*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

The protein powder comment was a bit of a throwaway joke as I know a few 'clean eaters' who won't think twice about supplementing with cheap protein powder while at the same time chastising anyone who eats anything vaguely bad.

There is however quite a bit of variety in protein powder between suppliers - as you've mentioned, always worth digging into the ingredients.

I personally don't bother, I get more satisfaction of getting my ample protein from foods but can understand there are use cases where it's not possible to take in as much protein as desired from meals alone.
 
Balance balance balance. It’s very easy to make big claims based on podcasts and single studies.

You’re right, clearing snacks out of the house is good and undoing your week’s hard work is annoying by eating a tub of ice cream all in one go. The point is not to totally eliminate joy from your diet. You can eat the things that you enjoy, but there has to be careful balance and accountability. You can’t out train a bad diet.

You can of course eat chicken or fish instead of having whey protein, but as a supplement, protein powder is useful.

Anyway, 88.9kg this morning!
 
But Crunchy Nut Cornflakes are delicious.

Don't actually eat breakfast in the traditional sense (I do of course, break my fast ;) ) so rarely have them but they can make a nice supper snack.
 
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Fuzz said:
Bugger, I forgot to weigh myself when I got up and I've already had a coffee and OMG.... CEREAL.. :D

Cereal is ****ing terrible by the way. :D
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Cereal isn’t all terrible but a lot has tonnes of sugar (which is why it’s delicious!).

Porridge with almond milk and frozen summer fruits is my go to at the moment. Can have a huge bowl for relatively few calories. Adding a scoop of chocolate whey and some peanut butter is also awesome.
 
90% of them are crap and they agreed in the podcast..
It was years ago I saw something on TV before the times of the internet I knew cereals weren't all that. It's almost impossible to find that documentary now (I've tried in the past to find it) Chemical pigswill extruded into flakes and dried then coated in something isn't my idea of healthy food.. but like you say, still eat it occasionally.
At the moment it's comfort food while I recover, which is kind of ironic in itself.. Feeding myself crap to feel better..
Cest La vie

They made a passing comment in the podcast that even porridge was processed :eek:
I've not looked at the ingredients of porridge TBH, I assumed rolled oats were rolled oats, I guess not. No doubt they've put something in it to make it shelf stable or more paletable.

Edit: Nothing extra in my quaker original packets
Ingredients : Wholegrain rolled oats..
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That's good to see at least.
 
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I think it comes with age as well being more conscious of what we ingest, when we're younger, we feel bulletproof and don't put much thought into what goes in. I guess as we age and the body stops working as effectively we want to drill down into what we're putting into our bodies.

I also have to be extra careful since discovering my son has a life threatening food allergy so am very conscious of the foods we have in the house. This has the added benefit of keeping me alert to things I might otherwise overlook.
 
Fuzz said:
even porridge was processed
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I guess it depends what you consider processing? Surely the oat goes through a process to arrive in the state it's in, in the packet?

NightSt@lk3r said:
I still eat the same crap i always have, i just brute force it with exercise every day :D
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I think this is an interesting discussion though. I remember getting stick (from PsychoSonny, so I ignored it) that just dieting to lose weight could be seen as a little lazy. "I'm going to lose weight by starving my body". The other option being to lose weight by being more active, like going for a run, or a long walk etc.

Who would you think is 'healthier' -

Someone who limits cals in to 1,800 but sits at a desk all day.
Someone who eats 2,400 cals, but goes for a run to burn 600 cals.

Surely the latter is better? (Obviously, even better is of course to eat 2,200 and burn 600 cals running)
 
100% learned along my way of this that progressive overload and some zone 2 cardio and a full bore max effort "HIIT" once a week is ABSOLUTELY KEY to healthy life, not just getting thinner.
 
Seeing as this thread has resurfaced in my feed, I'm just at the end of my annual correction, down from 11.5stone to 10 this year. (I have a very bad back and can't afford to let things slip too far, but I like eating! A LOT!)

I would struggle really hard if I didn't pad all my low carb, low fat, no sugar meals out with as much raw, chopped white cabbage as I want. I just keep a big container in the fridge, pre-chopped, so it's easy to grab. Neutral flavouring, crunchy, satisfying. Or maybe I'm just weird!

Right, as you were.
 
Fruit and fibre is my guilty pleasure these days, with extra blueberries and a banana sliced on top I can kid myself it's healthy. :D
I think you have to have some 'bad' things if you want, in moderation otherwise it all gets a bit miserable and obsessive (been there, done that)
 
Love this guy's stuff, laughing most of the way through but the advice is as sound as **** :D
British guy who's moved to Oz.. Been on TV a lot too because of his no BS true Brit approach.

7 mins 20 seconds watch...

 
Fuzz said:
Love this guy's stuff
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I like his "active fat man" line, and the rest makes a lot of sense. Honest accountability, no snuggly self-love bullpoop.

I've easily lost 30+ stone over the last 30+ years. I don't look like a fat bloke, but I have the bad habits of a fat bloke, despite my best intentions, because life's stressful and food is wonderful... and still cheap "entertainment"... whether is should be or not. So I have to have the good habits of an active bloke. Haven't been to the doctor for ten years, so hopefully I'm not going too far wrong (or about to drop dead from something the doc might notice!)
 
Fuzz said:
This is a LARGE part why I went down the road of the meal prep service, as I now have very little in the house to snack on outside of the plan other than what's bought for weekend sustenance, but even that isn't all ice cream and nachos as I simply don't want to undo a good weeks work (at high cost)
I guess I must be 8- 9 weeks in now of eating decent non processed, non chemical additive type foods and I can see a great change not in body composition perse but more inner workings and feelings about food, I don't even feel the need or have a want to snack on crap any more, I don't feel empty even.
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Well bugger me if this doesn't put into MUCH better words exactly why I feel lots better eating what I would consider to be "properly"

14 mins watch if watching all of it.

 
Ahh good old TDL, throw enough scientific words in to your explanation's and minions will follow. I initially really enjoyed his videos and his information and thought it made great sense, until i really looked in to it and paid attention to other experts views and basically TDL is just very good at marketing his content vs the actual quality of what he's purveying.
 
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