re: Question for very large people

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It was absolutely the amount. People lose weight eating nothing but Big Macs or Twinkies, its all over the internet.

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You may still be in a calorie deficit, but frick that noise for any one who is actually active or wants to maintain any muscle

So 5’2” and 120 lbs????????

I hope you are a chick??????????

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I mean to be completely fair not everyone's bodies are made the same and foods effect them different.

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This kind of excuse is how you were 400+ into your 40s though.

The single most important thing is to expend more energy than you consume. It’s thermodynamics. Certain people may lose faster, people will plateau at different times, etc, but everyone will lose weight if they are at a significant caloric deficit.

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Avoiding processed foods is incredibly hard without lengthy meal prep.

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It's super not.

Last night we had diced sweet potatoes, sauteed broccoli, and ground turkey. That was it. No bullshite potatoes in a bag, hot dogs, deli meat, etc. The most processed thing was the raw ground turkey.

If you load up your cart with crap, yeah it's tough to not eat crap.

Our grocery cart looks like:

FRUIT
strawberries, cherries, bananas, blueberries, apples

VEG
potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, spinach, kale, lettuce, zucchini, bell pepper, cucumber, tomatoes

DELI/MEAT
Turkey Bacon, chicken thighs, ground turkey/beef, Feta Cheese

DAIRY
Eggs, Milk, Creamer, Butter, Yogurt, Almond Milk

BAKING AISLE
Pam, Flour, Sugar, Br Sugar, Spices, honey

DRY GOODS (aka, middle of the store)
Peanut Butter, Salad Dressing, Beans, Br Rice, Pasta Noodles

Breakfast is 3 eggs, 2 slices of bacon, coffee

Lunch is a salad with a single serv of feta cheese and dressing. Also some fruit and yogurt.

Dinner is roasted vegetables, baked chicken, maybe mashed potatoes. Not dehydrated potatoes warmed over water, but actual chopping, boiling, mashing with butter and milk mashed potatoes. Or spaghetti. Or crock pot beans/zuchinni/bell pepper. Or ground turkey/beef and vegetables.

Skip dessert. Have tea and honey before bed.

Yeah there are still a few lightly processed items. The peanut butter is not natural although we try our best to look at ingredients. The turkey bacon is likely the worst item in my normal diet. We try our best to avoid white rice and bread altogether because they do nothing other than upset our stomachs. Spaghetti is a treat, maybe once every 2 weeks or so. All of this is weighed.

And yeah it was a fricking pain to get it started. But it's routine now, and while I still slip up (we got taco bell Saturday), I can feel my relationship with food changing. When I was a kid my family lived meal to meal. "What's for supper?" every day after school. And as I got older I did the same thing, only I had nothing holding me back from eating whatever I wanted. Getting a handle on it and realizing that relying on food for a hit of a dopamine is not healthy will free you up to so much more. I still love making a nice meal or indulging, but it's so worth it to stick to a normal rotation of fruits/vegetables/proteins and treat eating out or smothered foods as special occasions.

Admittedly, it's a lot easier to do in Idaho than it was in Louisiana. There's just a lot better food down there.

Ok. So you think you eat better than most..... good for you. But we did not need to see your whole shopping list.....Damn.

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I mean to be completely fair not everyone's bodies are made the same and foods effect them different. To take what one person can do and apply over everyone as if it would be the exact same is completely flawed logic.

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I don't think he's trying to insult you or anything. He's just saying that clearly you were a "good eater" as a kid if you struggled that much with weight. You cleaned your plate. You weren't pushing around that jambalaya to make it look like you ate - you actually ate it. What I imagine many of us would want in a kid! Good eaters are generally considered good kids. But it changes based on what you're being fed, as you mentioned.

My parents had spaghetti, jambalaya, chicken pot pie, etc. in the rotation plenty as well. But I was the kid who would take 4 bites and push the rest around until they finally let me up from the table after an hour of begging So while what you're eating 100% plays a part, how much is huge too. Even just slightly larger scoops of each item can make a 300 calorie difference in a plate of food, so it can be hard to *see* that you're eating more than someone else.

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LouisianaLady

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Checks the frick out

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It's super not.

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95% of my problem is I eat like a toddler
I am a picky eater, don’t eat a lot of vegetables & get burnt out on the ones I do eat
It’s also expensive to cook for 1 person, I have started doing chicken in the crock pot & freezing it into smaller portions but it gets old after awhile too

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You weren't pushing around that jambalaya to make it look like you ate - you actually ate it. What I imagine many of us would want in a kid! Good eaters are generally considered good kids. But it changes based on what you're being fed, as you mentioned.

My parents had spaghetti, jambalaya, chicken pot pie, etc. in the rotation plenty as well.

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This was me growing up. I’d crush 2-3 plates every meal and be the last one at the table. Then in high school I would eat this plus drink a 2200 calorie a day weight gainer protein shake.

But I finished high school at barely 160 soaking wet.

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It’s also expensive to cook for 1 person


the frick?

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Can be if you're a leftovers snob