Thealwaysopenedmind: Trying to Eat Better

NastyCrab 06.01.17	If you think you can put any stock in cooking/meal prep, challenge yourself and try Whole30. I won't go into the details here but essentially you only eat meat, veggies, fruit, and a few other types of food for 30 days. No calorie counting. Eat as much as you want (within reason). My wife and I did it and we each lost around 15-20 pounds over the course of a month (a few pounds came back immediately after the diet due to regaining water weight. We also slept better and had more energy generally. It's good for a few reasons - not a long-term diet, but it will influence your eating habits afterwards so you generally eat better after completing it. You'll detox off of sugar (by far the hardest part) and learn to appreciate natural flavors more which helps too. It's a tough 30 days but it was really the only way for me to diet because of how restrictive it was. Solid rules and boundaries help because otherwise your brain will find a way to have you eating shit again within a few days/weeks.
NastyCrab 06.01.17	Hope that helps. Also try eating more anti-pizza.
Spacesh1p 06.01.17	Lots of veggies, lean meat, less dairy and less carbs. Also just don't snack often and eat smaller portions. Generally avoid anything you don't cook yourself. Batch cooking is also a great tip - make a big thing of lentil soup for example... eat for a few meals and freeze the rest.
JWT155 06.01.17	Stir Fry is a great and easy healthy meal to make. You can make heaps of it, flavor it however you want, add protein. https://i.imgur.com/NjXJ8V2.png
bloc 06.01.17	If you want to lose fat, reducing your calorie intake is the way to go. You need to ensure that everyday, by the bed time, your body is in a caloric deficit so that throughout the day your burned more calories than you consumed. This does NOT mean you starve yourself, as that will actually cause you to retain more weight since the body thinks food is in low supply. Think about meals (and especially beverages) that you really don't need and cut them out of your diet. Do this everyday and in a few weeks you will notice a change in the scale. You definitely need your protein, carbs, and fats. Do not neglect any of those macros. This can be difficult, but try to eat more protein, followed by carbs, and then fats. And last but not least (this is by far the most underrated tip), DRINK A LOT OF WATER. I don't care how many times you need to fuckin pee, keep drinking even if you don't think you're thirsty. Carry a water bottle to work/school and keep one beside you at home. Water is critical for good health. That pee needs to be clear always.
STOP SHOUTING! 06.01.17	Just eat real food, as much as you want, vegetables, fruit, meat. No processed food.
RadicalEd 06.01.17	Get rid of processed food as much as possible. Loose every drink except water (coffee and tee are fine ofc, but if you're thirsty drink water). As far as I can tell, most nutritionists seem to agree that sugar/to much carb is the big bad wolf when it comes to eating healthy so try and stay away from stuff that is super heavy on sugar.
DarkSideOfLucca 06.01.17	Chocolate ice cream
bloc 06.01.17	Oatmeal is a really good carb option. Lots of carbs and dietary fiber and it keeps you satiated for a long fuckin time. However, go with raw oats and mix it yourself with milk or water. Don't get that ready-made Quaker stuff, it has a lot of unnecessary sugar.
STOP SHOUTING! 06.01.17	I feel like your mum. Don't forget to brush your teeth.
Thealwaysopenedmind 06.01.17	^Thanks, mum, I won't forget. Hahaha.
Thealwaysopenedmind 06.01.17	And I really appreciate the advice, everyone. All of this sounds good.
Drifter 06.01.17	I know Rick Ross lost a bunch of weight by cutting out soda. He ate the same but just stopped drinking soda
guitarded_chuck 06.01.17	download my fitness pal, figure out how many cals you should be eating a day, start tracking it, limit carbs / eat as much protein as you can, try to eat nutritious foods, supplement with vitamins if and when necessary, when you eat carbs try to eat good whole slow digesting carbs (oats, whole grains vs sugars, white bread)
hal1ax 06.01.17	Cut out ALL processed foods. It is particularly important to forego consumption of any sort of process sugar // dairy // carbohydrate. You don't need to completely cut out carbs, but Try to only stick with brown rice // oats // yams // fruit // veg // seeds. Portion control is important. Instead of eating a few large meals, eat several smaller meals. Also Try to not eat within the 4-5 hour window before going to bed. Eat high protein meals and high good saturated fats. Saturated fats will give you longer lasting, sustained energy, whereas carbs are more fast-acting bursts of energy If you are feeling up for it, a lot of people swear by intermittent fasting. This is when you self-induce states of ketosis. You fast intermittently every days, stopping food intake 4-5 hours before bed and then not eating again until the following afternoon. This forces your body to tap into and expend its fat storages. If this is zapping your energy , a cup of coffee with a tablespoon of coconut oil in the morning can help. Also, exercising in the morning, amid periods of intermittent fasting will propagate the ketosis mechanism, and u will dip into even more of these fat storages. But yea Try to start with Just adjustments in your food intake and go from there. Good luck !
kris. 06.01.17	i dropped 45ish pounds in 6 or so months on keto. basically limit your carb intake to ~20-50g a day. it worked for me much more than simply counting calories for some reason. it's hard as fuck to stay on though, you really start to miss bread and shit after a few weeks.
starboystargirl 06.01.17	Quit booze and soda. That shit is poison.
