Royal Crown Cola Diet

[Gale Hawkins]

Being 75 pounds over weight and with all of the arthritis pulling up to get on either tractor is a chore. After about 15 years finally got a physical and while no treatment is required other than take Vitamin D my good cholesterol number should be higher.

When hauling the couple loads of hay I was drinking a lot of RC cola since there is a machine up the road so I had a couple bottles in the frig when I decided to loose the extra 75 pounds I am packing. I had to do something with the two bottles and since 99% of diet ads I see on websites have a gimmick I decide as part of my 75 pound plan I would require drinking 4 oz of RC cola after breakfast each morning.

So far so good on the RC diet being in the second week I have lost 10% of the total that I am loosing over 40 weeks.

It is lunch time so eating is on my mind. The best I can learn a male needs a min of well balanced 1500 calories a day when loosing weight and I try to get 500 of them for breakfast. My mental encourage is picturing a body suit with 15 pockets that each will hold a 5 pound bag of sugar and out in public walking around wearing it filled with the 15 bags of sugar.

Since I take no meds and have no typical health issues of many at 62 I thought it was a good time to deal with the weight. I got down to 172 after my bilateral hip replacement 1 Aug 1991 and one will be 22 tomorrow and the other one had a revision in 2006 due to a fall mowing in 2003 but the pin down to the knee is still the same. Come spring at 172 pounds getting on the tractors should be much easier.

 

[mjarrels]

No moon pies allowed.

mark

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Mark that remark comes up went I mention the RC diet to my generation.

 

[MacLawn]

Don't drink nary colas at all! Diet cola or not - them things are about like putting pison in ye system. Find ye some, oh, say 4 - 5,000 year old water to drink.

 

[Soundguy]

if you have arthritis.. stop the cola.. look into some things like cinnamon too. natural anti inflamatory. just don't overdo it on regular store bought cin. only 2grams max a day.. as it can cause liver toxcicity to a small degree. On the other hand.. if you get the tru ceylon/zelon cinnamon.. it is much, much, much easier on the liver..

omega oils can help with inflamation. anything that helps with circulation ( general heart and vein health ) will be good.. keeps fluids drained. horse chestnut.. astraxanthan..etc..

 

[farmgirl19]

I'll second the drinking water! It not only is good for the diet, but helps keep hydration good, which helps with discomfort. Also, as they say, "Motion is lotion", meaning the more you move the joints, the better lubricated they will be, as long as there is cartilage still there, and not just bone on bone.

 

[Lou66]

Gale,, I also have to lose a few pounds,, about fifty,, I will be 67 soon,, Beer put it on.. so have to cut a lot of carbs,, now if I drink I have Crown Royal and diet coke.. I can have anything I want to eat as long as I stay under 50 carbs and 1500 calories.. so far I have lost 22 pounds in two months.. Lou

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Don't drink nary colas at all! Diet cola or not - them things are about like putting pison in ye system. Find ye some, oh, say 4 - 5,000 year old water to drink.

But the Water Diet is boring and the name is already in use.

I do know about diet drinks causing weight gains because it messes with the brain so I try to say away from them pull they grip my gut. Yesterday I bought two more 20 oz bottles of RC since I plan to stay on the RC cola diet until I loose the 75 pounds.

Pigging out on a meal and then stopping at Diary Queen on the way home for a banana split are both out but I know it is not realistic to expect to be sociable and eat perfectly all of the time.

Being a glutton is something that is enjoyable at the time for me but I know it is a death wish in the end. Physical and mental stresses seem to play a role in my weight gaining so off loading stress helps me in two ways at the same time.

Getting the mini horses and working in the hot hayloft for the first time in 44 years pointed out the folly of my fat. A lot of little wrong things lead to my weight gain over the years. Sometimes the warning light is slow to come on when it comes to bad personal habits I find.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Lou66 that is good news. It is much harder for me to loose weight today and it is more harmful than ever too. It seems like the 1500 calories a day is the the same and magic number for me as well. I happen to love tuna, salmon, almonds and fruit. Water is important as Soundguy noted and I drink about a gallon many days. Keeping hydrated really lowers my pain level as does staying away from some types of people. Fish oil is the main thing I take as meds and I have stated a one a day vitamin just to make sure I am not short there.

While I am watching what I eat I too will eat only stuff that I like so when I hit 172 I will not be changing what I eat just how much I eat. When I am 75 pounds lighter I will not need as many calories to move my butt around so my needs will be lower.

 

[Soundguy]

and great thing to add to a good diet is exercise. and you don't have to kill yourself either. something as 'easy' as a 30minute brisk walk each day helps the joint.. moves lymph, and helps regualte blood sugar.

I go for lean protiens.. like fish and turkey , chicken, lean sirloin. grilled or baked or broiled.. no deep fry.. no breading.. no ground beef.. and only super lean straight ground chicken or turkey breast.

try to eat a fresh vegi and a leafy vegi and a friut and lean protien combination daily. Cut down / eliminate free sugars like in tea and flavored drinks like coffee. just drink unsweetened. cut out fatty dairy.. go with non or at least low fat dairy. i adjusted to nonfat milk and yogert easilly. multi grain, low sugar cerials, multi grain breads.. try to eliminate white breads. if swelling, arthritis are a problem, expirement with cutting out gluten and alcohol, excess salt..e tc. I don't even use added salt anymore.. i 'switched' to dry podered garlic as my 'add flavor' spice. that and peper is good for you.

