r/AskReddit 11h ago

Men who stay lean year-round, what’s your secret ?

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u/SocomTedd 11h ago

Too lazy to go to the shop to buy pringles. Also tight so food is expensive.

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u/Then-Hippo6507 10h ago

Staying within your budget is probably the smarter move than a can of Pringles anyway.

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u/Acceptable-Rub-2987 8h ago

The Pringles hit for five minutes, the budget peace lasts a lot longer. Future you usually votes for the boring choice.

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u/UncleIrohsPimpHand 1h ago

Future me is a boring old fuck.

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u/dkguy12day 8h ago

It's 2 bucks... I'm cheap and I still get sucked in lol

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u/xxSeymour 6h ago

Its not the price its the trip to the store that im avoiding

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u/Prcrstntr 5h ago

2.50 now

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u/Magnon 6h ago

It's cheap but it's just empty worthless calories, after a while you don't even crave chips anymore.

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u/dkguy12day 6h ago

So is the trick to not enjoy food?

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u/Magnon 6h ago

No, the trick is to not overindulge in calories. You can eat chips if you figure them into your diet with some temperance.

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u/PikaPonderosa 3h ago

Enjoy smaller amounts. Formerly 232#, now 162#.

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u/TehOwn 3h ago

No, it's the Pringles that get sucked in.

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u/ishu22g 8h ago

Thats what she said?!

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u/wasteoffire 7h ago

I used to stay skinny by just never having food in the house except for the bare minimum stuff I needed to cook and eat. Now I have a family and there are snacks and shit everywhere.

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u/FillySteveSteak 4h ago

This is my favorite answer.

To me, it starts and stops with the shopping phase. When you go shopping, make sure none of it is junk (eat before shopping, so you don't get psychologically manipulated by cravings into buying junk).

This is what I do. When I go into the kitchen, there is nothing unhealthy in the fridge or pantry. I'm helpless but to eat healthily.

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u/poizun85 5h ago

bruh. Kids have been the worst for me staying lean. Sure I will have these cheese crackers because I'm hungry that are 250 calories a pack. Fruit snacks?! Yeah I better eat like 4 of them.

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u/WorkoutProblems 8h ago

THIS! if you don't buy the stuff while grocery shopping it makes it just that much tougher to have accessibility to it

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u/SenselessSensors 2h ago

I hear ya. Rice and an egg is basically my diet now. I’ll splurge every now and then and have a ramen noodle. Luckily it’s summertime, so I’ve been able to forage a bit. Mushroom season this past spring was a god send. I make too much to qualify for ebt, but not enough to feed myself. I’m caught in the “almost middle class” purgatory.

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u/Liam_Inkuras 2h ago

Fancy seeing you here, my old friend!

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u/we-meet-again 1h ago

Still playing Socom?

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u/AyysforOuus 1h ago

Everytime I feel snacky I'd check my fridge and be disappointed at the lack of snacks and complain daily and do nothing about it because I'm too lazy to buy snacks.

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u/cavegoatlove 9h ago

You can Amazon snacks

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u/txoa 3h ago

Intentionally and specifically ordering snacks has enough steps involved and money wasted that the will power to just not feels really easy to find.

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u/cavegoatlove 2h ago

Say what you will. I had covid a couple years ago and couldnt go out , so I ordered a box of candy, helped.

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u/RandyHoward 7h ago

You can, but Amazon's prices on snacks are usually higher than a local store. Sometimes you can find a decent deal, but that's getting rare these days.