Want to know how to lose weight, burn more calories than you consume.
Though that is true, if you earn your living flipping burgers it may not be possible, or you may want to live nicer than you do, so you need to make more money.
The analogy is a thin one, but the point is that there is more to it than just losing weight. It is also about being healthy. Yes, I know that you already know that, but I just want to emphasize it. I can cut myself down to 1400 calories a day and I’m going to lose weight. But if it’s all in Coke and Doritos, I’m not going to be very healthy.
I lost a lot of weight a couple of decades ago. My “go to” foods on that diet were oat bran, meat, spinach and potatoes. I didn’t touch anything bread-like until the diet was over and even then was very careful about portions. Personally, I think an all meat and vegetable diet is the most winning diet a person can have, but I have to have my bread from time to time. I love the stuff.
I agree with you. I like bread too and it makes lunch easier though I mostly avoid carbs at all breakfast and most lunches.
I love pasta though, so that’s where I allow night time carbs once per week. You can’t stop everything because deprivation isn’t good. It leads to guilt and binging. Everything in moderation truly is the right answer and sometimes that even includes moderation.
I loved the bread too. I loved it so much that I became an excellent bread baker - all kinds! Even sourdough. I could eat 4 slices at a time.
Once I started keto, it occurred to me that maybe it wasn’t the bread I was craving, but the butter. Bingo.
On those occasions, if you crave bread, eat it without butter or fat, and see if it is still as yummy. Your mileage may be different, of course.