If you are a salad eater.. swap to a healthy dressing.. like balsamic or red wine vinegar. you can 'ruin' a good healthy spinach and grilled chicken salad with ranch dressing as the 2 table spoons of ranch can add nearly 260 fat calories!! Also, sub in 'better' condiments. for instance. dill pickles are virtually 'free' except watcht he sodium.. also.. mustard is the same way. for mayo.. you can get kraft fat free.. and sugar free ketchup.

seems like small gains.. but adds up. many time sthe whole grain breads and wraps are more fibre than the bleached white breads.

all helps...

 

[Dr_Zinj]

I do Weight Watchers and moderate exercise. (I tried ramping up the running this spring and caused a nasty case of plantar fascitis (which is a pain in the foot that takes months to go away.) Lost 25, and about 20 more to goal.

 

[RobertN]

Have to agree with other's; lose the soda and drink water. Some are saying diet soda is worse for you than regular nowadays. Look at the label and ask yourself if you want that stuff in your body...
Lots of water is good; lots of people live in a partialy dehydrated state; I know for a long time I did not drink nearly enough liquids.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Have to agree with other's; lose the soda and drink water. Some are saying diet soda is worse for you than regular nowadays. Look at the label and ask yourself if you want that stuff in your body...
Lots of water is good; lots of people live in a partialy dehydrated state; I know for a long time I did not drink nearly enough liquids.

Good point. Like it states limit the caffeine drinks.

However some are missing the point. You can not leave RC out of a Royal Crown Cola Diet and still call it by that name.

The nice part the RC diet is working for me quite well. :licking:

99.99999% of people in the USA are going to eat at least some unhealthy food in day to day living just like many are going to operate an open cab tractoring in dusty conditions, when spraying chemicals, etc.

For me finding a diet that is sound and fun is helps. A sip of cola is and leaving the rest alone for 24 hours is resistance training for me. With teenage kids there is a lot of non diet food in my face. My face has to learn not to gobble it up. :thumbsup:

 

[paulwestski]

I'm partial to the Crown Royal Black and just a splash of ginger ale over ice.
Otherwise straight up water. Best thing to hydrate.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I'm partial to the Crown Royal Black and just a splash of ginger ale over ice.
Otherwise straight up water. Best thing to hydrate.

You got the wording scrambled. :laughing:

 

[sseelhoff]

What everyone else said. I sympathize with you, G.H. I was miserable last summer. One big ball of stress and blubber. It was ruining me. My ability to work in the heat was diminished, and my back and knees hurt all the time. Long story short, last August I called B.S. on it, and started my non-diet diet. Eating better stuff (and less of it), walking every day, unplugging a little more. Down 50 lbs or so in one year (Tomorrow!). Feel great. I am in a normal/acceptable BMI range. Cycling 4-5 days per week, and walking the other days. Still watching the food intake. As you say, don't deprive yourself. I still have a beer everynow and then, and maybe a trip to the DQ for a mini (or small) Blizzard once a month.

 

[clemsonfor]

regular coke or cola as some call it is just empty calories. Diet is not the best with the aspertame and what all in it but its better than regular sugar for your body as far as weight. If you are hooked to it drink diet.

The sugar is empty calories. I know 4 oz is not a lot really its only like 40 calories, as long as you can stick to that amount and not have to drink a can its an easy way to cut caloires.

Im like every other souther male and drink a ton of it. MOre so now that i am in a truck more often and stop by gas stations. I gained weight, and by stopping the regular coke or mt dew i have lost a bit more than 10lbs prolly closer to 14. BUT i also exercise and had stepped up my running. But lately have slacked off cause of the heat and that i am more active after work anyhow in the summer and sweat more doing things. I also have cut out things like fries when i feel like it (seriously i do it more often than not) and dont hardly eat pasta anymore. and try and limit bread intake. I still eat sammiches but now use the thin wheat things nt really bread but like flat bread. I just dont eat random bread and toast like some do at meals.

 

[RobertN]

Rmember, the sugar is not "regular", it is high fructose corn syrup. Not a simple sugar like cane sugar. I really am not so sure that corn syrup/high fructose corn syrup is any better than asparteme.

For a soda, I much more like the Coke that is coming out of Mexico, made with cane sugar. Tastes better too(doubt they have RC like that; I do like RC as far as pop goes).

regular coke or cola as some call it is just empty calories. Diet is not the best with the aspertame and what all in it but its better than regular sugar for your body as far as weight. If you are hooked to it drink diet.

 

[Egon]

Switch to the Crown Royal & Ice diet and go see a dietician.

 

[clemsonfor]

There was an article in Nat Geo about sugar. They had a food scientist interviewed and said there is a difference in HFCS (high fructose corn syurp) and cane sugar, but not enough to get excited about. "soda" uses a blend of HFCS and cane sugar. HFCS is glucose and cane sugar is fructose like found in fruit, which is easier for your body to use and not store as fat. I may have those bacwards and did not read close enough to quote why but anyway those interested can find that article.