I apologize in advance if meme is insensitive, I keep accidentally implying things that I don’t mean whenever I make posts on the internet

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      there’s a difference between “restricting calories” and “eating so little that you lack almost all the macro/micronutrients necessary for a properly functioning body”

      one can have a calorie restrictive diet and still be eating junk food too

    • TheSpermWhale@lemmy.world
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      Calories are just a unit of energy - what you consume usually matters more than how many calories you consume

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        Yeah but that’s not the point of the comment you’re replying to, which is stating a simple fact that is unchanged despite your argument.

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        I mean, pizza in and of itself isn’t really unhealthy. I make my own pizza all the time. Eating dominos or any chain pizza spot? Yeah. But a basic tomato sauce, simple dough, cheese, veggie toppings? It’s really not unhealthy. The only thing kinda unhealthy is the cheese.

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    Some people consider 22:2 or OMAD (one meal a day) intermittent fasting very healthy. Not a whole lot wrong with that, but perhaps not with one meal of fast food a day.

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      I’ve been doing it since January 2020, which is crazy now that I wrote it down. But I lost 100 pounds that way and I don’t know how to be healthy otherwise. I bike, climb, hike, play in three bands and do a pretty physical job, I often do multiple of those things in a day without issue.

      I don’t know where I was going with this, but I don’t find it to be unhealthy, in fact I feel like I was probably closer to death before.

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          I highly recommend that when you do you count calories and pair IF with some planned regular light activity. I would go for long walks three or four days a week and that was enough to lose a lot of weight until the gyms opened up post-pandemic.

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            I know I can lose weight by counting calories. I can count calories and lose weight eating three meals a day. I’m looking for a way to lose weight without counting calories. I was hoping OMAD would be the ticket.

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          Often, yeah. I always ate fairly healthy but I just have no limit that tells me I’m full so I’d tend to overdo it calorie-wise.

          Mostly I’d say the issue was that being heavier made it hard to be active in general. Mentally and physically exhausting being so heavy and stiff, it was tough to get motivated to get out and do stuff. Now that I’m lighter it’s no sweat without pain.

          I also found out fairly quick once I started working out and counting calories by the gram that my BMR is just trash, I burn very few calories on average.

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    I only get hungry once to twice per day, and usually for only about half of a standard restaurant entree amount. Why is that bad for me? I have not been underweight, and I work from home, so I’m not burning a bunch of calories with routine activity.

    I do know I should work out more though.

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        Yeah, I’m hitting 30 in a couple years and it’s starting to show. I’ve been working on it, but I’ve had a trash diet since I was a kid so it’s a lot to undo.

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        Yep. Was very active all through high school, swimming competitively. Marine Corps after high school til late 20s kept me staying very active. All stopped and the pounds came on slow, but now, a decade later, I realize it’s not so slow and have to dial up fitness and do some food tracking for a bit, before ultimately going back. I love a good cycle.

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    I’ve started tracking calories recently (more to stop snacking than worry about the calorie count, but that’s a side effect) and it’s really surprised me how many little things have calories that I never thought about. A big one is coffee creamer. Also surprised me how little calories McDonald’s food has

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      McD breakfast is the fastest way I’ve found to get calories on the way to work as I’ve started trying to gain weight recently. I gained 30lbs over the last 6 months just by adding 2 breakfast sandwiches and a short 15m daily workout to my routine. 1100 calories is a lot when you usually eat 0 until after work.