Questions about the Green tea Diet!
umbreonlegend
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I figured this would be the best place to ask questions about it
So I recently found this and I’m curious on if anybody else do it as well? And if its okay to drink the peach iced tea or do it have to be citrus green tea or mix berry green tea
(Also I’m new so if this isn’t the right place for this then please let me know!)
So I recently found this and I’m curious on if anybody else do it as well? And if its okay to drink the peach iced tea or do it have to be citrus green tea or mix berry green tea
(Also I’m new so if this isn’t the right place for this then please let me know!)
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Drink tea for hydration. Lose weight by being in a calorie deficit. There are no magic teas. This has come up before, no true diet just from drinking green tea, red tea, matcha tea or any others that martketers want us to buy.18
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What do you mean by calorie deficit? Like eat less? And I knew drinking tea alone isn’t going to lose weight I’m actually at a stand still with the weight lost like I’ve already lost 80 but now I’m at a decent size but I’m no longer losing weight it’s been like that for a few months now I only work out 3x a week but I go extremely hard. With that being I also have a active hoppy 2 extra days so in total I’m extremely active for 5 days a week
But thanks I wanted to know if it matters which one3 -
It doesn't matter which one, because tea doesn't actually help you lose weight.
If you haven't lost any weight for a few months, you are eating at maintenance and need to eat a little less. If you are a healthy weight, you don't have much wiggle room. Do you log accurately and consistently? Do you use a food scale?
Check out the Most Helpful Posts threads pinned to the top of each forum, lots of great info there. Drink tea if you like it, but don't depend on it to help weight loss.15 -
What method did you use to lose the 80 lbs so far (that’s a huge accomplishment by the way). Whatever method you followed, the weight loss came from creating a sustained calorie deficit, because that’s how all weight loss works. Calories In < Calories Out
What “green tea diet” are you referring to? What does it entail besides drinking green tea, which does nothing directly to cause weight loss. It’s tasty and it’s hydrating. If you drink it instead of more caloric beverages you would see some benefits in creating that calorie deficit but it’s still just a very small component of an overall diet.
When you’ve lost weight before have you logged all your foods, ideally using a food scale for accuracy?10 -
Tea is not going to help you lose weight, so drink whichever one you want. You lose weight by consuming less calories than you expend, period. By whatever means one chooses to accomplish that.
Here's a great read - every possible reason you're not losing weight, and exactly what to do about it:
https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/9 -
Avoid fad diets.
weight loss is about taking in (eating-drinking) fewer calories that you burn. (calorie deficit). that's it. that's the only "secret".
if you have stopped loosing weight consider putting in your stats into MFP (updating the weight) and getting back to weighing food and logging. Sometimes we get a bit lazier about measuring and logging that far in. Plus,as we get to the last 10lbs progress is slower and you need to be more diligent in logging more carefully.5 -
If you want to lose weight you need to create a deficit by lowering your calorie intake, increasing your calorie burn through activity or a combination of both. You don't need to do strange diets or drink tea though to lose weight.
MFP will calculate how many calories you need to eat to lose weight when you enter your information. Choose a reasonable rate of loss. If you are not overweight or not very overweight .5 to 1 lb a week is more appropriate than 2 lbs a week. That would be 250-500 calories less than you are eating to maintain your current weight.
With MFP you are supposed to tell it your activity level before exercise to calculate your calorie goal. Then you log exercise and eat some of the additional calories.
You should start with just logging what you normally eat and sticking to your calorie goal. Log as accurately as you can. A food scale can be helpful.
You may find these threads helpful:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads#latest
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1
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All of these were really helpful and I’m going to try to respond to them all
@Kimny72 I will definitely try to eat less and no ma’am I don’t have a food scale
Is that a good investment? I usually just use portion size bowls and cook a bunch and put it in portion size bowls with like 50% veggies 25% carbohydrates and then 25% balance
@winogelato Honestly when I first started I was like 330 I got really really fat after highschool so between 2014-2018 I just ate a lot less and tried to stay active I started drinking water and low carbs drinks and taking vitamins as well as eating between 1500-2400 calories and I picked up a gym membership around 2015 and I’ve always done karate it’s just an active hobby of mine (by always I mean 5 months after I started my weight lost journey and as the green diet referring a friend suggested it to me in replacement of water and I googled it and it seems like it was!
@Anvilhead Thank you that’s a interesting read I appreciate it very much!
@panini911 Thank you very much for this information as well and I’m curious on what a fad diet is so I’ll google that I haven’t really ever weight or logged my foods I just started logging foods recently when I came upon this app
@lounmoun Thank you so much!!! This was extremely useful
So wait MFP isn’t an app? It’s a tactic? Okay I think I understand what you’re saying more clearly now this was so helpful though! And I’m not over weight no more but I would love to lose about 20-30 pounds more just to get rid of this last bit of fat and I’m confident I can maintain it with this app
And thank you for the helpful link2 -
In reference to the scale, it's a fantastic investment. It doesn't have to be a super expensive/fancy one. As long as you can weigh your food accurately it will work. As @Lounmoun said, set a good rate of loss for where you're at in MFP as well as an appropriate activity level and it will calculate your calories. Make sure to log intentional exercise as accurately as possible (don't obsess over it because after a few weeks you'll have enough data to figure it if you're on the right track. Then use a scale to measure your food, use accurate entries to log, and start with eating back about half of your exercise calories. If after 4-6 weeks you're losing faster than you should be, easy more if your exercise calories back.
