re: Study of Biggest Losers finds that the body wants and will fight to be Fat

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the grilled chicken salad has 3 servings of crouton and 4 servings of dressing on it. In other words they fail to see the hidden calories.

But if you take most people to the supermarket and tell them to go get food for a really healthy meal, they will grab fruit, veggies and a lean meat. Nothing wrong with that. Its everything else that fricks them.

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i agree with this.

However, they might not realize that a good high-fat, high-calorie olive oil and vinaigrette (sugar free of course) dressing on that salad is good for you and helps satiate cravings.

Or that "lean meat" isn't necessarily better for you (and your weight-loss goals) than fatty meat (e.g., eating skinless chicken breast over a fatty skin-on thigh isn't necessarily good).

Or that eating a bunch of today's fruit, which is loaded with sugar, can help keep you fat, even though it's still better than juice and obviously much better than sugar-added food and drink.

it's those kinds of subtleties that people often don't know about.

yea i agree that most don't realize that but if most people ate veggies, fruits and quality meats at every meal they would be so so so much better off than eating the processed junk they eat now.

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yea i agree that most don't realize that but if most people ate veggies, fruits and quality meats at every meal they would be so so so much better off than eating the processed junk they eat now.

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I think most people realize it, they are just too lazy to do anything about it (raises hand) . I'm by no means a sub 10% body fat guy. I'm still a work in progress. I'd be 10#'s lighter if I had adopted a proper diet from the get go. Currently down 20#'s since November and could use 10#'s more before I feel like I'd be too skinny and eat more just to maintain weight. Reason I haven't gotten there is because training takes up a lot of time, work takes up a lot of time, and my toddler takes up a lot of time. Sometimes, my meal is just going to come from a box.

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work takes up a lot of time, and my toddler takes up a lot of time

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My brother has this problem too I take for granted single with not kids is a little easier. I've been working with him last couple of months. He's really eager now that I'm close to his size lol. I'm trying to develop more things he can do at home. I'm by no means a trainer I've just done a lot of research and hope to be an inspiration to some.

I'm one of the people that have dealt with this their whole life. I was over 300 at 5' 10" when I was 15 years old I'm 36 now. I've never been under 275 in my entire adult life. That keeps me motivated as much as doing it for me. If I can do it at my age after fighting it my whole life then anyone can.

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You can brown a pound of lean turkey or ground beef in a couple of minutes bro.

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I do this 3 nights a week.

One night that lean turkey goes in taco mix with cheese, sauce, etc. . I do sometimes skip taco shells and just eat it with spinach leaves as a salad.

Next time is spaghetti (actually use Italian turkey sausage).

Next might be sloppy joes or some shite.

I never really have fatty meats. It's getting the veggies that is hard. Wife and I are both picky eaters, and keeping fresh veggies around is a little more difficult. Steamed broccoli or green beans from a can are going to be in about half our meals, but macaroni and cheese from a box will be in the other half.

If I was that worried about my body image, I'd care more. But I'm not. At least not at this point. I'm about to go jump in a lap pool in lycra jammer shorts. I've learned to get over what I look like

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But honestly in 2 hours on a sunday you should be able to meal prep for the week. 3 max

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There's no doubt about this. It's a "lazy" concept to not do it. Not saying it can't be done at all. I just don't do it. I fully accept that I'm being lazy.

crock pot can be your best friend too. dont forget about it.

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see i have 3 kids all 5 and under and I cook for them every night so I guess I take for granted that cooking is just a thing I do.

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Word.

I have 4 kids and our household is pretty health focused.

Sunday we have a "curfew" of 2pm. We have to be home, prepping and chilling by this time. In warm weather, that means hanging out on the deck grilling a shite ton of food for the week. It's actually pretty relaxing this way.

I usually grill an assortment of meats on sunday, make a batch of coconut flour waffles, prep a crock pot for Monday, and prep/wash veggies. Egg muffins, frittatas for week day breakfasts, too.

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Its the over weight kids that get me. They really have no chance if their parents dont know how to eat healthy. when I go shopping I see buggy after buggy filled with so much processed food and high sugar soda and almost zero vegetables.

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lot of truth here. I suffered from this growing up pantry full of cereal, little debbies and potato chips. I don't blame my parents though they were just as uneducated on nutrition at the time. Poor health killed my father at 54 and we was never obese but that didn't mean he was healthy as I've since found out.

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starting

400lbs
58 waist
5xl shirt

Now
285 lbs
48 waist
3xl shirts (I can fit in a 2x standing but when i sit down yeah not an attractive look for sure)

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Amazing work. Keep it up!