juanson
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How to be on a diet, and not have it feel like one:
You probably tried to diet and failed after a week because it was too hard or restricting, and you want to know how to finally succeed this time.
I’m not going to talk about counting calories and calorie deficit you should already be doing that and I don’t want to repeat shit you’ve heard.
Here is my main tips:
1. Reduce temptations. This means PLAN FOR FAILURE. Anything that might thwart the weight loss journey should be replaced with low calorie options, removed, or used in moderation. It takes an incredible amount of willpower to resist temptations, and it’s easier to not have any to resist in the first place.
2. Use volume eating, high volume low calorie foods that will fill you up. Stay away from high calorie foods that you can eat a ton of and chose more filling options. For example, instead of snacking on high calorie chips, have some popcorn instead. Much larger portions for way less calories.
3. Be flexible, don’t be super strict. Make the diet easy to follow. It’s a good diet if you could do it for the rest of your life.
You can have a treat every day (or a couple if it’s a low calorie recipe) and still get shredded, as long as you fit it into your daily calories. This also reduces temptations and removes the need for cheat days.
4. If you fail your diet, DONT TRY THE SAME FORMULA AGAIN without changing anything. The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Look at the moments leading up to the failure, look at what environment cues might have triggered you (think Pavlov’s dog) and correct it.
Reassess, correct, succeed. Plan for the failure. This goes with tip 1.
You probably tried to diet and failed after a week because it was too hard or restricting, and you want to know how to finally succeed this time.
I’m not going to talk about counting calories and calorie deficit you should already be doing that and I don’t want to repeat shit you’ve heard.
Here is my main tips:
1. Reduce temptations. This means PLAN FOR FAILURE. Anything that might thwart the weight loss journey should be replaced with low calorie options, removed, or used in moderation. It takes an incredible amount of willpower to resist temptations, and it’s easier to not have any to resist in the first place.
2. Use volume eating, high volume low calorie foods that will fill you up. Stay away from high calorie foods that you can eat a ton of and chose more filling options. For example, instead of snacking on high calorie chips, have some popcorn instead. Much larger portions for way less calories.
3. Be flexible, don’t be super strict. Make the diet easy to follow. It’s a good diet if you could do it for the rest of your life.
You can have a treat every day (or a couple if it’s a low calorie recipe) and still get shredded, as long as you fit it into your daily calories. This also reduces temptations and removes the need for cheat days.
4. If you fail your diet, DONT TRY THE SAME FORMULA AGAIN without changing anything. The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Look at the moments leading up to the failure, look at what environment cues might have triggered you (think Pavlov’s dog) and correct it.
Reassess, correct, succeed. Plan for the failure. This goes with tip 1.
