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I'm gonna ignore the conversation about lung cancer, even if the cig companies knew of it for decades and marketed around it...
I lost weight by cutting out fatty foods and sugars. I had to, I had a heart attack and I have diabetes.
So my motivation may be a bit stronger than the OP's. Having said it, it likely is eventually gonna be the same as the OPs...
But not only cutting out fats and sugars, I also cut down my portions.
I also only eat out 1-2X a month at most. Fast food and restaurant foods are stuffed full of sugars, salts and fats.
I was always very physical and athletic. Growing older and becoming more sedentary and retaining my appetite eventually nearly killed me. Something had to change.
After a fashion, you get used to it. You have to for your health. The dopamine feedback loop slowly dissipates.
You have to approach this as a life choice and not just a weight loss choice or hobby.
Everything you do has to revolve around your health. It has to be your way of living.
I actually fought with my wife to stop her from cooking dinner. She is a 'feeder'. Her father was fat, and slowly died in hospital from it not long ago. She took it very personally and was always taught dinner was the big meal. And I mean it took an actual heart attack and hospital stay for her to capitulate. So you have to have support and you have to remove yourself from situations that are not good for your health like parties, pizza restaurants, and especially Shipleys Doughnuts and their fabulous fuggin kolaches you can buy by the dozen...
I make my own dinners most of the time, and make sure it is not the largest meal of the day. Sometimes it is just a snack or several small snacks.
This leaves lunch as the biggest meal, but since I can not work on a full stomach, it means I still do not eat very much even at lunch.
The most egregious breakfast I might have with any consistency is coffee with no sugar and a croissant.
5% of all adults have diabetes, and 10% over 35 do. Yet we cater most of our food product warnings towards that less than 1% that are allergic to wheat and peanut protein. Got to love marketing. If you are lethally allergic to some foods that are ubiquitous, why trust someone else to feed you? That just makes no sense. Anywho, what we should also be doing is alerting people to how much sugars their food has.
Oh, I also quit smoking, too. Well, I quit smoking tobacco, anyways...
Test your blood sugar levels. That is a good example of how your diet and body is working. Get a tester and use it right when you get up, and right after a meal, and then an hour after. It shows you how your levels are and how you are dealing with it and how much sugars you are dealing with in your diet. Everyone is different. What you want to do is keep them low as possible, but at the very least keep them within healthy levels. It is the easiest way to accurately control your diet and tune it to your own body. Blood sugar testers are dirt cheap.
Now, if your body can handle it and you are prediabetic or diabetic, I suggest a Metformin rX. It really sucks the sugars out of your blood, and some studies suggest it has many other health benefits, too. It's an interesting read. I have an rX myself, but my body does not like most medicines. However, when I used it, by blood sugars would drop to nearly half their usual amount, and this is with being careful to avoid sugars. So it's rather impressive medicine.
I lost weight by cutting out fatty foods and sugars. I had to, I had a heart attack and I have diabetes.
So my motivation may be a bit stronger than the OP's. Having said it, it likely is eventually gonna be the same as the OPs...
But not only cutting out fats and sugars, I also cut down my portions.
I also only eat out 1-2X a month at most. Fast food and restaurant foods are stuffed full of sugars, salts and fats.
I was always very physical and athletic. Growing older and becoming more sedentary and retaining my appetite eventually nearly killed me. Something had to change.
After a fashion, you get used to it. You have to for your health. The dopamine feedback loop slowly dissipates.
You have to approach this as a life choice and not just a weight loss choice or hobby.
Everything you do has to revolve around your health. It has to be your way of living.
I actually fought with my wife to stop her from cooking dinner. She is a 'feeder'. Her father was fat, and slowly died in hospital from it not long ago. She took it very personally and was always taught dinner was the big meal. And I mean it took an actual heart attack and hospital stay for her to capitulate. So you have to have support and you have to remove yourself from situations that are not good for your health like parties, pizza restaurants, and especially Shipleys Doughnuts and their fabulous fuggin kolaches you can buy by the dozen...
I make my own dinners most of the time, and make sure it is not the largest meal of the day. Sometimes it is just a snack or several small snacks.
This leaves lunch as the biggest meal, but since I can not work on a full stomach, it means I still do not eat very much even at lunch.
The most egregious breakfast I might have with any consistency is coffee with no sugar and a croissant.
5% of all adults have diabetes, and 10% over 35 do. Yet we cater most of our food product warnings towards that less than 1% that are allergic to wheat and peanut protein. Got to love marketing. If you are lethally allergic to some foods that are ubiquitous, why trust someone else to feed you? That just makes no sense. Anywho, what we should also be doing is alerting people to how much sugars their food has.
Oh, I also quit smoking, too. Well, I quit smoking tobacco, anyways...
Test your blood sugar levels. That is a good example of how your diet and body is working. Get a tester and use it right when you get up, and right after a meal, and then an hour after. It shows you how your levels are and how you are dealing with it and how much sugars you are dealing with in your diet. Everyone is different. What you want to do is keep them low as possible, but at the very least keep them within healthy levels. It is the easiest way to accurately control your diet and tune it to your own body. Blood sugar testers are dirt cheap.
Now, if your body can handle it and you are prediabetic or diabetic, I suggest a Metformin rX. It really sucks the sugars out of your blood, and some studies suggest it has many other health benefits, too. It's an interesting read. I have an rX myself, but my body does not like most medicines. However, when I used it, by blood sugars would drop to nearly half their usual amount, and this is with being careful to avoid sugars. So it's rather impressive medicine.
