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Low carb diet helped me with this. Calories in calories out, but if you have a lot of carbs you are going to get hungry when restricting the calories, whereas o

Low carb diet helped me with this. Calories in calories out, but if you have a lot of carbs you are going to get hungry when restricting the calories, whereas on a low carb diet I sometimes have to think hard as to whether I have had breakfast or not by 10am. Having woke up at 7am. "Oh I should probably eat something..." I think I have less than 50g of carbs a day, and probably 1500 calories but I don't track it too closely. I also do strength, but a little each day and make it incidental. I might play with the TRX or do a few pull up or dips at the park while the dogs are off leash. Something that makes it easier is there are low carb treats and drinks. It does mean taking in more alcohol (as in chemically an alcohol, not ethanol) based sweeteners, so I worry about that a little. For someone who doesn't go out much this is easy, but in your younger years with social pressure it might take a lot of will power, and even changing your friends and breaking up with partners and so forth to support this kind of habit, since it goes counter to the average person's culture in the west. Especially quitting alcohol too.

strken 4y ago
A lot of success in fixing your diet comes from experimenting and seeing what works for you. Low carb can help some people, while particular carb-heavy but satiating foods like oats or potatoes can help others. I don't think it's always clear-cut.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  I agree. Everyone needs to be their own doctor, because they have an intuition for their own body. (Dieting is being your own doctor by the way!)
- prmoustache 4y ago
  Additionnally, regardless of the diet a key is to relearn to eat slowly. By eating too fast we tend to feel satiated too late.
SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
Quitting alcohol and going to OMAD (one meal a day) helped me lose 20 kilos in < 2 months. And I wasn’t even obese, that was straight from overweight to goal weight. Alcohol is an enormous contributor to weight for several different reasons. Plus, the weight you get as a drinker (the “hard” fat) is the worst kind of fat your body can have.
- JoyfulTurkey 4y ago
  Wow, 20 kilos in less than 2 months seems like a heck of a lot. Any issues with gallstones? I lost a nice bit of weight at the start of the pandemic when I stopped drinking (primarily a beer drinker). It is really surprising how much of an effect it can have.
  - aerophilic 4y ago
    The rule I have seen, and have followed is to target 1-2 lbs (about 0.5-1kg) per week. Any more than this and you start having issues where your skin doesn’t shrink at that same rate, or your body having issues baselining to the new weight[0] Personally, while tough to keep that as an average weight, I was successful doing this, primarily by going to one meal a day, and limiting calories (especially carbohydrates). Only issue is your body does end up burning fat, which makes your feel a bit more “oily”. [0] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/losing-weight-too-fast https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/losing-weight-too-fast
    - odshoifsdhfs 4y ago
      As with all guidelines, this always depends on the starting point and personal data. If you are on the heavier side and a heavy drinker and carb eater, going low carb/no alcohol you will lose easily 10 kilos in a month (mostly being water weight). If you are a healthy weight and eating normally with a glass of wine here and there, 0.5-1kg is probably a good range (and probably around 70% of it being fat loss) If you are lean, 0.25-0.5kg a week is a good goal (and probably 50% will be fat).
  - SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago

strken 4y ago

A lot of success in fixing your diet comes from experimenting and seeing what works for you. Low carb can help some people, while particular carb-heavy but satiating foods like oats or potatoes can help others. I don't think it's always clear-cut.

quickthrower2 4y ago
I agree. Everyone needs to be their own doctor, because they have an intuition for their own body. (Dieting is being your own doctor by the way!)
prmoustache 4y ago
Additionnally, regardless of the diet a key is to relearn to eat slowly. By eating too fast we tend to feel satiated too late.

SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago

Quitting alcohol and going to OMAD (one meal a day) helped me lose 20 kilos in < 2 months. And I wasn’t even obese, that was straight from overweight to goal weight. Alcohol is an enormous contributor to weight for several different reasons. Plus, the weight you get as a drinker (the “hard” fat) is the worst kind of fat your body can have.

JoyfulTurkey 4y ago
Wow, 20 kilos in less than 2 months seems like a heck of a lot. Any issues with gallstones? I lost a nice bit of weight at the start of the pandemic when I stopped drinking (primarily a beer drinker). It is really surprising how much of an effect it can have.
- aerophilic 4y ago
  The rule I have seen, and have followed is to target 1-2 lbs (about 0.5-1kg) per week. Any more than this and you start having issues where your skin doesn’t shrink at that same rate, or your body having issues baselining to the new weight[0] Personally, while tough to keep that as an average weight, I was successful doing this, primarily by going to one meal a day, and limiting calories (especially carbohydrates). Only issue is your body does end up burning fat, which makes your feel a bit more “oily”. [0] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/losing-weight-too-fast https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/losing-weight-too-fast
  - odshoifsdhfs 4y ago
    As with all guidelines, this always depends on the starting point and personal data. If you are on the heavier side and a heavy drinker and carb eater, going low carb/no alcohol you will lose easily 10 kilos in a month (mostly being water weight). If you are a healthy weight and eating normally with a glass of wine here and there, 0.5-1kg is probably a good range (and probably around 70% of it being fat loss) If you are lean, 0.25-0.5kg a week is a good goal (and probably 50% will be fat).
- SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago