Weight loss support thread

[Fatcat]

I was in denial about how bad my weight is until I stepped on the scale. The first big clue should have been my pants.

Back on the wagon, so to speak. The tricky thing for me now is what to do with all this bread and cheese that I shouldn't be eating.

You can donate it

 

[Shitmonger]

@It's HK-47 Underrated post, man. I had to give you a "winner" for that because it's so true, especially just cutting back on the sheer volume. You really don't have to give up the shit you like so much as you have to account for it somewhere else. If you like drinking a 300 calorie Starbucks drink every weekday in the afternoon then don't eat breakfast, or do a snack for lunch. Giving up too much stuff they enjoy makes most people fail and quit when they really just need to deduct it from somewhere else in the day.

I've been looking at the recent pages and just wanted to say semper fi to you kiwis working on losing weight. I've admittedly never been overweight and I often feel bad for enjoying laughing at Tess and Amber and that Glitter tard, but I genuinely feel for people who are struggling to make changes and like seeing people succeed. Stay strong, farmers.

 

[DeathStork]

Does anybody know any low calorie meals that don't require a billion obsecure ingredients? The only ones I've got are Oats with a half apple and 2 sugar (369 kcal) and cracker sandwiches with triangle cheese and tuna ( 350-ish kcal). I used to lose like a kilogram a day by just eating these for three meals but I have grown quite sick of eating the same things every day.

 

[Valentine]

I'm a yoyo dieter with a history of a clusterfuck of EDs. I don't know how to lose weight properly, it's either skip two meals everyday or I don't see progress.

My greatest record is losing 15 pounds and gaining it all back within a month or two orz.

 

[It's HK-47]

Does anybody know any low calorie meals that don't require a billion obsecure ingredients? The only ones I've got are Oats with a half apple and 2 sugar (369 kcal) and cracker sandwiches with triangle cheese and tuna ( 350-ish kcal). I used to lose like a kilogram a day by just eating these for three meals but I have grown quite sick of eating the same things every day.

Depends on what sort of meals you're really looking for. I was never a big fan of all of these tousled-up Instagram Meals that need 20 obscure ingredients from 20 different specialist shops, so all of my meals tend to be alarmingly basic with the exception of any spices that I use to make them not wind up tasting like wet cardboard.

Generally speaking, you're hard-pressed to turn chicken, broccoli and rice into a high-calorie meal if you stick to broiling and finding different ways to season it that don't involve butter or deep-frying. Asian and Cajun spices in particular can really turn an otherwise boring pile of chicken into something very interesting without adding any mention-worthy amount of calories to it. The same can be said for low-calorie wraps (I've found some as low as 60 per), which rapidly became my go-to replacement for sandwich bread if I got tired of making sandwiches. There's also plenty of bread out there that goes as low as 45 calories per slice, though.

Oatmeal and tuna are easily a staple of my everyday diet, too. Nearly every single breakfast I've made for the past such-and-such years has been 1/2 cup of oatmeal, 1 cup of water, 1 tbsp. of peanut butter, 1 tsp. of honey, and a dash of cinnamon. Whole thing measures out around 300 calories, and if that doesn't feel like enough then I'll add an egg somewhere in there. You don't have to relegate it to just breakfast, though. I'm not sure when exactly that oatmeal became nothing more than a mushy breakfast food, but there's loads of different ways that you can use it. One of my favorites has always been oatmeal-tuna 'hamburgers' or pan-frying oatmeal and eggs, which comes out tasting alarmingly similar to hash browns.

You shouldn't discount eggs, either. Eggs are hands-down one of the most-versatile foods available and even if all you have to work with is a box of eggs and a frying pan, there's still dozens of ways to cook them right there in front of you. I always keep about a half-dozen boiled eggs just sitting in the fridge at any given time purely because they're about 75 calories each. Tuna's kind of the same way, there's a load of things you can do with even just canned tuna, and like I mentioned much earlier "up-thread", even after I completely changed my diet years ago, I never got rid of my tuna melts, I just changed the recipe so they weren't horrifyingly high-calorie.

Never try to maintain a 'diet' that you hate, you're just dooming yourself to failure. Just take existing foods that you already love and find a way to meet them halfway with a lower-calorie alternative. Pizza, cookies, pasta, ice cream, it doesn't matter, there's always a way to find or make an alternative that's still the original food you enjoyed without it having to be 600 calories a shot. It'll taste a little different, my tuna melts definitely changed, but once you acclimate to that difference then you're all set. It's a bit like when people stop drinking soda or switch to a zero-calorie soda: They fucking hate it at first, but after a month or two they try the original soda again and wind up gagging.

