I'm going to try this weight loss thing again.
Any advice? And please be nice!
41-45, F
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Tatsumi · 31-35, M
As you can see from my profile, I'm pretty good with fitness and health stuff. And that pic was from like 2 years ago.
It's very simple, on multiple faucets. It's not particularly difficult, either--if you do it the right way. It's awesome that you have that intention. That's a great place to start. I am naturally verbose, but I will try to bold the most important things:
First, overview for things we need.
[b][i][u]Kaizen[/u][/i][/b]: Japanese concept of "incremental change over time". This is how winning is done, generally speaking. This is how peasants become Kings. One step at a time. The efforts compound and reach a critical mass, at a certain point.
Calories in and Calories out. This is mostly all that is necessary for weight loss--however, it is not the whole story. You also need to balance your metabolism--this means at minimum [b]15% of your calories need to come from healthy fats.[/b]
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[u]Your body wants to hold onto as much fat as it can[/u], because that is its backup energy source. If you remove that backup energy stores consistently over time, your body will think it's starving to death, and it will do everything it can to retain the fat. When this happens and [b]your weight loss stalls--you must eat at maintenance calories for 1 week[/b].
[b]Sugary drinks are the primary culprit for weight gain[/b]. It's too easy to rack up empty calories. These[b][u] must be abandoned.[/u][/b] Water becomes enjoyable to drink over time. And you can [b][i][u]find substitutes[/u][/i][/b] for these extremely unhealthy habits. They don't even have to be super healthy. Even something [b]slightly less unhealthy[/b] is fantastic.
To put this in perspective, when I first started getting on the health and fitness train, I began by eating extremely sugary oatmeal. But, you know what, this was a lot better than my huge stack of buttery pancakes with buttloads of syrup. This is kaizen. Incremental change. [b][u]YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SWITCH TO PERFECTLY HEALTHY IMMEDIATELY[/u][/b]. All you have to do is be [b]SLIGHTLY[/b] [b]better than you were yesterday. [/b]
[b][u]
YOU WILL FUCK UP[/u][/b]. [u]IT'S OKAY.[/u] When you screw up, do not torture yourself. This is a natural part of the process. Don't reward yourself. But don't punish yourself, either. Have compassion for yourself, as if you were someone you gave a fuck about.
Treat yourself as someone you care about. Think about what is best for her.
[u]Exercise is not particularly important for weight loss[/u]--but it is a good idea. People overcomplicate this...literally [b]all you have to do is go on walks[/b]. All this does is allows you to eat a bit more, guilt-free.
It's very simple, on multiple faucets. It's not particularly difficult, either--if you do it the right way. It's awesome that you have that intention. That's a great place to start. I am naturally verbose, but I will try to bold the most important things:
First, overview for things we need.
[b][i][u]Kaizen[/u][/i][/b]: Japanese concept of "incremental change over time". This is how winning is done, generally speaking. This is how peasants become Kings. One step at a time. The efforts compound and reach a critical mass, at a certain point.
Calories in and Calories out. This is mostly all that is necessary for weight loss--however, it is not the whole story. You also need to balance your metabolism--this means at minimum [b]15% of your calories need to come from healthy fats.[/b]
[/b]
[u]Your body wants to hold onto as much fat as it can[/u], because that is its backup energy source. If you remove that backup energy stores consistently over time, your body will think it's starving to death, and it will do everything it can to retain the fat. When this happens and [b]your weight loss stalls--you must eat at maintenance calories for 1 week[/b].
[b]Sugary drinks are the primary culprit for weight gain[/b]. It's too easy to rack up empty calories. These[b][u] must be abandoned.[/u][/b] Water becomes enjoyable to drink over time. And you can [b][i][u]find substitutes[/u][/i][/b] for these extremely unhealthy habits. They don't even have to be super healthy. Even something [b]slightly less unhealthy[/b] is fantastic.
To put this in perspective, when I first started getting on the health and fitness train, I began by eating extremely sugary oatmeal. But, you know what, this was a lot better than my huge stack of buttery pancakes with buttloads of syrup. This is kaizen. Incremental change. [b][u]YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SWITCH TO PERFECTLY HEALTHY IMMEDIATELY[/u][/b]. All you have to do is be [b]SLIGHTLY[/b] [b]better than you were yesterday. [/b]
[b][u]
YOU WILL FUCK UP[/u][/b]. [u]IT'S OKAY.[/u] When you screw up, do not torture yourself. This is a natural part of the process. Don't reward yourself. But don't punish yourself, either. Have compassion for yourself, as if you were someone you gave a fuck about.
Treat yourself as someone you care about. Think about what is best for her.
[u]Exercise is not particularly important for weight loss[/u]--but it is a good idea. People overcomplicate this...literally [b]all you have to do is go on walks[/b]. All this does is allows you to eat a bit more, guilt-free.