Parallels 06.01.17	Make more non-noodle soups via a crockpot or large pan. Rely on the vegetables in lieu of noodles and breads. They are healthy and still taste good af. Here's an example: Wash and chop up a purple cabbage, an onion (or sweet onion if you prefer), and a polska kielbasa sausage. Put them into a pan/crockpot with couple containers/cans of chicken broth, add rosemary, oregano, thyme and basil spices to taste and boil/cook till done.
Parallels 06.01.17	>Quit booze and soda. This too.
artiswar 06.01.17	I would never tell someone to quit booze cause I'm not a savage but pop/soda is like the worst shit you can put into your body and completely desensitizes your taste buds. Get off sugar for 30 days then try to drink a coke, it will taste like the syrupy sugary dogshit that it is.
BigBlob 06.01.17	just eat pizza and who cares
NastyCrab 06.01.17	^I'm crippled by pizza
guitarded_chuck 06.01.17	"I would never tell someone to quit booze cause I'm not a savage" i would empty cals, kills test levels, dehydrating, kills your energy for exercising the next day, skews ones judgement which can lead to poor diet choices it's the worst smok weed and look like a bodybuilder like me
FullOfSounds 06.01.17	list made me hungry, but yeah keep it up
Thealwaysopenedmind 06.02.17	Thanks, everyone. I have to try some of these. I haven't drunk soda in years, so it's definitely all the processed foods.
Sinternet 06.02.17	ive been doing the same for a while and the one thing i know i wont be able to kick out is soda - its just too familiar and everyone needs a vice right? i tried keto for a while and while it worked it made me feel awful and unhappy so dont go into it blindly like me a neat little cheat is green tea - that shit is super good for you and really helped me - and yeah water is a huge part - drink as much as you can, if you're trying to loese wight try to get at least 2.5-3 litres a day
Sniff 06.02.17	Trying to eat butter
guitarded_chuck 06.02.17	if you want to drink soda drink diet soda at least if you cant even do that then you lack any discipline and you are hopeless gg
Relinquished 06.02.17	most diet soda is just as bad
guitarded_chuck 06.02.17	the classic response to that, in record time sources please
guitarded_chuck 06.02.17	anyway https://examine.com/nutrition/is-diet-soda-bad-for-you/ tl;dr, its only bad for your teeth because of the acidity please guys stop spouting information in life in general that you have absolutely no scientific backing for, this is seriously a huge problem today and is part of the reason why for instance america is backing out of the paris agreement now getting your facts straight is extremely important especially these days
Sinternet 06.02.17	yeah i drink pepsi max/coke zero because regular diet is garbage
bloc 06.02.17	Just skip the fuckin soda jeez, we all know it is bad
guitarded_chuck 06.02.17	thats good i recently stopped buying soda at the store which cut my consumption down by like 90+%, i still get it once in awhile if im eating out somewhere (once a week?)
hal1ax 06.02.17	it depends what diet soda. if you're drinking a stevia-based diet soda, then ya that shit isn't bad at all -- any aspartame , or any processed 'zero sugar' artificial sweetener is completely foreign to your body and is a nightmare to break down. 'the less processed, the easier it is to break down and absorb' is basically a maxim. u shouldn't need research to believe this.
guitarded_chuck 06.02.17	nah dude theres zero evidence for aspartame being harmful yes your body doesnt process but that =/= harmful, there are tons and tons of things our body just shits and pisses out unfiltered that arent harmful https://examine.com/topics/aspartame/
hal1ax 06.02.17	lol ayt im gonna find u research then
smaugman 06.02.17	DRINK SUGARLESS SODA
guitarded_chuck 06.02.17	plenty of it in that link there examines a dope site for nutrition in general just fyi for everybody, it basically sums up the current research on a variety of things (with links to sources obvioiusly)
smaugman 06.02.17	" any aspartame , or any processed 'zero sugar' artificial sweetener is completely foreign to your body and is a nightmare to break down" lmao that is 100% bullshit
hal1ax 06.02.17	u guys are funny. alright simmer down ill find some research that isn't funded by fuckin coke zero
guitarded_chuck 06.02.17	luv u hal but yeah it is bs
hal1ax 06.02.17	hehe maybe. ill hunt down some research after work.
