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<p>[QUOTE="Thrasher28, post: 11583157, member: 332572"]One mistake people make is they here ‘avoid truck stop food’. Not necessarily the issue, but can exacerbate. 1500 calories in one sitting at Wendy’s is still less than 2500 calories of snacking on peanuts, Vienna sausages, and ham and cheese sandwiches all day. Calorie deficit = weight loss, simple as that. Obviously some calories are better than others, but deficit is what it all boils down to. Opt for diet/low calorie options. I can’t drink purely water and black coffee, just doesn’t work for me. So I drink the zero sugar Monster energy to cure my soda/caffeine fix in the morning, and Gatorade zero in between. For snacks/lunch, stick to pre-portioned things like packets of tuna, *small* bags of chips, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>for dinner, calculate your target calories and the calories you’ve had throughout the day. If you’ve had nothing but zero calorie energy drinks and your target is 2000 calories a day, go grab that baconator meal if you’re up for it. If you only have 800 calories left, but you’re starving, eat a ham and cheese sandwich for 500ish calories and then add in a couple pickles for 5 calories a piece, or whatever. </p><p><br /></p><p>also, space out your meals. Eat half what you normally would and then give it 20 minutes to settle. Your brain doesn’t know your full until some time passes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Thrasher28, post: 11583157, member: 332572"]One mistake people make is they here ‘avoid truck stop food’. Not necessarily the issue, but can exacerbate. 1500 calories in one sitting at Wendy’s is still less than 2500 calories of snacking on peanuts, Vienna sausages, and ham and cheese sandwiches all day. Calorie deficit = weight loss, simple as that. Obviously some calories are better than others, but deficit is what it all boils down to. Opt for diet/low calorie options. I can’t drink purely water and black coffee, just doesn’t work for me. So I drink the zero sugar Monster energy to cure my soda/caffeine fix in the morning, and Gatorade zero in between. For snacks/lunch, stick to pre-portioned things like packets of tuna, *small* bags of chips, etc. for dinner, calculate your target calories and the calories you’ve had throughout the day. If you’ve had nothing but zero calorie energy drinks and your target is 2000 calories a day, go grab that baconator meal if you’re up for it. If you only have 800 calories left, but you’re starving, eat a ham and cheese sandwich for 500ish calories and then add in a couple pickles for 5 calories a piece, or whatever. also, space out your meals. Eat half what you normally would and then give it 20 minutes to settle. Your brain doesn’t know your full until some time passes.[/QUOTE]
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