Box diet
Valen004
Posts: 66 Member
Hello all!
After long and unfortunately largely futile efforts to lose weight I am trying out a new system of my own invention. The Box Diet.
It is basically a pretty simple system. At the morning I fill a box with food . The food in the box is the only food I eat until tomorrow's morning.
Tea and coffee with no sugar no milk are unlimited. Usually I include into the box two bars of chocolate, however I think it's too much.
All are welcome to test out the Box Diet and see if it works well.
I will update the post on how my dieting goes with the picture of the box!
Best regards,
Valentin
After long and unfortunately largely futile efforts to lose weight I am trying out a new system of my own invention. The Box Diet.
It is basically a pretty simple system. At the morning I fill a box with food . The food in the box is the only food I eat until tomorrow's morning.
Tea and coffee with no sugar no milk are unlimited. Usually I include into the box two bars of chocolate, however I think it's too much.
All are welcome to test out the Box Diet and see if it works well.
I will update the post on how my dieting goes with the picture of the box!
Best regards,
Valentin
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Like meal prepping for the day?0
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What size box? I mean, I could get a large appliance box and fill it with food but I won't lose weight. This diet could be exploited in so many ways and isn't really teaching much in the way of nutrition.0
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why don't you just pre log all your calories on MFP and only eat those...????0
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What size box? I mean, I could get a large appliance box and fill it with food but I won't lose weight. This diet could be exploited in so many ways and isn't really teaching much in the way of nutrition.
Good point. I figured it was what fit into the box with in their daily calorie goal. Kind of like meal prepping. But if it's just whatever fits into the box that would be a bad idea.0 -
Like meal prepping for the day?
I usually put simple things inside the box, like boiled eggs, some bread, pasta, vegetable salads.
It is more difficult to put a soup inside the box because then you need some small sub-boxes. But today I bought 3 small plastic boxes for some soups maybe. They will go inside the box.
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Like meal prepping for the day?
I usually put simple things inside the box, like boiled eggs, some bread, pasta, vegetable salads.
It is more difficult to put a soup inside the box because then you need some small sub-boxes. But today I bought 3 small plastic boxes for some soups maybe. They will go inside the box.
If it helps you to stay within your calorie goal, go for it. Different tricks help different people.0 -
What's in the box?!!!0
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What size box? I mean, I could get a large appliance box and fill it with food but I won't lose weight. This diet could be exploited in so many ways and isn't really teaching much in the way of nutrition.
The box is not really big. I will post a picture. It's volume about 3 liters I guess. I don't try to fill it out completely.
I put thing intuitively inside of it. Don't try to eat only useful food. But I avoid fats, fatty food.
I just got so disappointed with other diets, I tried a lot , no-fats, no-sugar, no-carbs , French Protein diet. And I am active, I walk a ton. So now it's time for the Box . :-)0 -
Whatever works!0
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Well, that's one way to plan meals. The only downside I see is that there are things I wouldn't want to leave unrefrigerated, and other things that I wouldn't want to refrigerate. I'd need at least two boxes. But by the time I knew what was going into the box, I would have pre-logged it anyway, so I just stuck to my list, I wouldn't actually need any boxes, after all. But if this helps you plan, then work it!0
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sheermomentum wrote: »Well, that's one way to plan meals. The only downside I see is that there are things I wouldn't want to leave unrefrigerated, and other things that I wouldn't want to refrigerate. I'd need at least two boxes. But by the time I knew what was going into the box, I would have pre-logged it anyway, so I just stuck to my list, I wouldn't actually need any boxes, after all. But if this helps you plan, then work it!
Yep, agree, there are things that need to be refrigerated, there are liquid things, it is not ideal.0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »What's in the box?!!!
Food! Usually some eggs, some tomato/cucumber salads, pasta, pepper, and chocolate. It depends on my mood largely what I put inside.0 -
There's no space for food after I put the whiskey in, can I have 2 boxes? Or can that be unlimited too?0
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There's no space for food after I put the whiskey in, can I have 2 boxes? Or can that be unlimited too?
Only one box for any day. I have 2 bottles of wine in the fridge , for a week. It is probably the only thing I eat that is not inside the box. And some really small stuff, like ketchup, peppers, salt.0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »What's in the box?!!!
Food! Usually some eggs, some tomato/cucumber salads, pasta, pepper, and chocolate. It depends on my mood largely what I put inside.
If it helps you moderate your intake then go with it. It seems akin to pre-logging.
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If I finish up the box, on this day I eat nothing more. Tea/coffee no sugar/milk unlimited.0
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sunnybeaches105 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »What's in the box?!!!
Food! Usually some eggs, some tomato/cucumber salads, pasta, pepper, and chocolate. It depends on my mood largely what I put inside.
If it helps you moderate your intake then go with it. It seems akin to pre-logging.
I am pretty sure it is the same thing more or less.0 -
However portion control, isn't exactly a calorie deficit; you should still weigh & calorie count, what goes into the box; even if your eating "healthy" things or in moderation.0
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but.... where are the veggies? I see a load of carbs and some.... rolluppy things... I have no idea what that is.
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I think that your plan could work...however...
If what I see in the box is all you are eating it doesn't seem like enough. I also see no fruits/vegetables. Not that you have to eat them but they help to keep you full for very few calories plus healthy for you.
Maybe not eating enough is why other types of diets have failed for you.0 -
I am in the camp of not really understanding how this is different than just planning out what you eat for the day and then sticking with that. You said you haven't really tried MFP yet OP, but yet, here you are...
Maybe before trying out the box you should try entering your stats and goals into MFP, letting it calculate an appropriate deficit for you, eating foods that you enjoy (in or out of the box), logging everything accurately and honestly, and aiming to eat a balanced, nutrient dense diet?
Or basically, all of this..
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1235566/so-youre-new-here/p10 -
I think that your plan could work...however...
If what I see in the box is all you are eating it doesn't seem like enough. I also see no fruits/vegetables. Not that you have to eat them but they help to keep you full for very few calories plus healthy for you.
Maybe not eating enough is why other types of diets have failed for you.
The box contents is changing every day more or less. Sometimes I put veggies inside. Usually I eat a lot of veggies/fruits. I don't think that I have not eaten enough with other diets. It seems to me that I have eaten too much with other diets.0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »
This. I don't understand. What is that? Hummus, plain noodles, pita bread, artificial crab meat, and one pepper?0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »
This. I don't understand. What is that? Hummus, plain noodles, pita bread, artificial crab meat, and one pepper?WinoGelato wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »
This. I don't understand. What is that? Hummus, plain noodles, pita bread, artificial crab meat, and one pepper?
Not much for a 30 y/o male...IMO.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »I am in the camp of not really understanding how this is different than just planning out what you eat for the day and then sticking with that. You said you haven't really tried MFP yet OP, but yet, here you are...
Maybe before trying out the box you should try entering your stats and goals into MFP, letting it calculate an appropriate deficit for you, eating foods that you enjoy (in or out of the box), logging everything accurately and honestly, and aiming to eat a balanced, nutrient dense diet?
Or basically, all of this..
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1235566/so-youre-new-here/p1
I don't say other methods don't work . They very well may work.
The box is not really different from just plain planning. However I suspect that with planning it is easier to get off the plan. With the box you are sure what you are doing. You don't really need to think a lot. So you have a lot of control I think.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »
This. I don't understand. What is that? Hummus, plain noodles, pita bread, artificial crab meat, and one pepper?
This is whole day. Not one meal. One box=one day.
Plus I drink like 0.2 liters of white wine a day.0
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