joe00678mfp Member

Health nerd, but not cosplay. I just want to help people where I can.

Looking for new friends to help one another on the MFP journey :smile:

One recommendation: You should lower your activity level to more moderate (walking and low intensity weights) and focus on removing the processed foods from the diet. High intensity training causes hunger signals to spike and then you end up eating more foods that are causing the weight gain. It creates a vicious cycle and…

1 lb per week is the most healthy target to shoot for. Remove sugars and try to add natural foods until you are losing that 1 lb per week.

You can do it. Just keep making those small changes and forgive yourself if you mess up once in a while. We are all human. :smile:

During the craving: 1. Focus on why you have the craving. What your body feels like. Your mental state at the time. There was a study done on people that were "mindful" during cravings, and found that this reduced those cravings by a significant amount. 2. Drink 16oz of water and wait for 5 minutes helps as well. If you…

Take the same discipline you had for the gym and put that into a routine for your diet. It will work wonders for you mentally and physically. Make small changes over time and you'll be exactly where you want to be. :smile:

Also, try to take iron (natural foods vs supplements preferred) with vitamin C - it increases the absorption.

1. Buy a scale on Amazon for like $7 (I use mine for recipes) 2. Do you vary your fruit intake or only stick with grapes?

It helps to keep things simple and if you need to change your eating habits, slowly introduce new foods while slowly reducing not so good foods. Eg. To me the number one simple change for people is for 2 weeks replace all drinks (soda, juice, etc) for water. That gives people a huge boost for many reasons.

INTERMITTANT FASTING - It really has to do with reduction of your insulin state (typical American diet eats too many carbs all through the day giving insulin response no break) and instead entering into the opposite catabolic state of growth and repair (human growth hormone vs insulin).

I think this time is gonna be your success!

Hopefully it's not too much of a grind. "The man that moves mountians begins by carrying small stones"

I have family in Orlando. But I MFP remotely. :)