Weight loss support thread

[cactus]

My mom is an O blood type and she feels her best when eats very low carb. I like to workout quite a bit and when I tried keto years ago it really sapped my energy, my performance suffered, it felt restrictive and I hated it.

Blood type doesn't mean anything, humans do better on a higher protein diet overall.

 

[Aiōn]

Blood type doesn't mean anything, humans do better on a higher protein diet overall.

I include protein in my diet, I try to get a balanced diet full of nutrients so my body gets everything it needs and doesn’t have any reason to ask me for more food. Eating this way also makes me feel good and want to work out, something that I didn’t feel on keto where I actually gained weight.

I seem to do better eating some carbs than my mom and my sister. My dad shares the same blood group as me and we are more alike and also suffer from allergies. It might be bullshit but it’s just something I’ve observed.

Potatoes: I'm not sure if there's some type of potato lobby spreading potato propaganda, but I've heard a few people make some pretty bold claims about how potatoes are actually fairly good health wise and for weight loss; I don't buy it, they're basically just starches.

Potatoes contain iron, fibre, B vitamins, vitamin C, magnesium, phytonutrients and potassium.

 

[Redoniblueoni]

I seem to do better eating some carbs than my mom and my sister. My dad shares the same blood group as me and we are more alike and also suffer from allergies. It might be bullshit but it’s just something I’ve observed.

I believe you and agree with you. Humans are not bio identical. What works for ones weight loss, might make the other feel like crap and/or not lose easily or at all.

It's been 3 daily weigh ins since I started the fasted rlt into cardio and I'm down a pound. Despite eating 3 meals a day, rarely hungry, lots of water + having some soda/chocolate. It recommended online to drink alot of water to "flush out" the fat and not have diuretics so I've been trying to be more hydrated. I'm even more happy with the red light now because this feels so easy, encourages me to get moving and it energizes me because I can't get sleepy from the rlt (common for me) if I'm walking right after I do it, so I haven't had a nap all week. Plus, no calorie counting.

I have 3 meals a day, carbs in every meal. I have 2 smaller meals and 1 normal size meal sandwiched between them. Often the carb is fruit but sometimes it's bread or crackers too. Still having yogurt/cottage cheese daily. Addicted to cottage cheese now, I find the brand "good culture" to be my absolute favorite but others are acceptable too.

Oh also the "cardio" is a really easy 25 minute walk. So effortless and easy. Just fast enough to get my heart going and muscles moving.

Lastly I got some teeny tiny shorts at the thrift I'd like to fit into so that's my new goal. Grok suggests I need to lose 10-15 pounds to lose the inches I believe will help me fit these, so it's more set in stone that's what I need to lose. I can zip and button them rn but I look like a sausage in a casing lol. If I can lose 1-2 pounds a week I should get there while it's still hot out.

 

[Overly Serious]

I've resumed intermittent fasting. Specifically the eat only between noon and 8pm type, every day. I sustained this for about six months last year and steadily lost weight. I know that intermittent fasting itself isn't directly a method of weight loss but it led to a generally more alert feeling and I think the surrounding structure reduced snacking and over-eating. I'm determined to stick with it longer this time. I think it can be my process for the next twelve months having proven it was sustainable for six.

I'm also changing my diet to cut out refined sugars. I did this for a sustained period a couple of years ago and felt so much better and it was also the most successful dieting I've ever done. It's just a question of getting through the first few weeks and my body settling into the new order.

I've thought of getting one of those blood sugar monitors you stick on your arm just for the extra insight it might give me. They last about two weeks and are quite expensive but would be interesting to see for a couple of weeks. Unfortunately the app looks crap and I'm not sure how good they are on privacy. Anyone ever use one of those?

 

[cactus]

I seem to do better eating some carbs than my mom and my sister. My dad shares the same blood group as me and we are more alike and also suffer from allergies. It might be bullshit but it’s just something I’ve observed.

I said overall, as in, generally. It's not your blood type, it's your genetics, you were gonna take after one parent regardless.

 

[Sebben Crudele II]

Switching to honey for any sweetening necessity (cooking, tea) was a game changer for losing weight. Honey is so overpower in sweetness, you use like a third of the sugar you'd use.

