Re: What's your best weight loss tip?
Posted: December 29th, 2023, 6:50 am
Eating salads for me, I have tried very low carb - not full keto - but I never felt right with it and I do like carbs! I just don't eat as many as I used to.
I now enjoy a salad these days and make a Mediterranean salad - cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, artichokes cubed and diced as small as possible, put in a big bowl and season well and put a copious amount of extra virgin olive oil - I always make four days worth per chopping up session which is about the time it lasts and it goes with absolutely everything - burgers, sardines, tuna, grilled white fish you can even put spam or corned beef or hot dogs and it will taste great especially with some tahini sauce - I always used to be one of those who went 'salad - yuck' but now I eat them all the time, after four days of salad I have a pasta, rice or bulgur meal and then I am back on the salads - I have oatmeal in the morning but sometimes I have bacon and eggs or pastrami and eggs or sometimes with fried tomatoes - I eat amazingly well and it is healthy.
I think people have got out of the habit of cooking because they don't have to - I know people who just eat takeaways, eat out or eat microwaved stuff and there is no effort to it - but the sooner you can get into the habit of chopping vegetables up and eating them regularly then the better your health is going to be.
Exercise - running, weights - whatever you can do long term - if it is cycling, skipping a rope, walking, punching a bag - do what you like to do.
Intermittent fasting is an excellent weight loss tool but whatever you do is to eat less or eat different than what you used to that got you fat in the first place, the main culprits are easy to identify - one thing I have stopped totally is sugary drinks - including beer and wine - that is just liquid calories with no use at all.
I now enjoy a salad these days and make a Mediterranean salad - cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, artichokes cubed and diced as small as possible, put in a big bowl and season well and put a copious amount of extra virgin olive oil - I always make four days worth per chopping up session which is about the time it lasts and it goes with absolutely everything - burgers, sardines, tuna, grilled white fish you can even put spam or corned beef or hot dogs and it will taste great especially with some tahini sauce - I always used to be one of those who went 'salad - yuck' but now I eat them all the time, after four days of salad I have a pasta, rice or bulgur meal and then I am back on the salads - I have oatmeal in the morning but sometimes I have bacon and eggs or pastrami and eggs or sometimes with fried tomatoes - I eat amazingly well and it is healthy.
I think people have got out of the habit of cooking because they don't have to - I know people who just eat takeaways, eat out or eat microwaved stuff and there is no effort to it - but the sooner you can get into the habit of chopping vegetables up and eating them regularly then the better your health is going to be.
Exercise - running, weights - whatever you can do long term - if it is cycling, skipping a rope, walking, punching a bag - do what you like to do.
Intermittent fasting is an excellent weight loss tool but whatever you do is to eat less or eat different than what you used to that got you fat in the first place, the main culprits are easy to identify - one thing I have stopped totally is sugary drinks - including beer and wine - that is just liquid calories with no use at all.