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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

[INHALES]

Eat 1/3 of calories from protein (improves immune system, improves healing rate & mood, your blood has amino acid levels like sugar, respect them). Substitute simple sugars (2-10% thermogenic calorie loss in digestion which also correlates to low prebiotic value) for complex carbs (~30%). Eat more fiber. Just buy some dextrin it's a lot cheaper than produce.

Eat potassium (spinach, cabbage, potatoes, milk, oranges, NOT bananas you'd need 12 daily) and iodine and a multivitamin (lacks both in USA) so you stop feeling a weird craving for food that never can be satisfied.

[–] Tar_alcaran 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

former fatty here with a little addition: Also just eat less outside of your meals. Go diet in the supermarket by buying less, instead of dieting by not eating what have at home. You spend 20 minutes in the supermarket and multiple hours at home. It's MUCH easier to be strong for 20 minutes than for 12 hours.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That leaves a lot of time to swing by Wendy's!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

You underestimate how lazy I am.

[–] DaCookeyMonsta 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This used to work before doordash.

[–] Alteon 3 points 1 year ago

What helped me kick the delivery services was looking at the cost of items when buying at restaurants vs ordering vs the apps. There is a huge difference. Like, a $45 order at the restaurant is around $60-70+ via the delivery apps (menu upcharges) then you have to tip on top of that. Ugh. Like your spending almost double the cost versus just picking up yourself, and at that point don't want to order any more.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, it's easy:

  • eat less
  • no fast food
  • no sugary shit
  • eat less
  • lots of fruit and vegetables
  • lots of water
  • eat less

That's basically all there is to it if you're not trying to get a six pack. It takes some time to get used to, but then your body will start figuring out things by itself (like '"I need more vitamins" and "I hate feeling bloated because of empty calories").

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

More veggies, less fruit, no high sugar fruit. Berries are good. Lots of leafy greens and fish.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dieticians HATE this simple trick!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Dieticians: No, we in fact keep saying to do it!

[–] MegaTony 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My depression says otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Rachelhazideas 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's so much we could be attacking here. Poverty, inflation, lack of access to healthy food, lack of socialized healthcare, overworking and underpaid workers, lack of time to cook, availability of cheap fast food, lack of maternity/paternity leave and proper time to recover from pregnancies, chronic stress, chronic medical issues that are comorbid with weight gain (hypothyroidism, depression, PCOS, insomnia, menopause, sleep apnea, metabolic disorders, etc), lack of walkable neighborhoods, lack of regulation on the sugar industry, the sugar industry's shift of blame to fat through advertising, culturally massive portion sizes.

But sure. People are just fat because they're lazy right?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I understand what you're saying but not sure of you understand capitalism. All the things you listed is exactly how capitalism works and the ultimate power is with you. For example let's take lack for regulation on sugar industry. Sugar industry must have lobbied hard to get that privilege but its up to the consumers to stop buying sugar when they know its bad for health.
When the demand stops, supply stops.

[–] Rachelhazideas 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think you know what capitalism means if you think capitalism is fat people's fault and not a systemic issue with much more sociopolitical nuance.

[–] tdawg 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Two things that can help depending on what kind of person you are:

  • eat what you want, but slowly cut back

  • eat when you want, but switch to healthier foods

So in the first example, if you like eating burgers. Great! Don't stop. Just cut the soda out next time

And in the second, if you like snacking while you watch Netflix. Great! Just swap to fermented vegetables instead of chips

The important thing to focus on is progress. Every little bit helps, and every little bit is a win

[–] luckyhunter 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

liquid fermented potatoes run through a still for me please! with a splash of sugar free Redbull.

[–] KnightontheSun 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641 1 points 1 year ago

Vodka is a healthy vegetable soup.

Whiskey is a breakfast cereal.

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the easiest, most important thing of these tips is to cut out soda. That shit is just liquid sugar, and that excess sugar will make you fat and maybe even diabetic.

And if 'fermented vegetables' doesn't sound very appealing, just try baby carrots, they're nice and crunchy like chips

[–] tdawg 2 points 1 year ago

Oh it was just an example. Home made kimchi is baller imo but it's not for everyone

[–] dlok 2 points 1 year ago

The problem is you can cut back and only slow down the weight gain or just break even. Need to be in an actual deficit to lose weight which in my experience involves feeling hungry and dealing with it.

[–] DulyNoted 2 points 1 year ago

To add to this, it gets easier over time too. Your body starts to get used to not eating so much, so you don't feel as hungry, and if you manage to cut down on the fast food intake if you're lucky it'll start making fast food taste kinda hollow.

I don't really have a better word for it. I started to cook and go the decently sized portion route. You can eat an entire stuffed oven roasted chicken breast with a big plate of roasted veggies (with various seasonings to taste - I like garlic powder and red chilies) and feel comfortably full after, for the same amount of calories a big Mac meal would have been. And you actually feel full, and like you're not loading your body with crap calories that slow you down.

[–] Agent641 -2 points 1 year ago

Starve self, got it.

[–] pissclumps 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If it's legitimate calories then the body has a way to shut the while thing down

[–] Agent641 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The female foodgasm is a myth perpetrated by Satanists and degenerates

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heed the content warnings in the video, this video is a difficult watch, but it's really good. Thought Slime: Can I learn to love my body?

And you can't just say no, it's a systemic problem that could be solved with walkable cities, better public transportation, stretching breaks at work, eliminating or greatly reducing subsidies for corn and processed foods, and other stuff. We have to consider every step food takes from its source to the shelves, and all the reasons citizens aren't able to be more active or afford foods that could better support an active life.

All things that are certainly achievable if we all take responsibility for community health instead of wailing on individuals.

[–] KpntAutismus 1 points 1 year ago

but that doesn't drive up profits, we can't do that. look how trillionaires are struggling in the crisis they caused (to a certain degree) /s

[–] instamat 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still want to know why the hamburger on the left is sitting on top of a sliced tomato and a piece of lettuce

[–] dicksinabag 1 points 1 year ago

just say no

[–] BilboBargains 2 points 1 year ago

We need a new prohibition on food. It's the gateway drug to fatness. Think about it, the amount of money we could save on mobility scooters and disabled parking, it would pay for new yachts that are sorely needed by our ruling class. Items such as doughnuts are the crack cocaine of lard asses. If you get caught with a box of them, mandatory life term.

[–] Lowered_lifted 1 points 1 year ago

This is like the third time I've seen this same almond mom meme