re: My very simple diet/lifestyle advice

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For me, flexible dieting isn't trying to always mold my diet around whatever crazy food I feel like eating, but if I want something I can have a bit and track it, or if I overindulge a little I can make it up with macros from the rest of the week

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I completely agree. A person shouldn't be doing this on a regular basis, but the ability to be able to when you want to is nice. I like that weddings, parties, nights out, etc. don't feel like I entirely fricked my diet up because I can simply budget around them.

I applaud people who can go straight protein and veg. I could never. Since I was a child, I've never been a meat + sides person. I like mixed things: sandwiches, salads, casseroles, etc. For that simple fact, going 100% protein + veg would be very restrictive for me. I used to just skip dinner entirely when my mother would prepare meat + sides dinners

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lsu777

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Oh okay. I completely agree with you. On occasion, whatever. But on the reg? No way. Though I do it more than I should ;)

I follow a girl on Insta purely because she annoys me so badly. She eats the most dogshit looking frozen meals for EVERY. SINGLE. MEAL. She lost 50lbs, but can you imagine her health?

charting macros is the best way to make progress if you are serious. in fact its the only way to gurantee success. Can't know where you are going if you don't know where you have been.

But for the normal person I 100% agree. weighing food is a completely foreign concept to people. and for many it borders on an eating disorder.

Thats why thinkgs like the paleo diet work so well. It forces people to forget about quantity and focus on quality. For 95% of the population this will get them to their goals. Its the ones that want to be completely shredded that are going to have to track things.

Rocket literally eats things like chicken fries and pizza everyday and stays well below 15%. He likes to claim its due to genetics but the MFer knows exactly how many of each macro he takes in everyday. This allows him to adjust if need be. Most people would be fat as shite if they followed his diet because they dont understand nutrition like he does.

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weighing food is a completely foreign concept to people. and for many it borders on an eating disorder.

Thats why things like the paleo diet work so well. It forces people to forget about quantity and focus on quality. For 95% of the population this will get them to their goals. Its the ones that want to be completely shredded that are going to have to track things.

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Yep. These diets are perfect for the majority of the population because they are mindless for the most part. No counting and weighing required.

I can't/don't do things like paleo for a variety of reasons. But the biggest is probably that I am an outlier when it comes to the average human build, so I'd still have to track. The "average" woman is recommended X amount of calories to lose weight, and I'm nearly a FOOT shorter than that woman. Therefore, that number is my maintenance number. And because I am so close to my goal (and was never huge), it is very easy to get out of being at a deficit at my height. Too much oil in the pan or too large a scoop of something can ruin my entire day's numbers.

The average person can and WILL lose weight on something like the paleo diet without tracking.

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Rocket literally eats things like chicken fries and pizza everyday and stays well below 15%. He likes to claim its due to genetics but the MFer knows exactly how many of each macro he takes in everyday.

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This

The thing avatar does to try to make sure you aren't constantly filling your macros with junk is put emphasis on the fiber baseline

There are those (myself included) that use protein bars/supplements to get most of their fiber though, which isn't ideal

I didn't realize until watching a fb live on avatar's page that there were different types of fiber and it's important to get it from a multitude of sources, especially natural ones

I'd be interested to know if rocket tracks fiber, and if so where does it come from? Definitely not the pizza

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1. Drink nothing but water
2. Avoid sugar, breads, and starches (in fact anything sweet, your body will adapt)
3. Don't eat fried food
4. Eat high fatty foods and proteins
5. Get your electrolytes and vitamins/minerals in your favorite way

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That is really sound advice. I truly believe sugar is poison and in a few decades we will be looking back to when everyone ate copious amounts of it the way that we look at smoking back in the 50's and 60's.

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Drink nothing but water

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Nope,lulz

Never. Ever.

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How do you guys make IF work with weekends?

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I only eat lunch and dinner no matter what day of the week it is. No snacks. No breakfast. Never been big on either anyway.

Weekdays, I drink coffee until I'm hungry for lunch. I try to make it at least as late as noon so I'm not starving by 3. Eat dinner around 6pm-7pm and then don't eat again until lunch the next day.

Weekends, I still sleep like a teenager when I can, so I sleep in. By the time I get up and actually get moving, I'm not eating lunch until ~1pm. Dinner anytime between 6pm-8pm. Nothing extra. I count my calories by week rather than by day. Same results, but more flexibility.

I don't do a cheat day. Well, rather, I don't plan cheat days. A day of shoving pizza and Taco Bell down your face can ruin your entire week's progress depending on how much you burn through exercise and how big of a deficit you eat at during the week. If you eat at a 500-calorie-deficit (which is necessary to lose 1lb per week), that's 3500 calories you've cut out for the week. If you have a cheat day where you consume 3000 calories, you've practically canceled out everything you've done all week.

Doesn't mean you can't have foods you love. You just have to plan around them to fit them in your limits. I personally aim for 7000 per week. I'm extremely short; this is a safe amount for me. Stay as close to 850 as possible Mon-Thurs. Then on Friday, I add up whatever I've consumed all week and divide the leftovers between Friday-Sunday. Calories are like money. You can save them up and move them around. There is no set "per day" or "per meal" amount.

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Go long periods without eating(intermittent fasting)

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Started this about a month ago, and I'm a HUGE fan.

I don't have as rigid, structured of a schedule as I'd like so at times I don't meet the windows I'd like, but I get pretty close.

Big fan.

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Rocket literally eats things like chicken fries and pizza everyday and stays well below 15%

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its just an internet shtick fwiw. He doesnt really eat like that