Food weight loss hacks

[GuySmiley]

Fasting is the magic bullet, guys.

You can easily get up to a 20-hour fast (which means eating in a 4 hour window). It's ultimately a form of caloric restriction and as someone who had done is regularly (meaning not all the time but for months, yes) - IT WORKS.

 

[Krakatoa]

One of the things I discovered is exercising on an empty stomach. If you exercise too soon after eating, your body burns sugars for fuel. There's nothing wrong with that. It's good to burn up that excess sugar. But if you exercise on an empty stomach, your body has no choice but to go to the fat for fuel.

I think the general consensus is eat less and work out more.

 

[Endurance2024]

One of the things I discovered is exercising on an empty stomach. If you exercise too soon after eating, your body burns sugars for fuel. There's nothing wrong with that. It's good to burn up that excess sugar. But if you exercise on an empty stomach, your body has no choice but to go to the fat for fuel.

I think the general consensus is eat less and work out more.

If you can get through the first month at the gym. Just 3 times a week. Alternating back, chest legs and shoulders. Your arms will naturally a muscle workout with the core exercises. Add a half hour of moderate cardio. I do a fast walk on the treadmill with an incline. Let the machine adjust the incline based on my heart rate. First 8 to 10 minutes can be tough but gets much easier after that. It gets easier after you get through that first month as well.
Side effects is you start paying attention to you food intake. Your body starts craving the right kind of foods. Proteins, vegetables and fruits.
And I heard from another gym goer that he feels his muscles burning calories the next day not even working out. I told yeah I have that feeling as well

 

[GuySmiley]

A great treadmill cardio is 12 / 3 / 30. So min 12 degree incline, at a min speed of 3, for 30min. Then up those numbers as that gets easier to do.

 

[fatjoey]

If you can get through the first month at the gym. Just 3 times a week. Alternating back, chest legs and shoulders. Your arms will naturally a muscle workout with the core exercises. Add a half hour of moderate cardio. I do a fast walk on the treadmill with an incline. Let the machine adjust the incline based on my heart rate. First 8 to 10 minutes can be tough but gets much easier after that. It gets easier after you get through that first month as well.
Side effects is you start paying attention to you food intake. Your body starts craving the right kind of foods. Proteins, vegetables and fruits.
And I heard from another gym goer that he feels his muscles burning calories the next day not even working out. I told yeah I have that feeling as well

This is pretty good advice for any novice who is just starting out. I find that a lot of people try to go too hard in the paint when starting to go to the gym and end up burning out less than a month in and then fall back into bad habits

 

[paul_]

No processed sugars, refined foods, watch how your weight drops.

absolutely true i cut out soft drinks about a decade ago and the pounds just fell off the way refined sugars sneak up on you is a thing of wonder

 

[Zoot Allures]

Less calories needs to combine with fullness or just eat more


high protein Foods (Increase fullness + stabilize appetite)

• Eggs — extremely filling; shown to keep people full for hours after breakfast.
• Greek yogurt — high protein + probiotics that support gut health.
• Lean meats (chicken breast, lean beef, fish) — protein boosts satiety and helps maintain muscle during weight loss.

Healthy Fats (Small portions, big satiety)

• Avocados — high in fiber + healthy fats; very filling.
• Nuts (almonds, walnuts, cashews) — nutrient‑dense; watch portions.
• Nut butters — great on whole‑grain crackers or fruit.

 

[Mandala]

Snacks with protein makes you feel full

Greek yogurt

nuts

hard boiled egs

cottage cheese

banana and any nut butter

Pop corn has no protein but fibre to fill you and low very calories if you air pop in micro and put good stuff on it like cinnamon , dried peanut butter , nutritional yeast

 

[Insidious Von]

Now I know why I'm such a popcorn addict, thanks Mandela.

One of my favorite snacks is Balkan yogurt with dried cranberries, unsweetened coconut flakes and almonds.

