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Cutting out most or all processed foods is a great start. There are plenty of nourishing high-fat foods that you can eat, and that are good for you. This inclu

by scholia 10y ago

Cutting out most or all processed foods is a great start. There are plenty of nourishing high-fat foods that you can eat, and that are good for you. This includes eggs, avocados, salmon and mackerel, macadamia nuts etc [1] > All these things support the fact that diet is not just a biochemical problem, but a psychological and social one. Yes. Decades of experience has shown that "dieting" doesn't work, and it often results in people gaining weight (after losing weight temporarily). [2] It's better to make permanent lifestyle changes that result in long-term weight loss and increased fitness, even if it takes a few years. I assume this is what you've actually done. If you change what you eat, and the way you eat it, then you don't have to "cut down" on food -- which is how most people understand dieting. It's really easy to over-eat doughnuts but quite hard to over-eat on salad and veggies.... [1] https://authoritynutrition.com/10-super-healthy-high-fat-foods/ https://authoritynutrition.com/10-super-healthy-high-fat-foo... [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weight-loss.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weigh...

analog31 10y ago
Thanks. That's pretty much what I've done. When I was younger, I ate better, in no small part thanks to my mom getting into healthy cooking when I was a kid, and teaching me to cook. Then I gradually got into some bad habits over the years. When I had a wake up call regarding my cardio condition, it wasn't particularly painful to mend my ways. It helped a lot that I had neither an education problem nor a culture problem to overcome.
- scholia 10y ago
  Being able to cook -- or being willing to learn -- is a big advantage. People who eat fast food all the time are usually going to end up in a bad way. Dieting is usually bad because people have a goal (they want to weigh X pounds). The key thing is to change the system, not to have a goal. Scott Adams has written a whole book (which I haven't read) and some blog posts about this, but there's a potted summary: Why you should focus on habits and systems, not goals https://crew.co/backstage/blog/habits-and-systems-not-goals https://crew.co/backstage/blog/habits-and-systems-not-goals

by scholia 10y ago

analog31 10y ago

Thanks. That's pretty much what I've done. When I was younger, I ate better, in no small part thanks to my mom getting into healthy cooking when I was a kid, and teaching me to cook. Then I gradually got into some bad habits over the years. When I had a wake up call regarding my cardio condition, it wasn't particularly painful to mend my ways. It helped a lot that I had neither an education problem nor a culture problem to overcome.

scholia 10y ago
Being able to cook -- or being willing to learn -- is a big advantage. People who eat fast food all the time are usually going to end up in a bad way. Dieting is usually bad because people have a goal (they want to weigh X pounds). The key thing is to change the system, not to have a goal. Scott Adams has written a whole book (which I haven't read) and some blog posts about this, but there's a potted summary: Why you should focus on habits and systems, not goals https://crew.co/backstage/blog/habits-and-systems-not-goals https://crew.co/backstage/blog/habits-and-systems-not-goals