It shouldn't be like that for you. Being perpetually hungry is no way to live. When you get to your goal, what are you going to do? Your macros may need dinking with.
In French, we call it "hypocalorique", WordReference tells me it simply translates to "low-calorie diet" but I don't really agree with that word? As you can eat less calories but not have your diet be really LOW calorie, you know what I mean? So I'll probably go with a diet where I eat fewer calories than before.
I bet German's got a great word for eating less.
I can't think of one off the top of my head.
"Hypocalorique" properly translates to "hypocaloric".
Or one could just say I'm On A Diet. Easy enough since no one will ask in real life, because no one really wants to know about the boring details.
Some do. I normally say I watch what I eat and increased my activity a good bit. You know, eat less, move more.
You typically get pushed to admit what you really did.
I give more information if someone seems really interested in talking about weight loss which most are not.
Sometimes if someone is really pushy in a way I don't think is from personal concern I give a jokey answer like "kickboxing."
IME, although those who ask/are pushy are the most noticeable most people don't care or care about how others eat and are more likely to think it's rude to say anything unless there's a past history of discussing it.
Its this for me. I say "I changed the way I eat", then when asked for more detail I tell them "I ate less and moved more, and kept track of everything", and then if they want more information I'll go there. Yes I define the way I eat as Paleo, but there is just more to it than that and if I start with it then people will think that's the only way to lose weight so I don't even mention it unless we get into a detailed discussion about different methods of losing weight.
Most people reducing calories are reducing based on what they ate before . . . and for many of us, that wasn't the SAD. So this would be very misleading.
Not everyone counting calories is living in or even from the US. Also, not everyone in the US eats the SAD. I know my family don't. I never really did and I certainly don't now that I live on the other side of the atlantic. I don't understand the negativity some people have towards calorie counting.
I personally just say I count calories, or follow the ''eat less, move more''. People close to me know more of the details. I really don't think these things need labels. When more clarification is needed all you have to do is ask...which is exactly what the OP is doing
Since there really isn't a standard definition of what SAD represents, I don't see how this would be a helpful name... especially for those in other parts of the world who are just eating the foods they normally eat at a modest deficit...
Since there really isn't a standard definition of what SAD represents, I don't see how this would be a helpful name... especially for those in other parts of the world who are just eating the foods they normally eat at a modest deficit...
I feel like CCSAD should be what happens when you go to a kids' play center and the robotic mouse has stopped working.
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It shouldn't be like that for you. Being perpetually hungry is no way to live. When you get to your goal, what are you going to do? Your macros may need dinking with.
Eta: stupid auto-correct
I like it.
This term doesn't imply anything about the macronutrient content of the diet. It just means lower (hypo) calorie.
I'm late to the party. I see that someone has already mentioned this term above.
"Hypocalorique" properly translates to "hypocaloric".
For German ... maybe eingeschränktekalorien
Its this for me. I say "I changed the way I eat", then when asked for more detail I tell them "I ate less and moved more, and kept track of everything", and then if they want more information I'll go there. Yes I define the way I eat as Paleo, but there is just more to it than that and if I start with it then people will think that's the only way to lose weight so I don't even mention it unless we get into a detailed discussion about different methods of losing weight.
Most people reducing calories are reducing based on what they ate before . . . and for many of us, that wasn't the SAD. So this would be very misleading.
Or perhaps kalorienreduzierte Diät ?
Not everyone counting calories is living in or even from the US. Also, not everyone in the US eats the SAD. I know my family don't. I never really did and I certainly don't now that I live on the other side of the atlantic. I don't understand the negativity some people have towards calorie counting.
I personally just say I count calories, or follow the ''eat less, move more''. People close to me know more of the details. I really don't think these things need labels. When more clarification is needed all you have to do is ask...which is exactly what the OP is doing
Since there really isn't a standard definition of what SAD represents, I don't see how this would be a helpful name... especially for those in other parts of the world who are just eating the foods they normally eat at a modest deficit...
Why do you assume that anyone who doesn't feel the need to label their diet is eating the SAD? Does it make you feel better?
I feel like CCSAD should be what happens when you go to a kids' play center and the robotic mouse has stopped working.
Are you dieting? Yes I'm SUPER thanks for asking
Okay how do we make that a thing? #SUPER ?