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*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

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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One thing I’ve found myself doing a lot more is looking at nutritional breakdown of the foods that I’m buying. Stuff like cereal varies wildly in how “bad” it is.
 
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.
 
Syla5 said:
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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Fuzz said:
I'm done with nit picking about stuff I post

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Are you really telling me you cannot see the irony behind TDL making videos that literally are defending his entire business model? look in to the guy a little more and about the science he talks about before believing it word for word.



He is exceptionally good at marketing and the things he talks about are broadly correct, but he really picks up the buzz topics and sells them well.

I’m not nit picking your posts apart, if you actually paid attention I clearly said I used to watch and enjoy his stuff until I looked in to it further and understood it better for what it was.
 
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Here is a list of all the things I've posted in this thread that I thought were worth a watch

Modern Wisdom - #064 How to build habits.
Max Lugavere - How to optimize Human nutrition
Diary of a CEO - The weight loss scientist
Diary of a CEO - Heath expert - Max lugavere
Modern wisdom - Ben Carpenter Science on best fat loss diet
Huberman Lab - Alcohol and your health
Modern Wisdom - Kelly Starrett - Fitness strategies for peak performance
Biolayne - Layne Norton - Ozempic and other weight loss drugs
Diary of a CEO - No1 Heart surgeon thoughts on cardio being a waste of time for fat loss
Modern Wisdom Short - Do calories matter
Zoe Science and Nutrition podcast - How ultra processed foods wreak havok on your body
James Smith - This is why your diet isn't working
Thomas Delaurer - What happens during 14 days of a low carb diet..

Does it honestly look like I am "believing everything he says word for word"
No.. why, because
"the things he talks about are broadly correct"

And just to check...
You do understand this guy isn't that V-Shred guy that does a bazillion adverts don't you, now he is absolutely 100% a corporate shill.
 
Not sure why you're getting so bent out of shape on this. If you post something you're going to get opinions on it.
 
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