“Wobblebottoms need to be hugged less, and to be told more often, “You’re a fat bastard and it’s all your own fault. Eat less; move more!”
Could you attempt to piss fewer people off, please?
I've had a long day.
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Caveat: what is effective for many is less so for some.
My own path to weight-loss (from slightly overweight to the lowest zone of average) simply began with the recognition that three regular meals were enough food that I almost never felt actually hungry.
My exercise, as it has been for three years now, is 30 mins brisk walking five times a week and a long ramble on Sundays.
Rather than counting calories, I took three actions:
I stopped eating most foods that had any significant list of 'ingredients'; no real need to check the label for raw carrots, bananas, homemade yoghurt, 100% peanut butter, asparagus, fried eggs, grilled mackerel and endless salmon steaks. Assumed I'd be short of some vital stuff, so took an assortment of vitamin supplements.
I simply did not eat anything until I actually felt significant hunger pangs (physical ones, not mere cravings); and then I would often delay the meal further with hot black coffee or green tea. Morning was only 'breakfast time' if I woke hungry. Some days, my first meal or the day was late afternoon. Within a fortnight, I was eating only once or twice a day and filling my stomach with low-carbohydrate meals most of the time.
After a month or so, I allowed myself to eat at a restaurant every Saturday night if I wanted to (it's important for families to eat together, but work gets in the way), yet I found that my stomach had shrunk to the extent that it was almost impossible to over-eat to any significant extent.
Had to buy a lot of new clothes.
Edit: unwhinge thread says this method saw me drop 11kg in 5 and a half months.
