On dieting.

[unbibium]

I'm on a diet. A very simple diet. It's called the don't-eat-before-bedtime diet.

How it works is: I don't change a damn thing, except, I don't eat for a period of at least two hours before going to sleep. That way, whatever I do eat ends up getting burned off during the day, rather than stored away at night. And it cuts down on the calories, not to mention I'm no longer one of those guys who eats a spoonful of peanut butter over the sink.

But, it's tough, because some peanut butter would sure hit the spot right now and I have the 6am shift at work this week.

I should buy a bathroom scale so I can track whether this is doing any good.

Comments

[ernunnos.livejournal.com]

Your body's a thermodynamic black box. Conservation of matter and energy applies. When you eat matters not at all, just calorie content. But if you find yourself eating at a particular time of day when you don't really need to, that's a bad time of day to eat.

I've been examining my eating habits lately, and have decided to eliminate certain foods with high caloric content and little else. Not worried about weighing in yet. It comes off slow - 3500 kcals/pound - and in the early stages it's too easily masked by varying water weight or muscle gain.

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

I worry a little; preliminary web research says that if you diet the wrong way, you lose muscle mass and that's probably bad for more reasons than I can think of, and actually hinders weight loss.

But I know this isn't wrong; I've heard it from too many varied and/or reputable sources.

In Europe, it was nearly impossible to do the kind of before-bed grazing I've made a habit of at home. And over the course of a month, I lost nearly two inches off my waist. Now they're back and this is cheaper than buying bigger pants.

[pootrootbeer.livejournal.com]

Proper diet depends mostly on what you eat, with how much of it you eat being a secondary concern and when you eat it being mostly inconsequential.

Bodybuilders often eat 5-7 small meals throughout the day, in order to keep energy levels fairly consistent. But then again, bodybuilders also shave and oil their bodies on a regular basis.