Looking in to nutrition guidance to drop some weight. Anyone have experience with The Core Diet? Good, Bad, worth it, etc??
It’s fine but ultimately calories matter.
Don’t eat crap, don’t drink beers, don’t take silly supplements (FRF), eat real food, careful with oils/nuts/nut butters.
It’s fine but ultimately calories matter.
Don’t eat crap, don’t drink beers, don’t take silly supplements (FRF), eat real food, careful with oils/nuts/nut butters.
Did you do the core diet nutrition plan?
Before you go on a diet. I’d recommmend two things. Get a digital food scale and sign up for my fitness pal. For a week just write down everything you eat and drink. I’d be willing to bet that there are an ‘easy’ to purge group of foods. Counting calories is a pain in the ass but it works.
Personally I shoot for 2300 cal a day. I’m 34 m 200lb and train 8-10 hrs a week. When i consistently hit my calorie goals i drop weight.
Diets are difficult especially if you are going against the grain of your family.
Good luck.
Yup. They like to play around with timing of grains to help balance blood sugar, better utilize fat.
Honestly, it over complicates things
Given someone who was formerly overweight (both of us), I’ve found that just focusing on better eating habits/routines has been far more beneficial than manipulation of macronutrients.
Ive also found that focus hard on fueling before/during/after sessions has been great for helping develop better eating habits.
Yup. They like to play around with timing of grains to help balance blood sugar, better utilize fat.
Honestly, it over complicates things
Given someone who was formerly overweight (both of us), I’ve found that just focusing on better eating habits/routines has been far more beneficial than manipulation of macronutrients.
Ive also found that focus hard on fueling before/during/after sessions has been great for helping develop better eating habits.
Thanks…I need to get back on track with what you and others have said, but am reading the book that Jesse put out and sometimes someone else providing structure helps me.
Yup. They like to play around with timing of grains to help balance blood sugar, better utilize fat.
Honestly, it over complicates things
Given someone who was formerly overweight (both of us), I’ve found that just focusing on better eating habits/routines has been far more beneficial than manipulation of macronutrients.
Ive also found that focus hard on fueling before/during/after sessions has been great for helping develop better eating habits.
Thanks…I need to get back on track with what you and others have said, but am reading the book that Jesse put out and sometimes someone else providing structure helps me.
I understand what you mean about someone providing the structure for you…but it doesn’t teach you to do it for yourself. You don’t want someone having to keep you on track for the rest of your life, do you?
Yup. They like to play around with timing of grains to help balance blood sugar, better utilize fat.
Honestly, it over complicates things
Given someone who was formerly overweight (both of us), I’ve found that just focusing on better eating habits/routines has been far more beneficial than manipulation of macronutrients.
Ive also found that focus hard on fueling before/during/after sessions has been great for helping develop better eating habits.
Thanks…I need to get back on track with what you and others have said, but am reading the book that Jesse put out and sometimes someone else providing structure helps me.
I understand what you mean about someone providing the structure for you…but it doesn’t teach you to do it for yourself. You don’t want someone having to keep you on track for the rest of your life, do you?
Nope…but I can just continue to copy their process…if it works…but it sounds like it is nothing earth shattering of a “diet”
I’m a bit over the top with all this, but last year I was a FOP triathlete at 155ish#. I thought I was fit. I got on the myfitnesspal bandwagon over the winter. I quit tri to cycle only and am down to probably 4% BF and 142ish#. I’ve never been this fit. I’ve never felt so good. I’m going to turn 40 in November and have been a life long endurance athlete. I wish I knew 15 years ago what I know now!
Almost everyone has a ton of crap they can cut from their diets. But can you or do you want to do that? You must be consistent. You probably need to log and maybe measure everything you eat at least to start.
I got lucky. I picked a target (2300) and hit it right away and steadily lost about 1/2# per week. I have been at it since the first of the year. I’ve done some very intense training while losing weight. I’ve done some 20 hour / 400 mile weeks. I haven’t been sick or missed a single day of training. I’ve lost almost 15# and my FTP is up if anything.
You simply have to be consistent. Period. It’s all about calories IMO. The better you eat the more you crave good food. I can eat raw veggies by the fist full and enjoy it! I still have days where I just let loose and over eat by a ton and eat crap. But 5-6 days per week I’m absolutely dialed. My opinion on diets…if it has a name you probably shouldn’t do it.
I’m a bit over the top with all this, but last year I was a FOP triathlete at 155ish#. I thought I was fit. I got on the myfitnesspal bandwagon over the winter. I quit tri to cycle only and am down to probably 4% BF and 142ish#. I’ve never been this fit. I’ve never felt so good. I’m going to turn 40 in November and have been a life long endurance athlete. I wish I knew 15 years ago what I know now!
