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amusedmonkey wrote: »What works for me is to not overcomplicate things.
Weight loss, in itself, is a matter of calories. Anything else you have read is just opinions about what different things work for different people to optimize their calorie intake and health. If clean eating makes dieting easier for you, eat clean. If eating cake within calories is easier, eat cake. If eating 15 meals a day makes dieting easier for you, eat 15 meals a day. If eating 1 meal a day is what fits your preference better, do that. Physical activity is great for physical and mental health, it also gives you extra calories to make dieting easier. If you don't want to do it (or can't), don't do it. Nutrient rich foods support your health, but if you have a couple of days here and there where your diet is not nutrient rich, you're not gonna die.
Cut through the noise and experiment to find out what works for you and makes dieting less stressful and more sustainable.
Edit: what works for me, personally, is more low intensity cardio on most days (GASP!) and moderate intensity 2-3 times a week because high intensity cardio makes me much hungrier. Meal-wise I'm not very consistent. I sometimes have 3 square meals, other times I have 2, and others I just graze all day. Depends on my mood or circumstances (I often skip meals if I know I will be having something heavier later in the day). I also have times where I do intermittent fasting alternating low calorie days with maintenance, and times where I bank my calories in advance for several days for some special event. However I do it, I often look at my calories as a multi-day budget, not a single day budget. Food-wise, I eat things I like within calories (including cake and chips sometimes), but most of the things I like are nutrient rich anyway so no problems there.
I try to count my calories.0 -
Yea I've never weighed my meals. Definitely something I'll look into because I know my eyes are much bigger than my stomache:-/
This was my biggest problem! A lot of people will say that weighing things is obsessive, but I learned SO much about portion size from weighing. In fact, it's the only thing that allows me to stay in maintenance while eyeballing, because I did it so much that it got easier. I was SO wrong before that. It was worth the $20 scale and year or so that I weighed things. When I find myself eating too high from time to time I pull it out and use it religiously for a while until I'm back on track.4 -
kk_inprogress wrote: »Yea I've never weighed my meals. Definitely something I'll look into because I know my eyes are much bigger than my stomache:-/
This was my biggest problem! A lot of people will say that weighing things is obsessive, but I learned SO much about portion size from weighing. In fact, it's the only thing that allows me to stay in maintenance while eyeballing, because I did it so much that it got easier. I was SO wrong before that. It was worth the $20 scale and year or so that I weighed things. When I find myself eating too high from time to time I pull it out and use it religiously for a while until I'm back on track.
I've heard a lot of people weighing. I really think I'll buy a set of scales. Not just for me but my teenage daughters. I'm Italian so I over feed lol but really I no we eat way to big portions.1 -
My diary is open - feel free to take a peek.
For me, I try to eat my three meals a day, plus 1-2 snacks. I've cut back on the number of snacks, just to keep my calories under control. If I want to eat anything that isn't pretty plain and healthy, I need to exercise to have the calories to spend. In the summer, I bike commute, but for now, I'm doing weights at home (YouTube is amazing and free!) and walking on my lunch break.
I'm nearly down 10 lb since the new year, and I'm very happy. Just do something and you'll be better off than before. Personally, exercise is important for mental health as well as weight loss (oh, and fitness/physical health). I could lose weight just eating less, but some moving helps it all a lot.1 -
Oh, and find the weekly net calories (on the app, go to "nutrition" and then "calories" and then "net"). The number you're under for the week is in theory what you can go over at your Nonna's and not derail your plan.
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Long term. Hell, I can't go a week on rabbit food. I hate most veggies. Those I like I will eat a couple portions of daily (baby carrots and snap peas), but beyond that and I'm reaching for a Teen Burger.
Silly @Tacklewasher , eat your "bunnies", and a large Wendy's chilli is a better deal than a teen burger <ducks back into cover>1 -
annacole94 wrote: »Oh, and find the weekly net calories (on the app, go to "nutrition" and then "calories" and then "net"). The number you're under for the week is in theory what you can go over at your Nonna's and not derail your plan.