My mom taught me to make yogurt, it's dumb as fuck. Literally heat milk to around 50 or 60 Celsius, can be lower, but I like my yogurt pretty sour since adding honey to it when eating corn flakes compensates pretty well. Basically the warmer it is, the more sour. You need to buy a small commercial yogurt thingy for the first culture, after that you can just use your own for subsequent batches. Yog is infinite once you have your little lactobacilus party going.

Oats are also OP as well. They got relegated to peasant gruel in modern times and I don't get why. Get bitter cocoa powder and add it in, tiny bit of honey, instant desert that's good for you and makes you feel full with just a mug.

Soups. Boil whatever veg, puree the hell out of it with literally whatever appliace you have (hand mixer, food processor, blender), add herbs, pepper, salt, bit of milk, you can add brown rice or oats to it for texture and substance. Fav of mine is butternut squash, but making a lazy borsch is excellent too.

EGGS. Eggs are amazing. You can boil a bunch of eggs at the same time and peel and leave them in water in your fridge, they will last for a week and it's a quick snack that really satisfies you.

Drink whole milk, eat cheese. Don't buy into the MUH CHOLESTEROL bullshit, that's just propaganda pushed by doctors like 50 years ago to boost vegetable oil consumption.

Learn to pickle vegs. Excellent gut bacteria, improves your digestion, tastes delicious, super cheap to make fridge pickles and eat them the whole week. If you feel like it, you can research proper preservation to keep a stash of jars that will last you months.

 

[Redoniblueoni]

Learn to pickle vegs. Excellent gut bacteria, improves your digestion, tastes delicious, super cheap to make fridge pickles and eat them the whole week. If you feel like it, you can research proper preservation to keep a stash of jars that will last you months.

Does anyone know how to make saurkraut (specifically for the juice)? It was another part of the diet I did where I lost daily. I'd have a shot first thing in the am for gut health and idk I'd try it again, it made me feel pretty good.

Also I'm still losing but maybe slightly slower. It's almost period time so that's probably a big part. I fasted for about 20 hours because I still wanted to lose yesterday but indulged pretty hard at red Robin (2 sodas, fried chicken burger and a ton of fries lol). It sucked at first but I stopped being hungry after a few hours. That's different. I think the 36 hour fast would be alot easier now with the red light but I'll stick to mild, intermittent fasts if the weight loss isn't quite where I want it/have indulged.

 

[Zoot]

85 pounds down in 14 months on zero-carb carnivore. That includes a 2 month period in the middle where I put a bit back on because I started allowing myself cheese, which became an issue lol, and I put some back on.

I reckon I'm down to my last 10-15lbs left to lose. Weight loss has slowed down to about 1lb a week, but I'm still happy the scale is moving. I just find myself getting a bit frustrated, as I want to be at the end already. But I'm also happy that I've found a method that I know I can stick to, and it means I won't put it back on if I just carry on as I have been.

haven't bothered with counting calories or anything. But apart from my cheese dalliance, I have been strict with what i eat - fatty beef, pork belly, butter and occasionally egg yolks/fish but not a lot.

The fat acceptance movement goes on about intuitive eating, which clearly doesn't work for them, but funnily enough I found it does on carnivore.

The crazy thing is that 14 months ago I would get thes crazy shooting pains up both of my legs if i even tried to walk a mile. Now I can speed walk up the steepest hills around me (which are steep) and not be out of breath at the top.

 

[Taft PI]

Does anyone know how to make saurkraut (specifically for the juice)? It was another part of the diet I did where I lost daily. I'd have a shot first thing in the am for gut health and idk I'd try it again, it made me feel pretty good.

All you really need to make Sauerkraut is salt, cabbage and a sealable jar/vessel (with some sort of gas exchange mechanism if you dont want to manually open the thing all the time).
First you have to make sure that everything is sterile. You really don't want any foreign bacteria or molds to enter the process.
Slice the cabbage into strips of whatever thickness you prefer. I suggest going thin in the beginning until you get the hang of it. Then add about 10 grams of salt per 500 grams of cabbage and thoroughly mix them. Let it sit for a while and when the salt starts to draw the water out of the cabbage you can add seasonings if you want (a little bit of carroway and mustard seeds for example). Mix again and then start packing it tightly into your jar. Leave a little room at the top and sprinkle some more salt ontop of the packed Kraut.
If you just have a normal jar make sure to open the lid once a day (less if you get a better idea of the gas buildup). There are some very nice mason jars out there that have sort of silicone nipples on top that allow the gas to escape on its own without you having to do anything, maybe look into those once you find you enjoy fermenting your own foods. After fermenting for about 3 weeks the Kraut should be ready to eat, but you can go longer depending on how sour you like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snxb_PSe3Ps is a pretty good guide on how to do it.

