When traveling short distances by car (maybe 2-5 hours), pack a healthy lunch and bring water.
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#22Whole foods.
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#23Muscle protein synthesis only kicks in after you’ve eaten 20g of protein. After working out, you ideally want to do this 4-5x per day, but it’s really hard to get that much protein with a western diet early in the day, especially if you don’t eat meat. Breakfasts are typically lighter than 20g. More than 20 per few hour chunk has diminishing returns. I’m not an expert but reading and listening to podcasts helped me realize that just eating healthy was extremely far from optimal for me.
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#24Drinking a lot of water or green tea (1.5l day) will help keep you satiated to some extent, and as a side benefit prevents some types of recurring kidney stones. I doubt it has any direct weightloss impact although I wonder how the body can maintain isotonic state without energy cost driving osmotic pressure differentials. It must be a small energy cost, compared to e.g. cognition which is huge. So, think, while you drink (water)
Green Tea has flavenoids. They sound yummy.
I also treat myself to two squares of expensive chocolate a night. Eat slowly. Really slowly. Let the chocolate goodness roll around and coat your mouth like a kid in a Roald Dahl book. If it helps, think about Gene fighting Johnny for who did Wonka better. In a tank of chocolate.
Over fifty, more protein and less carbs. Potato and pasta are a "sometimes" treat.
Life's too short to eat bad food. If budget forces it, eat the best bad food you can: MFK Fisher's "keep the Wolf from your door" would be good guidance. Jack Monroe in the guardian.co.uk brought Fisher up to date.
My budget doesn't force it, so I eat top quality cuts, but small portions.
Good olive oil is a delight but so is wagyu fat. Have both.
Calcium in tinned fish. And cheese. Anchovies and Sardines and Mackerel are full of umami. And parmesan. (Full of Umami. Not fish. Fish milk cheese? Yuk.)
Nuts have zinc. Too easy to have a lot. Mushrooms left in sunshine grow a bit of vitamin D. Bananas have inulin which is resistant starch which feeds the lower bowel. As does vinegar and fermented veg like kimchi and kraut. Both make meat taste yummy so forget the hippy bucha drink and have a bratwurst or grilled Korean style with pickle.
Cold roast potato and cold pasta is resistant starch too. Some leftovers are good for you!
You can safely eat more eggs a day than you can stand.
Read up on homeostasis and cholesterol before buying into good and bad fat theories.
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#25This isn't much of a secret, but this has helped me immensely.
I am a egg-etarian and have a reasonably healthy diet (no sodas, simple carbs etc). But I wasn't feeling sleek and light on my feet. The following changes did it for me ... I lost 6 kg in three months and my knees thank me every day.
1. Two cooked meals a day. Late breakfast (9:30-10), early dinner (6:00). If I call it "intermittent fasting", I feel hungry, so I stick to calling it "two meals a day". :) Avoid simple carbs and sugars, focus on being properly sated.
2. Satiety is important, and I find that an increase in protein has helped me resist the lure of carbs/snacks. I have eggs, tofu scramble (with tomatoes, onions, scallions etc) and sprouts of all kinds in industrial quantities.
3. If hungry in the afternoon, a whey/banana/nuts/berries/flax seeds smoothie.
4. I chop and blanch and freeze spinach and liberally add it to cooked meals or as a side. The satiety to effort ratio must be high, so I don't care to make salads any more. They are just too much work and I feel hungry shortly after the last mouthful.
5. Shortly after every meal, move a bit for about 10 min, say, or climb 5 floors of stairs.
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#26intermittent fasting
For me this is it. Just skip breakfast.
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#27* Don't let American portion sizes mess with your perception of appropriate amounts to eat for meal.
* When in a restaurant, don't eat an appetizer and an entree. It's way too much.
* Eat two or three meals per day. Don't snack
* Don't confuse being thirsty with being hungry. Drink enough water.
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#28Muscle protein synthesis only kicks in after you’ve eaten 20g of protein. After working out, you ideally want to do this 4-5x per day, but it’s really hard to get that much protein with a western diet early in the day, especially if you don’t eat meat. Breakfasts are typically lighter than 20g. More than 20 per few hour chunk has diminishing returns. I’m not an expert but reading and listening to podcasts helped me r…
I’ve heard this before, but what does it really mean? Because we are able to still build muscle when eating less than 20g of protein
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#29I'm lazy about cooking and tend to eat a lot of pre-prepared food. I've found it useful to only buy small portions so that I'm not tempted to eat more than I actually need to. I was surprised at how much less food would keep me full and energetic through the day.
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#30Visiting a foreign country and walking 5-15km a day is a sure fire way to lose weight