Some of the advice here is bordering on dangerous.
From intermittent fasting to only eating one meal a day. These are dangerous things to jump into and recommend without some fact finding first. Although I appreciate people are speaking from their own experience.
I don't know your particular circumstances so I'm not going to recommend specific advice.
I need to know some things about you such as:
How overweight are you?
What weight are you?
How many calories do you consume each day?
Are you allergic to anything?
Do you do much physical activity?
Do you have injuries?
Do you have any medical issues?
What have you tried before?
and so on and so on.
The best advice I can give you is to seek out more knowledge on the topic and invest in your health education. Checkout exaimine.com against any of the claims made here. Buy books or even hire a personal trainer or dietician. You can also email me and I'll will happily help you out as best as I can but be warned. I will probably just do more fact finding than recommend what you could do.
Also, books such as Atomic Habits can help you slowly adapt your behaviour to be healthier.
Weight loss is not complicated. At the end of the day, it's energy balance.
That does not mean it's simple either. There is a combination of environment, psychological factors, culture and so much more that can affect your own relationship with health and fitness.
I don’t think one meal a day is dangerous advice at all. It’s not possible to permanently harm yourself doing it.
There are risks in all endeavors. And intermittent casting’s risk is something like failing and gaining weight.
But anyone should be able to try it for a week and see how it works without serious risk. It’s not a dangerous chemical or medication.
Of course, fact finding is good before all things and I kind of assume that HN readers are naturally curious so are but into fact finding before, during, and after new things.
From intermittent fasting to only eating one meal a day. These are dangerous things to jump into and recommend without some fact finding first. Although I appreciate people are speaking from their own experience.
I don't know your particular circumstances so I'm not going to recommend specific advice.
I need to know some things about you such as:
How overweight are you? What weight are you? How many calories do you consume each day? Are you allergic to anything? Do you do much physical activity? Do you have injuries? Do you have any medical issues? What have you tried before?
and so on and so on.
The best advice I can give you is to seek out more knowledge on the topic and invest in your health education. Checkout exaimine.com against any of the claims made here. Buy books or even hire a personal trainer or dietician. You can also email me and I'll will happily help you out as best as I can but be warned. I will probably just do more fact finding than recommend what you could do.
Also, books such as Atomic Habits can help you slowly adapt your behaviour to be healthier.
Weight loss is not complicated. At the end of the day, it's energy balance.
That does not mean it's simple either. There is a combination of environment, psychological factors, culture and so much more that can affect your own relationship with health and fitness.
Best of luck of OP.