I’m currently a lump of chocolate and cheese, but once the new year hits, I’m determined to make 2026 the year I finally get back to a healthy weight (I’ve lost about 20 pounds, with about 80-100 to go). I’m pretty good about exercising regularly, but, as they say, abs are made in the kitchen. Those who have successfully lost weight, is there anything you particularly recommend for maintaining a calorie deficit to lose the weight, and then avoiding gaining it back later on?
I know Lemmy thinks everyone that avoids carbs must be carnivore, but you can use your head and avoid sugar/starches and lose a lot of weight. Fruit is tough to drop but apart from a few blueberries or something, fruit is pure sugar, and juice is as bad as pop. Don’t think because something is “healthy” that it’s not loaded with sugar.
By the time you get full eating things like pasta, you’ve eaten way, way too much. Fats will make you feel full. I used to eat a 16 oz steak with potatoes and vege and still want dessert, and now 6 oz of something fatty like brisket with some broccoli or brussel sprouts will fill me up.
And you can’t outrun a bad diet. Exercise will tone you, but you can’t exercise enough to work off a cup of mashed potatoes without giving up the rest of your free time.
Start by cleaning the house out of that shit, don’t bring it back in, and use something like Carb Manager to figure out the sleepers that are putting weight on you.
Strawberries and raspberries are very low in sugar.
Not only that but many fruits are full of fiber and water. Pretty sure it’s not eating too much fruit that causes weight loss/gain issues, unless it’s all being blended into easily consumed drinks.
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Those are acceptable answers as well.
i was raised on SAD…been trying to break to the habit but goddamn is it hard.
I used Carb Manager to monitor my diet completely and break the habits, but my wife couldn’t manage that, she just went full carnivore. But we farm, hunt, make sausage and jerky, so it’s not hard to get meat. I can see where that would be damn expensive for others though.