The end all-be all trick that will make you lose weight:

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  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,590 Member
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    I agree with you, but I know most people won't.

    As long as you stay below calories then you'll be fine.
    Those two sentences are completely at odds with each other. :flowerforyou:
  • bradthemedic
    bradthemedic Posts: 623 Member
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    Hah- nope. I have a different goal than other people here.

    This thread was for the 90%- who are just trying to lose weight. I'm not trying to lose weight at this point so much. A few pounds this year would be fine.

    Good try though.
  • Hadabetter
    Hadabetter Posts: 941 Member
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    Ever considered practising what you preach?

    From your diary, which of these is "unprocessed, unmarketed corporate food?"

    Bsn - Syntha-6 Strawberry Protein Powder, 2 Rounded Scoop
    Western Family - 12" Hand-Stretched Pizza - Ham & Pineapple
    Giant Sports - Delicious Protein Chocolate, 2 Scoop
    Gaspari Nutrition - Aminolast - Lemon Ice Recovery & Endurance Bcaa, 1 Scoop
    Optimum Nutrition - Glutamine Powder - Unflavored, 3 tsp (5g)
    Optimum Nutrition - Micronized Creatine, 5 g
    Bsn - N.O.-Xplode Blue Raspberry 1025g, 2 Scoop
    Rite Aid - Multi-Vitamin Supplement Men's One Daily, 2 tablet

    As for "eat vegetables" I suggest you need more variety than:
    Safeway Deli Counter - Mojo Potato Wedges, 225 g

    Busted!
  • IronPlayground
    IronPlayground Posts: 1,594 Member
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    I don't like bullet points when it comes to weight loss. They seem too clinical and make it look like you're just says 'here ya go folks this is the golden ticket to make you thin'. Oh and 'clean' food. Since when was food clean/dirty. Dislike that phrase so much!!

    A "clean" diet is slang for natural foods. For instance if it wasn't available 150 years ago, you probably shouldn't be eating it. I think the term was borrowed from the bible to separate the clean foods from the "unclean" foods as people are used to hearing those terms when talking about how to care for one's body.

    Ha! No! If it wasn't around 150 years ago, it means they didn't know how to make it. Let's go back even further. I'm pretty sure if Wilma and Betty knew how to make pancakes, then the Flintstones and Rubbles would have been eating them with syrup!
  • pjp1125
    pjp1125 Posts: 313
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    I disagree. You can eat dirty and still lose weight if you keep under your calories requirements.

    The term 'clean eating' kind of grates for me...sorry..:ohwell:

    Amen!
  • sailawaykate
    sailawaykate Posts: 126
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    What if your recommended calorie intake for weight loss is 1500 cals/day... but you eat 2000 cals worth of clean food and vegetables? :smile:

    Just thought I'd throw that out there since I'm sure there are many who will point out that one of the most important things is ensuring calories out > calories in, regardless of what you're eating..

    Aside from that.. solid advice IMO.

    I would pay to see someone try to eat 2000 cals worth of broccoli...
  • foodie99
    foodie99 Posts: 92
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    The reason I have turned away from the terms clean and dirty food is because it puts food in categories of good and bad. The bad food then creates guilt when eating. This further perpetuates myths and ridiculous rules around how people should eat. There is no such thing as good or bad food. Food does not carry those characteristics. It is just food. It's not clean or dirty. It's food. Eat it all and enjoy it. Decouple yourselves from guilt and shame and just enjoy.

    So true!

    I think some people like to proclaim they 'eat clean' to sound better than others. Again, piling on the guilt and shame.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
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    All for the price of free:
    1. Eat unprocessed, "unmarketed" corporate food (IE eat clean food)
    2. Drink lots of water (and rarely anything else)
    3. Exercise (start slow!)
    4. Track your food
    5. Eat vegetables

    There's nothing else to it. If you're not losing weight then something in the above list isn't being done correctly.

    Good luck bros.

    By this logic, I shouldn't be losing weight.......but I am.
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  • footiechick82
    footiechick82 Posts: 1,203 Member
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    Jillian Michaels has similar advice and

    Move *kitten*... and Move *kitten* MORE! hahaha
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
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    Let me fix this whole thing for your.

    1) Eat at a caloric deficit and you'll lose weight.


    There you go.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
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    All for the price of free:
    1. Eat unprocessed, "unmarketed" corporate food (IE eat clean food)
    2. Drink lots of water (and rarely anything else)
    3. Exercise (start slow!)
    4. Track your food
    5. Eat vegetables

    There's nothing else to it. If you're not losing weight then something in the above list isn't being done correctly.

    Good luck bros.
    I'd rather enjoy eating sometimes, so I'll stick with a moderate caloric deficit instead of the orthorexia that's on offer.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,134 Member
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    Ever considered practising what you preach?

    From your diary, which of these is "unprocessed, unmarketed corporate food?"

