What diet do you follow
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I didn't say you followed any special diet, did I?DeguelloTex wrote: »
Except her reasons don't make sense. Why is three meals a day "regular intervals" but six isn't, for example? If her point is that lower calories works then, yeah, that's great, but there's no reason to have to jump through those silly hoops to get lower calories.DemoraFairy wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
1) Not if you just move those calories to earlier in the day.Sounds like the leptin diet works because:
1) most peoples' after dinner eating is usually high calorie ( think cookies, ice cream, chips, buttered popcorn). Skip that, and you Eliminate those calories.
2) Eating 3 meals a day ensures you are eating eating at regular intervals, so you are less likely to binge.
3) No large meals = fewer calories
4)Breakfast containing protein= You'll feel fuller longer and not have blood sugar spikes
5) Reduce carbs. Most of the carbs weeat are refined and full of calories. Reduce those , you reduce your caloric intake, and losee weight.
2) 2 meals a day and 6 meals a day could also occur at regular intervals.
3) Not if you eat more at the smaller meals to make up for the calories missing from the large meal.
4) What if you don't feel hungry in the morning?
5) Carbs have four calories per gram, regardless of how refined or not they are.
It sounds like most of your reasons for believing the leptin diet works comes down to fewer calories. Any approach in which you eat less than you burn will work.
I think that's her point... she wasn't the one originally saying she's on the leptin diet. She's just trying to find reasons why that diet might lead to you losing weight.
A) I don't don't follow any special diet. I try to eat healthy and stay within my calories. I was just pointing out why it probably works.
I'm glad your diet works for you. It won't work for everyone. Some people need more rigidity than others. So, yay for you and what works for you, go get a sticker of something. But the world doesn't revolve around just you, so there are different eating styles for different people. Nobody said there is only 1 way.
Right, nobody said there is only one way. Including me. I just said that the rationalizations you gave for the rules don't necessarily apply.
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CICO/IIFYM/IF - calorie deficit, eating smaller portions of whatever I want, don't eat breakfast, snack for lunch and huge dinner.0
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Charliecatesq wrote: »PTFFD diet
Put the f**king fork down
LOL - it's post like these that make me wish there was a like button for forum messages.
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SJCP190815 wrote: »I have tried Slimming World, and I've tried Calorie Counting BUT what diet works for you and why? What does is it consist of? How much weight have you lost, and how long did it take you to loose it?
What diet works for me: CICO - I follow the calories MFP gives me.
Why does it work: simple math
What does it consist of: plugging into into MFP and following it's recommended calories
How much weight have you lost: 30 lbs
How long did it take: tough to answer this because I started CICO without really using MFP 2 years ago and the weight slowly came off by then I have a very long plateau. When I got serious about weighing and logging food this year, I was right on track at a speed of .5 lb per week.0 -
Calorie deficit/the immutable laws of the universe.
Anything else is just a way to achieve the above.0 -
Calorie counting and kind of trying to meet my macros. I never hit protein and I always go over in carbs, but that's ok.0
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SJCP190815 wrote: »I have tried Slimming World, and I've tried Calorie Counting BUT what diet works for you and why? What does is it consist of? How much weight have you lost, and how long did it take you to loose it?
IIFYM with a calorie deficit0 -
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intermittent fasting - leangains. i don't need anything else, this diet is f* perfect
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I follow my own diet. It's mostly just eating normal amounts of healthy food. I pay some special attention to getting things into my diet that I need, but don't get enough of, like iron and protein (those two things can get solved together, lol.) I keep the fat pretty low.
I've lost at least 85 pounds, but don't know exactly what I weighed when I began, so it is probably more.0 -
Count my calories and try to balance my macros as much as I can. I still eat sweets but much smaller portions. Gym 4-5/week. Baby steps to build good habits for the past year.0
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smotheredincheese wrote: »
Why? Why? Why would any of those rules work better than just eating at a deficit?Hi everyone
I started 2 weeks ago with the Leptin Diet. I wish to loose 21lbs and lost until now 3.3 lbs.
In the first week it was really difficult, but since 3 days I don't feel cravings anymore
The 5 rules of the Leptin Diet:
Rule 1: Never eat after dinner.
Rule 2: Eat three meals a day.
Rule 3: Do not eat large meals.
Rule 4: Eat a breakfast containing protein.
Rule 5: Reduce the amount of carbohydrates eaten.
Well, I think weight loss has to occur in a way that works for you. I have gone up and down in weight trying to do what other people say and at their pace instead of just doing what works for me. Personally, I cannot go long periods, months on end, feeling hungry. I end up binging and gaining more weight back. Now, I am just going to do this slow. I am still trying to figure out my good zone where I lose weight and eat enough to feel satisfied and can maintain it long term. I think more very obese people should just try to lose a little every month, like 2-4 lbs, and they would get to their goals eventually and not feel like they are even restricting, so that is what I am aiming to do. Slowly increasing activity is something I am going to work on as well. Activity has always been my weak point. It's better to get to my goals eventually than never. I am looking into eating a very balanced diet, kind of an IIFYM mixed with The Zone, still working that out though.0 -
I used to do low carb (keto), but I decided to increase my carbs while still being in a caloric deficit. I'm much happier and not as stressed out because I can't have certain foods. Not to mention my weight loss is better than when I did low carb. I think low carb was not allowing my body to get enough of the essential minerals. I'm actually meeting my calcium and iron micros on most days. I also have a lot more energy. Low carb made me a walking zombie, which wasn't good since I work in a fast paced field (veterinary medicine).0
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I eat what I want within my calorie deficit.
