The 100% Guaranteed Diet Method for 2023
Wall Advent Calendar 2023 Day 21
Whether preparing for a wedding, shaking off holiday pounds, or getting ready for summer, we often find ourselves wanting to lose around 3 kg (6-7 lbs) in a month. However, because human discipline is inherently fragile, many people hit a stubborn “wall” when dieting.
Problem Statement: Lose 3–5 kg in 1 month
Challenge: Dieting is painful.
Proposed Method
Since restrictive diets are agonizing, let us consider a “Diet where you MUST eat”. The concept is simple: your only constraint for the day is that you must finish a specific massive dish. Beyond that, you are free to eat whatever you want.
Step 1: Cook a Massive Hotpot (Nabe)
At your first meal of the day, cook a hotpot with approximately 4 servings per person. At this moment, do not ponder what you “feel like eating today.” Leave emotions out of it.
For men, make a sacred vow to finish this entire pot within the day. For women, dividing it across two days works well.
To ensure sufficient protein intake, aim to include around 400g of meat or fish. Vegetable calories are virtually negligible, so calorie intake is managed almost entirely by adjusting meat and fish amounts.
Keep a bulk stock of hotpot soup bases to avoid spending brainpower.
Example ingredients. Calorie sources: 200g chicken thigh, 200g cod fillets, 300g tofu.
Classic hotpot moment: Intimidated by the sheer volume of 1/4 head of napa cabbage.
Arranging ingredients evenly makes cooking faster (or so it feels).
Everything stuffed in. Barely fit.
Tip: If you don't have a lid or it won't close, aluminum foil works perfectly.
Makes enough to feed a family of four.
Step 2: Eat
Whether you crave ramen or Italian food that day, first finish this entire pot of nabe.
Hotpot soup bases range from 100 kcal (light broth) to 500 kcal (rich broth). Even at the highest estimate, the entire pot totals around 1,400–1,600 kcal (~800 kcal for half). After eating this massive volume of fiber and protein, your physical capacity to overeat other high-calorie junk is naturally eliminated.
Additional Techniques
Eating standard hotpot every day might get repetitive. Fortunately, you can customize the flavor profiles.
Stockpile of Curry Nabe soup bases. Note that curry broth contains ~400-500 kcal.
It essentially becomes a giant bowl of delicious curry.
Eating hotpot every day might be tough, but eating curry every day is wonderful, isn’t it?
Summary
Stick to this routine for one month, and you will reliably lose around 3 kg.