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Absolutely. It’s amazing how many calories are in so many of the various foods I ate.
Although there is some debate in nutrition circles, there is a body of literature supporting plant over animal protein. One difference is a compound called TMAO, whose building blocks are found in higher quantities in meats than plant sources.
Plant proteins are also kinder to the environment, and animals, of course.
I don't understand how anyone believes eating fistfuls of cheesy meat and bunless dogs is remotely healthy.
Who said anything about healthy?
The great thing about fiber is it makes you feel fuller. Keep it simple with fresh fruits. Nobody ever gets fat by eating too many apples.
This is how I used to think. I don't think "healthy" people understand.
I mean, that was just dinner. I had a giant salad for lunch, and berries at breakfast. I have been eating a ton of fish and asparagus also over the last two weeks. It's more healthy than I was eating before, now than I think about it.
I found out I was more so snacking because I wasn't healthy snacking if that makes sense. Just eating stuff high cals and not much energy or nutrition
I don't like the taste of bread for the most part. I am keeping low carbs also. Would never waste those carbs on bread. Fruit probably.
As a “healthy” person, I definitely don’t understand the bolded. Regardless, how do we change, on an individual or societal level, the idea that nutritious food is boring?
One thing that we do a terrible job of is promoting different levels of healthy eating. That's mostly because the companies that sell health food magazines and gym memberships are marketing to people like you, while companies that sell Doritos and Tacos are marketing to people who want cheap delicious food. There is definitely a middle group who want to be a little healthier but aren't ready to commit to a lifestyle overhaul.
Why? I wasn't hungry at all. I meant I ate a good meal after twenty hours. I was outside and too busy to eat. Back to normal today.
BF isn't a doctor and isn't offering medical advice. But if you Googled "is it dangerous for an overweight person to cut calories by 80% for multiple weeks" or if you asked a doctor their advice, hypothetically you might hear some medical advice worth listening to.
I wasn't mad. I just didn't understand. I'm too lazy to google.
I do want the yoga pants thread back for motivation though.Nobody else will be motivated by pics of anyone in this thread wearing yoga pants. Or at least not pics of me in yoga pants.I wasn't mad. I just didn't understand. I'm too lazy to google.
The doctor told me to do long fasts every day to move things along fwiw.
How about several smaller meals instead? It would also cut the temptation of bad snacking.I wasn't mad. I just didn't understand. I'm too lazy to google.
The doctor told me to do long fasts every day to move things along fwiw.
Cutting out coffee cream and carby snacks instead of meals have been my biggest adjustments. I always really juat ate one big meal a day. Now I do two in a six hour period.
Took the day off of work and forgot about the weekly check in.
I have had ZERO temptation fwiw. I never really drank or smoked either. This seems to be working for me. Weds will be three weeks I believe, maybe four? And I will be down from 318 to around 290. The best part is that my blood pressure had been very high during covid. Like 160 over 115ish. It dropped to like 130 over 95 when I checked it. was twenty pounds down at that point. Before my eating changes, I was eating five to ten prunes a day. I didn't realize how much sugar they had. I'm curious if that had anything to do with me testing for Diabetes last month.
Great job so far. A fruit you may want to eat is watermelon. Less sugary and more filling.
Been going with Blueberries, Avacado, and Strawberries. I thought I read they had less carbs. I better check.
For the love of God, carbohydrates are not the enemy: high calorie, low nutrient foods are. Carbohydrates, fats and proteins all play a role in healthy diets.
I mean, I know nothing about this, but I never lose much weight when I cut calories. Every time I cut carbs the weight falls off fast.
I have a half an avacado a couple of times a week. But thanks, I'll see if that makes a difference if I skip them for a week. I mostly lean on blueberries and strawberries for fruit. Gonna have some brussel sprouts and chicken later today. Still no cravings or bad moods.
The intent of what I wrote was not to recommend cutting avocados. It was to be more mindful of your total caloric intake on avocado days. Avocados are great for you; I just ate one and probably have 3-5 most weeks...they just have more calories than most fruits/veggies.
I appreciate the heads up. I don't look at calories fwiw, but I will keep the avocado halves to a couple a week. Appreciate it.
I'm not mad at all...I'm just concerned with the mentality that carbohydrates are solely to blame for weight gain, and how a chunk of society conflates carbohydrates with processed, unhealthy food.
I said I was eating Blueberries, Strawberries, and Avocado. I have eaten more fruits and veggies in the last three weeks than I had in the previous three months fwiw.
I went whole food plant based for about 6 months last year and never ate more carbs in my life. Whole grain pasta, beans, potatoes, whole grain toast, etc. Lost a lot of weight, felt good and had lots of energy. I would keep doing it today except I can’t get the family on board with it. I would post some of my meals to Facebook and a lot of my fad diet friends would always comment on the amount of carbs as they are posting pizzas using low carb cheese crusts. No wonder they can’t lose weight. Not only did I lose a ton of weight on a carb heavy diet, I ate as much as I wanted.
This is a problem I'm having. I have no problem moving to a plant-based, almost vegan diet, but don't have the wherewithal to self-start and then follow through on a plant-based diet that entails things like constant shopping, cooking, etc.
Would you be willing to devote part of one day to shop and food prep? It took some tinkering when we first started doing this to figure out how best to manage, but that is our approach. This way the only other thing we have to do each week is an interim stop at a market to reload produce. We aren't forced to cook each night; it's just an option.
Depends on the amount of time. I'm initially really uncertain because of that concern, but I think as the more I think about it and put words into concrete form, the more I want to do this. Not just for weight, but for other reasons, too. But weight and health are primary reasons for doing this, I should say.
At first, KISS. If it turns into a sustainable habit then by all means budget more time. Gotta restrict timing on the front end if potential commitment is an issue. So how do you accomplish that?
I found it sustainable, but I’m also the type of person that can eat the same things every day if they are good. A lot of the cornerstone foods stay good for extended periods of time like beans and grains, so I never found the shopping aspect to be a chore. Find foods that you like and find ways to substitute the meat out.
