The more you eat, the less weight you gain instead of losing weight? Medical warning: If you step on the "9 landmines", it will be difficult to lose weight no matter what you eat!
The more you eat, the less weight you gain but instead gain weight? Doctor: Don’t step on the “9 dietary mines”!
Why do we eat less and less in our daily diet but gain weight instead of losing weight? Dr. Cai Mingjie, a specialist in metabolic endocrinology, pointed out in a social post that the first step to losing weight is like investing. You need to understand the principle of “seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck.” That is, don’t rush to learn new and unique weight loss methods, but start with the basics. Start by avoiding the common “landmine foods” in life. Many foods seem harmless, but eating them can easily lead to “calorie explosion” and make the weight loss goal elusive.
Dr. Cai Mingjie pointed out that landmine foods are defined as processed foods that “do not appear obvious on the surface, but are actually rich in sugar or fat.” The portions of these foods are usually not large, and it is not easy to feel full after eating them, but the calories contained in them are beyond imagination. This is one of the main reasons why most people “get fat even if they don’t eat anything.”
As for what foods should people losing weight avoid to achieve the effect of seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck? Dr. Cai Mingjie lists the common high-calorie landmine foods in Taiwan as follows:
Flour: bread, steamed buns, steamed buns, etc.
Dumplings: boiled dumplings, fried dumplings, swallow dumplings, etc.
Ingredients: pearls, rice balls, glutinous rice balls, taro balls, etc.
Tower categories: dessert tower, fruit tower.
Pie categories: salty pies, dessert pies (such as apple pie), etc.
Cakes: biscuits, moon cakes, egg cakes.
Sauces: salad dressing, sand tea sauce, etc.
Soups: thick soup, thick soup, etc.
Cakes: Common pastries such as cakes and rice cakes.
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However, if you want to lose weight successfully, you not only have to fight against your instinctive appetite, but you also have to build muscle and lose fat through exercise, which is not easy for most people. If you occasionally want to eat snacks to relieve the pain of weight loss, what should you do to avoid overeating unintentionally?
Dr. Cai Mingjie explained that the basic principle of weight loss is that “as long as a “calorie deficit” is achieved, it is possible to lose weight even if you eat junk food.” There are also many online creators in Taiwan and abroad who have initiated social challenges of eating only ice cream and fast food for several days, and their weight has indeed dropped. However, eating only junk food every day will not only deprive various organs of the body of nutrients, but also cause the body to lose its original muscle mass.
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Dr. Cai Mingjie said that if you can’t help but want to eat snacks but don’t want to gain weight, weight losers can master the following three major techniques:
No need to be overly restrictive. There is no need to impose “dogmatic limits” on snacking or junk food. Overly strict diet management is more likely to cause appetite relapse; when the appetite explodes, you will eat to the point where you can’t help yourself, causing your body to gain weight and your heart to be full of guilt.
Therefore, the best way to limit it is to “occasionally eat”, which can start from eating once a week. “If you know how to control the amount of junk food you eat, then even if you eat it every day, it will not have an impact on weight loss!”
Take a food log. Include the calories from junk food or snacks in your diet record. Just like it is difficult for most people to remember all the expenses for a whole month, so they write down all the expenses through “accounting”. If you want to know what your diet is, the best way is to count calories. “Although calorie calculation is not easy to be accurate, it is still far better than “eating based on feeling”!”
After becoming proficient in caloric calculation, it will help those who lose weight to better understand how many calories they need to consume in a day, and can also further clarify how much snacks they can eat. After that, even if you no longer record your meals, you can still roughly grasp the portion size without too much deviation.
Choose the right kind. Even if you want to eat snacks and snacks, you must also take their “CP value” into consideration. As for the common “sugar-sweetened beverages” in Taiwan, not only do they have little nutritional value, but they are also prone to fat accumulation and causing metabolic diseases. They can be said to be one of the snacks with the lowest CP value.
Dr. Cai Mingjie said that because the snacks and drinks that can be eaten when losing weight are limited, you can mainly choose the types you like to eat, and it is recommended not to touch other items. For example, if an individual does not have the habit of eating sweets, he or she can allocate calories to salty foods such as salty crispy chicken and instant meals. At this time, sweets such as cakes, chocolate, or cinnamon rolls should be avoided as much as possible.
Finally, Dr. Cai Mingjie emphasized that instead of adopting strict dietary restrictions, it is better to let yourself know clearly what you can eat or how much you can eat. If you put too much pressure on yourself during the weight loss process, it will easily lead to anxiety and a vicious cycle of overeating. “The thing to remember is that you are always the master of your own diet, and you are not always dominated by your appetite and the fear of gaining weight!”
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