Limit intake of snacks, sugar, alcohol, and stupid carbs like pasta (store bought marinara is red-colored sugar).
I eat lots of old-school Cheerios, fruit, eggs, and a fair amount of veggies. Chop up a head of romaine, add some tomatoes, maybe a can of tuna, and that’s a meal for me. And no salad dressing. That’s crap.
no salad dressing? What are you a commie? Just make your own and you can make it healthy - olive oil, balsamic vinegar, a little salt & pepper.
processed salad dressing is full of sugar and salt. dry salad isn’t so bad though.
sweet potatoes are the way forward.
Too much sugar in balsamic vinegar. I’ll sprinkle on a little salt sometimes. I declare victory in the battle of salad minimalism.
Got my height and weight checked today. My BMI is 20.7, which was why I had a burger and fries (sweet potato!) for lunch.
this fasting techinique is going to be inaccesable to most as many are not able to fast to the point to the body using body fat for fuel.
I still standby the “many little meals technique” as this will ramp up your metabolism, increasing your burn rate
^Explain? Why can’t people fast?
I think “many little meals” as opposed to “three regular meals” isn’t practical for most people who need to lose weight, because “five little meals” turns into “four little meals and a big meal”, which turns into, “three little meals and two big meals” which turns into “two little meals and three big meals”, etc.
Or, you just wind up eating a bunch of stuff all day long, and you wind up eating twice what you originally intended.
Good in theory, but really hard to pull off in practice. (In my experience, that is.)
That’s why you only buy/bring what you need. I find if I have something in my house that is terrible for me I am drawn to it and will eat it like an absolute savage. I have no self-control and I know that. Hence why when I go to the grocery store I don’t even entertain the thought of buying junk because I know what will happen.
many people dealing with weight issues cannot resist the urge to give in
its somewhat painful to fast to the point to make your body burn fats also, this slows down your metabolism so that the things you do eat if you do give into urges will stick to your body more than consuming the same foods with a higher metabolism
Also another question I have to remind to ask myself: is it hunger or boredom? Do I really need to eat right now or if I get up and take a walk, drink some water, start on a task will that subside? It’s almost always the latter.
some say quit snacking. I support healthy snacking taking trail mix around with you can be a great snacking source. picking out healthy ways to munch on things in between bigger meals is key I think to eating healthier in general as well as using snacking as a preventative measure to avoid - unhealthy snacking
its easy to fast for 14-16 hours. Skip breakfast and dont eat late at night (for example only eat between 12pm and 6PM). Lower your carb intake during the meals that you do eat. When your body exhausts the carbs it uses fat. Voila, lose some weight. meanwhile your body increases production of HGH. Also, If you break your fast right after you excercise then your body will be primed to use that food as fuel for your muscles.
Its a process you should ease into to minimize the urges.
Your metabolism will adjust but there is a way to prevent that, its called refeeding. Every 4-5 days you want to load up on carbs. This will help control your leptin levels. Warning: this is not an excuse to binge on pizza and ice cream. Keep the carbs healthy.
3.) There is math involved and it depends on your body. If your BMR (your resting calorie burn) is 2k/day then you want to consume less than 2k a day net of whatever excercise you do. This will result in weight loss. On your refeed day you would consume more calories, like 3k, and you would consume more carbs on this day.
^ Drinking a lot of water helps keep the urges down and also helps maintain metabolism. Tracking what you eat also helps with resisting the urges. It obviously doen’t stop them, but it’s a lot harder to grab that donut from the snack room when you know you have to enter it into your daily log.
yes for you and me
but those with food addictions not so much
if they could just fast they wouldn’t be morbidly obese the in most cases
it’s society’s fault.
–Bchad
It’s government’s fault.
-TF
I stand with turd!
Why do people try to complicate the matter? Just eat less and move more. It’s just that simple. Throw half the Big Mac away. No time in the history of obese people has moving more and eating less not been beneficial.
sorry bro, but this is crap advice. it really matters HOW you eat less and HOW you move more if you want lifelong health.