Prep Rationing and Weight Loss

[KimJohnJr]

Well, I've made a new years resolution to lose some weight again. I'm thinking about using my prepping skills to help control my diet. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to ration meals and if it has worked for anyone else rather than paying for diet meals? I'm trying to keep my calories below 1000. Any good mix of dry ingredients to make for quicker weight loss?

[KYfarmboy]

No one has responded yet so I want to be positive but I can't be supportive.

Your body has a minimum number of calories that it needs as input to function normally. If you drop below that minimum for too long of a period, your body has a defense mechanism that reduces your metabolism in order not to "starve".

If you are average age, height, and weight for a male then consider 1800 calories your minimum and for a female consider 1200 calories your minimum. Those are minimum numbers and most likely you should think higher numbers. In certain instances, under doctor supervision, for specific purposes, a more limited diet may be useful, but that is the rare occurrence.

1000 calories or less will probably be counter-productive, try eating sufficient amounts of macro-nutrients (i.e., fat, protein, carbohydrates) to allow you to exercise and lose weight while becoming more healthy.

Losing weight does not mean you are healthier, its just means the scale went down. Not to be too flippant, but if you chopped off one leg, you would weigh less but I don't think you would be happier.

Make it your goal to be healthier, not to weigh less.

I'm not being a smart -**s; we (you and I and a lot of others) have been brainwashed into thinking that the end-all-to-be-all is weight loss. NO! the goal is to become healthier.

[bayez]

I've never had that problem,just kinda redistributin what I got to work with...Since my retirement,I've noticed I'm gettin Lazy when it comes to bein more active,at 60 some years of age I notice I'm gettin a gut...For me,I eat oatmeal in the morn..I mix it up with coconut-almond milk and dump a heapin tablespoon of instant coffee in it.Sorta like a lumpy milkshake,I prefer drinkin it and durin the day I'll eat a little here,a little there and try not to eat to heavy anything after around 6:00 PM...Does any of this make sense?