Personally, I'm getting to be overweight again, and I keep putting off the diet, but it's about time I get back to it. I'm personally a fan of counting and tracking calories, what does everyone else like to do?
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137 sats \ 6 replies \ @k00b 24 Apr
Fasting is the only thing that I've been able to get results with. Then, effective maintenance is low carb without dairy - but even that I can't stick with very long, so I need occasional fasts as I go (every other day, or a 5-7 day fast every quarter).
The problem for me is a I need things to be intense to find them engaging. Interventions need to be radical to get my dopamine going. Calorie counting is too boring for my weird brain.
I've unintentionally been doing OMAD this week and feel pretty great on a relative basis.
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74 sats \ 5 replies \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
I make it intense by putting myself on 1k deficit. Ripping through 2lbs a week keeps me engaged. When it comes to maintenance, forget it, I get bored fast.
It's crazy how different everyone is though. That's why I don't necessarily give diet advice.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 24 Apr
can you keep this up though?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
When I was extremely overweight, I dropped i think 107 lbs in 11 months.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 24 Apr
daaaaang
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 24 Apr
how's your mood? WHat's your energy like?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
When I start getting really lean my energy is awful, but usually it's fine up until the end.
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112 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Apr
Intermittent fasting. I hate tracking what I’m eating but I don’t mind restricting when I eat.
I also tend to eat healthier, when I’m doing this. The cravings for healthy food are relatively greater when I’m not eating all day.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
I might try that again. I hate feeling hungry, but I think my main issue is that even if I did OMAD I could probably smash 3000 calories.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 24 Apr
You and I share the affliction of seeing uneaten food as a challenge.
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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
Don't stop until it hurts baby!
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67 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 24 Apr
Carnivore all the way, baby! Or even keto or low carb, if you can't do carnivore.
I didn't lose weight on it myself (didn't need to) but I got a lot healthier.
Close family lost 20 pounds fairly easily on keto, and has kept it off for 5 months so far, continuing with keto.
If you're interested in Carnivore, here's what I'd do:
- Read the book The Big Fat Surprise - very well researched book on why standard diet advice is garbage (see my post on it here #956777). It's like de-programming yourself, from the cult of the current nutritional guidelines. Most of what you hear (saturated fat is bad, plants and veggies and fiber is good, meat is bad) is false.
- Listen to some of the Carnivore podcasts/youtube channels. Dr Ken Berry, Dr Anthony Chaffee, Dr Shawn Baker. There so many interviews out there about people healing from autoimmune issues, especially skin and gut. And, of course, lots of weight loss.
- If you're going to start carnivore, look at some the videos entitled something like "top problems when starting carnivore". Oftentimes it's smooth sailing, but there are known issues that can crop up, that can be easily avoided.
Here's some of my carnivore posts:
2025-03: I was unknowingly almost vegetarian, before going carnivore
2025-02: Is sugar the new smoking?
2025-02: I would continue with Carnivore even if I got only this ONE benefit
2025-02: Weird, oddball health improvements I've experienced on the Carnivore diet
2024-10: There's currently a propaganda campaign against low-carb diets
2024-07: Carnivore quotes in classical literature
2024-04: Carnivore diet - looks like it fixed this nighttime disorder for me
2024-04: Carnivore diet - believe it or not, it healed this oddball disorder for me
2024-04: Can a keto/carnivore diet heal issues like depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar?
2024-04: Eating Carnivore on a short trip - tips and tricks
2024-01: Latest steps in my carnivore path
2024-01: Carnivore achievements unlocked
2024-01: Taking a temporary break from mostly-carnivore diet during holidays
2023-12: Sugar and Alzheimers
2023-12: Kinda-carnivore diet is leading to WAY more energy
2024-12: Question for carnivores/carnivore-curious folks
2023-12: I'm transitioning ... to a more MEAT centric diet
2023-11: This book is blowing my mind - The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholtz
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102 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 24 Apr
Not eating copious amounts of ice crem at midnight seems to have worked well for me. I have dropped 5 pounds since I cut out the sweets. That wasn't really the goal, more so wanted to break a bad habit, but it was a nice benefit.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ken 24 Apr
That midnight ice cream gets us all sometimes
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
A lot of people can do something small like that and see a pretty significant benefit. It's extremely easy to cut a few 100 calories
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52 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 24 Apr
Intermittent fasting seems to be working well for me so far (10am - 6pm) I still eat whatever is going, I don't go overboard with sugar or chocolate. I also drink black coffee in the morning which keeps the hunger away very well.
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42 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 24 Apr
making sure you still have fun while losing weight
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
That's a big one.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 24 Apr
You reminded me that I wanted to create a photo album of all the food I eat but I always immediately fail the next time I eat something. After I ate it, I remember that I wanted to take a picture of it first to start my album ....
Maybe I will start today but I must have had this idea for over a year lol
I think it would be fun to flip through the photo album to see all the stuff I ate. And because I don't want to embarrass my future self, the idea is that I will not eat so much shit.
Basically like a private Instagram about food for my future self!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
Lol, yea, it won't make nearly as pretty of a picture the next time you see it.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 24 Apr
Nice one!
