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Why YSK: many countries have issues with weight, such as mine with 74% of US adults being overweight or obese. The global weight loss industry is over $200 billion yearly, with many influencers, pills, and surgeries promising quick results with little effort. These often come with side effects, or don't work long term.

Studies suggest filling yourself with foods low in caloric density and high in fiber, like fruits and vegetables, can help reach and maintain a healthy weight. It's good to have these foods available in our living spaces to make the choice easy. Your taste buds will likely adapt to love them if you're not there yet.

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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Fruits and veggies are great for gut biome and the fiber helps keep you moving, but there is such a thing as too much bowel movement.

TBH, the best weightloss options are actually a liquid supplement diet, the kind that come in bins of powder with a plastic scoop inside and PROTEIN written across the front. Most of them are meal replacers, and some of them are also low calorie.

If you stick to a vegan diet expecting to lose weight you'll usually fall into the trap of a high carb diet instead.

[–] Evrala@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm vegan and struggling with my weight for a while, bought a Huel subscription and it is really helping. I'll get my measured out meal, then fill up on water and tea, but the shakes by themselves are surprisingly filling.

Portion control had been my biggest struggle. It's easier to say no to another meal shake than getting seconds of something else, and the shakes do taste good. Well, the chocolate does, the Vanilla is... not amazing.

I'm also keeping up on it more cause I don't want the hassle of modifying the order.

The other big thing that keeps me at it is weighing myself every day and logging it in a health app.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This next statement is off topic a bit, but I bought a Muscle Milk Strawberry powder once and it was just bland vanilla with little tiny bits of occasional strawberry. 0/10

[–] Evrala@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll sometimes try protein shakes when I see vegan ones I don't recognize at the store. I've had a few very bad ones. Most fall into that "well, it tastes decent for a protein shake I suppose."

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

Sometimes I add some cinnamon amd a tiny bit of ground cloves and ginger, turns just about any bland protein drink into a spice cake flavor.

I feel like protein mixes are trying to be flavored like dairy products when instead they should try to be flavored like eccentric tea and coffee house beverages.