    Bsn - Syntha-6 Strawberry Protein Powder, 2 Rounded Scoop
    Western Family - 12" Hand-Stretched Pizza - Ham & Pineapple
    Giant Sports - Delicious Protein Chocolate, 2 Scoop
    Gaspari Nutrition - Aminolast - Lemon Ice Recovery & Endurance Bcaa, 1 Scoop
    Optimum Nutrition - Glutamine Powder - Unflavored, 3 tsp (5g)
    Optimum Nutrition - Micronized Creatine, 5 g
    Bsn - N.O.-Xplode Blue Raspberry 1025g, 2 Scoop
    Rite Aid - Multi-Vitamin Supplement Men's One Daily, 2 tablet

    As for "eat vegetables" I suggest you need more variety than:
    Safeway Deli Counter - Mojo Potato Wedges, 225 g
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  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
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    All for the price of free:
    1. Eat unprocessed, "unmarketed" corporate food (IE eat clean food)
    2. Drink lots of water (and rarely anything else)
    3. Exercise (start slow!)
    4. Track your food
    5. Eat vegetables

    There's nothing else to it. If you're not losing weight then something in the above list isn't being done correctly.

    Good luck bros.
    My present weight loss journey started with:
    1: Only eat microwave ready meady meals.
    2: Only drink fizzy drinks filled with "chemical's" (aspartame, as well DMHO of course ;) ).
    3: Keep myself busy so I didn't have time to eat out of boredom.
    4: Don't bother tracking apart from making sure I don't have more than 3 ready meals a day which are lowish calories.

    As others have suggested; I would suspect the common aspect is we both ate below the calories we were burning each day :).
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
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    Ever considered practising what you preach?

    From your diary, which of these is "unprocessed, unmarketed corporate food?"

    Bsn - Syntha-6 Strawberry Protein Powder, 2 Rounded Scoop
    Western Family - 12" Hand-Stretched Pizza - Ham & Pineapple
    Giant Sports - Delicious Protein Chocolate, 2 Scoop
    Gaspari Nutrition - Aminolast - Lemon Ice Recovery & Endurance Bcaa, 1 Scoop
    Optimum Nutrition - Glutamine Powder - Unflavored, 3 tsp (5g)
    Optimum Nutrition - Micronized Creatine, 5 g
    Bsn - N.O.-Xplode Blue Raspberry 1025g, 2 Scoop
    Rite Aid - Multi-Vitamin Supplement Men's One Daily, 2 tablet

    As for "eat vegetables" I suggest you need more variety than:
    Safeway Deli Counter - Mojo Potato Wedges, 225 g

    *snort
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • dellaquilaa
    dellaquilaa Posts: 230 Member
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    The reason I have turned away from the terms clean and dirty food is because it puts food in categories of good and bad. The bad food then creates guilt when eating. This further perpetuates myths and ridiculous rules around how people should eat. There is no such thing as good or bad food. Food does not carry those characteristics. It is just food. It's not clean or dirty. It's food. Eat it all and enjoy it. Decouple yourselves from guilt and shame and just enjoy.

    ^^I like that
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
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    Hah- nope. I have a different goal than other people here.

    This thread was for the 90%- who are just trying to lose weight. I'm not trying to lose weight at this point so much. A few pounds this year would be fine.

    Good try though.

    lolwut?

    Have you even bothered to look at the tickers of the people telling you that a number of your "points" are superfluous, and that tracking generally is a good thing?

    So to clarify for you:
    Eat at a calorie deficit for weight loss.
    Exercise makes it easier to eat at a deficit.
    It's probably a good idea to not get dehydrated.
    Veggies are nummy and make you regular, plus have lots of good things in them. So, recommended for general healthy living but not necessary for weight loss.
  • sccet
    sccet Posts: 141 Member
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    This is why we don't have nice things.

    It's true.
  • Joehenny
    Joehenny Posts: 1,222 Member
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    Ever considered practising what you preach?

    From your diary, which of these is "unprocessed, unmarketed corporate food?"

    Bsn - Syntha-6 Strawberry Protein Powder, 2 Rounded Scoop
    Western Family - 12" Hand-Stretched Pizza - Ham & Pineapple
    Giant Sports - Delicious Protein Chocolate, 2 Scoop
    Gaspari Nutrition - Aminolast - Lemon Ice Recovery & Endurance Bcaa, 1 Scoop
    Optimum Nutrition - Glutamine Powder - Unflavored, 3 tsp (5g)
    Optimum Nutrition - Micronized Creatine, 5 g
    Bsn - N.O.-Xplode Blue Raspberry 1025g, 2 Scoop
    Rite Aid - Multi-Vitamin Supplement Men's One Daily, 2 tablet

    As for "eat vegetables" I suggest you need more variety than:
    Safeway Deli Counter - Mojo Potato Wedges, 225 g

    XD
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    I'll make it even simpler than the OP:

    1.) Figure out how many total calories your body expends per day.
    2.) Eat a reasonable amount less than that.

    Done.

    In...

    ...to see where this goes in the three pages I haven't read yet. Hopefully, ^this survives the discussion.
  • Joehenny
    Joehenny Posts: 1,222 Member
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    :heart: :love: Berry! :drinker:

    And just to throw in some Tuesday eruditiion, processed foods availble today are much safer than the majority of foodsds available in Victorian times (unless you were rich), where there was little or no regulation to prevent adulteration (lead added to bread to make it white, for example). We eat too much of it, there lies your main problem!

    Uh oh
    What processed foods are better than the natural foods from mother Earth!?
    Inb4 the hippies get butt-hurt. :wink:

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