Foods to "lose weight"??

jcalicott

are there really foods that make you lose weight?

AllOutof_Bubblegum

Yep. It's called "less of it"!

Phoenix_Down

Any food eaten in a calorie deficit

jcalicott

Haha, I see all the time posts about foods that shred weight, I guess just eating right loses weight

Phoenix_Down

jcalicott wrote: »

Haha, I see all the time posts about foods that shred weight, I guess just eating right loses weight

There's a lot of silly, confusing things on the internet. Foods in a deficit result in weight loss.

Now, macros can aid in body composition. Getting about 1g per pound of lean body mass in protein aids in muscle retention, getting a proper amount of fats for nutrient absorption and overall health, fiber for digestion. Then, carbs are energy. Balancing those are also beneficial but weight loss will always result from burning more calories than you consume (which the body burns calories just existing, so technically you just have to find the right number to create a deficit )

dalem48

AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »

Yep. It's called "less of it"!

This right here.

beemerphile1

If you consume less calories than your body burns - you lose weight. That is the magical formula.

There are no foods that magically cause you to lose weight in spite of the scams sold by hucksters.

Need2Exerc1se

There are some foods that speed up your metabolic rate more than others. But it's such a tiny amount and so temporary that it'snot going to have much of an impact. You won't see fat magically melting away by drinking ice water and eating ceyenne pepper. You'll just have a hot mouth and not be thirsty.

The key to weight loss is a calorie deficit. The key to a faster metabolic rate is exercise.

BattyP

Yep....eat less and move = weight loss.
It's that simple xx

mwyvr

jcalicott wrote: »

are there really foods that make you lose weight?

In addition to the wise words already posted above, I'd like to counter that there are probably foods that make you gain weight faster / retain weight.

Is an input calorie an input calorie an input calorie? Yes, but also no. Bear with me, and also keep in mind that this example is something of a simplification.

Let's consider three daily diets composed of 2,500 calories a day, and further assume that each diet happens to be 500 calories more than the individual needs to maintain weight.

1. If the individual's diet is very rich in fibre, that person might not actually gain weight. Reason? High fibre diets have been shown (they actually measure the caloric content of your excrement... what a fun job that must be) to reduce the % of calories being absorbed by the body in part because of the higher velocity of the foodstuffs through your body. Chances are the higher fibre diet is also one richer in fresh vegetables and fruits and lower in processed foods.
2. If the individual's diet is very low in fibre, that person will gain weight, because more of those excess 500 calories will be absorbed and stored as fat. Chances are this individual's diet is higher in processed foods and refined carbohydrates and lower in vegetables and fruits, like the daily diet of some of our "modern" societies.
3. Throwing out another variation, if the individual's diet is very high in refined carbohydrates (huge amounts of bread, donuts, pizza), chances are high that individual will gain even more weight because of increasing insensitivity to chronically elevated insulin levels.

For sake of example let's say the high fibre diet results in a very modest weight gain of 1 pound a month, or less (might even result in stasis). The more absorb-able second diet might result in weight gain of 2 or more pounds a month. The high carb high insulin producing sugar coated diet might result in weight gain of 1 pound a week.

Three diets, same number of calories, three outcomes. No magic pill.