Yeah I usually do my best to eat vegetables and fruits whenever I can at least. And I’m trying my best to cut back on sugar it’s hard lol but I’m getting there.
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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 months ago
800-1000 calories a day is too low and lowers my metobolism which will prevent weight loss.
If you do it for real for a while, nothing can prevent weight loss.
I’ve looked up some meal plans and can’t really afford stuff like chicken breast, steak, or salmon every week.
Eat real vegetables and fruits. Fresh, where ever possible. You wouldn’t believe how cheap you can feed yourself.
Avoid all processed food. Avoid all sugar.
chrischryse@lemmy.world 4 months ago
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Liquid sugar is the worst, IMHO.
Things like soda, fruit juices, energy drinks,etc are way too easy to consume without realising just how much.
It’s very easy to consume ¼ of a pound of sugar a day in just a few drinks.
Drink water.
chrischryse@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yep water and matcha are my go tos for drinks.
And yeah I agree about the liquid sugars def considering trying to make natural juices at least
Rolando@lemmy.world 4 months ago
cut back on sugar
One type of snack/dessert I do: get a slice of high-fiber bread (toasted, or not), and put a bit of honey or jam on it. Much better than a pastry, bc I can control exactly how much sugar is there.
angrystego@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I feel you, sugar is hard. I find it easier to eat a tiny bit of something sweet like once a week than to cut it altogether. My cravings are too strong when there’s no vision of fulfilling them at least a bit :)
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
what has worked for me is just trying to skip out on sugary stuff as often as possible and instead eating regular food that i really enjoy, eventually i just stop really craving sweets that much and now the only sweets i tend to want is stuff like cinnamon rolls and chips, which is more savoury than sweet honestly.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
If he’s undereating, maybe some sugar in moderation. Humans need calories, maybe a granola bar or something
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes maybe, but strictly only the kind that you can see before you eat it.
chrischryse@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Is that because you know exactly how much you’re using?
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes.
And because this rule helps a lot with learning good habits.
TehWorld@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’ve long said that the best place to loose weight is at the grocery store. You pretty much only ever go to the outside edge. Buy potatoes, onions, peppers, mushrooms, squash and zucchini, radishes, carrots and any other vegetables you like. Bulk is what works here. Then go buy what protein you can afford. Skip anything that has been processed beyond meat and milk.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
“Avoid all sugar”
Right. Avoid fruits.
But seriously. Fruits have very little benefit for health. They have health benefits vegetables have, but with sugars also in them. Fruits are sugared veggies.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
That’s such a dumb take. Fruits are like the second best thing after vegetables in their ration of satiation per calorie.
Added sugar is completely different beast from the sugar in fruits and vegetables.
You would need to eat an ungodly amount of fruits for it to be bad for your health.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
They’re still in the “good for you” category, but completely unnecessary for health. Anything you can get from fruit you can get from vegetables and it reduces your sugar intake that way.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
At this point, we can boil down everything to a nutrient paste with no flavor to be healthy. But very few people would be able to endure that.
This is a terrible advice to not eat fruits when trying to lose weight. The diet fatigue is real, and eating an apple can at least take off the edge when its getting harder in the later weeks. I know it did for me when I wanted to eat junk food.
And the goal is also to develop healthy habits, and having fruits add to the variety of available food.
I mean, you are technically correct, but it won’t help anyone trying to change their lifestyle.
angrystego@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Sugared veggies is good. As you say, fruits do have the health benefits vegetables have, which is not “very little”. They’re full of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, and above all, fiber. Sugar is not all bad either. Evolutionalrily, we probably like sugar exactly because it is present in fruits and eating fruits is beneficial for us. If you ate only fruits all day, then it would be bad for you, but I’m pretty sure in reasonable amounts fruits are an important part of a healthy diet.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Your mostly correct, except there are no fruits that are an important part of a healthy diet. You can have some as a treat or whatever, but they are not important, and simply do what veggies do, but with a spike of sugar.
Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Vegetables are just fancy nutrients, that’s why I only eat a flavourless calorie paste that contains all my essential vitamins.
Alienmonkey@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Measuring and establishing some boundaries by plant, rather than type, could be useful to op.
Peppers and carrots can be higher in sugar than expected. Relative to their positive flavor impact on a salad, a cutup strawberry or two adds only a small amount.
Grouping plants into fruit or veg might not be effective for calorie monitoring. Would need to know what they want to eat, and search for nutrition info. Thus a plan.
cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 4 months ago
be carefull with rapid weight loss though, my ex got gout because of it
angrystego@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Also gal bladder problems are a real threat when loosing weight quickly.
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Frozen fruits and vegetables are also fine. Canned fruits in heavy syrups – not fine.
If Chicken breasts are out of budget then Eggs, Egg Whites, or Beans are probably going to be needed to hit some kind of protein macros.
chrischryse@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah I usually go for frozen fruits and veggies since they are “fresher” lol
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
They unironically might be the freshest fruits and vegetables in the store! So same here