Lose weight without dieting!
Alatariel75
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This is the feature article in our national paper right now. Talk about over-simplified to the point of uselessness.
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/six-strategies-for-losing-weight-without-dieting-20150720-gigt9y.html
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/six-strategies-for-losing-weight-without-dieting-20150720-gigt9y.html
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I mean, it's just a basic list of solid ideas. They probably had nothing interesting to write about and had a deadline to meet. I don't see much of an issue.0
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Snort!
If I pack my own lunch, should I put that many cookies in it?
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That's quite a lot of derp.1
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »Snort!
If I pack my own lunch, should I put that many cookies in it?
cackle
YES.
derp derp derp0 -
"Imagine if you could lose weight without calorie counting, label reading or spending hours at the gym?"
"A simple yet effective strategy to manage this information overload is to peruse menus when you are not hungry, before dining out. You can make a nutritionally strong decision before you go out and be less likely to be drawn into the excitement of the ordering process."
But ya'know, you don't have to label read or calorie count. Just read and consider nutritionally strong elements.
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Be ruthless and refuse to keep any calorific food you know you will eventually eat when you are tired, bored or vulnerable.
But no calorie counting or label reading!6 -
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Did you know that the average lunch order from a food court contains 600 to 800 calories, or double what lunch for a small woman should contain.
Um.... what? 600 calories is double what lunch for a small woman should contain? for serious? My lunch should be only 300 calories? Jeezum, I only weigh 125 lbs, but if my lunches were regularly only 300 calories, I'd friggin starve to death.4 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »Be ruthless and refuse to keep any calorific food you know you will eventually eat when you are tired, bored or vulnerable.
But no calorie counting or label reading!
Yes. Because you will know exactly which high calorie foods to get rid of if you don't read the labels or track your calories.
So much nope.
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Did you know that the average lunch order from a food court contains 600 to 800 calories, or double what lunch for a small woman should contain.
Um.... what? 600 calories is double what lunch for a small woman should contain? for serious? My lunch should be only 300 calories? Jeezum, I only weigh 125 lbs, but if my lunches were regularly only 300 calories, I'd friggin starve to death.
Eh, when I'm in a deficit my lunches are around there. Definitely not maintenance though.3 -
Did you know that the average lunch order from a food court contains 600 to 800 calories, or double what lunch for a small woman should contain.
Um.... what? 600 calories is double what lunch for a small woman should contain? for serious? My lunch should be only 300 calories? Jeezum, I only weigh 125 lbs, but if my lunches were regularly only 300 calories, I'd friggin starve to death.
I'd be homicidal. Lunch is my biggest meal of the day!1 -
Did you know that the average lunch order from a food court contains 600 to 800 calories, or double what lunch for a small woman should contain.
Um.... what? 600 calories is double what lunch for a small woman should contain? for serious? My lunch should be only 300 calories? Jeezum, I only weigh 125 lbs, but if my lunches were regularly only 300 calories, I'd friggin starve to death.
But..but..we're delicate flowers. We should be waifs that fall over at the slightest breeze!2 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Did you know that the average lunch order from a food court contains 600 to 800 calories, or double what lunch for a small woman should contain.
Um.... what? 600 calories is double what lunch for a small woman should contain? for serious? My lunch should be only 300 calories? Jeezum, I only weigh 125 lbs, but if my lunches were regularly only 300 calories, I'd friggin starve to death.
But..but..we're delicate flowers. We should be waifs that fall over at the slightest breeze!
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Did you know that the average lunch order from a food court contains 600 to 800 calories, or double what lunch for a small woman should contain.
Um.... what? 600 calories is double what lunch for a small woman should contain? for serious? My lunch should be only 300 calories? Jeezum, I only weigh 125 lbs, but if my lunches were regularly only 300 calories, I'd friggin starve to death.
But..but..we're delicate flowers. We should be waifs that fall over at the slightest breeze!
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Even if you pack your own salad or leftovers a couple of times each week, you will be saving many calories on a weekly basis without really noticing it.
Clearly this "author" has never seen me make a salad at home!2 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Did you know that the average lunch order from a food court contains 600 to 800 calories, or double what lunch for a small woman should contain.
Um.... what? 600 calories is double what lunch for a small woman should contain? for serious? My lunch should be only 300 calories? Jeezum, I only weigh 125 lbs, but if my lunches were regularly only 300 calories, I'd friggin starve to death.
But..but..we're delicate flowers. We should be waifs that fall over at the slightest breeze!
Snort!1 -
The picture at the top of the article was enough to make me click out. Who picks a rice cake over a chocolate chip cookie?5
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Even if you pack your own salad or leftovers a couple of times each week, you will be saving many calories on a weekly basis without really noticing it.
Clearly this "author" has never seen me make a salad at home!
I know right...last time I made a salad it was almost 800 calories...full of protein mind you and nom nom but almost 800 calories..
my turkey taco salad...Yah that too....I think that last time I ate that it was just over 700.0 -
*Checks diary* my packed lunch today is 684 cals. So I'm eating double what I apparently should, yet amazingly I'm losing weight. I am a special snowflake.5
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bclarke1990 wrote: »I mean, it's just a basic list of solid ideas. They probably had nothing interesting to write about and had a deadline to meet. I don't see much of an issue.
Neither do I really considering most people eat ad libitum.
They're strategies not rules.0 -
KarenJanine wrote: »*Checks diary* my packed lunch today is 684 cals. So I'm eating double what I apparently should, yet amazingly I'm losing weight. I am a special snowflake.
Hey I'm a special snowflake too.
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Did you know that the average lunch order from a food court contains 600 to 800 calories, or double what lunch for a small woman should contain.
Um.... what? 600 calories is double what lunch for a small woman should contain? for serious? My lunch should be only 300 calories? Jeezum, I only weigh 125 lbs, but if my lunches were regularly only 300 calories, I'd friggin starve to death.
Their statement isn't so far off. If a woman doesn't exercise and should be eating 1600 calories per day, three 400 calorie meals plus two 200 calorie snacks would fill out her calorie allotment. To lose weight, she would need to eat less than that, so three 300 calorie meals with two 150 calorie snacks would be right on track.1 -
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Ive been looking into this since its so hard to diet with my helath problems.
here is an interestign article. a big one for me is chronic stress.
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-12098/the-7-things-i-did-to-lose-220-pounds-without-dieting.html2 -
I don't think it is that derpy really - sure, exaggerated click bait title, but sensible strategies nevertheless.
Of course they are just strategies or guidelines, you don't have to follow them to the letter - but they seem fairly solid ones for most people.1 -
It's about 50/50 useful and pointless. However, all of that advice is made completely useless by the intro where "without calorie counting or label reading" is put. But hey, I guess sitting down to eat and preplanning my meals will offset the fact that they are still 1200 kcals each, eh?1
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »It's about 50/50 useful and pointless. However, all of that advice is made completely useless by the intro where "without calorie counting or label reading" is put. But hey, I guess sitting down to eat and preplanning my meals will offset the fact that they are still 1200 kcals each, eh?
Of course not - and article isnt saying that.
That's taking one little bit of something out of context and then dismissing the whole.
Just like, say, logging in MFP on its own wont work without also calculating your calorie allowance to eat to.
But if you were to pre plan meals, in conjunction with the other strategies, then it makes sound guidelines that probably would work for most people.
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Holy necro thread, Batman!0
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I agree there was probably not much to write about that they came out with that article!0
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