/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>Has anyone on /ck/ been crazy enough to go on an extreme diet due to weight loss or poverty?
Yeah, I fasted 2 days of each week with only electrolytes and vitamins to-
>Sticking to the Survivor regimen of rice, fish, and coconuts seems pretty based ngl desu senpai
...nevermind

Yes

>>17930550
I mean, intermittent fasting is actually healthy--I'm partially shitposting with the Survivor diet.
you don't need to eat 3 meals a day, everyday. gaps in between are good for you.
>>17930552
wanna elaborate on that, chief?

>>17930561
Yeah, just figured you didn't mean fasting by the second sentence. It's a pretty passive thing to do if you don't do physical labor and can handle the pangs.

>>17930561
I lost 210 pounds over 14 months doing rolling 72 hour fasts. 2k cal refeeds with 50/50 fat protein split. Minimal carbs from 1/4 cup walnuts. Just don't eat and drink your snake juice

> be me, 19 y/o, freshman year in uni
> poor af
> discover broken rice in asia store
> mfw 2,5€/10kg
> discover frozen mystery fish in asia store
> mfw 1€/2,5kg
> stealing veggies from neighbours gardens (miners settlement in germany, every house has some)
> germany, country of cheap and tasty beer
> live off of rice, veggies, fish and beer for a year
> fish probably has all the meds i need
> cycle to uni everyday
> days off only beer, no food at all
> skip breakfast, have two beers instead

and that my friends is how i became fit and lean.
and an alcoholic.

>>17930625
get a bone density and marrow test

>>17930630
that was ~15 years ago. never had any troubles. besides actually becoming an alcoholic, but sober for six years now.

>>17930589
That's fucking impressive, king.
How would a typical meal look for you? I'm asking because I've lost 66 pounds over the last six months with CICO, but I'm reaching a calorie intake where I just feel like shit, but have had some success with fasts. So I want to go all in on that.

>>17930589
>>17930625
I'm a dumb American, so kg and Euros are confusing to me. But that sounds cool. Besides the alcoholic part.

Lost 230lb doing 1200kcal a day for a couple years.
From 400 to 240 lost more than 1lb a day. 240 to 160 took me another 2 years.
Wouldn't recommend it. At the tail end of my diet I was having major problems with low blood pressure/pulse. Every time I stood up from sitting or laying down my vision would black out, sometimes I would faint. I could usually prevent fainting by tensing all my muscles and leaning against a wall for a few seconds.

I'm much healthier now at around 180.

>>17930589
Good on you. I'm happy for you

>>17931943
USD and Euros are roughly of equal value. (Roughly, stop being autistic about it)

1 kg is roughly 2 pounds

>>17932066
You are too kind, thank you
I might have to seek Asian markets for inexpensive fish

>>17930531
>diet due to weight loss
so ice cream and cheese burger with pizza for desert
yes I have

going 24 or 36 hours between meals makes me feel so much better. unfortunately i am a recovering heroin addict and my brain craves the dopamine hit from sugar or hyperpalatable snacks and junk food.

>>17930589
what the fuck was your starting weight

>>17932919
>unfortunately a recovering heroin addict
fortunately you're off that stuff, good on you bro

I used to only eat organ meats when they were still cheap.
I got really sick from it and it ruined my life for a few months and I didn't know what was going on.
Now in my banan republic, hipsters have made them more expensive than good cuts of meat, which have also hyperinflated.

>>17931009
4 Eggs
280 cal
20g fat
24g pro

4 Sausage
640 cal
44g fat
56g pro
4g carb

5oz Salmon
150 cal
3g fat
31g pro

2 tbsp Olive Oil
240 cal
27g fat

2 String Mozz Cheese
160 cal
12g fat
14g pro

1 Two Good Greek Yogurt
80 cal
2g fat
12g pro
3g carb

1 Canned Herring
140 cal
10g fat
12g pro

1/4 cup Walnuts
180 cal
18g fat
4g pro
2g carb

1 tbsp Mustard Seeds
50 cal
3g fat
3g pro
2g carb

1/2 tbsp Coconut Oil
60 cal
6g fat

+Garlic Clove
+Cinnamon
+Cayanne Pepper
+White Pepper
+Italian Seasoning

+Coffee
+Green Tea

Total
1990 cal
145g fat
156g pro
11g carb

>>17932976
370. Had bad back nerve pain that made it hard to move and was just eating like shit during covid in general (lots of frozen meals). Started doing a meme low carb diet to see if carb inflammation was a thing (it was). Took me a while but between the diet change, weight loss, and supplements (protease enzymes, Acetyl L-Carnitine, Alpha Lipoic Acid) I went from constant pain to it being totally gone even when I do a lot of lower back exercise.

>>17933942
more proud of the recovered glutton than
>>17932919
the recovered junkie

ate basically nothing but potatoes, rice, pasta, bread, and onions and cheese for three months while i was NEETing
lost 20 pounds and now i have heart disease

>>17935038
Is it because of your diet?

>>17930531
I lost 50 pounds because I couldn't eat solid food for a couple of weeks due to injury. I guess that counts. I gained 100 pounds because I was on a steady diet of narcotics and oral route steroids after another bad injury. Prednisone is a helluva drug.

when i was in university a subsisted on raw carrots, celery, radishes boiled eggs and the occasional shoplifted protein bar

>>17935038
20 pounds in 3 months isn't drastic enough for long-term issues, is it?
>>17935130
50 in a few weeks seems like it though

>>17935357
I lost maybe 20-25 pounds in two weeks, I continued to lose weight afterwards. I would say it took two months to lose 50 pounds. I went from 255 to 205, but I'm also really tall.