a diet that ACTUALY works

[Wyndru]

smoking crack works well also

 

[jlee]

the word you're looking for is beaucoup...

Heh, I have never actually seen that word in any form of written communication.

 

[moshquerade]

i have been expirimenting with my food intake and was not making to much progress, then i got a fantastic idea: the RUSSION ROULETE DIET! it was like lightining just struck my brain.

so every meal time (3 times a day) i flip a coin, heads i get to eat the meal, tails i dont. so it cuts my food intake in half. i think its really gonna work, ive lost a couple poinds. only problem was friday i got unlucky and had no food :'( but ive got a ways to go anyway to my first goal of 300 lbs so i figured ill tough it out like a man

just get off your seafood diet and you'll be all set.

 

[Oil]

It's actually somewhat sad that he can't even troll an internet forum successfully. I mean, people like spaceman and theflyingpig are true artists at their craft, and nobody would expect this guy to rise to that level.

But the complete and total failure to even approach mediocre trolling - if you can't even get that right, I shudder to think of the train wreck this guy's real life is.

This.

For shits and giggles, search the forum for brianmanahan's posts when he first joined. He used clear English with punctuation. Along the way his posts became unreadable; an indication of either he started smoking crack or thinks he could start trolling ATOT

 

[Inspector Jihad]

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[nageov3t]

I eat 6 small meals a day.
1800 calories.
It works.

:thumbsup:

if you're actually capable of keeping your meals small/reasonable, 5-6 meals is definitely the way to go about it.

 

[moshquerade]

:thumbsup:

if you're actually capable of keeping your meals small/reasonable, 5-6 meals is definitely the way to go about it.

grazing ftw

 

[destrekor]

grazing ftw

Absolutely love just eating small amounts constantly throughout the day. Though generally my average day is a mix between multiple small meals, and one or two bigger ones.

edit:
And if one really cares to lose a lot of weight over the longhaul, and do it easily, without fear of putting it back on: give up on sugar. It's a stubborn bitch that hangs out longer than she's wanted. She does a good job if you are working out or need brain energy, but she is very lazy if you aren't doing anything either. Sugar and carbs get the boot together, but obviously not cutting out all of them - that would be dangerous.

Try to limit to total "sugar" intake to about 30g or less a day. Forever. It's not a diet but a lifestyle, as long as you are cutting out sugar as much as possible, and generally cutting down on carbs a fair amount, you'll keep shedding weight.
Carbs and sugar are good for energy, but for general daily living, it is not a good idea to eat as much as you want of it.

 

[nageov3t]

grazing ftw

my ex boyfriend used to totally give me grief about the fact that I was in the kitchen walking out with a plate of something every couple hours and yet wasn't a total fatass, but what he didn't get was that each of my "meals" were about 1/3 the size of one of his (so even though I was eating more often, I was still eating less overall)

he was such a dumbass about food in general, though. he'd talk about the evils of sugar and then dump half a bottle of ketchup on a $50 steak... and he'd criticize my own eating habits (re: my sweet tooth) while also complaining that I was too skinny.

 

[ElFenix]

my ex boyfriend used to totally give me grief about the fact that I was in the kitchen walking out with a plate of something every couple hours and yet wasn't a total fatass, but what he didn't get was that each of my "meals" were about 1/3 the size of one of his (so even though I was eating more often, I was still eating less overall)

he was such a dumbass about food in general, though. he'd talk about the evils of sugar and then dump half a bottle of ketchup on a $50 steak... and he'd criticize my own eating habits (re: my sweet tooth) while also complaining that I was too skinny.

what a douchenozzle

 

[moshquerade]

my ex boyfriend used to totally give me grief about the fact that I was in the kitchen walking out with a plate of something every couple hours and yet wasn't a total fatass, but what he didn't get was that each of my "meals" were about 1/3 the size of one of his (so even though I was eating more often, I was still eating less overall)

he was such a dumbass about food in general, though. he'd talk about the evils of sugar and then dump half a bottle of ketchup on a $50 steak... and he'd criticize my own eating habits (re: my sweet tooth) while also complaining that I was too skinny.

he's ex for a reason.... looks like for many reasons.

 

[nageov3t]

what a douchenozzle

when he put ketchup on his steak, that's when I knew I had to break up with him.

 

[destrekor]

when he put ketchup on his steak, that's when I knew I had to break up with him.

lol that's a worthy reason. Blasphemy should never be tolerated.

 

[Juked07]

I wasn't sure if this was bad trolling or like.. meta trolling. Maybe he feels successful when we all think "wow he's such a bad troll."

 

[brianmanahan]

i dont get why you guys think im not serious, im dead serious. i did this today, got unlucky at breakfast but then got lucky on lunch/dinner. ive found that its make my life more exciting too, because i feel like the stakes are high and ive got something to lose. which i do, pounds!

 

[nageov3t]

lol that's a worthy reason. Blasphemy should never be tolerated.

it really, really bothered me.

I bought some expensive steaks, cooked them to a perfect medium rare (thanks, Alton Brown) and he unloaded half the bottom of ketchup on top of it before even tasting a single bite.

 

[destrekor]

it really, really bothered me.

