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So I've not been using MFP for a while. I did weight watchers, but lost motivation quickly. I just made the decision to jump back into watching my diet and exercise again about a week ago. My boss, who is a spine surgeon and triathlete, mentioned to a patient today that they should take the amount they normally eat and cut it into 4 equal portions. Immediately discard half. Then eat a quarter now, and save the other quarter to eat in 2 hours if you're legitimately hungry. Sounds so simple. Funny that this was my "Ah ha" moment!
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Or just weigh stuff to the appropriate portiin size...but waste your money if you want.0
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So I've not been using MFP for a while. I did weight watchers, but lost motivation quickly. I just made the decision to jump back into watching my diet and exercise again about a week ago. My boss, who is a spine surgeon and triathlete, mentioned to a patient today that they should take the amount they normally eat and cut it into 4 equal portions. Immediately discard half. Then eat a quarter now, and save the other quarter to eat in 2 hours if you're legitimately hungry. Sounds so simple. Funny that this was my "Ah ha" moment!0
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I didn't mean to literally throw your food away. And thanks for being so negative, guys.0
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And no, he is not an expert on diet. However, it is important for our patients to be at a healthy prior to surgery. Also, some surgical frames have a weight limit. So, yeah, he has to know something about diet, exercise, and a healthy weight loss.0
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It's not the kind of advice that you can apply accross the board and pretty much assumes that you're eating about 4 times too much food. The main problem is that it could result in under eating for some people.0
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And no, he is not an expert on diet. However, it is important for our patients to be at a healthy prior to surgery. Also, some surgical frames have a weight limit. So, yeah, he has to know something about diet, exercise, and a healthy weight loss.
So if I normally eat four ounces of broccoli with a meal, I should now eat half an ounce at dinner, and another half ounce later?
See, it doesn't work for everything.
If he wanted to teach some good changes, he'd suggest a calorie deficit and weighing your portions.
Echoing the above poster that his advice is too general and suggesting that people are overeating when they may not be, and may force some people to undereat.0
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