It's stupid but sometimes to fight the unhealthy parts of your brain you have to resort to less than optimal strategies. If it works, even just as a stopgap, it's a win.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
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My trick is to portion control and not do something asinine like Keto. We are meant to eat a wide array of things including grains. What we are not meant to eat is processed crap. I'm down 10 pounds this month simply by restricting the amount of crap I eat.
At the end of the day it's calories in < calories out and you lose weight.
Yeah, keto got popular because many people lost a lot of weight doing it. And so they naturally attributed the weight loss to the lack of carbs. But in reality, the diet only works because it actually forces you to watch what you’re eating. When you have to think “does this have carbs or sugar” for every single snack, you suddenly snack a lot less. Because the overwhelming answer of “of course it fucking does, it’s a mass produced snack.” When your only options are “make something yourself instead of eating pre-packaged junk” or “don’t snack” a lot of people will opt to skip the snack.
Basically, keto works because by eliminating carbs you’re also eliminating snacking, and are actually forced to track what you eat. At the end of the day it’s just calories in<calories out.
All weight loss diet plans are just tricking you into eating less calories. Grapefruits don't have magical weight loss powers, it's just if you go on the grapefruit diet you can't physically bring yourself to eat more than one or two, so you eat less than you normally do.
Speak for yourself, I could absolutely eat 5+ grapefruits in one sitting.
I would regret it afterwards, but those massive bitter oranges are among my favorite fruits
Same, I could eat all the grapefruit. I'd continue eating grapefruit even as I destroyed my toilet due to all the grapefruit I've eaten.
As long as grapefruits in<grapefruits out
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It is calories in/out but having guardrails is super helpful to a lot of people. Many overweight people got that way because they run pretty loose ships when it comes to diet to begin with. Rules can be helpful. Intermittent fasting of course is pretty popular and followers seem to get results.
Couple years ago I lost a bunch of weight just following “Eat Right for Your Blood Type” which I’m sure is quackery- but it was effective. Felt great too.
This is what I've been doing too. I eat less, and I've stopped snacking in the evening. I use to eat 3-4 piece of bread in the morning, a big playe for lunch and sometimes 2 plates at night.
I'm eating 1-2 piece of bread for breakfast. If I eat a big breakfast in the weekend, I just skip lunch.
I eat half a plate in the evening. Works pretty well. I think the more you eat, the more your stomach expects, so by reducing the amount of food, you stomach is full quicker
Now, I absolutely need to learn to eat slowly
I actually snack only at night. I keep track of what I eat during the day, made easier by not snacking, then I know how much I can eat later.
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Anon learns CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)
The other CBT might also be useful in this case.
wait is that what it really is?
No. It's actually Cock and Ball Torture
Kind of. CBT is (oversimplification incoming) just every time there’s a negative thought, you make a habit of thinking a positive thought, so then your brain starts associating the connection. Basically retraining your brain to naturally go from negative to positive path, and over time your brain gets rewired to do it without consciously doing it.
Or you could roll with the opposite method.
Last time I did keto, I dreamt of attractive women bathing in chocolate and inviting me to join. Did lose 30 kilos in two months though.
I didn't truly understand cravings until I started keto. Those first few weeks as you're getting into ketosis are something else. Suddenly, "I want this very specific snack more than anything else on earth."
Had to look soijack up:
Soyboy Face, also known as the Soylent Grin, Nu-Male Face, Nu-Male Smile, Soyface and Cuckface, is an internet slang term referring to a facial expression associated with men described as nu-male or Soy Boys who are photographed expressing surprise or excitement with their mouth agape. Online, a variation of Wojak referred to as "Soyjak" is illustrated with the open-mouthed smile.
there's an image board dedicated to them (CW: People post gore on here sometimes)
URL’s banned after they spammed all of Lemmy for 3 days.
Why did the sharty spam lemmy?
Vocally? Looking for membership. Apparently? Looking to be annoying.
Imagine if they federated lol
Umm, the first image on there is someone being decapitated so watch out.
Oh dear. Typical 'arty behaviour
There is a first for everything
Unfortunately, intermittent fasting hath become life.. I'm not a sweet tooth person. But I love me ramen, rice and such. Rice is life. But... With intermittent, I find it near impossible to go above 1600 cals.
My best friend has lost a lot of fat because he stuck to keto for a few months
I did keto for a few months, years ago. I did lose weight but it also gave me gout...
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I do keto about yearly. I actually eat more sweets than usual on keto, only they only contain a mix of stevia, erothritol and maybe some other articicial sweeteners. Having these sweets (chocolade drops, pudings, (x)bery jogurt, vanilla or chocolade ice cream, almond cookies, panacota...) helps with whatever cravings i have. Also i do my best to not be around pizzas.
Also note that most of these you can make in advance and have then ready when needed.
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Anon discovers IFS and turns to the dark side
IFS?
Edit: you fucking jokers! :D
Initial flight screening obviously
Internal Family Systems
Internal Field Separator
Irritable Fowl Syndrome
International Financial Statistics
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