alt Hacker News> Best option is to avoid any so you don’t have to count
This is why one of the best ways to lose weight is to just keep a food diary / count calories. You don't need any special / fad diet, just the act of trying to keep a note of everything you eat will cause you to stop and think, "I don't need to eat this".
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XorNot • 01/21/2025
This is what happened to me when I needed to lose weight. The act of counting calories more or less completely revamped my diet in a positive way.
Turned out I was also stupidly deficient on protein day to day.
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lukan • 01/21/2025
Consciouss eating.
One can (and should) extend that concept to anything. Be conscious about what you do. Then you likely know, if you are not doing good - and can change it.
keybored • 01/21/2025
Replace your diet fad with a journaling fad.
(this tip works with finances too)
You can give yourself an ability akin to time travel by writing things down first.
If I write down the calories afterwards, I get the "oh, I shouldn't have done that" feeling at times. I'd like a little time travel button that takes me back to before I did, and let me adjust my behaviour and run through the situation again. If I write it down first I get to have the "oh, that's not worth it" feeling up front and decide to do something else.
This made a big difference for me, both lowering what I was eating and making me happier about the choices I made.