“The first was to cut down from three meals a day to two and eliminate all snacks except water, cutting my consumption by more than a third.”
It may have worked, but it was probably not the most healthy way. Losing weight isn’t all about how much you eat, but also what you eat. I’d suggest adding a couple of “healthy snacks” every day. These might be a piece of fruit or a nice glass of milk. That’s healthy, tastes fine and may further motivate you to remain abstinent of other, less healthy snacks.
After all, the form of strict diet you used to lose weight seems to be very effective, though you might damage your body by accidentally not supplying it with enough important stuff like vitamins. It’s just a side detail though, as you’re still alive and more healthy than before.
Congrats on not having given up, shows that you have a very strong will.
Yes, it has been pointed out by many people. I’m most definitely alive and well, and I agree that vitamin pills seem like a good idea for someone doing something of this type.
However, I have heard many arguments both for and against the concept of snacks, both in terms of motivation and also in terms of physical effects. I don’t have any idea what the answers are on that for most people, but I know that this was the right answer for me on a motivational level. My best guess is that snacks are bad for carbohydrate addicts such as my past self, and are clearly unnecessary for those who are on very low-carb diets based on my personal observations.
And as far as the “healthy snacks” issue goes… I will simply say that I still have plenty of problems to solve and that this involves many of them, but that the circumstances there aren’t likely to help anyone else so I didn’t involve them. I’ve discussed them with the NYC group and am working on them.
In your article , you say that
“The first was to cut down from three meals a day to two and eliminate all snacks except water, cutting my consumption by more than a third.”
It may have worked, but it was probably not the most healthy way. Losing weight isn’t all about how much you eat, but also what you eat. I’d suggest adding a couple of “healthy snacks” every day. These might be a piece of fruit or a nice glass of milk. That’s healthy, tastes fine and may further motivate you to remain abstinent of other, less healthy snacks.
After all, the form of strict diet you used to lose weight seems to be very effective, though you might damage your body by accidentally not supplying it with enough important stuff like vitamins. It’s just a side detail though, as you’re still alive and more healthy than before.
Congrats on not having given up, shows that you have a very strong will.
Yes, it has been pointed out by many people. I’m most definitely alive and well, and I agree that vitamin pills seem like a good idea for someone doing something of this type.
However, I have heard many arguments both for and against the concept of snacks, both in terms of motivation and also in terms of physical effects. I don’t have any idea what the answers are on that for most people, but I know that this was the right answer for me on a motivational level. My best guess is that snacks are bad for carbohydrate addicts such as my past self, and are clearly unnecessary for those who are on very low-carb diets based on my personal observations.
And as far as the “healthy snacks” issue goes… I will simply say that I still have plenty of problems to solve and that this involves many of them, but that the circumstances there aren’t likely to help anyone else so I didn’t involve them. I’ve discussed them with the NYC group and am working on them.