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Roni10 wrote:Basilleaf I sent you a message but please disregard it since I just saw your posts on the potato hack. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!
Lesliec1 wrote:Do you have a longer term goal? I was wondering if you are going to try the McDougall way of eating. I can't tell from your posts. Looks like after the hack, you went back to S.A.D. foods.
Wren wrote:[Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, judge the way you do your thing. I know that eating and/or dieting is a very personal thing for a lot of people, and I absolutly respect that. I only want to help.]
Often the really big problem with weight loss, is the way you get at it.
"Dieting" simply doesn't work, and a potato hack is just another sort of diet. You could as well go on a cabbage soup diet for 5 days. You loss some wight, but deprive your body of a whole lot of calories on the way. As soon as you've "finished" your diet, you start stuffing everything down your pie hole, because you're ravenous. And even faster than the weight was gone, it's back again. Sad face. Two weeks later, you're at it again.
What really works, is to simply change the way you think about food - thereby changing the way you eat. It's a lifestyle choice.
I applaud your effort to lose weight, but I do think it would be a lot easier for you and much more effective, to maybe just add more vegetable and fruit to your diet. Add whole starches like potatos and rice, and don't worry about counting calories.
Just give it a try, and you'll see. A lot of people found this way of eating as a tool for weight loss, and apparently, it works splendidly. https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/free-mcdougall-program/
basilleaf wrote:Hi,
I should better explain myself I guess haha.
I do eat mainly McDougall, I still eat store bought hummus and sometimes even pasta sauce to save time but I choose low fat and low sodium options where ever possible.
NZ is a lot different to the US I think, we don't have a lot of brand variety for things like that (e.g 4 brands that make hummus none are oil free)
The reason I hacked was because I wanted to loose X amount of weight in a short amount of time, but this did result in me under eating and then binging (somewhat a habit of a lifetime I think) so I don't recommend it now.
Your better off putting in a bit more effort in the gym than only eating one food.
I discovered that I wasn't eating enough on the standard McDougall diet because I was only eating til I was full and was sometimes only hitting 1000 calories, leaving me feeling tired and stressed.
I also became iron deficient because I wasn't eating enough and I gave blood too regularly.
Life is a learning curve Kia kaha
That's a truth that doesn't get enough press, imo.basilleaf wrote:...potato hack is a super easy way to start off a cleanse if you ask me...
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