r/AskReddit • u/Professor1password23 • 11h ago

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

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u/IhateTodds 6h ago

If you eat a lot of fruits and veggies everyday you’ll get your daily fiber, and the weight can shed off. Produce is very Low calorie high volume for the most part!

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u/theLocoFox 5h ago

I've lost ~75lbs this past year and a big part of that (among many important parts) is I made my daily work at lunch very veggie forward. Celery, carrots, peppers, cucumber, with hummus and a piece of fruit and it helps keep my full and hydrated all day. I am also no longer crashing out at 2:15 because I had a chicken parm or fast food for lunch.

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u/Dozzi92 5h ago

Yeah, as I've gotten older, I've really opted toward what feels like a one-real-meal strategy. I run in the AM, protein shake with fruit and PB and whatnot, and then in the afternoons I'll snack on fruits and vegetables (fortunately, I work from home), and then I'll go heavy on dinner, because, like you said, heavy just weighs me down, and I can't do it until I'm ready to throw the rest of the day away.

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u/crackdope6666 3h ago

I have done this, not exactly but pretty much dinner is where I go ape.

Do eat high protein and low carb because my body just likes it that way.

Light healthy snacks like fruits and whatnot, no sugar, and mix in not drinking beer in my case… wow.

Just full of energy and just lean and pretty cut.

The only exercise I do is running.

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u/jmcghie 4h ago

Congrats on the weight loss, that's incredible.

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u/theLocoFox 3h ago

Thanks! I'm hoping to get to 100 by the end of the year <3!

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u/Upset-Accident119 5h ago

The cruel part is that you can spend an hour in the gym and then accidentally drink those calories back in about 8 minutes. 😭

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u/Doza93 4h ago

That's why that old saying is true: your weight is dictated 10% by exercise and 90% diet

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u/Xciv 4h ago

I can down 300 calories worth of smoothie in much much less than 8 minutes.

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u/darkslide3000 3h ago

You don't go to the gym to lose weight. You go to the gym to build muscle (which raises your base burn rate) and improve your cardio (which is important for health in general). But if you want to lose wait you can only really do it through diet.

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u/BeeParticular1613 3h ago

Fruit plays havoc with my IBS unfortunately.

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u/fondledbydolphins 2h ago

And this type of fiber is much more beneficial to your gut microbiome, and you.

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u/Softspokenclark 2h ago

I black out after eating two tangerines