The Drevitches, Week 9: The New Normal

We are making a resolution to lose a little weight and cook for ourselves more this year.. but the problem is that my husband doesn't know how to cook.. so I got him this hilarious politically incorrect beginners cookbook for one of his stocking stuffers this year..google "whipped and beaten culinary works" to find it.. but don't go if you can't take a joke.. or get offended easily.

Congratulations! Keep up the good work. I have the same problem with my daughter who keeps telling me I will never keep the weight off but this time since I am losing this using the weight watchers way I just keep on trucking and showing her that she is wrong. Just keep up the good work.

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My wife too was bugging me to lose weight. Then my doctor told me I had diabetes. I took a class and after 4 months I lost 45 lbs. 207-162. My waist went from 38 to less than 34. My tops went from XL - M, and my suit size dropped from 44s to 42s or less.

I gave up bread, pasta, starches and carbs. Gave up sugar drinks, just water and lemon. Cut my portion intake to half. Walk a mile in the morning and evening or use the treadmill.

My bloodwork is normal across the board, NO MORE DIABETES.
I was told not to think of it as a diet, but a LIFESTYLE ChANGE.

IT WORKS !!!!!

That's not true at all. If you're referring to any obese human being - man OR woman - then no, 20 lbs. isn't that noticeable, but a man 5'10" who weights 190 and drops down to 170 loses in his face and his gut. I know this for a fact.

Dieting is bs. Eat right: no artificial sugars,or pop and low carb meals. Eat protein for breakfast so your body uses more energy to burn the food you eat. Protein fills you up faster, gives you more energy, burns slower so you are less hungry. Drink water and walk after eating. I'm 6'2. Lost 20 lbs and the difference was very noticeable. Im now down to 175 lbs from 208. Best shape ever been, super hi energy. Do it for yourself, the difference you will feel and see is amazing.

Again Anne, you prove my point. The shorter you are, the more drastic a 20 pound weight loss will look. This guy still looks fat in the face and he still has a double chin. I work in a weight loss doctor's office and the real issue is loose skin, lack of muscle tone, etc. It's not how much you weigh but how muscled and toned you are. 20 pounds for this guy? Not his real problem. The quality of the diet would have been worked on but we would have sent him to the gym with a full Nautilus program. Once his muscles were burning efficiently, he could eat what he wanted and not worry. The country has it all wrong. It's not necessarily what you put in your mouth or how much - it's how much physical activity you get. We are a sedentary society and our bodies are now softer instead of harder. Harder more toned muscles burn more calories, fat, etc. and as a result those individuals are leaner and have fewer problems with weight. I'm 50 years old and the more automated our society has become, resulting in a lack of physical exertion to do something, the fatter and softer we have become.

Are you serious? I'm 6 feet even... and when I go from 170 to 190lbs. (as I have MANY times over the last 20 years, people notice right away) it shows in my face first. I lose a jeans size at 170, and I personally think I look older at that weight, although I feel much better physically when I'm thinner!

JM - Yes, in fact I am very serious. If you see some changes at 20 pounds lost at 6', try getting yourself in the gym and pumping weights. You will actually gain a few pounds in muscle but the reduction in inches would be dramatic. One pants size visual difference is no big deal at your height and you know it. You may physically feel it, but others looking at you? Not so much. I measure people every single day and 20 pounds at 6 foot is not dramatic. When those same men go to the gym and follow strict regimines for weight lifting? The results are awesome. Diets and all the stuff you buy to go along with them is a scam. The diet industry makes tons off of supplements, pills, etc. One good gym membership, and knowing when and how to exercise, is worth it's weight in gold. For example, they have this man exercising at his noon meal instead of eating. Not good. The body is best exercized in the morning so it gets the metabolism moving for the day. A short work out after work and then no more exercise until the next morning. The people advising this man are ridiculous. He's paying them, too, so they have every interest in this taking awhile.

Hey Jennifer: Susan Avery here, the editor of ParentDish. I happen to know Gary and we had lunch together last week. That 20 lb. drop makes him look half his size. He really looks great and we at ParentDish are hugely proud of him. Anyone who loses 20 lbs. should pat themselves on the back for achieving a major fitness milestone.