 

[Overly Serious]

Oats are also OP as well. They got relegated to peasant gruel in modern times and I don't get why. Get bitter cocoa powder and add it in, tiny bit of honey, instant desert that's good for you and makes you feel full with just a mug

Interesting post - totally agree on the cheese and milk but the above? That's a completely new one to me. What sort of consistency do you go for here? And do you make it with milk too? I have never in my life heard of chocolate porridge. Do you make it like a drink or thicker like you would for actual breakfast?

 

[Sebben Crudele II]

Interesting post - totally agree on the cheese and milk but the above? That's a completely new one to me. What sort of consistency do you go for here? And do you make it with milk too? I have never in my life heard of chocolate porridge. Do you make it like a drink or thicker like you would for actual breakfast?

I heat up milk and disolve honey in it, and then add instant oats and let them hydrate for a min or two, then add the bitter cocoa on top of it all and mix it more until it's integrated. In my case I put a lot of oats in because I like it for winter breakfast eaten from a cereal bowl with a spoon.
You can also add chopped nuts (any kind, always good for you), a bit of mint would go great with the chocolate, maybe shredded coconut, you can add vanilla or cinammon when you're heating up the milk.

Or skip the cocoa and make it milk+honey+cinnamon+bit of salt. That one is awesome too. I also make popcorn that way, minus the milk obviously.

 

[KonradCruise]

I have been making an extremely simplistic chili (kidney beans, tomato sauce, spices, jalapeños, beef 20/80 ground 2.5lbs dont drain fat)and find that if I am actively exercising that a single bowl has been able to sate me for basically the entire day. It just sits like a rock in your stomach but not unpleasant. It has been a miracle.

Previously I would be constantly tyranid hungry even eating heavy protein and drinking plenty of water. I didn't gain any weight unless I was eating like someone on my 600lbs life but I couldn't lose any either.

A good bowl of chili really can change your life for the better, unless you are Alex Jones.

 

[The Ghost of Rarity]

Made the decision to finally start taking weight loss seriously after I got a glucose test done and it showed that I’m borderline(?) pre-diabetic.

Spoiler

I’m not a doctor and mine didn’t explain it, I just saw on the paperwork that it said my levels were out of range on the higher end and googled it

The next day I decided to cut out my biggest vice in life which was full sugar soda, I was drinking probably 3 or 4 bottles of Pepsi a day which makes me cringe thinking about and admitting now
I also decided that I’d start living on a 1300cal a day deficit on top of that

Since then with no help from any sort of weight loss meds I’m already down 8 pounds but with plenty more I still need to lose. I started out at 190 and I’m down to 182. I asked my doctor if it would be possible to try wegovy on top of the diet change and over a month later my insurance finally agreed to cover the cost of it! I’m cautiously optimistic about how things will go from here.

 

[Sweetpeaa]

Hey, you know how to prevent the insulin response that's making you fat? Stop stuffing yourself with carbohydrates.

You cannot outrun a poor diet. Exercise plays very little part in weight loss; for people who do not have some sort of severe metabolic disorder, weight loss is achieved mostly through diet. You can literally sit around doing nothing and lose weight.

You are very ignorant on the subject, as indicated by your response. You probably advise people to "Eat less and move more!" and tell them "Calories in vs. calories out!"
You have no idea what you're talking about.

Oh I disagree. Exercise made an enormous different in weight-loss for me. I was losing a lot when I went to the gym and hardly any weight at all just following a healthy diet with no exercise. In 2019 I did a diet with no exercise - didn't lose shit. Exercise and weight-loss for me and several others gets you to lose weight consistently.

 

[FMW13]

I've been on a weight loss journey since 2011. I went from my highest, which was 342 down to 206, when I was weighed yesterday. I went down naturally to 267 the summer before last with just diet and exercise. In October, I started Zepbound and lost the rest with horrible side effects, nausea, sulfur burps, diarrhea, horrible gas, fatigue.
But I'm 206 now.
A lot myths that people push on fat people, "OH, you're going to look so much better, people will treat you better, and you'll get asked out on dates". None of that shit is true. The truth is, unless you're young, and beautiful with massive tits, society (and especially men) don't care what you do. I'm glad I lost weight. I was in the 170s at a young age around 24.

