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Not surprised. I have been doing intermittent fasting combined with increased cardio activity, significantly reducing sugar intake (only source is from fruits

by xyst 3y ago

Not surprised. I have been doing intermittent fasting combined with increased cardio activity, significantly reducing sugar intake (only source is from fruits and occasional/once a month indulgences) , and mild increase in fish consumption while reducing beef consumption. So far, 20 lb weight loss in 3-4 month period. Cholesterol levels were “borderline” prior to weight loss (no statins Rx’d). Fasting glucose normal. Anecdotally, reducing intake works! side note: the sugar addiction was real and “retraining” my body and mind was the real effort. The mental fortitude to ignore the usual junk I grab at the grocery store is well understated.

jitl 3y ago
I increased my sugar intake by 1/2 tbsp brown sugar in the morning and about a fifth of a pint (300kcal) of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream every night, I eat 3 meals a day up from 2, and also lost 20 lbs in 4 months! At the end of the day, it’s all about the numbers — my intake is 1600kcal, and estimated expenditure is 2240kcal – and whatever makes it easy to stick to the plan. For me it’s ice cream.
- bobmaxup 3y ago
  Yes, that is the energy content of the food you eat. Your body still has to metabolize it, store it, and use it. There are sometimes extreme variations on how that takes place between individuals.
  - theshrike79 3y ago
    Exactly this. There's still a ton of study needed on gut flora and other mechanisms of metabolising calories. Some people (like me) will almost literally get fat just by walking past the candy isle in the store, my body will suck up every single Joule of energy from any food I ingest. Meanwhile I have a friend who was actually prescribed by a doctor to eat more fat (butter, specifically) every day because they just don't hold on to calories _at_all_. Everything goes straight through. He's been stick thin for the 25 years I've known him, no matter what he eats and how and when.
- titanomachy 3y ago
  A fifth of a pint would be superhuman self-restraint for me!
  - jitl 3y ago
    Eating ice cream almost every day helps my self control a bunch. I serve into a little glass bowl on top of my kitchen scale to my target mass, and whatever’s left in the tub I put away knowing I’ll get to have it tomorrow or later this week.
motohagiography 3y ago
Black licorice is a terrible vice for me because it seems like less of one. I do OMAD + hiking + zero alcohol, and lost about 20lbs in 3mos as well. I've done omad before, but was sedantary and still drinking and while it worked, I gained it all back when I started adding lunches again, but it was because of being sedantary. OMAD is effectively calorie restriction anyway because the longer you do intermittant fasting, the lower your average calorie consumption becomes over that period. Can't say it's healthy or smart, but it worked for me. Current play is adapting this OMAD + hiking + zero alcohol for the winter to be fewer hikes but adding stronglifts 5x5 3-4x a week as a routine, which should consume any marginal meals and create the metabolic demand as I start lifting heavier again. I've found that sobriety is a free super power as well, can't recommend it highly enough for cutting out impaired judgment snacks.

by xyst 3y ago

jitl 3y ago

I increased my sugar intake by 1/2 tbsp brown sugar in the morning and about a fifth of a pint (300kcal) of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream every night, I eat 3 meals a day up from 2, and also lost 20 lbs in 4 months! At the end of the day, it’s all about the numbers — my intake is 1600kcal, and estimated expenditure is 2240kcal – and whatever makes it easy to stick to the plan. For me it’s ice cream.

bobmaxup 3y ago
Yes, that is the energy content of the food you eat. Your body still has to metabolize it, store it, and use it. There are sometimes extreme variations on how that takes place between individuals.
- theshrike79 3y ago
  Exactly this. There's still a ton of study needed on gut flora and other mechanisms of metabolising calories. Some people (like me) will almost literally get fat just by walking past the candy isle in the store, my body will suck up every single Joule of energy from any food I ingest. Meanwhile I have a friend who was actually prescribed by a doctor to eat more fat (butter, specifically) every day because they just don't hold on to calories _at_all_. Everything goes straight through. He's been stick thin for the 25 years I've known him, no matter what he eats and how and when.
titanomachy 3y ago
A fifth of a pint would be superhuman self-restraint for me!
- jitl 3y ago
  Eating ice cream almost every day helps my self control a bunch. I serve into a little glass bowl on top of my kitchen scale to my target mass, and whatever’s left in the tub I put away knowing I’ll get to have it tomorrow or later this week.

motohagiography 3y ago

Black licorice is a terrible vice for me because it seems like less of one. I do OMAD + hiking + zero alcohol, and lost about 20lbs in 3mos as well. I've done omad before, but was sedantary and still drinking and while it worked, I gained it all back when I started adding lunches again, but it was because of being sedantary. OMAD is effectively calorie restriction anyway because the longer you do intermittant fasting, the lower your average calorie consumption becomes over that period. Can't say it's healthy or smart, but it worked for me. Current play is adapting this OMAD + hiking + zero alcohol for the winter to be fewer hikes but adding stronglifts 5x5 3-4x a week as a routine, which should consume any marginal meals and create the metabolic demand as I start lifting heavier again. I've found that sobriety is a free super power as well, can't recommend it highly enough for cutting out impaired judgment snacks.