You've already done an amazing job. 80 pounds is impressive!! And you food it without going on a green tea diet! It really is about eating less, which is what you've done, and now it's about making sure you're eating fewer calories than you burn. You may have to make some swaps to get there (lower calorie items or more nutritionally dense foods that keep you full for longer), but it's supposed to be a lifestyle you can love with long term. You've already made changes that will help you. You got this!4 -
Not Kimny, but I'll chime in. Yes a scale is very important when you're dealing with foods where imprecision can cost you.
Now, when you're dealing with non-starchy veg and non-fatty fruit, it doesn't make a huge difference. I guesstimate I had a cup of cherry tomatoes when it was 1 and a quarter cups? I'll try not to angst over 12 calories (plucked figure out of thin air.)
But if you're talking peanut butter?
Here's where it can cost you. Ditto other calorie-dense items like butter, mayo... fudge brownies with buttercream frosting... cheesecake... You get the idea.
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As others have said, yes! It is well worth the $15-$20. Even if you only use it when you are home and it's convenient, it can really show where you're missing calories. I would've sworn I was eating 1400 cals, and when I started using the food scale realized I was actually eating 1700. :drinker:5
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I drink quite a lot of green tea. I stopped drinking coffee mainly because I didn't enjoy it without the creamer. I did lose some weight, but it was something that took a while to get used to, as coffee is so delicious. But like most will tell you, it's really important to weigh everything.1
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@Skram01 I’m actually confuse by the calories burned by exercise like is there a better way to keep up with that my Fitbit tells me how long and how many calories I burn for running and weights but not for stuff like karate and I’m unsure how u would add the calories burned by karate cause I’m positive it’s a lot we do 30minutes of nothing but workout and I’m talking bout kinda extreme we usually do 2 minutes planks 30 birdies (keeping in mind it’s different for what belt you are and such they do it by what your body type and how long you’ve been there they really try to push you) but I’m not sure how I would add that into calories burned but the rest was really insightful information thank you for your comment every one helps and I’ll try to respond to each one individually
Also thank you so much I started off just wanting to losing weight but then I just gradually turn it into wanting to do better and I guess I don’t see it much as a goal no more but I would like to lose the last little bit of fat I have on me!
@estherdragonbat I’ll definitely get a scale before I head home tonight after the run but i don’t mess with butter and foods like that Except sugar free blueberry jelly on a bagel but that is a very interesting thing to learn and I really appreciate the picture cause it shows me a lot of what I might be doing wrong when it comes to the bagel like other then that I don’t eat cake over the years I’ve manage to lose interest in cake and butter and sodas like I drink almost entirely of nothing but water I don’t even crave any other drinks so there is no”can I get a spirit I’m freeing like a cheat day” I just don’t have cheat days sometimes I eat more then I should but mostly I eat kinda healthy because I’m leaning towards it
@kimny72 I work out of time a lot I’m not sure if you know what the union is but that’s what I do so I’m not home a whole lot but I’ll definitely buy a scale and take it with me it’ll be something I’ll use even when I’m at the hotel thank you!
@luvs2eatsweets could you recommend any all I could find are the peach iced tea which is 5 calories and I absolutely love it I love peaches 😂 but I also tried the citrus and mixed berry green tea and I’ll buy a scale today!
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Do you do a lot of cooking/baking? I admit I don't add butter to bread, etc very often and tend to saute veg in minimal oil. But then there's food prep. Those recipes that ask for "2 medium sweet potatoes" or "2 cups of uncooked rice", for example. And I was using the butter/margarine that comes in 4-oz sticks where the tablespoons are marked off on the paper wrapper. Sadly, I have this tendency to slice on an angle... The scale's been a godsend.1
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I'm assuming you have to take the fitbit off when you get onto the mat which is why it's not recording it that way. There is an entry in the database that's "Judo, karate, kickboxing, tae kwan do". You'll have to judge how intense your session was and you might want to adjust the number accordingly, but if your sessions are as intense as you're making them sound, I'd keep the number that it gives you. Personally I tend to adjust down the number given by about a 1/4 on normal training and 1/2-2/3 when I'm coaching unless it's a particularly intense session. The key is to be consistent whatever you do, so that once you have some data on your hands, you can adjust accordingly accurately.0
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@estherdragonbat I actually cook a lot I’m not a fan of eating out plus I’m Unsocialable but I didn’t consider the packs of stuff like I cook chillie a lot but I use turkey ground beef and add corn and green peas ect black beans light and dark kidney beans 🤷🏼♂️ but I bought a food scale!
@Deviette you’re correct we’re not allow to wear them on the mat and the reason it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what we do is it’s mixed we do mar krav judo kickboxing taekwando I mean we do a lot of different one and it’s hard to pin point which one we’re doing sometimes like kickboxing and taekwando has similar movements in some way or another so it’s just hard to know exactly which we’re doing and actually i wonder if the flex pendant would be a option we’re allow to were necklaces0 -
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