hal1ax 06.02.17	lmao smaugman lmaoaooo keep drinking diet mountain dew u greasy fucking degenerate
smaugman 06.02.17	alright friend, i can clearly see you're passionate about your hate of diet coke! :)
NastyCrab 06.02.17	yeah also diet pizza Is just as bad as regular pizza too pretty sure
Ocean of Noise 06.02.17	I have no idea whether Coke or Diet Coke is better for you, but I do know that drinking neither would probably be best. Tbh I just drink water with most meals
Spacesh1p 06.02.17	Just don't drink soda, pretty easy solution. Agree with whoever said that it tastes worse the longer you go without it. It's totally unappealing to me these days.
Ocean of Noise 06.02.17	I enjoy the taste of soda. Always have. But it makes me feel gross and worsens my anxiety. Same with booze.
Nazzadan 06.02.17	I've dropped quite a bit of weight by just putting myself at the lowest caloric intake I can possibly have without tipping over to unhealthily low. I cut out fast food, only drink the white 0 calorie monsters now, little to no soda, only eat breakfast and use a meal replacing protein shake for dinner. Lost about 20 pounds so far off that, and now a bit into it my stomach is finally at the point where a small amount of food leaves me full and satisfied rather than miserable and wanting to eat more.
wwf 06.02.17	'I enjoy the taste of soda. Always have. But it makes me feel gross and worsens my anxiety. Same with booze.' same. I cut out soda for around a month and change last year but then for some reason I started getting weird cravings for it well after I realized how gross and disgusting it is
bloc 06.02.17	"only eat breakfast and use a meal replacing protein shake for dinner. " Dude that is extreme
hal1ax 06.02.17	everyone I know whom has gone abruptly into stringent diets have gotten burnt out and ended up just reverting back to their bad habits. it's just really difficult to make immediate, diametric dietary shifts. I would try taking baby steps. Start by axing all sugar, then cut dairy, then processed grain, etc. if you slip up, try not to get discouraged. These kinds of lifestyle changes are never easy.
EphemeralEternity 06.02.17	word of advice don't listen to hal he's a fat fuck
guitarded_chuck 06.02.17	lift weights often and you can eat lots it's the only solution for me im still a fat kid at heart
hal1ax 06.02.17	I'm a scrawny 192 right now :[ Prob can't even rep 415 on the squat anymore Gettin old n shit
EphemeralEternity 06.02.17	i feel yu i'm ~35lb down from my biggest 2 yrs ago, most of which is lean muscle loss injuries/loss of motivation/ uni intense/ general indolence plus i just polished off an entire bag of skittles for no good reason feels bad
zakalwe 06.02.17	Taste the rainbow, get multicolured type 2 diabetes.
Funeralopolis 06.02.17	I have lost 45lbs myself, and failed to diet many times before. The thing that made the biggest difference for me was refusing to diet, I am instead just making changes to eat healthier in general no stupid gimmicks or counting calories. Find healthy recipes you enjoy and make them, drink lots of water. The hardest but most important part for me was weaning myself off junk food going cold turkey just wasn't working. I cut out one junk food item at a time, slowly, over the course of months until I could go without junk food anymore. I eat a lot of brussel sprouts, veggie stir fries, salmon and tuna. Eat eggs with spinach mixed in every day for breakfast.
smaugman 06.02.17	if you want to lose weight, it's not what you eat that matters necessarily, but rather how much
bloc 06.02.17	Just eat yourself
NastyCrab 06.02.17	"if you want to lose weight, it's not what you eat that matters necessarily, but rather how much" gonna need a citation for this
teamster 06.03.17	I lost 10 pounds in a couple weeks by not drinking soda.
Tunaboy45 06.03.17	Pot noodles and irn bru
Sinternet 06.03.17	the 'fine dining' of northern cuisine
smaugman 06.03.17	Nasty, it's obvious that cals in and out matter the most when u wanna lose weight
someguest 06.03.17	What is this soda? Don't drink pop!
guitarded_chuck 06.04.17	" gonna need a citation for this" lol are you serious tho
butcherboy 06.04.17	in my experience, you can eat pretty well anything, as long as you keep your meals small and frequent.. your metabolism keeps firing on all cylinders that way throughout the day.. don't eat after 9PM and try to avoid things that are neon-coloured (chemical candy etc.).. intermittentt exercise, I suppose, though I find myself lacking in that department/..
