# I pit.... DrFidelius! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 23, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916 "2016-03-23T02:26:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/321 "2016-04-07T14:26:20Z")
**JC** how long exactly have you been looking for that cite? Still think you’re not obsessed? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/322 "2016-04-07T14:38:47Z")
That’s after 12 weeks … our Good Doctor, based on his expertise in medicine having practiced such arts for many many decades, recommended **three** weeks. Instead, you’ve decided that this _child_ you call your new Shrink will tell you exactly what you want to hear, so somehow he will always be correct in spite our Good Doctor’s 50 years experience working with people just like you … you should move to Florida, you’d fit right in. How far did you jog today? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/323 "2016-04-07T15:18:03Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Good Doctor’s 50 years experience working with people just like you? Cite that DrFidelius has been a doctor for 50 years working with people just like JohnClay? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/324 "2016-04-07T15:22:18Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Cite that DrFidelius has been a doctor for 50 years working with people just like JohnClay? Come on, **Drunky**. [That’s an easy one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19241368&postcount=322). ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/325 "2016-04-07T21:44:49Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > **JC** how long exactly have you been looking for that cite? Still think you’re not obsessed? Actually I was looking at The Truth about “Starvation Mode”: [https://www.caloriecount.com/forums/weight-loss/truth-starvation-mode](https://www.caloriecount.com/forums/weight-loss/truth-starvation-mode) And before that I was looking about ketosis… Then I stumbled across that article… ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/326 "2016-04-07T21:47:39Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > That’s after 12 weeks … our Good Doctor, based on his expertise in medicine having practiced such arts for many many decades, recommended **three** weeks… Actually the study had them do it for 6 months… [http://www.possibility.com/wiki/index.php?title=EffectsOfSemiStarvation](http://www.possibility.com/wiki/index.php?title=EffectsOfSemiStarvation) Those problems may have occurred in some of the people by the 3 week mark. BTW: > [@](#): > > …On the average, they gained back their original weight plus about 10%; then, over the next 6 months, their weight gradually declined. By the end of the follow-up period, they were approaching their preexperiment weight levels… ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/327 "2016-04-08T00:20:55Z")
And people said you were obsessed. That’ll show them. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/328 "2016-04-08T15:20:04Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Actually the study had them do it for 6 months… > [http://www.possibility.com/wiki/index.php?title=EffectsOfSemiStarvation](http://www.possibility.com/wiki/index.php?title=EffectsOfSemiStarvation) > Those problems may have occurred in some of the people by the 3 week mark. > BTW: If you ate half the food you normally eat, you’re still eating four times the usual Auschwitz diet … and those folks worked 16 hours a day at hard labor. If you don’t try, then you’re not looking for advise, you’re looking for justification. Perhaps you should tell us what your _real_ doctor is telling you that you wish was untrue (not saying **Our Good Doctor** isn’t real either ([Citation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19241527&postcount=324))) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/329 "2016-04-08T15:59:02Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > (not saying **Our Good Doctor** isn’t real either ([Citation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19241527&postcount=324))) LIAR! You are of the making of the lie! Since this is the Dope and only High Intellectuals post here, such as **andros** and myself, I expected better from thou. And since you did not back up your claim I did your homework for you. You are now expelled from Uni for cheating off of my research. In this post here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19243785&postcount=3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19243785&postcount=3) your Good Doctor gave away his Facebook page, like a moron, and on said Facebook page he claimeth that he is not a Doctor of Medicinal things but a Doctor of Old Shit. So therefore and forthwith his advice shant be considered for things of the medicinal nature. I say Good Day! ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/330 "2016-04-08T18:14:59Z")
**Our Own Humble Good Doctor** is just being shy on His Facebook page is all, or maybe there wasn’t enough room to list _all_ His doctoral degrees so He didn’t list any of them. And Crabby Smurf is still Crabby Smurf whether he’s drunk or not … ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/331 "2016-04-08T19:35:23Z")
Do you know that I enjoyed the Good Doctor’s FB page immensely? He has mastered the art of being entertaining on FB. I myself can only post if I’m sending a photo from my phone. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/332 "2016-04-08T20:25:24Z")
