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Interesting post, the author can be proud. Not being from the united states, and now living there since one year , here is my 2 cent , I think these are the mos
by vmarsy 13y ago
Interesting post, the author can be proud.
Not being from the united states, and now living there since one year , here is my 2 cent , I think these are the most important points of the post and my own advices:
- Drink water only, no soda, even diet coke and whatnot.
- Avoid sugars (I'd say especially high corn fructose syrup).
- Eat vegetables, cooked in good olive oil in a pan, it's really good. I don't know about other oils, the Mediterranean lifestyle with olive oil works great, and olive oil tastes better.
- Avoid too salty food (preprocessed food will be too salty.)
- Sleep well, stop watching at screens (TV/computer/ipad) an hour before sleeping. reading a book before going to sleep is great.
Attempting to reduce the problem to :
>" it's basically a physics problem (calories_in < calories_out to lose weight)"
is completely wrong I think, the "Try eating 2,000 calories of pasta versus 2,000 calories of chicken" comment speaks by itself.
I disagree with the " “listen to your body, and eat when it is hungry, not because it is a certain time” routine. "
Stick to regular hours for eating, breakfast, meal and dinner. But the most important is not to eat in between the meals. If you eat good food you won't even feel hungry
Finally, stop trying to measure everything, relax.
- Proleps 13y ago> no soda, even diet coke and whatnot. Why?, there are a lot of diet sodas that do not contain any calories. > Avoid too salty food (preprocessed food will be too salty.) Why, salt doesn't contain any calories. Going on a diet is very hard in the first place, giving up these two things doesn't seem to make much sense. It will only make a difficult lifestyle change even more difficult.
- dasil003 13y agoNot gonna argue about salt per se, but how can diet soda be good for you? So it doesn't have calories, but what does it have to make it taste that way? Certainly nothing that is of any use to your body, and most likely is harmful in subtle ways that we won't find out for years if ever. What is so bad about just drinking water with the occasional tea or coffee if you really need a stimulant?
- mike_herrera 13y agoAspartame, the artificial sweetener in many diet soda products, is a controversial topic. For many years it was thought that it may cause insulin spikes or even increase the risk of cancer. But studies have shown that the folk-lore links between aspartame and cancer have been unmerited. The most convincing argument to avoid aspartame has been a behavioral reason. Sweets beget sweets. By enjoying an artificially-sweet diet soda it will be easier to choose a conventional sweet treat if you wander back into the kitchen. Also, as anyone who has abstained from sweets can attest, after a few days the idea of sweet candies just don't sound appealing.
- toble 13y agoI've seen it suggested that sugar-free drinks will result in an expectation of energy. The body gets none of that energy. It compensates by seeking more energy. Just drink water. It's virtually free. Soft drinks allow for a huge profit margin because they have been processed and you have been programmed over years to like them.
- vmarsy 13y agoI use salt in almost every meal, but not too much, It would be stupid not to put salt in the water when cooking pasta for example. Everything in too high quantities is bad anyway. http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2013/03/24/study-eating-too-much-salt-is-killing-us-by-the-millions/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2013/03/24/study-ea... It's not affecting your weight, but your overall health. Also salty food makes you thirsty, so as toble commented, you will drink more diet coke that will makes you more hungry. I think a glass of iced tea (even with a little bit of cane sugar to remove bitterness) is better than a diet coke. I can't prove why, every people in good shape I know don't drink diet soda. Just try and see is my best advice !