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120 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 24 Apr
Get rid of carbs. Add as much as I can meat, fat, butter. Avoid plants and seeds.
p.s. this is not health advise
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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @Public_N_M_E 24 Apr
Just getting the whole F after it.
Lift heavy and work in a 200-500 calorie deficit and you'll be great, it's sustainable and doesn't flip flop your body around.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
I love lifting heavy!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @dot 25 Apr
Completely dry fast if possible. If you're not used to it, try intermittent fasting by eating only one meal before noon. You can practice this intermittent fasting once a week. The meal should be light, such as grains, vegetables, or fruits. After the fast, if you want to return to normal meals, eat slowly and in small portions.
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 24 Apr
Before you start a diet, try to identify the unhealthy lifestyle, not necessarily diet-related, habits you have. For example, do you have enough sleep? What are your stress levels? Are you able to unwind on command?
Once you have clarity about it you'll know exactly what to do.
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Blank 24 Apr
I lost a shitload of weight in a short amount of time doing my own version snake diet. (Omad, with 48-72 hour fasts once a week) That was a lot of fun, and seeing results right away kept me motivated.
Nowadays, I'm just eating better with more physical activity. I prefer this way because I don't need to adjust my attitude, and can still enjoy the occasional treat.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave 24 Apr
fasting
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 24 Apr
DAVE! what up?!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 22h
working away. been putting more energy into nostr lately.
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43 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 24 Apr
Eat less move more
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 24 Apr
dunno... Have mo experience w it. Move body a lot, sunlight early in the morning etc
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @User21000000 24 Apr
The only way is being in a calorie deficit
By what you eat and what you do. But mostly the what you eat.
It’s not that hard to bring it back into your life mate only need to drop out 7700 cals to lose a kg approx which you can reduce your cals over a week it’s doable
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @CarlTuckerson 24 Apr
“Weight loss? Oh, no, no, no. I don’t lose weight—I liberate stored generational trauma through intuitive movement, fermented rituals, and consent-based sweating.”
My Preferred Method includes:
🌱 Morning yoga on stolen land—with a land acknowledgment between sun salutations.
🧘♂️ Breathwork guided by a non-binary healer who only speaks in affirmations.
🌈 A raw, anti-imperialist, community-sourced kale cleanse (with reparations built into the pricing).
💃 Dance therapy set to eco-feminist drum circles where calories are burned in protest of colonial portion control.
🕯️ Shadow work. Lots of shadow work. Sometimes in a sauna.
Also, I only eat when Mercury is in a decolonized orbit. Anything else is capitalist hunger.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 24 Apr
Digging for hours
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @JesseJames 24 Apr
stop eating cookies...lol
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @j7hB75 24 Apr
Intermittent fasting, or just fasting.
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34 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bear 24 Apr
Understand sugar.
Then understand starch is sugar
Then understands carbs are starch are sugar.
Stop eating sugar.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @_Bubble_2009 18h
Lat time I've loose weight following Harvard method: Healthy Eating Plate
https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/healthy-eating-plate/
I didn't even follow the letter because I continued to eat red meat and other things not recommended, but it worked.
Then I stopped both for economic reasons and for time reasons and I gained weight again.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fd055dcc2f 23h
One thing is losing 10 kg when you weight 130 kg and the other thing losing the same 10 kg when you wait 70 kg.
So whenever I see things like "Close family lost 20 pounds fairly easily on keto" I go arrrrr.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 25 Apr
I see a lot of comments recommending fasting, or even dry fasting for weight loss. I loudly and respectfully disagree. Weight loss is a desirable side effect of fasting, but not the goal. You're supposed to regain your weight after a fast, and you will. If you think it's going to help you loose weight, you will get very disappointed.
To maintain a healthy weight, you need first a good foundation, then maybe throw in fasting to strengthen that foundation. With a solid foundation, weight loss will come naturally.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sangekrypto 25 Apr
If the body already looks fat, then it is rather difficult to normalize it, because the body feels heavy, and the weight continues to increase, for me personally losing weight is difficult, but I do exercise gradually, and I reduce the portion of food, eat more fruit, so that my weight condition is not too heavy, now I am not too fat, for me health must be maintained.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @GregAsks 25 Apr
Eating window.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @suraz 25 Apr
Don't sleep more than 8 hours.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @krispy_donkey 25 Apr
I swear by my HIIT workouts which I do at home once or twice a week. All one needs is enough space for a yoga mat and two dumbbells which dont need to be very heavy. They are available on YouTube.
Otherwise the only other thing I can recommend is sticking to real food, this part is more lifestyle change than ‘going on a diet’. With that said I find the HIIT workouts to do most of the heavy lifting here and you can eat pretty much anything you want. Lastly beer is very good for you, certainly a lot better than Coke, as I learned on a recently 30 day no alcohol stint.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @88b0c423eb 24 Apr freebie
My challenge is to gain weight not the contrary. I always feel like having a negative account, being fat is having a lot of money in the account.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dingding541 24 Apr
Bitcoin dropping 90% should do the trick 🤣🤣
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undergotten 24 Apr
You saying I'm fat?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Nzowashua 24 Apr
Making diet effectively, but also having a gym time to reduce calories
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @harrigan 24 Apr
Keto.
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