If you'd find it helpful: I actually keep a calorie log for all the foods that I eat. They don't have macro/micro nutrients listed and it doesn't exactly come with recipes, but it could give you an indication of the sorts of food that I eat on a low-to-mid calorie diet when I'm not on a higher-calorie "bulk", and believe me when I say that even though I stay under 2,000 calories, it's not exactly restrictive when it comes to the variety that I eat. I'm something of a protein shake addict though, so if you can ignore the 200-500 calories in what amounts to a meal replacement shake every day, you'll find quite a bit of wiggle room to work with.

 

[DeathStork]

Depends on what sort of meals you're really looking for. I was never a big fan of all of these tousled-up Instagram Meals that need 20 obscure ingredients from 20 different specialist shops, so all of my meals tend to be alarmingly basic with the exception of any spices that I use to make them not wind up tasting like wet cardboard.

Generally speaking, you're hard-pressed to turn chicken, broccoli and rice into a high-calorie meal if you still to broiling and finding different ways to season it that don't involve butter or deep-frying. Asian and Cajun spices in particular can really turn an otherwise boring pile of chicken into something very interesting without adding any mention-worthy amount of calories to it. The same can be said for low-calorie wraps (I've found some as low as 60 per), which rapidly became my go-to replacement for sandwich bread if I got tired of making sandwiches. There's also plenty of bread out there that goes as low as 45 calories per slice, though.

Oatmeal and tuna are easily a staple of my everyday diet, too. Nearly every single breakfast I've made for the past such-and-such years has been 1/2 cup of oatmeal, 1 cup of water, 1 tbsp. of peanut butter, 1 tsp. of honey, and a dash of cinnamon. Whole thing measures out around 300 calories, and if that doesn't feel like enough then I'll add an egg somewhere in there. You don't have to relegate it to just breakfast, though. I'm not sure when exactly that oatmeal became nothing more than a mushy breakfast food, but there's loads of different ways that you can use it. One of my favorites has always been oatmeal-tuna 'hamburgers' or pan-frying oatmeal and eggs, which comes out tasting alarmingly similar to hash browns.

You shouldn't discount eggs, either. Eggs are hands-down one of the most-versatile foods available and even if all you have to work with is a box of eggs and a frying pan, there's still dozens of ways to cook them right there in front of you. I always keep about a half-dozen boiled eggs just sitting in the fridge at any given time purely because they're about 75 calories each. Tuna's kind of the same way, there's a load of things you can do with even just canned tuna, and like I mentioned much earlier "up-thread", even after I completely changed my diet years ago, I never got rid of my tuna melts, I just changed the recipe so they weren't horrifyingly high-calorie.

Never try to maintain a 'diet' that you hate, you're just dooming yourself to failure. Just take existing foods that you already love and find a way to meet them halfway with a lower-calorie alternative. Pizza, cookies, pasta, ice cream, it doesn't matter, there's always a way to find or make an alternative that's still the original food you enjoyed without it having to be 600 calories a shot. It'll taste a little different, my tuna melts definitely changed, but once you acclimate to that difference then you're all set. It's a bit like when people stop drinking soda or switch to a zero-calorie soda: They fucking hate it at first, but after a month or two they try the original soda again and wind up gagging.

If you'd find it helpful: I actually keep a calorie log for all the foods that I eat. They don't have macro/micro nutrients listed and it doesn't exactly come with recipes, but it could give you an indication of the sorts of food that I eat on a low-to-mid calorie diet when I'm not on a higher-calorie "bulk", and believe me when I say that even though I stay under 2,000 calories, it's not exactly restrictive when it comes to the variety that I eat. I'm something of a protein shake addict though, so if you can ignore the 200-500 calories in what amounts to a meal replacement shake every day, you'll find quite a bit of wiggle room to work with.

This guy is my fucking hero.

 

[SugarSyrup]

I’ve been working on losing the weight I gained after high school. I’m 24 now and when I stopped doing dance team workouts 5-6 days a week and continued eating like an athlete, I somehow gained a ton of weight. Who knew.
Anyway, I’ve stopped drinking soda (going on 3 months now), started cooking more (Blue Apron is good for this), and started counting calories and steps (MyFitnessPal and a FitBit Ionic).
There are a ton of little things I’ve been doing differently- not eating anything larger than my fist, lots of small meals throughout the day, drinking tons of water, eat in front of the mirror, do 20 crunches before eating anything, eat way more slowly and chew each bite more, etc.
The hardest part is my roommates, who are living the fatty lifestyle and also feel compelled to offer me delicious unhealthy food constantly. The easiest part is that my new meds are heavy-duty appetite repressants, so eating 800-1000 calories a day is pretty much all I feel like.
Anyway, I’ve already lost a bra band size and a jeans size, so it’s going pretty well so far. Wish me luck.

EDIT: Also, my go-to when I don’t feel like cooking and I just want something from ubereats, I go for a poké bowl. Spicy tuna, spicy crab, crunchy onion, seaweed salad, shoyu sauce, and just a few bites of the rice. It’s super filling, and spicy enough to make you drink a ton of water.

