. Oh yes, according to Hawking, we need to colonize different planet within next 100 years or we are doomed. I am with @bisco. That said, I am totally against wasting food! Eat wisely and be happy.

 

Not longevity, but weight loss. A lot of people report excellent weight-loss results by just fasting one or two days per week. The Today Show on NBC had a program some months back about this subject. And several books out. I'm all for trying it. It allows your digestive system (if not your whole body) to have a day of rest and healing.

I don't succeed all the time, but I do try and not eat at least one day a week. I actually feel much better. I might just have some coffee & juice on the fast day. And of course water. Not trying to live longer, but it certainly won't hurt to drop a few pounds, and feel more comfortable... while I'm on my way to being dead.

 

What was old is new again.
Last week it was the Keto diet, and now.....suddenly.....it's fasting, something that I've been hearing about in Sunday school for decades.

My Damascus Road Moment came when my cholesterol ratios started to suffer, despite being moderately active and struggling furiously to maintain military BMI and physical fitness norms. Since I refuse to take statens or any other pharmaceutical wonder drug regularly, I decided to adopt a scorched-earth battle with cholesterol...as in a completely cholesterol-free diet except some Trader-Joe's fishy capsules.

So far (after most of a year) I can report that 2 follow-on calcium score/cholesterol test show definitive results putting me squarely back into the 'optimum' range. I can also report a redoubling of my loathing for militant Vegans as I'm a herbivore but I will indulge occasionally in egg whites, FF milk, and squished fish in tablets.
Gauged and sleeved millennials however will still sneer at me calling me a 'peskatarian' - which I find to be ironic.
I do give veggies due credit for one thing.
They're such an intolerable PITA that grocery stores and restaurants have a veritable cornucopia of cholesterol-free foods that I can indulge in - but this freedon comes with a huge price tag......
I have to occasionally ask for a Vegan entree which in the Deep South is like wearing a MAGA hat in downtown LA.


Here's what I think I know:
(YMMV)

Mostly?
It's calories in -v- calories out, genetics, and THEN what you eat and when.
Our manufacturer designed the human animal to be a fairly flexible, adaptable, omnivore.
Yeah....you can do a pump-fake with today's "keto" diet (which is essentially a re-warmed leftover Atkin's plan) but generally speaking the adaptability of the human will assert itself and pretty soon you're going to be digging around in the bottom of your closet looking for your "fat" (i.e. "normal) clothes.
If you're going to change something.....I'd pick exercise over diet 10 times out of 10, and then I'd start looking into your feeding habits to see if there are some corners that can be rounded out.
I know veggies who eat large Micky-D's french fries for lunch, drive to their mailboxes to get the morning paper, and struggle to maintain a two-digit BMI. Of course we all also know people who smoke like John Wayne, drink like a New England Senator, and eat like our current POTUS who are still disgustingly fit and active.

The mortality rate for humans is still 100% so I think I'll have some fries instead of my paleo-pesketarian salad and skip today's run.....

...you only live (here) once.....

 

Planning on trying the fast day plan myself.

 

Also, just a simple brisk daily walk helps a great deal. This old man looks forward to those morning walks. I don't need any fancy exercise equipment, or a gym contract. (I hate those crowded stinky gyms.) I Just really need to keep moving. Especially after 3 back surgeries. A lot less computer time, and a lot more exercise & walking!

Afterall, how much more can we possibly say about a Prius?!

 

i was looking at the gundry diet the other night. it is hard to understand how an internationally famous pedal cardiac surgeon can leave his practice to hawk pseudo scientific diet supplements.
(aside from the billions of dollars)

 

I hope I never reach the point where I am 100% relying on pills to keep me kicking. But age takes its toll. My folks were walking drug stores when they got into their 80s. I hated seeing that, but they were trying to maintain just getting through each day. I dislike the drug-pushing doctors, and the perks and rewards they get from Big Pharma.

This morning's walk. I never get tired of the view. It's a 13 mile drive to get there, so the Prius gets a little exercise, and so do I. Maybe I only do 30 or 45 minutes, but thankful to do something every day. (In the past, I needed a walker or cane to get around.) And now I'm dreaming of Pizza! I can fast next week.

 

Worth the drive!

I still have to go down to the Gulf every now and again......even when I don't really have a "good" reason to do so.

....Just to make sure it's still there.

 

Exercise isn't going to lose weight, dietary restriction is.
Exercise is great for the heart and lungs and flexion.
Processed sugar is the most addicted to substance on the planet.

All things in moderation.

 

Man, it is so hard to lose weight as I got older. I've cut my eating in half, and purposely don't keep much food in the house, and usually only eat once per day... and I still can't lose a freakin' pound. And now fasting on Sundays. How do those mice do it?

 

fruits and vegetables? that goes against everything doc gundry stands for. can't we just get a pill?

 

I had some broccoli and prunes today. There is just something really wrong about that! So I ate a chocolate donut.

I'm ok with aging. But I just hope to do it with as little problems as possible. I hope to keep fairly active until I buy the farm......

 

avoid the deadly nightshades

 

I travel a lot for a living and I always notice the much-smaller portions sold by restaurants outside the USA. But then, when I'm working on the road domestically it's almost automatic that I stop at the halfway mark and bail out on any given plate.