Can I lose weight by eating like this?

[Anonymous]

Morning:
-protein bread with cheese or cold cuts, or
-whole wheat bread with cheese or cold cuts, or
-meal replacement shake with chia seeds and coffee

Throughout the a. m hours:
Fruit smoothie (I change the combinations everyday, but I ask the seller to only mix the fruits with water and ice cubes. No sugar or yogurt)

Lunch:
-protein bread or whole wheat bread sandwich again, or
-sausages

Afternoon:
-fruit smoothie again
-(if I feel hungry) nuts

Dinner:
-some Kind of meat (not necessarily fat-free) and salad with balsamic dressing.

I've done the keto diet before, but it's now hard for me to do it because all the food at work is carb rich. And no time to Cook. So basically what I'm trying to do is eat less carbs. I drink lots of fruit smoothie to get the fibers.

What do you think?

Updates

+1 y

No, I do not want to count calories. So sic k of it and it's impossible to do where I live since I can barely prepare my own food and just eat things that's been prepared by others. And I don't have time to exercise either. This question is about the food, not exercise

[TripleAce]

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To make simple. If you want to lose weight by not doing much cardio

It won't happen consistently if we first dont know your weight, height and age. We need to calculate your daily resting caloric intake.

You should but dont need to. Is eat only one serving to 2 per day of carbs. About 50-100 grams maybe per day or less possibly. Carbs need to be low. ( i can explain why it plays a major role in losing weight if you want)

Swap out the fruits with carrots and celery salades (those are your go to anytime foods, eat them anytime of the day). Limit your fruit intake to 1-2 a day. Mostly eat good fats like almonds and other nuts, Avocado, natural peanut butter to slow down digestion. Protein, any type. And veggies. Lots of it. These will play a crucial role in your weight loss.

there's a much more advanced strategy if your up for it though

[Asker]

I understand why carbs is evil in weight loss. But I'm up for the more advanced strategy.

Also, I drink lots of fruit smoothie because I have a sitting desk job, and if I don't drink my fibers, hello constipation! And the smoothie vendor only has carrots and celeries for veggies. No spinach or kale or whatever.

[TripleAce]

Yea whatever drink your fruits just make up for it but swaping everything but one meal in a day with carbs like rice or pasta. The rest for day should be fats protein and veggies

[TripleAce]

You could do intermittent fasting.

Fast for 14-16 hours a day and eat within a 8 hour window your goal caloric intake for the day

This will melt off fat fastest

[Asker]

HM interesting. Can I eat anything within that 8 hrs or should I still restrict the carbs? Also, can I still have black coffee when fasting?
What's the science behind intermittent fasting?

[TripleAce]

Ok im going to set you up good...

[TripleAce]

It originated from the biologcial evolution of humans. We once use to hunt for most of the day and evening then feast at night. Hunts could take hours long. So we often times didn't eat until later in the day. This allowed us to stay very lean and also gain lean muscle mass

Scientifically its because it keeps your insulin levels low for a prolonged period tapping into more fat storage. Amongst other benefits.. the research shows it actually makes you quite healthy when you do this type of eating style. It creates profound chemical reactions that I won't write here right now.

So do this.. Take your weight and multuple by 12. Eat that many calories per day. More aggressive use 10 but do that later after a couple of months. You can drink coffee teas but no food for 14- 16 hours and then for the remaining 8-10 you can eat anything you want (pizza, pancakes, ice cream) BUT at the right caloric number. Your weight times 12 then after a month times 10.

[TripleAce]

Drink lots of water during fasting though

[Polocrew]

Ofcourse you can lol it's all cal in vs cal out , I usually cut on 2.5-3k diet

[Xfitchick]

You loose fat if your calorie intake is less than your daily need. That is the only rule. If you are in a gym, ask them to do a body scan. That scale measures your muscle and fat content and also your daily calorie need. Starting from that, you can optimize your nutrition plan.

[Asker]

Im so sick of count ing calories. I've had success with keto.

[Xfitchick]

thanks

[KittieCat]

Smoothies will most likely make you gain... eat the whole fruit instead. Cut out the cheese and bread for more veggies and over all balanced diet. Include exercise

[Asker]

I am practically drinking the fruits. My smoothie only consist of fruits and water. I figured I could eat more kinds of fruits and veggies by drinking them. Cause i cannot eat lots of fruits and veggies.

No time to exercise so I just make sure I walk 30 min. a day in total.

[KittieCat]

Why can't you eat fruits and veggies? And that's the issue. Fruits are tasty for a reason. It's lot liquid sugar (with nutrients) going into your system. You should focus on a wholesome healthy diet. Create a caloric deficit to lose weight. Ans exercise is crucial to health. Make time for it, even if its a 20min routine, make it count

[Asker]

Is walking 30 min a day not enough?
I get bored easily if I eat fruits so I can't eat a lot. I can't count calories because it's difficult to even count ex how many Grams of pineapple is in my smoothie? It's very time consuming and a lot of work. I just do some modified, less strict Version of the keto diet (Google it if you want to), with which i've had success in the past. I'm past the typical countig calories and exercising weight loss method. Too much work and not suitable for my daily schedule. Hope you can understand

[KittieCat]

I understand and non calorie counting works as well :) You should try to eat the whole fruits and veggies though because smoothies really don't fill you up. But, if it works for you, then go ahead. Best of luck :)

[Anonymous]

I'd cut 90% of the meat/dairy if not all & the rest is fine. Too much meat is terrible for losing weight (from my experience)

[Opinion Owner]

I eat pretty much the same thing as you minus all the meat & I'm at optimal weight. Exercise is important too.

