• @runiq@feddit.org
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      I, cannot disguise,
      all the stomach pains
      and the walking of the cranes
      when you, do come out
      and you whisper up to me
      in your life of tragedy
      But I cannot grow
      till you eat the last of me
      oh when will I be free
      and you, a parasite
      just find another host
      just another fool to roast
      cause you
      my tapeworm tells me what to do
      you
      my tapeworm tells me where to go
      Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, HEY
      Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, HEY
      Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, HEY
      Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, HEY

    • @DempstersBox@lemmy.world
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      Used to legit be sold for exactly that, but when you got to your ‘ideal weight’ you wrote them for the second set of pills-a dewormer.

      Lol

    • Truffle
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      Story time! Many years ago I read a Maria Callas biography and I have no idea if this fact is true or not, but here it goes:

      Maria was self conscious about her body image and she wanted, moren than anything, to look as thin as her idol: Audrey Hepburn. So in order to do that, she went to a famous doctor who would give his patients a pill thay contained tape worm eggs so they would hatch and live inside them making them lose weight and then this same doctor would deworm them but plot twist! María loved being thin so much that she decided to keep her tapeworm so she would not gain back any weight. This book said that when she took long baths, the worm would kind of wiggle out a bit due to the warm water and then coil back up inside her when she existed the tub. This piece of info was very disturbing for me.

  • @Tantheiel@lemmy.world
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    177 days ago

    I’ve been a bodybuilder for six months and this is my take. The diet is big. Remove excess junk from your food and focus on eating nutrient dense foods. I go hard and measure all my food in grams so I have consistency with my food. Do you have to do this monk level BS? No but I’m pushing myself for health reasons and want to see where it will take me. If you can do four to five meal breaks per day. You just eat a lot less per sitting. It helps keep hunger pains away and I never feel like I’m starving or so full I’ll burst.

    If you find your caloric needs per day you can slowly enter a deficit. KEY. Deficit is not starving yourself. So don’t think you can do 1/2 your daily needs and magic will happen. Something will happen but not what you’ll want in the end.

    Be safe. Be smart. Good luck.

  • @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Lock yourself in a cage with only water. Carefully reintroduce food once you’re out as to not get refeeding syndrome.

    Get a tapeworm, and suffer the other negative effects of it.

    Ozempic.

    Gastric surgery.

  • @Thteven@lemmy.world
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    Basically just cut all the carbs and sugar out of your diet, that will put your body into ketosis so it’s burning fat for energy.

    Don’t do this for too long and make sure to take vitamins while you’re doing it.

    • @olivier@lemmy.fait.ch
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      And keep in mind that cutting ALL sugar out of your diet (which, luckily enough, isn’t that easy to do) will starve your brain and make you feel increasingly stupid. It’s only after my last week-long fast that I’ve read that our brains can’t really work on glycogen (ketosis-produced “sugar”).

      • @Thteven@lemmy.world
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        Sounds about right. I lost about a pound a day doing keto but I felt pretty foggy, lazy, and constantly hungry the whole time.

  • TheRealKuni
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    66 days ago

    Intermittent fasting.

    Like any form of weight-loss the real mechanism is a calorie deficit, but intermittent fasting makes that really easy for some people. I lost like 30lbs in six months. Takes a bit to kick in but then goes pretty quickly.

    Unfortunately, losing weight is a long journey. People who are very overweight have more fat cells than others (because those cells divide when they get big enough) and those fat cells WANT to hold onto fat. And they’ll release hormones to achieve that goal. So your body will desperately be calling for you to overeat.

    This is part of why weight-loss tends to be a spiky line for people. I gained back all of the IF weight I lost, and then some. Still below my highest recorded weight by a good 20lbs, but I’m just now getting back on the IF horse, hoping to make better progress this time.

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    Having a calorie deficit is the only way to lose weight. Everybody knows that. Exercise actually burns very few calories. There are many other health benefits to exercising but weight loss isn’t really one of them.

    In my experience, a calorie deficit is much easier if you eat better foods, rather than try to eat smaller portions of unhealthy foods. More fiber keeps you feeling full for longer. Find ways to incorporate lots more vegetables in your diet. I keep apples around for when I want a snack. I make bean tacos instead of chorizo (maybe I’ll mix a little chorizo in), etc. Find sauces and ways to spice up veggies. Don’t worry if your sauces and dressings are the most healthy. Just getting the vegetables is the most important.

    Also cut back on drinking of you do that a lot. Lots more calories in alcohol than people realize.

    • @onslaught545@lemmy.zip
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      It depends on your exercise. I do HIIT, and regularly burn about 800 Calories an hour. On leg day I can sometimes hit 1k.

