Eat less = lose weight?

307114882 wrote: »

It is hard to me to eat less. someone tells me if you want to lose weight, the first step is to eat less?？??

Fewer calories. Not necessarily lower volume of food.

Or, if your gain has been really quite slow, you might be able to lose by moving more (exercise or daily life). Most people have been over-eating by too many calories to just lose weight by adding activity, in my experience, and if they don't do something to manage calories, it can be easy to eat more because of the added exercise, and end up at the same weight.

Sometimes, just adding in higher volumes of low calorie foods works wonders. For example, I make a lower-calorie version of french fries by tossing julienned potato in a Ziploc bag with about a teaspoon of oil and some spices, then baking at 425 for 25 minutes. But if I think that I want more "fries" without adding extra potato, I'll julienne some carrots, too. I find it easy to overdo rice with a stir-fry, but I've discovered that I can have a far greater volume of spiralized vegetable noodles, mostly for a fraction of the calories an equivalent amount of rice would give me. (Caveat: my two favorite vegetables for this are butternut squash and turnip; I haven't bought nor run the data on sweet potato noodles... yet)

Salsa has about 25 to 50% the calories of ketchup. It helps that I love salsa, of course.

I probably snack a lot more, but I snack on protein and high-fiber foods that help me feel fuller.

Also, it depends on your stats--how much do you have to lose? If it's a lot--50, 100, 150lbs, etc.. You can eat more and still lose, for awhile. If you don't have much to lose--20 lbs or less, it takes longer and you have to be precise with your deficit. Exercise gives you a little more to eat, but not as much as people think. Get a digital food scale and start logging. Take a look at your daily diary and study what foods you like and their calorie content. Concentrate on foods you like with lower calorie counts. Then, once you've got all that down, study your "macros" and make sure you're getting enough protein, fats, etc., so you get your essential nutrients. It's not hard, just a habit. Good luck.

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eat less calories. not necessarily less quantity

echmain3 wrote: »

307114882 wrote: »

It is hard to me to eat less. someone tells me if you want to lose weight, the first step is to eat less?？??

Huh?

Aren’t you the same person who posted a bunch of “tips” a few days ago?

I thought you had this all figured out.

The very same. And those tips included "Eat more and eat less" (huh?), and "eat a banana or apple in the afternoon as a meal but "don't eat snacks" (because by calling the apple a "meal", it suddenly has different properties to a "snack"?)