[Asker]

I believe carbs is the devil here. Not meat. You can be a vegan and still be fat...

[Opinion Owner]

Well yes I'm vegetarian. I guess my answer was a bit biased. On a normal day I'd have a smoothie and piece of fruit for breakfast, avocado on toast for lunch (or peanut butter), & steamed veggies or pasta for dinner. For snacks I'd have non-dairy yogurt or protein bars. That along with exercise works for me. Also, water. A lot of water.

[Asker]

Yea See? Carbs at night is actually very Bad for you. Better put your carbs in the morning and at night only eat greens since you're a vegetarian. I've found out that if I only cut the carbs at night only and eat meat instead, I can lose weight. Pasta is yumm, but it's one of your biggest enemies when you're restricting your carbs..

[CorrectGirl]

Don't listen to bullshit here.
The less calories you eat = weight loss.

[Asker]

I'm so sick of count ing calories. Especially when you can't count all that's in a plate at work.

[KittieCat]

Doesn't really work exactly like that.. lol

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat it does according to body mass. How do you think Chinese girls by majority get so small?

[CorrectGirl]

Eat a plant diet since they are low in calorie. Just don't go to low in calories like below 1200 if you want to live

[KittieCat]

If you eat 1000 calories a day (which would be a defecit) you wouldn't lose weight and could do the exact opposite.

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat explain kids in Africa and nazi germany

[KittieCat]

So let's take someone on stranded in an island. You're used to 2k+ cal a day then BOOM sudden change to half that.

Your body (naturally) says you're starving and holds onto that energy. But the energy supply isn't constant.. or we're doing strenuous work for hours and hours. So we're holding onto dear life for what we're taking in, but more is being burned. Eventually the food isn't enough so we tap into fat and muscle and end up very thin like that.

On the other hand, 1k cal in starvation mode with a continuous source and not a lot of exercise (it's relative) and our body just says hey... let's hold onto this every day aka no weight loss or weight gain.

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat Google if starvation mode is real from a official site. It is debunked as a myth.

[KittieCat]

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567126_2
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3673773/
Adaptive Thermogenisis. A tad bit different than starvation mode and I may have phrased it wrong but here's how it works. You eat 2k cal regularly you burn 2k cal regulary. You drop down to 1k cal regularly and you slowly drop down to burning 1k cal regularly. Now in starving children this of course is happening but they still burn a lot more than that 1k or whatever somewhat regular caloric intake they're getting

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat yes because your body mass gets smaller so you can eat less and less as your body gets smaller and you don't lose weight. But that's not starvation mode thats common sense.

[CorrectGirl]

Or plateau

[KittieCat]

Maybe I phrased it wrong, my fault. Regardless it can be dangerous when losing a lot of weight or increasing you caloric intake after experiencing severe AT. But as far as short term weight loss because 1000 just simply isn't enough calories, it will be accelerated and wreck your metabolism long term

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat nothing below 1200 isn't healthy

[KittieCat]

I might even say 1500 if you're active

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat yes that is correct. 1200 is just for people who sit on their ass all day and wanna lose weight

[KittieCat]

That'd take muscle mass with it would it not?

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat yes but many girls don't care about muscles because they want to look feminine. But when losing weight you can't avoid losing muscle mass because your body is trying to adjust to a size so everything has to be in proportion.

[KittieCat]

Of course but a significant amount in ratio to the actual fat loss.. geez I'd never wanna lose that much muscle, don't take my booty 😂

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat a big booty is mostly fat and like 40 percent muscle. Everyone these days except for most Chinese girls wants a nice booty

[KittieCat]

No, mine is mostly muscle, it's rather heavy and it just feels like muscle. I can barely grab any fat on it. I have trained it up for a few years though so

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat since when did you start training?

[KittieCat]

At like 14. 16 more seriously but yeah. I'm also naturally a very muscular person because of a few things so that helps. I got a compliment on my butt one day, did one butt work out and got hooked lol

[CorrectGirl]

@KittieCat I wonder what that booty looks like

[zagor]

You should mix some exercise in there too...

[Asker]

No time

[Sexualchrist]

Doubt it

[Asker]

Why?

[Sexualchrist]

There's too much sugar in fruit smoothies. Its in the fruit juice itself.

[Asker]

Natural sugars though. I otherwise don't eat any refined sugars.

[Sexualchrist]

Have you ever heard of the beer diet?

[Asker]

Nope

[Sexualchrist]

Here's a story about it. Happy reading

www.menshealth.com/weight-loss/the-beer-diet

[Asker]

Lol that's not gonna work for me. But than ks

[Sexualchrist]

How do you know until you give it a shot?

[Asker]

Cause it takes a special beer and liquid diets make me fucking miserable