Weight loss

[jeds]

I definitely need willpower over carbs.

Low-fat indoctrination over the years is the main cause of the current obesity epidemic. The body will consume nutrients in a fairly strict order and sugars and carbohydrates are top of the list. Only when your body runs short of carbohydrates will it begin to consume its store of fats. Therefore, if you continuously top up with sugars and carbs, you will not lose weight.

 

[Give up]

Low-fat indoctrination over the years is the main cause of the current obesity epidemic. The body will consume nutrients in a fairly strict order and sugars and carbohydrates are top of the list. Only when your body runs short of carbohydrates will it begin to consume its store of fats. Therefore, if you continuously top up with sugars and carbs, you will not lose weight.

Thank you. I needed to hear that.

 

[Brigadier]

For me, the term "diet" is a problem.

"Diet" implies a temporary fix.

Even if you do "diet" to get to a weight you're comfortable with, you must then effectively become a new you going forward: otherwise, you'll do what got you to "fat" in the first place and, guess what, you'll become "fat" again.

 

[Trazor]

I got rid of 120lb of ugly fat, I kicked the wife out...........

 

[JP_]

I'm slowly losing weight. I find the best thing for me is to skip breakfast, and just have a small lunch (sandwich, no snacks!) and light supper.
But we're all different. I gain weight very easily. Skipping breakfast is effectively a 16-8 diet, unless you have a very late supper.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

I did 16-8 for a while and it wasn’t that hard as I don’t like loads to eat in a morning. My first meal was at 1pm.

As above the right ratios of the food groups and a little bit of patience and the weight comes off.

I enjoy red wine a little too much so could probably do with starting again.

My biggest problem is beer. I'm not a drinker but I do have too many

 

[Deleted member 294929]

I am thinking of the 16-8 intermittent fasting myself as I am not a morning eater. I just have a cuppa tea for brekki and am good to go.

As long as you make your tea or coffee black ️ then it will work for you. 12 hours I think is the minimum but it all helps

 

[Deleted member 294929]

Yes I agree. After the evening meal, when I am perfectly full I still look for things to eat. I really need to work on my willpower before I seriously damage my health.

I'll sit in the evening with a sparkling water either mixed with a
Slice of Lemon/lime.
Fresh ginger.
Or Willie's Apple cider vinegar ( great for the Gut)

 

[ic1927]

Cutting down the carbs is the key. Bodybuilders have known this for years, they go on an almost zero carb diet prior to a contest thus stripping them of body fat to look lean and ripped.

 

[cwhaley]

The only diet which has ever worked for me is calorie counting.

The hardest challenge is stopping yourself snacking and training your mind to eat a controlled diet, rather than on impulse.

If you record what you eat, calorie count it and stick to a daily limit (can be calculated online) you will lose weight.

 

[Give up]

As long as you make your tea or coffee black ️ then it will work for you. 12 hours I think is the minimum but it all helps

I always have mine with milk and sugar; clearly isn’t helping

 

[Deleted member 294929]

I always have mine with milk and sugar; clearly isn’t helping

It's not with the fasting. I drink reddish tea and like a flat white, both don't need sweetening.

However I do like a double espresso so I now add Manuka Honey as this needs to be sweetened for me.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

Manuka Honey

Will break a fast. But it's got lots of health benefits including if your diabetic

 

[charliegolf]

For me, the term "diet" is a problem.

"Diet" implies a temporary fix.

Even if you do "diet" to get to a weight you're comfortable with, you must then effectively become a new you going forward: otherwise, you'll do what got you to "fat" in the first place and, guess what, you'll become "fat" again.

This is important, and something I missed out of my post on page 1. The 'Fast Diet' (Michael Mosely's intermittent fasting regime) was named so for tv appeal and book sales. He wasn't that happy about it. My wife and I embraced it after (my) weight loss and felt it more a lifestyle choice. We felt better overall for it. After big family dinners, BBQs, Christmas etc, fasting was welcome and relieved 'bloat' as it were. Brig makes a really valid point.

 

[JP_]

Yeah, being a healthy weight is a lifestyle decision. Many people manage it without any thinking, it's just those whose naturally eat more than they should that suffer.

Part of the reason I decided to stop eating breakfast is seeing my kids not eat breakfast, and then remembering I never used to have breakfast when I was young, even when I met my wife - she couldn't understand how I could function in the morning without breakfast, but I am not naturally hungry until about 11am usually, so skipping it makes sense.