The end all-be all trick that will make you lose weight:
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Those two sentences are completely at odds with each other. :flowerforyou:I agree with you, but I know most people won't.
As long as you stay below calories then you'll be fine.0 -
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.0 -
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!0 -
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!0 -
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:
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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?
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...0 -
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.0 -
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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Jillian Michaels has similar advice and
Move *kitten*... and Move *kitten* MORE! hahaha0 -
Let me fix this whole thing for your.
1) Eat at a caloric deficit and you'll lose weight.
There you go.0 -
I'd rather enjoy eating sometimes, so I'll stick with a moderate caloric deficit instead of the orthorexia that's on offer.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.0 -
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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My present weight loss journey started with: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.
1: Only eat microwave ready meady meals.
2: Only drink fizzy drinks filled with "chemical's" (aspartame, as well DMHO of course
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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. 0 -
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
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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.
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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.0 -
This is why we don't have nice things.
It's true.0 -
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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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.
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...to see where this goes in the three pages I haven't read yet. Hopefully, ^this survives the discussion.0 -
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. 0 -
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.
IN...mostly to bump this particular post and add:
3) Exercise (preferably heavy lifting included in that exercise) will make you look pretty, so do it.0 -
As others have said at the end of the day if your goal is just weightloss then you need to make sure you are consuming less calories than you are using0
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I considered adding strength training and adequate protein intake, but didn't want to complicate things beyond basic weight loss - but yes, those two things will help ensure that lean body mass sticks around and most of your weight loss is fat, so you don't look like a droopy bag of bones at the end of the process.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.
IN...mostly to bump this particular post and add:
3) Exercise (preferably heavy lifting included in that exercise) will make you look pretty, so do it.0 -
What if your recommended calorie intake for weight loss is 1500 cals/day... but you eat 2000 cals worth of clean food and vegetables?
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.
Yes, I thought of this too, CALORIE count makes a difference... I've been doing all the things you've listed above, I even wear a heart rate monitor during exercises. I was eating on an average of 1200 cals a day but exercising 5-7x a week, doing mainly Insanity and walking ALOT of walking.... burning up to 800 cals or more a day.... I have been at a plateau for almost 2 months. Over the last few weeks I am slowly increasing my cal intake to 1500-1600 a day. Hoping to see the scale move. By the way I also had my blood work done... All hormones and thyroid in normal range... The body needs fuel so if you don't eat enough clean foods you still wont loose weight the right way.... Heres hoping to get the scale moving again! :drinker:0 -
Never had a vegetable or fruit in my entire life - losing at least 2 pounds a week!
Wait, what?
I'm not saying that you're doing it wrong...
...but you are.0 -
Hello, question...if you have hypothyroid will working harder allow you to achieve the weightloss and body shape you are seeking? Not over weight but looking to lose the stomache fat and get the chest and abs I want. Any advise welcome.0
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Exercise takes care of any excess.
Tracking calories to the single digits is pointless. Even to the hundreds for the most part is a waste. If we gain weight- exercise a bit more or eat a bit less. Add some weights in if you like eating a lot and pack on some muscle instead of fat.
It's way easier than we make it out to be.
- I realize there are medical conditions that complicate things. I have hypothyroid, I just choose to work harder to compensate for my body being ridiculous.
Not so much. I'm 5'2" and don't have much left to lose. I can easily rack up more calories eating clean foods than I can reasonably burn off via exercise considering if I'm pushing at my max safe heart rate, I'll burn about 600 calories an hour. And then I will be ravenous. Your points make for a decent foundation but it's just not that simple.0 -
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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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This made my day.0 -
Which one is the trick?0
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