By eating foods that are low in calorie density (have fewer calories per pound), you can fill your plate up without measuring your food, eat until you re full, and lose weight without even trying. I know it sounds like a gimmick, but it s really true! I ve had such a long history of trying to lose weight since I was in high school, mostly by restricting
when I ate. Now I eat whenever I want, which is at least four times a day, and I feel energized and happy! And the best part is that I can eat a large volume of these low-calorie-density foods, which makes me not even realize I m eating in the slight calorie deficit I need to lose weight. And because these foods contain more water and fiber, they fill up my stomach so I feel satisfied for way longer than I did eating small servings of higher-calorie-density foods.
I Gave Up Intermittent Fasting For Calorie Density and Finally Lost Weight
By Jenny Sugar of PopSugar |
I Gave Up Intermittent Fasting For Calorie Density and Finally Lost Weight
Before the pandemic started in March 2020, I was doing CrossFit four to five days a week and doing extreme forms of intermittent fasting to lose the last five pounds my body had been holding on to since my son was born eight years earlier. Spoiler alert: the restriction only made me overeat, which made losing weight impossible. During the pandemic, I was happily stress baking, but realized it only made me gain five more. But I was able to lose 11 pounds in two months without restricting when I ate and without tracking my calories; I ate a huge volume of food and never felt hungry. I used the principles of calorie density that I learned by reading
I Did Intermittent Fasting For Almost 4 Years Here s Why I Stopped and Actually Lost Weight
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Trigger warning: The following story discusses eating disorders and disordered eating behavior.
At the beginning of my four-year intermittent fasting (IF) journey, I was experiencing so many health benefits such as decreased bloating, improved mental clarity and sleep, and I was able to lose the baby weight I d been holding on to for four years. It was going so well in the beginning that I thought I d do IF for the rest of my life. But as I slowly started to try more restrictive methods of IF to reach my weight-loss goals, it started to not work, and I was actually