 

[Fatcat]

Been baking those cookies when I get the munchy for a sweet snack if anyone's interested ;
Around 150gr of raw oats (Last time I forgot to mix it into a powder but turned out fine too)
50gr of raw cane sugar (I guess it's healthier than regular sugar ?)
50ml of coconut oil
2gr of baking soda
1 egg
1 tea spoon of vanilla extract
One pinch of salt
Dark chocolate cut in chunks
optional : protein powder (If i'm not wrong I usually put 30g)

Just mix everything together add more oats if it's too watery and water if it's the opposite, Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 180/190°C or 374 °Fahrenheit. They're pretty filling and taste good to me.

 

[SugarSyrup]

Been baking those cookies when I get the munchy for a sweet snack if anyone's interested ;
Around 150gr of raw oats (Last time I forgot to mix it into a powder but turned out fine too)
50gr of raw cane sugar (I guess it's healthier than regular sugar ?)
50ml of coconut oil
2gr of baking soda
1 egg
1 tea spoon of vanilla extract
One pinch of salt
Dark chocolate cut in chunks
optional : protein powder (If i'm not wrong I usually put 30g)

Just mix everything together add more oats if it's too watery and water if it's the opposite, Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 180/190°C or 374 °Fahrenheit. They're pretty filling and taste good to me.

Using oats instead of flour in recipes is great. I got a spice/coffee grinder, and it’s really easy to make your own oat flour.

I’ll try your cookie recipe today (minus the dark chocolate because I’m a huge baby who can’t eat bitter things), although I can only have half of one cookie. My roommates will enjoy the rest, I’m sure.

 

[Basil II]

Not sure if this is the right thread, but I have this weird thing where I'm able to eat only around 500 calories a day completely by accident, and I feel like it's unhealthy. Does anyone else find it hard to get to maintenance without eating a bunch of junk food?

 

[It's HK-47]

What the fuck do you eat, celery and boot sand?

 

[Basil II]

What the fuck do you eat, celery and boot sand?

I just don't have a very large appetite, my brother is the same way.

 

[January Cyst]

Does anybody know any low calorie meals that don't require a billion obsecure ingredients? The only ones I've got are Oats with a half apple and 2 sugar (369 kcal) and cracker sandwiches with triangle cheese and tuna ( 350-ish kcal). I used to lose like a kilogram a day by just eating these for three meals but I have grown quite sick of eating the same things every day.

I eat "hurricane eggs" pretty much every day:

Veggies (frozen, broccoli or California mix or whatever you want, easy on the sugary stuff like corn and peas), sauteed in a little bit of butter or oil until tender, then stir in 3 eggs and seasoning of your choice (salt/pepper/chili or whatever) and cook until eggs are done.
Takes literally less than 10 minutes, 1 pan and is super healthy and cheap, also low carb.

 

[It's HK-47]

I just don't have a very large appetite, my brother is the same way.

I mean I get that, but 500 calories a day is freakishly "you should be a walking skeleton" low. I'm genuinely curious as to what you eat every day and what your portion sizes look like.

 

[Basil II]

I mean I get that, but 500 calories a day is freakishly "you should be a walking skeleton" low. I'm genuinely curious as to what you eat every day and what your portion sizes look like.

Well that's my thing, most days I eat a bunch of junk food like chips which is why I stay at the same weight, but when I try to eat healthier I have no idea how to get up there in calories as healthier stuff tends to be less calorie dense, friend told me to drink a shitton of m.ilk.

 

[Surf and TERF]

My personal experience has been that cutting sugar and refined carbs changed my taste and killed my appetite. Food is more of a chore than a matter of self restraint at this point.

I thought I was failing for a while but I’ve been getting accused of having an eating disorder lately, so I’m assuming there’s been some progress.

Do that and avoid eating before bed, then you’ll see a difference in a month or two.

 

[AF 802]

I'm looking for a new gym, as the city gym I go to seems to have these annoying weightlifting faggots there all the time.

Is the shit that places like Planet Fitness peddle about being a gym for normies true?

 

[DeathStork]

I'm looking for a new gym, as the city gym I go to seems to have these annoying weightlifting faggots there all the time.

Is the shit that places like Planet Fitness peddle about being a gym for normies true?

yea i heard they give junk food when you accomplish milestones

 

[Meat Poultry Veg]

I'm looking for a new gym, as the city gym I go to seems to have these annoying weightlifting faggots there all the time.

Sometimes you just have to go really, really early or really, really late. I have a 24/7 gym that has SIX olympic-style power racks and yet unless I arrive the hour before dawn, ALL of them will be occupied. They have a 20 minute limit that no one honors, plus this one guy who camps at his rack for what seems like two hours, spending the first 30 min on chickenshit mobility work.

Fitness goal: Get a garage so I can have my own power rack.

 

[SugarSyrup]

Here’s a short update: I’ve lost 6lbs since I posted here, and I’m feeling great!