I bought some expensive steaks, cooked them to a perfect medium rare (thanks, Alton Brown) and he unloaded half the bottom of ketchup on top of it before even tasting a single bite.

You could have lied to me and told me it was a crisp well-done. Drowning a med-rare steak in anything brings a tear to me eye.

 

[dighn]

i dont get why you guys think im not serious, im dead serious. i did this today, got unlucky at breakfast but then got lucky on lunch/dinner. ive found that its make my life more exciting too, because i feel like the stakes are high and ive got something to lose. which i do, pounds!

hmmm you either win a meal, or you win at fat loss. bi-winning! brilliant!

 

[Farmer]

Eat less. Get used to it. You wont be hungry. Go exercise. You'll lose weight and feel more energetic. Just don't eat to much. Everything else comes naturally. Must've losted 30 pounds last summer just doing that.

 

[Howard]

rack your brain for words to put into pomes

that makes lots of calories waste!

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Sounds like a bad idea to me.

You need to find a diet that you can live with or else you will get frustrated and give up on it.

PLUS I believe that eating lots of smaller meals is MUCH better than eating 3 big meals or completely skipping out all together. If you fast you are teaching your body to store food because it may be a while before it gets more.

Much better to teach the body to burn off food fast because there will be more to come later.

It takes more than a day to set yourself in starvation mode. When I was focused on losing weight I ate two meals a day, and I didn't start magically holding/gaining weight because of it.

 

[shortylickens]

It takes more than a day to set yourself in starvation mode. When I was focused on losing weight I ate two meals a day, and I didn't start magically holding/gaining weight because of it.

I did the Atkins diet for a while and actually lost weight. But its a miserable experience to always keep your blood sugar low.
The way its set up you need to make sure you dont have shit going on for two whole days, cuz you gotta drain all your blood sugar to start. Some people take 3 days.

 

[Raghu]

A coin is drastic because it cuts intake by 50%. Use a dice instead.

 

[destrekor]

I did the Atkins diet for a while and actually lost weight. But its a miserable experience to always keep your blood sugar low.
The way its set up you need to make sure you dont have shit going on for two whole days, cuz you gotta drain all your blood sugar to start. Some people take 3 days.

Atkins uses the wrong approach to a low-carb lifestyle.

A more or less "caveman" diet is more appropriate, or at least, a diet lower in sugar and carbs. They aren't the enemy, but energy sources, to be used to sustain you until better food sources are available. Carbs are the "nothing else is available" food item - it's why we are omnivores, we didn't develop to eat mostly carbs - most of the nutrition we truly need comes in the way of flesh and plant-life, specifically various nuts and high-fiber starches.
And if you do track things correctly, you can get most of the nutrients found in various fruits and vegetables in a host of other sources.

And it's a terrible idea to enter any diet that requires a "starving yourself" period. Simply drastically reduce sugar intake (you'll feel weak, right? swap sugar with complex carbs, any carb item that has a low Glycemic Index is good to start with). And if controlled properly, even those first few days won't be terrible. When you reduce sugar and carb intake, you aren't cutting your food intake - that's not the plan of some of these "diets", as they are more or less "lifestyles", something designed to be subscribed to for life, to keep you at the right weight. Fatty acids and proteins also do a terrific job at helping you feel full. Anything chocked full of unsaturated fat will 1) be really really good for you, as we need more unsaturated fat, not less.. and 2) it will help keep you feeling satiated for a longer period of time. They take a little time to digest, and aren't causing a sugar rush in your blood, so the energy isn't peaky.

No-sugar Almond Milk is a great replacement for regular milk when you want more milk sources but are crafting a low-carb meal.

For me, I don't subscribe perfectly to one plan, but I keep the ideals in mind and constantly watch my choices. I didn't even need to lose any weight and I've lost 5+ lbs simply cutting back on sugar and carbs - I have a massive sweet-tooth and used to eat a ton of junk food. Kept myself at a very healthy weight and was always active, so I figured I could get away with eating what I want as long as I managed calories.
I realized that was a terrible approach, and could spell disaster when I'm middle-aged. I want to have a body that is capable of physical activity the rest of my life, so I really need to get myself to peak health and maintain that. That includes trying to make sure I'm taking care of the parts of my health I can't see, which includes managing blood pressure, lipids, cellular construction, etc etc. You need a lot more Omega 3s than we currently get, and I think a diet pushing for more Essential Fatty Acids (the typical American diet is terrible when compared to Mediterranean diets, which are super high in Omega 3s and lower in 6s, where the reverse is true in the U.S.) is a good idea, definitely help keep the "internal health" closer to worry-free. I'm not worried about weight management at all, I'm worried about keeping my internal systems functioning at peak - my blood circulating properly, insulin and glucose moving in and out of cells efficiently, neural repair and cellular construction occurring smoothly... I want to be one of those 80 years olds that are so active they make all those lazy fat 20 year olds feel like shit, because sometimes seeing an 80 year old man in better shape than you can be a good motivator to finally trying something to better yourself.

 

[GundamW]

Like some people said, don't starve.
Even if it's tail, eat a banana/apple or a bowl of healthy cereal/health bar or a no-dressing salad or a ham/chicken sandwich. Drink un-sweeten/jasmine/earl grey tea.
You don't need to skip meals, just eat something light.