Almost everyone has a ton of crap they can cut from their diets. But can you or do you want to do that? You must be consistent. You probably need to log and maybe measure everything you eat at least to start.
I got lucky. I picked a target (2300) and hit it right away and steadily lost about 1/2# per week. I have been at it since the first of the year. I’ve done some very intense training while losing weight. I’ve done some 20 hour / 400 mile weeks. I haven’t been sick or missed a single day of training. I’ve lost almost 15# and my FTP is up if anything.
You simply have to be consistent. Period. It’s all about calories IMO. The better you eat the more you crave good food. I can eat raw veggies by the fist full and enjoy it! I still have days where I just let loose and over eat by a ton and eat crap. But 5-6 days per week I’m absolutely dialed. My opinion on diets…if it has a name you probably shouldn’t do it.
Agree with this totally
Just a few examples of foods I’ve mostly cut for the OP and everyone else.
Almost all dairy. I still eat greek yogurt a lot. Probably about 1.5 cups / day. But I cut milk almost completely. I used to have 3 glasses of milk / day. That’s 300 calories that I can better utilize elsewhere.
I try to lower sugar in everything. That puts more quality calories in my pocket to use other ways.
Snacks…these REALLY add up.
I eat a lot of fat. My general macro break down is under 50% carbs, 20% protein, 30% fat. So it just happens to be almost exactly the recommended daily % per myfitnesspal. That’s not on purpose.
I eat lots of coconut oil. Lots of peanut butter. Lots of fruit and veggies. Lots of energy bars (cause I love them). I just eat a lot of nutrient dense food. And feel great doing it. But that big greasy burger or pizza or ice cream now and then still happens. I’m not professional. But I try to eat like one…most of the time 
maybe not exactly what your looking for but over the year, i see nutrition as extremely simple and every time i sit down with athlete… they know most of the time what to cut to start losing weight. ultimatly, you need to keep it very simple… make change that wont be necessarly easy, and it s ok to be ‘‘hungry’’ once in awhile!
here s humoristic post that resume a VERY simple and effective strategy to lose weight
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=1192183
These are the rules i received from desert dude to get ready for ironman azizona. He is very hard on is athletes and when you are accepted to train at the Laveen high performance training center…you need to step it up… so for anyone that need to shave off a few pounds for the coming season, stick to this…it really works!!!
i went from 149lbs(ironman hawaii) to 137 lbs (now)
**By Desert **Dude strict rules for eating while at the LHPTC. They are as follows:
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No eating after 7:30 unless coming back from a late evening workout over 30min. If under 30min you may have 1 gel and a piece of fruit or 1 energy bar.
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Dinner is all you can eat, as long as it fits on the coffee saucer the first time. There are no refills in this all you can eat establishment.
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Hungry at night? Tough - you should have eaten more throughout the day. Have a glass of water instead of whining. Whiners pay rent irregardless if they trained that day or not.
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eat something within 20 min of completing all workouts.
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Insure you are taking in adequate calories during your day
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Eat a bigger breakfast or lunch if you feel you need more food
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Make sure you are fueling properly when in your training sessions.
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Still hungry? Pay rent for whining
Send all complaints to the administator of the facility to the address below:
Gabi K9
3546 Who Cares Dr.
Stop Whining, AZ 85552
Agree with this totally
+1
Myfitnesspal (or any similar app) that helps you count calories is the way to go. It teaches you about portion control, and how much you really should be eating on a regular basis. I used a similar app (LoseIt!) to shed a bunch of weight and liked how it promoted healthy eating habits going forward in terms of portion etc. instead of following a diet which will cause you to gain it all back as soon as you go off it.
This- and know how much you burn.
Easy. Calories in<Calories out.
best advice ive seen…
Any day now Slowman is going to tell us how to lose 10 pounds in a day. It is what we all voted for.
Every “what do I eat to lose weight” thread I’ve ever seen, since Al Gore invented the Internet, has been largely full of foolishness. Until this thread. Is remarkable. I can’t hardly believe it. Where’s all the talk re. special diets and supplements that obviously violate the laws of thermodynamics? Or the well-thought-out attacks on the laws of thermodynamics that boil down to “well, I don’t know about that, but I know what I know”?
I am totally serious. This is weight loss diet total awesomeness.
My only advice besides using a calorie-counting app still doesn’t approach any of the BS that is peddled out there, and most of it comes from ST:
- Don’t drink calories
- Don’t eat after 6 pm
- Don’t eat during a workout that is less than 2 hours
- HTFU
ETA: don’t eat after 6 is early for most people, I get up at 4am for work and I’m in bed by 8. If you go to bed later than that, you can scale it accordingly obviously.
Any day now Slowman is going to tell us how to lose 10 pounds in a day. It is what we all voted for.
lol