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Alcohol, like anything in moderation is fine.
That's how you build an unhealthy diet, a few ready meals, a bit of chocolate, a few biscuits, a bit of ice cream, a fizzy drink here and there, a glass of wine, a sandwich with crisps and you
have all the calories without having eaten anything.
I do discipline really badly so I have to stick to stuff that is healthy even if I eat too much of it.
Can't do this anymore.
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sohi
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, a few ready meals, a bit of chocolate, a few biscuits, a bit of ice cream, a fizzy drink here and there, a glass of wine, a sandwich with crisps
Have you hacked my nutracheck?
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Right but in your example where is the moderation?
This week I had a glass of wine, a few chocolate biscuits, some halo top ice cream etc - I still ate 8-9 fruit and veg a day, stayed under my calorie target and lost 1lb.
I think a healthy diet is one which works for you and what you are trying to achieve.
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I would argue that a healthy, sustainable diet could absolutely include a glass of wine, a bit of chocolate, a few biscuits, bit of crisps, and is probably what a maintenance diet should look like.
Mostly clean, with 'unhealthy' items in moderation.If you're trying to lose 10kg for example, you have to plan to eat less, and cut out everything that you can get away with, and replace things you can't do without with lower calorie options. If you were drinking 10 pints of beer a week and a litre or two of fruit juice, but can get away with replacing them with diet coke, thats maybe 3500 calories saved, and potentially a lb of extra weight loss.
Fruit and nuts are amazing and great on a healthy balanced diet, but they are not foods that you can eat until your satisfied while aiming to have a calorie deficit. Weighed and portioned, maybe, but I can't see how I could eyeball the correct amount of nuts to eat to make sure I'm losing weight. As I can absentmindedly demolish a 300g bag of pistachios (maybe 1200 calories) and still be fully hungry for dinner, its definitely something I cut out completely, rather than adding in.
'Domino' foods for me include:
Cheese, sauces (like mayo, BBQ), nuts, bread, dips (like hummus, guac), peanut butter, along with all the normal culprits like chocolate, biscuits, crisps.
I think people get a bit overwhelmed by trying to do all the healthy habits at exactly the same time. Lose weight, calorie deficit, clean whole foods, cook at home, workout more, do more steps, cut out all drinking. Its a lot of mental load and a lot of failure points, while at the same time cutting out lots of fun delicious things, and the rewards that you have previously given yourself. So any tactics that you can use to make any of those things easier, and needing less willpower the better.
Mine is meal prep, fridge full of diet and caffeine free diet coke (specifcally cans, not plastic bottles), not having sweet treats in the house, loads of protein, and not buying or having the above list in the house)
The diet coke can thing is pretty odd, I think the cold can with condensation on it, and the sound and action of the ring pull is just mentally really satisfying. Very much like opening an ice cold can of beer on a hot BBQ day. Also extra hydration.
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I don't drink any soft drinks but people who love diet coke if thats a vice that you pick up to soften the blow of a larger vice then fair enough in my opinion.
Alcohol, like anything in moderation is fine.
I tend to avoid the pre-made protein yoghurts as I find they have quite a lot of ingredients - but if you're in a pinch and want something low calorie to hit that sweet treat craving then they are fine.
Skyr itself is like 1 or 2 ingredients and for weightloss is great.