 

[Mandala]

This is pretty good advice for any novice who is just starting out. I find that a lot of people try to go too hard in the paint when starting to go to the gym and end up burning out less than a month in and then fall back into bad habits

I do the tomato. Name comes after those alarm clocks that look like a tomato.
I do whatever will get me in the gym. I started at 20 minutes and pushed myself to only 70 %

Not much but it gets you in there.

Planet fitness is the best deal out there. No instructors, no classes just weights and treadmills. This keeps costs low.

 

[Holdem7]

Another weight loss hack is don't eat stupid food. Don't eat cookies, cake and candy. Don't eat white processed bread. Don't load up on white rice and mashed potatoes. Don't eat chips and cheeses. And for God sakes loose the soft drinks and beer.

bUT I REALLY ENJOY EATTING AND DRINKING THOSE THINGS LOL

 

[Mandala]

One of the things I discovered is exercising on an empty stomach. If you exercise too soon after eating, your body burns sugars for fuel. There's nothing wrong with that. It's good to burn up that excess sugar. But if you exercise on an empty stomach, your body has no choice but to go to the fat for fuel.

I think the general consensus is eat less and work out more.

I looked it up. They have done studies on that exact issue

You do burn more fat during the workout when you exercise on an empty stomach — but you do not lose more body fat overall. Across controlled studies and meta‑analyses, total fat loss over weeks and months is the same whether you train fasted or fed. It does not make any difference




Fasted exercise (empty stomach)

• You rely more on fat as fuel during the session.
• Meta‑analysis: significantly higher fat oxidation during fasted aerobic exercise.
• But: your body compensates later in the day by burning less fat and more carbs.

Fed exercise (after eating)

• You burn more carbs during the workout.
• But you can train harder, longer, and recover better — which often leads to equal or greater total calorie burn over time.
• Long‑term studies show no meaningful difference in fat loss between fed and fasted training.
  
  
  Fuel use ≠ fat loss. Your body burning fat during a workout doesn’t guarantee more fat lost overall. Long‑term fat loss is about the whole day, not the 45 minutes you’re exercising.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Chai seed pudding

Chia seeds are full of nutrients and fibre that take away hunger

Tiny seeds absorb liquid to become pudding

Use whole seeds as ground seeds will not absorb

Easy peasy

Using dietary fibre to stop hunger is better as chia is calolrie dense, dietary fibre has zero calories

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Glucomannan works much better than Chia

Amazon.ca

 

[Mandala]

Glucomannan works much better than Chia

Amazon.ca

that is the konjac plant also a great spaghetti alternative

very low calolries and carbs and no nutrition

 

[261252]

Eggs are low‑calorie, high‑fiber snack with protein that satiates

Hard boil for snack with paprika, bagel seasoning, cayenne, mustard, horesradish

 

[squeezer]

Eggs are low‑calorie, high‑fiber snack with protein that satiates

Hard boil for snack with paprika, bagel seasoning, cayenne, mustard, horesradish

Eggs are not high fiber...good protein and about 70 calories per egg but no fiber.

 

[luden]

big proponent of chia seeds as well, one or two table spoons into some overnight oats and itll keep you full and regular at the cost of very little calories

 

[luckybruce]

No matter how hard I try I just cant get into chia seeds, the texture is so off putting and they look like frog eggs after absorbing liquid

 

[boobtoucher]

Cottage Cheese. Half a cup is a pretty large amount to eat: Takes time, feels filling, but is only ~100 calories. Add spicy or savoury flavours to help if you need.

Yogurt is about the same.

Half a cup for breakfast, half a cup for lunch, eat a sensible dinner. I've been averaging 1000 cal/day since January 7th, lost 40 lbs, and it's been relatively not difficult.

And pay attention to serving sizes: Actually scoop 1/2 a cup, don't just have one of the little snack sizes, because they're too small to fill you up.

 

[boobtoucher]

There are none. There's no easy way to lose fat.

There is only 1 way to lose fat: Calorie deficit. Record everything that goes in your mouth, make sure that number doesn't exceed 1200. You'll lose weight fast.