[Food] Lose 7lbs in January

[Weststander]

The challenge for me is going to be maintaining this calorie level in the medium-long term. I've not gone down to such a daft level that I'm not able to eat, I'm hovering around 2000/day, which seems reasonable right now. It certainly means that most foods aren't off the literal table, providing some planning has gone into other meals.

I found there are simple long term adjustments that can be made with carbs, that deal with that. For good. And you don’t get hungry.

Porridge at breakfast I used to have a large unmeasured bowl, these days 35g with skimmed milk easily sustains me until lunch (diets often say 25g but I’m tall and do sports). Cut out naan bread, garlic bread, extra carbs with the main meal … having 2 or 3 types of carb with a meal is unnecessary and damaging long term.

 

[Brian Fantana]

I found there are simple long term adjustments that can be made with carbs, that deal with that. For good. And you don’t get hungry.

Porridge at breakfast I used to have a large unmeasured bowl, these days 35g with skimmed milk easily sustains me until lunch (diets often say 25g but I’m tall and do sports). Cut out naan bread, garlic bread, extra carbs with the main meal … having 2 or 3 types of carb with a meal is unnecessary and damaging long term.

It's exactly these sort of changes that I've adopted so far and I'm not feeling like I'm being deprived of anything, like some diets can be.

 

[Weststander]

It's exactly these sort of changes that I've adopted so far and I'm not feeling like I'm being deprived of anything, like some diets can be.

I feel better. We recently had a home delivery Indian, for the first time I cut out all the extras. More than enough.

 

[albionalba]

Only starting this week after extended binge. 15-4 to open with. Looking to shed 20+ lbs over next few months.

Back on 16:8 for at least weekdays, but trying to be more disciplined during the 8!

Bread / toast allowed at weekends, otherwise only seed sprinkles for any crunch. Also allowing top quality EVO as my luxury.

No junk.

On the subject of rapid vs slow loss I've always found that rapid helps keep the ongoing motivation stronger (but accept how easy to put pack on otherwise wouldn't be opening with the figure above.)