Oddbean new post about login | logout My biggest weakness is food. Any advice how to control that?
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Maybe Carnivore / animale based food. I tend to eat less often.
Cutting out carbs for a while really quiets food cravings but not sure that’s a good idea if you’re training for a race. Stick to eating for fuel, rather than pleasure. If most of what you eat is nutritious, eating more of it isn’t such a bad thing. With consistency, it only takes a couple weeks to get used to this and curb cravings.
You're like 0% body fat what are you talking about 😒
Drink water and go on walks. Chew gum
Can you be more specific? We all need to eat, so food is a must. What exactly is your weakness around it? Sugar cravings? Poor quality? Bad mealtime habits?
At last, the wright answer! People have no idea what is going on and they jump in with unseless advises: don't eat carb, eat more fat, adopt the keto or carnivore diet, drink more water, chew gum, eat ice cream, one meal a day... Good luck getting actual, useful advises.
I started doing keto & it changed a lot for me in terms of craving foods. I feel like i never realized how much i craved different foods & with keto it doesn’t happen. I no longer crave things with carbs or sugar, which is a lot of things.
Understand that tere is no easy path. You will suffer while you make good and healthy food choises. If someone tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something IMO. # Reframe it That friction of wanting to eat crap but saying No, is an excellent opportunity to build and train will power. # Defaults and Fixed schedules Some times it help to take the choise of having a snac or dessert out of your hands and do it on a somewhat more rigid schedule. To avoid having lots temptations. I.e.: - I have ice cream on saturday nights after rollerblading, but not randomly douring the week. - I don't hold back on having a slice of cake or something like that if I go out to a café on a date or somethin but I don't eat crap when my coworkers regularly bring that to the office during the week.
There is a large supportive @carnivore community here on Nostr. The food industry has made society addicted to certain foods which are not healthy. Mainly eating fatty meat, eggs, fish and a little dairy is the same diet humans have always eaten. The agriculture revolution was very recent in the grand scheme of things. Eating the proper human diet allows you to forget about food in between meals. You get hungry once per day while food and sugar cravings disappear. Everything about your health improves and even your cognitive ability increases. The mere fact that the WEF wants everyone eating plants, insects and sugar while wanting to ban meat should raise everyone's suspicions. But this is the land of "don't trust, verify". So you can either ignore this or you can start going down the carnivore/keto rabbit hole.
Ditto, constant struggle to eat well. I find the more I'm conscious about it, reading health books, watching videos, etc... The more I actually stick to a plan. Also the book Fiat Food made me angry at the food industry and spurred some changes in my diet that seem to have some staying power.
Fiat Food really is a great wake up to making significant changes to diet. It all feels very similar to personal BTC adoption... in the beginning it is a discovery phase, maybe trialing a small purchase just to see how it works, then comes 100s of hours of learning, followed by chasing how to completely change the standard I live on... it's not easy to end the addiction on sugars, fiat oils was a bit easier to kill the desire (buy they're in EVERYTHING) ugh... it's nice to read how the experiences of others on NOSTR are going... Keep it up Ben!
It’s hard. My strategy that’s been pretty good: If you have no food delivery apps on your phone then you only need self control once per week when you go grocery shopping. Contrasted with if you buy candy and have easy access to DoorDash you’re always going to pull the trigger on those eventually. Have to make it harder to get the unhealthy options or eventually temptation wins.
Reading ‘Ultra Processed People’ helped me see the importance of cutting out the junk. It’s in everything and helps one focus on whole foods.
Do you know about the blueprint from Bryan Johnson? The anti-aging guy. His videos helped me a lot to know that I can't control myself and must follow and stick to a protocol. I have everyday the same for breakfast, almost everyday red meat for lunch and no dinner. Zero sugar, zero alcohol. It's hard to stick to the plan everyday, some days I "cheat" but feel awful afterwards.
Same , I started tracking everything I eat lately and this helped me understand things to avoid. Cutting these out and watching my portions . I also have to plan very well + never have shit food in the house to avoid chocolate binges. I’m basically like a child at a birthday party when it comes to sugar
Cut out carbs completely for a month and see what happens.
Just eat good proper food. Keep it simple and try and keep it natural. Eat until you are full
with great difficulty. for me i need to (a) reduce availability of naughty foods so it's harder to cheat and (b) fill my stomach with things like soup, rice and chicken. if i'm hungry i lose self control. finally, making peace with being a little hungry was a big one. i used to feel hunger and immediately want to address it. now i try to sit with it a little bit longer every time 😋
Honestly? Whole foods. Eat mostly things your ancestors ate. Eggs, meat primarily with some modest fruits and starchy vegetables and you’ll kill that sugar craving. I dont even think about food anymore. All the years I spent trying fancy diets. In hindsight it seems so simple.
im in my Sixth day of one meal per day around18:00 to 20:00 it has helped me a lot decrease the cravings and the dependency. after 3rd day its not so hard. good sleep less pain less cloudy thoughts. Higgly recomend
Mindfulness and discipline
keep busy!💪
Only buy healthy food for the house. Identify as a healthy eater. We only have one meat suit. Replace cravings with a better habit.
Start fasting. 🤷🏼♂️
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1) decide what you fukin want 2) wen the cake says hello again, think of that reason why you dont want it 3) remove the decision to bend on that from your head. block it out. 4) get all the crap out of the house, all the people who think food is love, all the easy ways to remove pain of being tempted 5) after you've passed on the big sundae, shown some resolve, put in a smaller something later in the day, as small reward, .
If you're starting out from scratch: Start with what you drink. Get addicted to water, always carry a bottle of water around, let go of sugary drinks. As soon as I did that, my appetite for sweet food also dropped and I worked my way forward from there. 🌊
Try fasting, as it will give you perspective on food: you can go without it for long stretches of time. It's natural and healthy for humans to skip meals. Do it on a low-stress day/days and reset your relationship with food. For me intermittent fasting was the easiest long-term win: just skip breakfast (it just takes time & money for basically no benefit) and you're already on a 16/8 intermittent fasting schedule. Ridiculously easy to do. It helps to recognize that what you eat is a habit, so read Atomic Habits by James Clear and go from there. Experiment on what works for you. Some people find it easy to stick to a super-specific diet, others fluctuate with some kind of 80/20 logic and cheat days. There are no right answers, just experiments.
It’s tough, but you can start by creating healthier habits! Try planning your meals ahead, keep healthy snacks on hand, and practice mindful eating—paying attention to what you eat and why. Small changes can make a big difference over time!