Thank u:-)0 -
OP the advice so far is excellent, so not much to add1
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Long term. Hell, I can't go a week on rabbit food. I hate most veggies. Those I like I will eat a couple portions of daily (baby carrots and snap peas), but beyond that and I'm reaching for a Teen Burger.
Silly @Tacklewasher , eat your "bunnies", and a large Wendy's chilli is a better deal than a teen burger <ducks back into cover>
Well, as far as eating my bunnies, as I always say to my vegetarian friends, my food *kitten* on your food.
And I don't like beans in my chili. So Bleh.2 -
I don't wait till i'm very hungry to eat , that's how I over ate before mfp, had 2 meals a day & hungry so ate till i was full. I also wait 20 min before having anything else & by that time, it hits my stomach & I'm not hungry any more. I love to exercise, it gives me energy and it shapes me1
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I don't wait till i'm very hungry to eat , that's how I over ate before mfp, had 2 meals a day & hungry so ate till i was full. I also wait 20 min before having anything else & by that time, it hits my stomach & I'm not hungry any more. I love to exercise, it gives me energy and it shapes me
That first part is really good advice, too! Sometimes I have to wait beyond that point, but in general I try to avoid getting to the point where I feel like I could eat a whole cow....because I used to put in a pretty good faith effort and I gained.1 -
I despair as to the heathens who live in the interior of my beautiful province! I mean if you want to discuss mushrooms in your chilli (Tim's), OK, I will entertain that... but how can you call a chilli a chilli without beans (which incidentally do count as "bunnies", or rather as ONE bunny!) Get with the program @Tacklewasher: 5+ "bunnies" a day!Tacklewasher wrote: »Well, as far as eating my bunnies, as I always say to my vegetarian friends, my food *kitten* on your food.
And I don't like beans in my chili. So Bleh.3 -
Personally, I find it more effective to add things to my life/diet than to make rules against things. So, I've tried to add more vegetables into my diet - especially packing a bunch for lunch + afternoon snacks. I've added a lot of walking to my life (some of it forced upon me by my work turning my old parking lot into a construction site) - which lets me eat a *lot* more than if I was sedentary. I've tried to increase my overall protein intake (aiming for 100 g per day - which is about 20-25% of my daily calories) to help with satiety.3
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I despair as to the heathens who live in the interior of my beautiful province! I mean if you want to discuss mushrooms in your chilli (Tim's), OK, I will entertain that... but how can you call a chilli a chilli without beans (which incidentally do count as "bunnies", or rather as ONE bunny!) Get with the program @Tacklewasher: 5+ "bunnies" a day!Tacklewasher wrote: »Well, as far as eating my bunnies, as I always say to my vegetarian friends, my food *kitten* on your food.
And I don't like beans in my chili. So Bleh.
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2015/01/chili_history_there_are_no_beans_in_san_antonio_s_specialty.html1 -
I don't eat bunnies in my chilli1
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My diary is open if you'd like a gander. I think most people would call my overall eating 'healthy' though I usually go over my sodium. However, I make room for a couple of pieces of potato kugel and a frosted cookie once a week. I have a piece of homemade birthday cake at my nephew's party. (I also show up with a bag of Skinny Pop popcorn for everyone and along with the one piece of cake, I dip into the popcorn bowl and the fruit platter... but I budget for that cake and enjoy it without guilt). I check restaurant menus in advance and email the restaurant with questions if I'm not sure about the calories, but then I go out to eat and enjoy myself.
And there are some foods I don't buy right now, because I don't trust myself to stick to a sensible portion if it's in the house.
I'm doing some moderate exercise (leisurely-paced walks of at least one hour or 35 minutes on a Nordic skier, supplemented with using a fit tube for strength building/toning).
So far, it's working. I've lost 35 lbs, I'm seldom hungry, and I haven't had to give up anything.1 -
I repent.... I may try said bunny, in chilli.
Bunnys in moderation always
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I wish Australia had thanksgiving:-(1
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