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An easy way to have self control is to switch to a keto-like diet. You don't even have to count calories and carbs in most cases. There's a variant called lazy
by skocznymroczny 4y ago
An easy way to have self control is to switch to a keto-like diet. You don't even have to count calories and carbs in most cases. There's a variant called lazy keto, where you just stick to approved foods and don't need to count. It's surprisingly hard to overeat on things like cauliflower and pork chops.
Be wary however of the more "extreme" advice on keto-like diets. You don't have to stuff yourself with fats, or put a stick of butter in your coffee.
- thoughtpeddler 4y ago100% this. People often ask me "How do you stick with keto? It's such a strict diet." I always answer: "It's actually one of the easiest diets: the answer to most 'can I eat this?' question is 'no'." There isn't a persistently high cognitive load on deciding what you can eat, once you master the foundational knowledge of eating low-carb.
- riekus 4y agoI really want to follow it, but what about the bad breath?! It's definitely a thing, you can smell when people are in ketosis
- jjtheblunt 4y agoisn't that ketoacidosis not ketosis? (i'm genuinely asking )
- Metalbourne 4y agoThat usually happens because people use stimulants to accelerate energy burn and it dries you out, and when your body, especially your mouth, get dry, you will get bad breath immediately. If you want to test this out for yourself, try brushing your teeth while you feel very dehydrated. Your breath will smell bad soon after.
- uuyi 4y agoThis is terrible advice. Any fads are. Ketogenic diets are not good for you in any way. Bad behaviour starts with acknowledgement and the best way to do that is to track what you eat and learn to adapt slowly and develop self discipline. Use a tracker app and set a reasonable daily break even nutritional target and start thinking about what you eat. Slowly substitute better choices in. Eventually you will develop self control. People want quick fixes but keto just breaks other things.
- dawidw 4y agoWhat is so bad about keto diet?
- uuyi 4y agoNot going to list them here but I suggest you go and do some research of the side effects and risks from actual medical research not HN users. For me it ended in a few days in hospital.
- incrudible 4y agoHow?
- aurizon 4y agohttps://www.ndtv.com/health/top-10-reasons-why-you-should-not-follow-a-keto-diet-2067814 https://www.ndtv.com/health/top-10-reasons-why-you-should-no...
- incrudible 4y agoThis is a very low effort, unsourced listicle, that is probably wrong on several points. Disregarding that, I was more curious about how this particular person managed to get hospitalized.
- 4y ago
- Metalbourne 4y agoYeah, you absolutely don't need to overthink keto once you have a good idea of what foods provide the ideal set of nutrients that you need. You just have to keep those foods stocked, and eat whatever you have on hand when you're hungry, until you stop being hungry. As for avoiding junk food, just STAY OUT OF THE JUNK FOOD AISLE. Don't walk through there, don't daydream about chocolate, make a conscious effort to keep it out of sight, and it will be out of mind. That part takes some self-discipline, but once you make the conscious decision to keep it out of sight, your mind will go wander to some other distraction or stimulus and you will forget about it, and it will become a habit soon. The truly hardest part of all of this in general is finding a suitable form of substitute stimulus that keeps you from being driven to seek your default vices. The unfortunate part is that there are not a lot of accessible/healthy things in life that provide the adequate stimulus that we seek/need in order to feel "okay". We're drawn towards drugs and junk food and etc because it's easy to acquire and satisfies our needs for stimulus in the short term.