This screams: I ran on the treadmill for an hour and I deserve a snack. Said snack is energy bars or something like that.
I know, because that’s how I used to think. Went to a dietist and her words were: Exercise is for toning, eating is for weightloss.
Yeah, you burn calories and you lose weight if you exercise a lot, but let’s be real, most of us aren’t exercising a lot. Going to the gym for an hour isn’t the same as doing athlete sports or manual labor.
That’s why, if we want to lose weight, we have to look at portion control, lean protein, cut down on starch and eating a lot of greens.
You can still eat a lot while losing weight, but most people aren’t going to eat the right things and that’s the issue. I was told that energy bars, crackers and anything bread-related outside of rye bread, was a weightloss killer.
It doesn’t mean you can never ever have bread again, but if your aim is to lose weight, you’re not gonna get very far if you snack on bread and crackers. If you snack on vegetables, however, you’ll be able to eat A LOT.
There are always things you can do to adjust your diet so that you will lose weight, but if you don’t know anything about what different types of food actually does to your body, you may think you’re doing the right thing by eating ten bananas a day, but the scales don’t move because you ate frigging ten bananas a day!
Doesn’t mean you can never eat bananas or squash or fatty fish ever again, but while losing weight, you’re supposed get less calories than what you need to sustain your weight. It helps reading into it and getting a basic idea of what, how and where. I didn’t know shit before I had a professional helping me. I’m still no expert and my weight still goes up and down during different seasons of my life, but I know why and I know how to fix it when I get the motivation. Losing weight is very, very, very easy once you make up your mind to do it and have a basic understanding of what food does to the body.
Losing weight is very, very, very easy once you make up your mind to do it and have a basic understanding of what food does to the body.
No, losing weight is very very SIMPLE.
But a lot of people, like me when I was obese, don’t struggle with knowing what to eat. We struggle with our brain, with satiety, with binging. With failing and comforting ourselves with food and failing more. With controlling food as a means of controlling our lives. With not taking ownership of our problems.
It’s not easy at all. It’s really fucking hard. But at least it’s not complicated.
I’m not a stranger to having those problems, but if you read what I said, you’d also know that I said that once you make up your mind and have the knowledge necessary to make the choices that leads to weightloss, it is very very very easy.
That hard part is breaking out of the cycle and establishing a healthier habit. Once you’re on that track, losing weight is easy.
But if you don’t have the motivation and/or the right mindset, it will not happen, and there can be a myriad of reasons as to why that is. Life circumstances, mental health and such. I myself have dealt with a lot of blows in my life recently that has caused me to gain weight and I’m going to lose the weight when I go on break and finally get some time away from the stress. And after that, it’s gonna be pretty easy to keep going.
But losing weight is easy. I will always stand by that.
If it’s made the right way, with lots of seeds in it, like we do here in Scandinavia, it’s really good for gut health and it helps making you feel full quickly. The best brand of rye bread for losing weight is Herkules rugbrød
As it is low in fat, but still dense and the slices are rather thick.
White bread is terrible for the gut and my old dietist described it as sticky caramel in the intestines that makes digestion more difficult.
When I got started on my diet plan with her back in the day, she encouraged me to eat raw broccoli and kale and stuff like that because they are like those big rotating brushes in a car wash, but inside your intestines. They will clean up all the mess in there and help your digestion. Which was so true. Not gonna go into details, but let’s just say that toilet visits were pretty intense for a few days. It’s insane how much shit (literally) that is just chilling inside the body if your diet is poor.
The difference also feels insane. Hard to describe, but you just feel like you can fly once you get started on eating things that are good for your gut and avoid things that are really bad for you. I was surprised at which things were bad for you and how they affected you. Because most people know that white bread isn’t good for you, but they don’t actually know what it does to your body. Not really. And once you know, it’s really eye opening.
Edit to add: here are some examples of good and bad ryebread:
Bad:
Good:
If it doesn’t have seeds in it, it’s worthless. Doesn’t mean you can’t have white bread and seedless ryebread, but if your aim is to lose weight and improve your digestion, you won’t get far with those types of bread.