      • @JillyB@beehaw.org
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        That’s like 3 beers worth. I’m not saying you can’t burn significant calories by exercising but the effort needed is way more than simply not drinking 3 beers. Also most exercise isn’t going to burn 800+ calories. The only way an average person is hitting those kind of numbers is if they have an intense manual labor job.

  • Cowbee [he/they]
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    Only way is caloric restriction. Exercise that builds muscle increases your body’s caloric expenditure, exercise that burns calories raises the number of calories you can eat that day, doing neither means you need to have a more restricted caloric intake.

    Personally, I try to focus on weight training and maintaining or slightly losing weight. So far, it’s had quite a positive impact functionally, and aesthetically in my personal opinion (and my partner’s). That being said, I’ve done pure restriction before, it worked in the short term but I gained most of it back, and I was miserable doing it.

  • cassie 🐺
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    the best way to make it stick is to take it slowly. Become more aware of the food choices you make - a food log is helpful here - without necessarily looking to correct them first. Just note the times when you think about food, the times you’re able to eat healthy and smaller portions and the times when it’s harder. Then try and inject some alternatives, make healthier options available for yourself at home, and gradually move your food decisions toward more nutritious food and smaller portions of comfort food.

    Even then, thinking in nutrition has moved on from eliminating “bad foods” to eating “good foods” first, and finding a level of moderation with less nutritious food that fits with your goals.

    “Stop eating” diets and “fast weight loss” as a primary goal are very good ways to sabotage yourself in the long term. The psychological costs of very restrictive diets are real and lead to losing adherence down the road. Maybe it works for some but the more gradual choice-focused approach worked a lot better for me. Just do what you’re capable of day to day, always trying to push that needle a little further, and you might be surprised at how fast noticeable progress comes!

  • @waka@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I managed losing 20kg within a year without major exercise using a combination that fit me. Baseline calories about 2000kcal/day, so restricted to 1300kcal to give me some room for error. Next was switching to Keto, so I could manage hunger a lot better. Next I wrote everything in my food tracker app, often planning my entire day in there. Put the sauces away, found a good low-carb curry ketchup and used that a lot, was also low calories. I made lots of mistakes, often hidden calories, salad sauces, remoulade alternatives that just weren’t, and what hurt the most were sugar alternative products. If you want to lose weight, there is no alternative.

    What helped me get through was adding a “cheat day” every sunday, which was not a sugar cheat day, but one with 2000kcal more in keto stuff (only the basics, not any of these replacement thingies) and some protein puddings which was the only exception.

    • I don’t know why you were downvoted. It’s called “fasting,” and it’s an entirely legitimate way to lose weight. There’s good evidence that, if done thoughtfully, it can have health benefits.

      Calories in, calories out. There’s no way around physics.

      • cassie 🐺
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        27 days ago

        imo nobody who is struggling to lose weight needs to be told about energy balance. Everyone knows what a calorie is, and that there’s a daily amount at which they will either lose or gain weight. They probably know they’re above that amount, and need to bring it down to lose weight.

        Unfortunately either a lot of good advice or a lot of bad advice can follow that. Nutrition and the psychological factors that influence people’s diets are more complicated and no answer is complete without getting into that too.

        • imo nobody who is struggling to lose weight needs to be told about energy balance.

          I disagree when I’ve heard countless people make up wild reasons why they can’t lose weight and it’s never about eating more calories than they burn. I’m not trying to shame anyone (im overweight myself) but the billion dollar weight loss industry has convinced too many people that it’s some super complex problem that can only be solved with some wacky diet and a monthly fee.

          • cassie 🐺
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            I’m definitely with you in that diet culture does much more harm than good and the weight loss industry overcomplicates it in favor of wacky diets and subscriptions and such.

            That being said, just because grifters overcomplicate something, doesn’t mean it’s actually not complicated - especially psychologically, which matters a lot when eating disorders, sensitivities, and difficulties acquiring and preparing quality food, all are in the mix. The psychological aspects are what “weight loss solutions” try to sidestep and I think it really sets people up for failure even if they see some short term loss early on.

            Knowing about energy balance could be enough for some, but it’s also definitely reasonable for someone to have further challenges and seek outside help for it. A good nutritionist, trainer, or even therapist can be invaluable for someone struggling to lose weight and keep it off.

  • @klemptor@startrek.website
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    Is this a serious question?

    Look if you don’t care about your health, you can crash diet, sure, but you’ll lose water weight first, and then will lose muscle alongside the fat, especially if you don’t exercise. You will also feel miserable and will make others feel miserable being around you. And you’ll most likely pack it back on when you quit the diet.