**The Good Doctor** is an amazingly handsome man … how could anyone _not_ think his medical advise is anything but the **True Word of God** … ugly people maybe? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/333 "2016-04-09T06:49:06Z")
Today I went with a Mormon friend up the “mountain” again. Last time it took 30 minutes to get to the top and I had to stop a lot. This time my friend had to stop a lot and it took an hour to get to the top. At the end he said his legs were shaking and he had to wait a while until he was able to drive his car. He commented that there were a lot of cute girls. (I agreed) He’s been a Mormon for 5-6 years but he had a Guns n Roses t-shirt with a skull on it: [http://planetarybargains.biz/PBPictures/Tee%20Shirts/Shirts-THUMBS%20G-M/175Guns-N-Roses-Skull-T-Shirt-Front-Closeup.jpg](http://planetarybargains.biz/PBPictures/Tee%20Shirts/Shirts-THUMBS%20G-M/175Guns-N-Roses-Skull-T-Shirt-Front-Closeup.jpg) Recently he started wearing special Mormon undergarments. They were like a white t-shirt and long shorts. They went to his knees and showed beneath his clothes. Then we went to a antique toy show that had a lot of 1980’s Masters of the Universe figures. What was this thread about again? I think I stopped getting obsessed about staying on topic. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/334 "2016-04-09T15:47:42Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Then we went to a antique toy show that had a lot of 1980’s Masters of the Universe figures. So you played Fisto and Ram Man for a while? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/335 "2016-04-09T16:10:24Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Today I went with a Mormon friend up the “mountain” again … [snip] Good, good … it will take time and effort to build yourself up … but it’s time and effort well spent. We want you to be _healthy_ first and foremost, and then worry about good looks. Stick with us on this and soon enough we’ll have you running up and down Mt McKinley like it’s a kneehill. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/336 "2016-04-09T17:30:01Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > What was this thread about again? I think I stopped getting obsessed about staying on topic. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/337 "2016-04-09T21:19:05Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Today I went with a Mormon friend up the “mountain” again. Last time it took 30 minutes to get to the top and I had to stop a lot. This time my friend had to stop a lot and it took an hour to get to the top. At the end he said his legs were shaking and he had to wait a while until he was able to drive his car. He commented that there were a lot of cute girls. (I agreed) > He’s been a Mormon for 5-6 years but he had a Guns n Roses t-shirt with a skull on it: > [http://planetarybargains.biz/PBPictures/Tee%20Shirts/Shirts-THUMBS%20G-M/175Guns-N-Roses-Skull-T-Shirt-Front-Closeup.jpg](http://planetarybargains.biz/PBPictures/Tee%20Shirts/Shirts-THUMBS%20G-M/175Guns-N-Roses-Skull-T-Shirt-Front-Closeup.jpg) > Recently he started wearing special Mormon undergarments. They were like a white t-shirt and long shorts. They went to his knees and showed beneath his clothes. Then we went to a antique toy show that had a lot of 1980’s Masters of the Universe figures. What was this thread about again? I think I stopped getting obsessed about staying on topic. How is this not a a blog? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/338 "2016-04-09T21:41:27Z")
I remember fishing as a young boy in a small lake in northern Ontario. I caught fish after fish after fish. It was as simple as dropping the line in the water. Instant nibble, instant catch. Every single time. This thread brought up that memory. mmm ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/339 "2016-04-09T22:05:55Z")
I assume, **Mean Mr. Mustard** , that one can infer from this that you are an excellent fisherman. Because the only other inference one could draw is that fish are just not very bright. And that would be Mean. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/340 "2016-04-10T04:03:21Z")
My mum told me about Prevention magazine’s “Flat Belly Diet!” book and then I got the men’s version second-hand. One of the main ideas in it is about MUFAs. > **[Flat Belly Diet Foods](https://www.prevention.com/weight-loss/diets/g20472924/meet-the-mufas-flat-belly-diet/)** > > Meet the MUFAs! Eat these delicious foods to reduce belly fat > [@](#): > > MUFAs (pronounced moo-fah) are monounsaturated fatty acids, plant-based fats found in some of the world’s most delicious foods—avocado, nuts and seeds, oils, olives, and dark chocolate! Studies show that these good-for-you fats enhance heart health and protect against chronic disease. And now the latest research shows that these dietary superstars may even target fat where it’s hardest to lose—in your belly! BTW as far as my original diet went, it has sort of plateaued. (in kg) > [@](#): > > 15/3 - 76.5 > 16/3 - 75.4 > 17/3 - 75.4 > 18/3 - 75.1 > 19/3 - 75.2 > 20/3 - 75.1 > 21/3 - 74.8 > 22/3 - 75.0 > 23/3 - 74.5 > 24/3 - 74.8 > 25/3 - 74.3 > 26/3 - 74.2 > 27/3 - 73.8 > 28/3 - 74.5 > 29/3 - 74.7 > 30/3 - 74.2 > 31/3 - 73.9 > 1/4 - 74.2 > 2/3 - 73.8 > 3/3 - 74.1 > 4/3 - 74.6 > 5/3 - 74.3 > 6/3 - 74.3 > 7/3 - 75.0 > 8/3 - 74.5 > 9/3 - 73.9 > 10/3 - 73.9 BTW the first figure was from the first night while all of the rest are from the morning. I think I lost over a kilogram overnight mainly due to my bladder and partly from poo. Last night I was reading this: > **[How To Burn Stored Body Fat — A Ketosis Primer](https://www.foodrenegade.com/how-to-burn-stored-body-fat-a-ketosis-primer/)** > > "So, how do you tell your body to start burning stored body fat?" my friend and fellow mother asked. > > "Cut the carbs," answered another mom. "I go into ketosis just about every afternoon." > > "Ketosis? Isn't that bad for you?" > > The short answer? No. > [@](#): > > …How do you train your body to start burning stored body fat? > > One word: ketosis… In the photos I still seem to have about the same size moobs and my belly is still quite big. I’m going to try a ketogenic diet. > [@](#): > > …when you cut your carbohydrate intake to 50-80 grams per day and still include plenty of vegetables and fruits in your diet, then your body can safely enter into ketosis when it needs to… I had a Whopper Jr today which has about 33 grams of carbs. For the rest of the day I’ll try not to have much carbs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916.md?page=18)