And that’s the problem. No body loses weight to make sure they don’t get any of the complications from being overweight/obese. They put themselves in these rat races to have people to accept them for being skinny, not trying to better themselves and adapt to a healthier life style. I used to do that and now I put my self in a mind set of being happy and healthy and getting myself into a healthier routine. Good for you man, I lost over 70 lbs and close to being under 200.

 

[Redoniblueoni]

All you really need to make Sauerkraut is salt,

Oh thank you, I don't think I got the notif for this for some reason.

So no big loss update except I've lost maybe a pound. My period is doing weird things rn, possibly due to stress so I haven't been sure what to do. I stopped skipping meals for a bit in hopes that would help. But I was eating 3 meals a day, alcohol once a week, and some treats. I definitely didn't gain though, even after I drank alcohol, which is new for me.

Recently my bf decided to get some paddleboards so we went yesterday and despite drinking + a birthday dinner I still lost weight. I think being out in the sun for 3 hours and the light exercise was really good for me. I'm definitely going to try and do that often now since it was fun, relaxing and easy. I'm still eating pretty good foods usually and have been craving fruit, fruit juices and much less chocolate. I think it's just because I've had alot of fruit lately and want more. Still have about a 10lb goal for loss so far, maybe more. This summer will be really good for that though for sure.

Also fun fact, red light can help prevent and heal sunburns. I found this out the hard way -_-

 

[Tennessee Trash]

Drink whole milk, eat cheese. Don't buy into the MUH CHOLESTEROL bullshit, that's just propaganda pushed by doctors like 50 years ago to boost vegetable oil consumption.

The only thing I would say here is that I would generally advise against drinking calories if your goal is weight loss. Though if you are going to drink milk regardless I would recommend whole.

Also regarding Cholesterol.
There are LDL and HDL lipoproteins. Both transport cholesterol through the bloodstream, but they play opposite roles. You need both of them, but in the modern 21st century diet it's easy to get too little of the latter and too much of the former. So generally people will call HDL "good cholesterol", and it's why the narrative of things like egg cholesterol have changed in recent years.
HDL removes excess cholesterol from the bloodstream and carries it to the liver for disposal. LDL carries cholesterol throughout the body. As a result it can create plaque deposits and thus heart disease. Basically the HDL to LDL level correlates with
Ranking best HDL to LDL ratio foods: fish, olive oil, avocados, nuts, eggs > red meats, full-fat dairy products (e.g. whole milk) > fried foods and processed snacks high in trans fat
You could also think of it like unsaturated fat = good, saturated fat = depends, trans fat = bad

That said there are other nutritional benefits of foods in that second tier, so I would not necessarily say they are worse for you to eat depending on your goals; this just only looks at it in the context of cholesterol.

 

[EllenDrawsRapeOfHerHaters]

I'm hungry!
Just 98 more days....

 

[Overly Serious]

Made the decision to finally start taking weight loss seriously after I got a glucose test done and it showed that I’m borderline(?) pre-diabetic.

Spoiler

I’m not a doctor and mine didn’t explain it, I just saw on the paperwork that it said my levels were out of range on the higher end and googled it

The next day I decided to cut out my biggest vice in life which was full sugar soda, I was drinking probably 3 or 4 bottles of Pepsi a day which makes me cringe thinking about and admitting now
I also decided that I’d start living on a 1300cal a day deficit on top of that

Since then with no help from any sort of weight loss meds I’m already down 8 pounds but with plenty more I still need to lose. I started out at 190 and I’m down to 182. I asked my doctor if it would be possible to try wegovy on top of the diet change and over a month later my insurance finally agreed to cover the cost of it! I’m cautiously optimistic about how things will go from here.

Well done on ditching the soda and your weight loss so far. The drugs side is up to you but successful weight loss is about long-term and steady reduction and lifestyle improvements. You want to live the way you will become healthy so that the lifestyle sticks. If something is working and sustainable I would be wary of shortcuts. Though I don't want to tell you what to do.

If you're interested in your blood glucose you can get a wearable device which gives you continuous monitoring like the Freestyle Libre. They're expensive to use all the time but wearing one for a couple of weeks might give you a really good insight into how your body is responding to various activities and foods.

 

[gay porn is the best porn]

How do you all approximate your body fat %? Not like with those retarded calculators online or those fancy machines but like visually? I'd assume that how it shows up for men and women is different.