BallsToTheWall 06.04.17	Smoothies and eggs.
bloc 06.04.17	I think the whole "don't eat after this time" is bs
Relinquished 06.04.17	it is, what matters more is energy consumption and how long before your body shuts down for sleep
Intothepit 06.04.17	The best thing you can do is stink your pointer finger out, turn it towards you, shove it down your throat, vomit out the evil that is sustenance, and then follow that up with a nice glass of scotch. Not only will you lose weight quickly, you'll also get a nice easy buzz.
NastyCrab 06.05.17	"lol are you serious tho" yeah. Obviously calories in calories out is one way to lose weight. But if that's the only dietary advice you follow you're gonna have problems. It's important to know roughly how many calories your food intake is but it's way more important to be eating nutrient-rich foods. I don't think I've ever met anyone who has gained weight eating salmon, spinach, and sweet potatoes.
bloc 06.05.17	If you eat too much of anything you will gain weight, no matter how healthy the food is
tommygun 06.05.17	keep track of cals and macros (apps like myfitnesspal are useful) - you'd be surprised how much the average person underestimates feed input and overestimates exercise output if you're trying to lose weight without feeling shit then slow and steady is key (aim for daily deficit of ~500 cals below maintenance)
guitarded_chuck 06.05.17	"It's important to know roughly how many calories your food intake is but it's way more important to be eating nutrient-rich foods. I don't think I've ever met anyone who has gained weight eating salmon, spinach, and sweet potatoes." the only thing that matters in terms of weight gain or loss is is calorie intake versus calorie expenditure source: the law of conservation of energy eating nutrient rich food is important for general health of course but has absolutely NOTHING to do with net change in body weight so many noobs itt smh
guitarded_chuck 06.05.17	ps still waiting on sources for "most diet soda is just as bad"
Dedes 06.05.17	That's not true at all. Think, what will cause you to gain more weight-500 calories of taffy, or 500 calories of very lean turkey? Your body retains shit like sugar and fat worse than something like protein. Saying that it doesn't matter what you eat is a really off statement tbh
guitarded_chuck 06.05.17	nope sir you are f u c k i n g wrong, my sincere condolences like you know those times when you are 1000000% sure you are right about something and you know the other person is for sure wrong, this is one of those moments and the only reason it actually annoys me is because its such a simple basic yet extremely important concept that for some reason apparently a significant portion of people are unaware of no wonder obesity is a problem, but fuck it, natural selection for the win, enjoy your diabetes
JWT155 06.05.17	http://www.businessinsider.com/diet-soda-may-not-be-any-better-for-you-2013-7 A lot of the additives in Diet are much worse than regular soda. I think I may have even read somewhere recently that Diet Soda can be linked to an increase in Alzheimer.
guitarded_chuck 06.05.17	@jwt that study is one of the ones thats most cited in the anti-diet soda media camp but even in its conclusion it clearly states there is zero conclusive causative relationship, and that the results probably just indicate that the portion of the population that tends to drink diet soda will otherwise also be more likely to lead an unhealthy lifestyle which results in the mentioned issues AKA the study is useless really if you want more info look back up in the thread to where i linked the examine.com article its bad for your teeth though
JWT155 06.05.17	I think to find anything truly conclusive only time will tell, it's still relatively early to tell the very long term effects for diet drinks compared to regular. I drink diet because it's zero calories, cico.
bloc 06.05.17	"Think, what will cause you to gain more weight-500 calories of taffy, or 500 calories of very lean turkey?" That's like asking what's weighs more, 1 lb of feathers or 1 lb of gold
guitarded_chuck 06.05.17	"I think to find anything truly conclusive only time will tell, it's still relatively early to tell the very long term effects for diet drinks compared to regular. I drink diet because it's zero calories, cico." yeah the thing with this and many many other variables is that they are hard to test for for potential effects on cancers, things like alzheimers, etc, and yeah i think the best thing to do is just drink water sure, but regardless the reality is there have been a lot of research done on artificial sweetners and they have been shown to be benign in said research maybe if you drink 8l of coke zero a day for a decade it increases your chance of developing brain tumors by some percentage or something, maybe not, nearly impossible to test for, and the same can be said for other causes of cancer unfortunately im not advocating for diet soda consumption, what i am advocating is doing your own research for all things in life, the media these days is more fucked than ever, click bait is all that matters, even that article you posted is part of that, sensationalizing what is considered to be a pretty useless study and taking it out of context for clicks