This screams: I ran on the treadmill for an hour and I deserve a snack. Said snack is energy bars or something like that.
I know, because that’s how I used to think. Went to a dietist and her words were: Exercise is for toning, eating is for weightloss.
Yeah, you burn calories and you lose weight if you exercise a lot, but let’s be real, most of us aren’t exercising a lot. Going to the gym for an hour isn’t the same as doing athlete sports or manual labor.
That’s why, if we want to lose weight, we have to look at portion control, lean protein, cut down on starch and eating a lot of greens.
You can still eat a lot while losing weight, but most people aren’t going to eat the right things and that’s the issue. I was told that energy bars, crackers and anything bread-related outside of rye bread, was a weightloss killer.
It doesn’t mean you can never ever have bread again, but if your aim is to lose weight, you’re not gonna get very far if you snack on bread and crackers. If you snack on vegetables, however, you’ll be able to eat A LOT.
There are always things you can do to adjust your diet so that you will lose weight, but if you don’t know anything about what different types of food actually does to your body, you may think you’re doing the right thing by eating ten bananas a day, but the scales don’t move because you ate frigging ten bananas a day!
Doesn’t mean you can never eat bananas or squash or fatty fish ever again, but while losing weight, you’re supposed get less calories than what you need to sustain your weight. It helps reading into it and getting a basic idea of what, how and where. I didn’t know shit before I had a professional helping me. I’m still no expert and my weight still goes up and down during different seasons of my life, but I know why and I know how to fix it when I get the motivation. Losing weight is very, very, very easy once you make up your mind to do it and have a basic understanding of what food does to the body.
No, losing weight is very very SIMPLE.
But a lot of people, like me when I was obese, don’t struggle with knowing what to eat. We struggle with our brain, with satiety, with binging. With failing and comforting ourselves with food and failing more. With controlling food as a means of controlling our lives. With not taking ownership of our problems.
It’s not easy at all. It’s really fucking hard. But at least it’s not complicated.
I’m not a stranger to having those problems, but if you read what I said, you’d also know that I said that once you make up your mind and have the knowledge necessary to make the choices that leads to weightloss, it is very very very easy.
That hard part is breaking out of the cycle and establishing a healthier habit. Once you’re on that track, losing weight is easy.
But if you don’t have the motivation and/or the right mindset, it will not happen, and there can be a myriad of reasons as to why that is. Life circumstances, mental health and such. I myself have dealt with a lot of blows in my life recently that has caused me to gain weight and I’m going to lose the weight when I go on break and finally get some time away from the stress. And after that, it’s gonna be pretty easy to keep going.
But losing weight is easy. I will always stand by that.
What makes rye special?
If it’s made the right way, with lots of seeds in it, like we do here in Scandinavia, it’s really good for gut health and it helps making you feel full quickly. The best brand of rye bread for losing weight is Herkules rugbrød
As it is low in fat, but still dense and the slices are rather thick.
White bread is terrible for the gut and my old dietist described it as sticky caramel in the intestines that makes digestion more difficult.
When I got started on my diet plan with her back in the day, she encouraged me to eat raw broccoli and kale and stuff like that because they are like those big rotating brushes in a car wash, but inside your intestines. They will clean up all the mess in there and help your digestion. Which was so true. Not gonna go into details, but let’s just say that toilet visits were pretty intense for a few days. It’s insane how much shit (literally) that is just chilling inside the body if your diet is poor.
The difference also feels insane. Hard to describe, but you just feel like you can fly once you get started on eating things that are good for your gut and avoid things that are really bad for you. I was surprised at which things were bad for you and how they affected you. Because most people know that white bread isn’t good for you, but they don’t actually know what it does to your body. Not really. And once you know, it’s really eye opening.
Edit to add: here are some examples of good and bad ryebread:
Bad:
Good:
If it doesn’t have seeds in it, it’s worthless. Doesn’t mean you can’t have white bread and seedless ryebread, but if your aim is to lose weight and improve your digestion, you won’t get far with those types of bread.