4 ms·

I've lost over 25 pounds in the last couple months by changing my diet slightly. I essentially eat a nice sized lunch and no other real meals. I drink a protein

I've lost over 25 pounds in the last couple months by changing my diet slightly. I essentially eat a nice sized lunch and no other real meals. I drink a protein shake with some peanut butter and a banana for breakfast and a soylent drink for dinner. Sometimes I substitute the soylent for booze if I've got an event to go to. I fast, skip the lunch, on Mondays. It's incredible how different my body feels without that extra weight and barring a couple nights of thinking about the gelato in my freezer it hasnt been that difficult. I'm not sure if I'm just now gaining the will power to stick to a diet or if I got to a weight I was truly uncomfortable with but I wish I could get my family on the same plan to avoid stuff like this.

dopamean 10y ago
I work with a guy who eats a single large meal a day for dinner and nothing else. He has water and the occasional handful of nuts during the day but that's it. Other than that he doesn't work out a ton and appears to be one of the healthiest people I know.
nervousvarun 10y ago
Interesting. What about eating with your wife/husband/SO? Are they on the same diet? Kids?
- Taylor_OD 10y ago
  I'm 24 and single currently. When in relationships this tends to fluctuate a bit but mostly its just a dinner a couple times a week. I could imagine with kids this would be difficult.
ThrowawayR2 10y ago
> ...a soylent drink for dinner... Careful, you don't really know what, if anything, that's doing to your health without periodic blood testing. For example, my triglyceride levels shot off the scale and my doctor directed me to discontinue using Soylent immediately.
antisthenes 10y ago
> I essentially eat a nice sized lunch and no other real meals. I drink a protein shake with some peanut butter and a banana for breakfast and a soylent drink for dinner. A breakfast is a meal. And the way you describe it, it can easily be upwards of 600 calories. Peanut butter is one of the most calorie dense foods on the planet and bananas add up very quickly in terms of calories. Also iirc, a bottle of soylent is 400 calories, which is not insignificant. So all in all, you still probably consume ~2000 calories, which is enough to lose weight, but also enough not to feel hungry by timing the consumption correctly. Small-framed women, for example would gain weight with the same diet. > I'm not sure if I'm just now gaining the will power to stick to a diet I wonder what is HN's obsession with sticking to specific diets? Generally speaking there is an infinite number of possible healthy diets that get you your macros at every calorie level.
- sdflkd 10y ago
  > I wonder what is HN's obsession with sticking to specific diets? Generally speaking there is an infinite number of possible healthy diets that get you your macros at every calorie level. It's easier to eat a healthy amount if your diet is pre-determined. No need to think of alternatives and mess up. The counterpoint would be that the monotony of the same foods also make it easier to "cheat" and revert your progress.
- Taylor_OD 10y ago
  > So all in all, you still probably consume ~2000 calories, which is enough to lose weight, but also enough not to feel hungry by timing the consumption correctly. Small-framed women, for example would gain weight with the same diet. Correct. I ate very little in high school and college because I was wrestling however this is the least I've eaten on a regular basis since leaving college. I would rather my family eat like this then two - three large meals every day with snacks in between.

dopamean 10y ago

I work with a guy who eats a single large meal a day for dinner and nothing else. He has water and the occasional handful of nuts during the day but that's it. Other than that he doesn't work out a ton and appears to be one of the healthiest people I know.

nervousvarun 10y ago

Interesting. What about eating with your wife/husband/SO? Are they on the same diet? Kids?

Taylor_OD 10y ago
I'm 24 and single currently. When in relationships this tends to fluctuate a bit but mostly its just a dinner a couple times a week. I could imagine with kids this would be difficult.

ThrowawayR2 10y ago

> ...a soylent drink for dinner... Careful, you don't really know what, if anything, that's doing to your health without periodic blood testing. For example, my triglyceride levels shot off the scale and my doctor directed me to discontinue using Soylent immediately.

antisthenes 10y ago

> I essentially eat a nice sized lunch and no other real meals. I drink a protein shake with some peanut butter and a banana for breakfast and a soylent drink for dinner. A breakfast is a meal. And the way you describe it, it can easily be upwards of 600 calories. Peanut butter is one of the most calorie dense foods on the planet and bananas add up very quickly in terms of calories. Also iirc, a bottle of soylent is 400 calories, which is not insignificant. So all in all, you still probably consume ~2000 calories, which is enough to lose weight, but also enough not to feel hungry by timing the consumption correctly. Small-framed women, for example would gain weight with the same diet. > I'm not sure if I'm just now gaining the will power to stick to a diet I wonder what is HN's obsession with sticking to specific diets? Generally speaking there is an infinite number of possible healthy diets that get you your macros at every calorie level.

sdflkd 10y ago
> I wonder what is HN's obsession with sticking to specific diets? Generally speaking there is an infinite number of possible healthy diets that get you your macros at every calorie level. It's easier to eat a healthy amount if your diet is pre-determined. No need to think of alternatives and mess up. The counterpoint would be that the monotony of the same foods also make it easier to "cheat" and revert your progress.
Taylor_OD 10y ago
> So all in all, you still probably consume ~2000 calories, which is enough to lose weight, but also enough not to feel hungry by timing the consumption correctly. Small-framed women, for example would gain weight with the same diet. Correct. I ate very little in high school and college because I was wrestling however this is the least I've eaten on a regular basis since leaving college. I would rather my family eat like this then two - three large meals every day with snacks in between.