question about dieting (?)

[overthrone]

dont think this counts as dieting, but wtv.
how much weight do you think I'd lose if I stopped eating lunch?
I'm coming up on 240 lbs (5'6, female) and i hate it. i look bad and i dont want fucking heart disease but i cant afford a gym membership or buying my own weights so i need to diet. i cant seem to stick with other diets (keto, vegan, etc) because i get really sick. this seems like the only viable idea. i assume it's really stupid, but I'm more curious because i've settled on the fact im gonna do it anyway.
i know this is sanctioned suicide and not sanctioned eating disorder but im just curious

 

[HangMan123]

I don't mean to be rude, but do you eat a lot?
The body has a strong reaction to any disruption in its perceived "normal" food intake. It is like a greedy toddler: if it eats a lot, it expects to be fed a lot, and when it isn't, it will react negatively, causing you to feel sick. The way to circumvent this is by slowly decreasing your food intake so the change isn't immediately obvious to your body. If you stop eating lunch altogether, your body will react strongly and the same symptoms will occur.
Also, you don't need a gym membership or weights to exercise. Even just running is enough—anything that gets you moving.
I hope your self image can improve, and there's no reason to apologize. Good luck!

 

[Hvergelmir]

how much weight do you think I'd lose if I stopped eating lunch?

I don't think anyone can tell. It depends on how you adjust to fewer meals.
Try it, and see if it works. In the end it's about what you eat, how much, and how much energy you burn, in total. Fewer meals could make it easier, or in worst case more difficult.

I've lived off two meals a day for long periods. It's was viable, though I had big meals to compensate.

 

[bcarroll1]

Your breakeven calories are around 2700 per day. If your normal lunch is 700 calories then , it would take 5 days to lose 1 lb by skipping lunch. There are 3500 calories for every one pound of weight. Have you tried a Whole Foods diet. It's not as restrictive as other like keto and vegan. Also there are a lot of exercises you can do without buying weights or other equipment. Check YouTube for no equipment workouts.

 

[Theresnoescape]

dont think this counts as dieting, but wtv.
how much weight do you think I'd lose if I stopped eating lunch?
I'm coming up on 240 lbs (5'6, female) and i hate it. i look bad and i dont want fucking heart disease but i cant afford a gym membership or buying my own weights so i need to diet. i cant seem to stick with other diets (keto, vegan, etc) because i get really sick. this seems like the only viable idea. i assume it's really stupid, but I'm more curious because i've settled on the fact im gonna do it anyway.
i know this is sanctioned suicide and not sanctioned eating disorder but im just curious

Hi, I'm around 220lbs and only 5'4. Don't let it get you down and don't try to lose weight for someone else's benefit.

I got down to 170lbs a few years ago now, I was more miserable than I am now and put it all back on anyway.

I obviously still have my ups and downs, but it's not about my weight.

Basically, only do it for you, not anyone else. It's how you feel that's important

 

[Dejected 55]

Unfortunately too many variables to give an answer. I only eat two meals a day most days, sometimes I only eat one big meal. It is possible to eat more than enough calories in a single meal to cause you to gain weight or at least stay "even" if you aren't getting much exercise.

The only way to reliably lose weight is to watch what you eat, try to eat less in a single meal, and up your exercise. The heavier you are, the more weight you can lose in the beginning even just simply walking. When I have lost weight, I found reducing fat in meals and keeping calories slightly under the recommended amount for daily intake and then exercising as much as I can handle was the only way to do it.

The last time I really tried, I walked... then ran... at first I was only able to run 15 minutes a day... but keep at it and you gain the ability to do more... and as I said, in the beginning if you are heavy you are moving around a lot of weight and that actually results in more significant weight loss in the beginning, which is a good motivator.

Then the trick is to stick with the diet and keep upping the exercise as you go even when the weight loss slows a bit as it becomes more difficult to lose weight the lighter you get.

There's not really a trick to it otherwise.

I've never been a 3-meals a day guy at any point in my life... but when I'm lazy and unmotivated, I can eat enough in two meals to gain weight. Just a little motivation and watching what I eat gets me to break-even and losing weight. I'm just too depressed and don't care right now... but I promise the advice I've given is sound. IF you are motivated to lose weight, the most important things to do are eat better, eat a little less, and exercise way more. And you have to stick at it for the long haul to lose weight and keep it off, if that's your goal.

 

[trying ungracefully]

Your lunch can range from 200cals-2000cals you would need to count calories and stay within a calorie budget.

Calorie Calculator

This calorie calculator estimates the number of calories needed each day to maintain, lose, or gain weight. Learn the kinds of calories and their effects.

www.calculator.net

That will tell you how many calories you need to eat for weight loss based on your measurements and activety level. If you are sedentary you need less calories but if you are active you need to eat more, take into account if you walk a lot or do stuff for work. BTW: this calculator will maybe tell you numbers below 1200cals for weight loss DO NOT do that. It is dangerous to your health and if you somehow don't cause an eating disorder you will gain the weight back because then it is just considered a crash diet.

I'm using this calorie counting app called fat secret and I like it, don't trust the calories it tells you that you can eat it's too much for weight loss, at least for me. Measure your food out, the bag will say 15 chips but the weight will show different.

Start slowly and don't be hard on yourself, that caused me to fail for years. If you can eat 100 calories less than you were that's a win and just keep it going from there. It's been hard but I went from 1800-2000+ calories a day to around 1500 and I've been slowly trying to get to 1200 calories (I'm sedentary).

Eat foods that make you full, empty calories will just make it harder to stay within the calories that you want to eat. If you like soda switch to diet, people can lose a decent amount of weight that way.

Don't pay attention to the scale too much. It's the obvious advice, we didn't gain all this weight quickly so we aren't going to lose it quickly. It's taken me more than 2 months to lose 10 pounds with slip ups every now and then and with the holidays really messing me up lol.

Split the calories you need up into two portions and maybe snacks in between. I recommend snacks it is just helpful for me.

You got this!