Easiest way to lose weight

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  • DuckReconMajor
    DuckReconMajor Posts: 434 Member
    I love spinach. I make spinach-protein smoothies for breakfast where i take 170g (~6cups) of spinach, scoop of chocolate protein powder, and water and blend them in my BlendTec. Sometimes I add berries. It's delicious and usually keeps me from being hungry the first half of the day.
  • smotheredincheese
    smotheredincheese Posts: 559 Member
    I feel a bit queasy at the thought of eating that much spinach, so it's working for me and I didn't even have to try it. Good work OP.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    msf74 wrote: »
    jeffpettis wrote: »
    So is the spinach supposed to negate any calories I eat after eating the spinach?

    I'm guessing:

    1) The amount of volume you eat (3 cups of spinach is a lot by anyone's standards) means you end up eating less overall afterwards
    2) The spinach is very low calorie and coupled with 1 means less overall calories
    3) You get bored of eating by the time you get through eating the spinach and again coupled with 1 & 2 means less overall calories
    4) The idea of having to eat 3 cups of spinach at every meal means you end up avoiding eating altogether as much as possible
    Except I ate a Cobb salad with 4 cups of spinach just last night. I'm not clear on whether this negates the blue cheese dressing or if I had to eat the spinach first and then drink the dressing.

  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    msf74 wrote: »
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    msf74 wrote: »
    jeffpettis wrote: »
    So is the spinach supposed to negate any calories I eat after eating the spinach?

    I'm guessing:

    1) The amount of volume you eat (3 cups of spinach is a lot by anyone's standards) means you end up eating less overall afterwards
    2) The spinach is very low calorie and coupled with 1 means less overall calories
    3) You get bored of eating by the time you get through eating the spinach and again coupled with 1 & 2 means less overall calories
    4) The idea of having to eat 3 cups of spinach at every meal means you end up avoiding eating altogether as much as possible

    I took his question as a joke because I am sure he might know how much volume 3 cups of spinach is.

    You're probably right but when you've seen people, with a straight face, recommend eating baby food or even pet food as a dieting strategy (which I have seen over the years in different places) you never eliminate the possibility the person is serious...

    I must including myself in this. We( maybe not you) have done some pretty outrageous things for weight loss.

    My very first attempt was I ate one footlong sub from subway everyday. I lost 25 pounds in 5 weeks. That didn't last too long after the 5 weeks.

    Oh, I've done plenty of dumb things when dieting, believe me...

    The things that eluded me were consistency and patience. Once I had those down it was surprisingly simple to do.
  • lizzocat
    lizzocat Posts: 356 Member
    edited June 2015
    edited to say this doesn't seem feasible
  • Leslierussell4134
    Leslierussell4134 Posts: 376 Member
    I'm Popeye the sailor man...oh, no? Okay nm
  • rushfive
    rushfive Posts: 603 Member
    I had to look and see if this was in "Chit chat"... nope "general".
    Poy eye.
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    I love spinach! Begone, spinach haters!

    lol
  • buket1819
    buket1819 Posts: 73 Member
    Dude. No.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    MamaBirdBoss wrote: »
    I love spinach! Begone, spinach haters!

    lol

    No hate for spinach here. Just can't eat 9 cups a day, hehe.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited June 2015
    charnessa52 wrote: »
    Eat 3 cups raw plain spinach before you eat anything.I promise you will lose weight, quickly.

    Just to clarify

    I can't eat 2 or 4?
    I can't eat it with my food, just before?
    What about afterwards?

    Cos seriously if we are making up rules you should be accurate

    Can I mix it with watercress and rocket and dump a thai coconut curry and rice on top ...I do that a lot ...that might actually be the reason I succeeded actually
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    3 cups of spinach at every meal would probably give me enough iron to make me very sick after a while. No thanks, lol.

    What? ..it's around 0.8g per cup ..so that's 7.2g ...you're not gonna turn into Popeye :)
  • Annie_01
    Annie_01 Posts: 3,096 Member
    One cup has 4% of your DV of iron. So you would need to eat 25 cups to get enough for a 2000 calorie diet.

    Too much spinach for me.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    edited June 2015
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    3 cups of spinach at every meal would probably give me enough iron to make me very sick after a while. No thanks, lol.

    What? ..it's around 0.8g per cup ..so that's 7.2g ...you're not gonna turn into Popeye :)

    In my case, my body doesn't get rid of excess iron normally. Iron overload can be a pretty nasty condition, which sucks for me because I do need to limit red meat, etc. I found out after I had been eating two packs of plain instant oatmeal a day, thinking it healthy, but for some reason they're all fortified with 25% RDA iron. Thankfully my doc found it in my bloodwork before it caused permanent problems.
  • Emily3907
    Emily3907 Posts: 1,461 Member
    msf74 wrote: »
    charnessa52 wrote: »
    Eat 3 cups raw plain spinach before you eat anything.I promise you will lose weight, quickly.

    I'd also lose the will to live so...

    You win the internet today. :D
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  • ercarroll311
    ercarroll311 Posts: 295 Member
    I'm not saying I eat an insane amount of spinach before every meal, but it does help me to have a really big helping of veggies (cabbage, especially) with dinner to keep me from eating and eating. If I had a single serving, I'd wander over to the pantry too soon after finishing. If I'm hungry later, I grab a couple servings of green beans. So I think OP is just suggesting a more-filling, low cal way of eating dinner to keep your deficit going. I think.
  • Jayblonde96
    Jayblonde96 Posts: 19 Member
    Way too much spinach for me let alone I think it's nasty.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    charnessa52 wrote: »
    Eat 3 cups raw plain spinach before you eat anything.I promise you will lose weight, quickly.

    I really like spinach but that is ridiculous.
    Just eat a variety of foods like a normal human being, watch your calorie intake and you will lose weight. You will be able to make sustainable changes.
  • NoIdea101NoIdea
    NoIdea101NoIdea Posts: 659 Member
    I am disappointed OP hasn't been back to explain this weight loss miracle....where for art thou, OP?!
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    That's gonna get expensive, yo.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    msf74 wrote: »
    jeffpettis wrote: »
    So is the spinach supposed to negate any calories I eat after eating the spinach?

    I'm guessing:

    1) The amount of volume you eat (3 cups of spinach is a lot by anyone's standards) means you end up eating less overall afterwards
    2) The spinach is very low calorie and coupled with 1 means less overall calories
    3) You get bored of eating by the time you get through eating the spinach and again coupled with 1 & 2 means less overall calories
    4) The idea of having to eat 3 cups of spinach at every meal means you end up avoiding eating altogether as much as possible

    Along these lines, during USAF Basic Training, we were not allowed to leave the chow hall until we'd downed two glasses of water. This requirement, the short period of time in which we had to eat, and the terrible food did cause me to eat less. Combined with extra exercise, I lost 25# in 6 weeks.

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