Over time, I've been able to tweak that for my own personal preferences: I "save up" calories during the week and have a much higher calorie goal on Saturdays, I am relatively low carb during the day and tend to have the majority of my carbs at night, I don't really eat much breakfast, and if I do, it's later in the morning.
But, all of those tricks just help me to stay within my calorie goal. And some days I just don't care and I choose to blow my goal or not track; then I get right back to it.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »I follow the "eat anything you want, but not everything at once, and not all the time, and be less lazy" program. The name should be self-explanatory. I like it because I love food and I'm lazy.
I lost 45 pounds in one year, and five more while easing into maintenance.
This made me giggle.0 -
I just count the calories, stay at 1200 and make sure to always burn 500 more than I eat at the minimum. I eat 5-6 small meals and drink at least 64oz of water a day.0
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I eat Paleo but I also keep track of my calories and macros to make sure that I am eating enough and staying at a deficit. Doing this since September I have lost 45 pounds and have about 15 to go.0
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I'm on the Cucumber Cleanse diet. I haven't lost any weight, but I have an uncontrollable urge to dip myself into a bowl of hummus.0
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When I was losing (the word is not "loosing") weight, I ate less than I burned. Now I aim at eating a balance of foods within the maintenance level I'm at.
The problem with being "on" a diet, is that you can go "off". It takes the effort of changing your mindset to think of this as a lifestyle change.
Over 90% of people who lose weight gain it back within 1 - 5 years because of this mentality. It's worth paying attention to this statistic.0 -
Loser_Winner wrote: »I'm on the Cucumber Cleanse diet. I haven't lost any weight, but I have an uncontrollable urge to dip myself into a bowl of hummus.
Now who would flag this post? It's funny, people!
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I don't follow a diet.
I eat whatever what I want to eat.0 -
I'm eating ketogenic right now because it really forces me to think about what I'm eating and requires great attention to macros and ingredients. I hope that those skills I build while eating this way will help me going forward to not become a statistic.0
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I eat whatever I want if it fits within my allotted daily calories. Sometimes I eat back all my exercise calories and sometimes only partial. I've lost 26 lbs in 4 months0
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Just using my mfp , so basically eating as healthy as possible and checking my kilojoules and that seems to be working0
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For the most part I eat a whole foods diet. I say for the most part, because to be honest I eat whatever I want as long as it is within my calorie goals for the day. But my main diet is made up of whole unpacked foods such as fresh chicken, steak, fish, fruit and vegetables. Make no mistake I don't do this to loose weight or because I'm trying to be super healthy or anything. This is just how I eat normally. I BBQ a meat and I steam a vegetable and I eat fruit for my snacks. That's how I've always eaten...the problem is I was overeating. Now instead of a 16 oz steak I have a 8 oz steak and so on and so on.
My advice to you would be to simply eat what you've always eaten just eat smaller portions of those foods. And then here and there try and pick out some healthier food options as you go along. Don't do anything too drastic to your diet. Just stick to your calorie goal and start moving a little bit more than you did before. Do that and you will lose the weight. The absolute best diet for you is the one you can stick to long term.0 -
Ketogenic diet ftw. 30 lbs in 7 weeks. Lift weights and follow macros with a reasonable deficit. Its easy peasy, and gg to fat0
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No specific diet. I don't really believe in "diets"--something about named diets really bug me, so I tend to have a negative reaction to them, and anyone who claims you have to eat specific foods or combinations of food to lose weight is lying.
Instead, I try to eat a generally nutritious diet (in theory I did this before trying to lose weight too, but I'm more consistent now, because I cook at home more and rely on ordering Indian food less, and have improved my breakfast a lot). I also figured out my maintenance calories (or let MFP estimate them) and ate below them, while working on becoming more active (or returning to a prior level of activity, as my weight gain was connected to becoming sedentary).
I pay some attention to my macros, and have experimented with what makes me feel best and most satisfied, although I'm not particularly focused on them beyond making sure my protein is where I think it should be.
I've lost 95 lbs and am basically at goal, although I'm planning to lose some more fat and eventually gain some muscle.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »No specific diet. I try to eat a generally nutritious diet (in theory I did this before trying to lose weight too, but I'm more consistent now, because I cook at home more and rely on ordering Indian food less, and have improved my breakfast a lot). I also figured out my maintenance calories (or let MFP estimate them) and ate below them, while working on becoming more active (or returning to a prior level of activity, as my weight gain was connected to becoming sedentary).
I pay some attention to my macros, and have experimented with what makes me feel best and most satisfied, although I'm not particularly focused on them beyond making sure my protein is where I think it should be.
I've lost 95 lbs and am basically at goal, although I'm planning to lose some more fat and eventually gain some muscle.
...stupid yummy Indian food
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For the most part I eat a whole foods diet. I say for the most part, because to be honest I eat whatever I want as long as it is within my calorie goals for the day. But my main diet is made up of whole unpacked foods such as fresh chicken, steak, fish, fruit and vegetables. Make no mistake I don't do this to loose weight or because I'm trying to be super healthy or anything. This is just how I eat normally. I BBQ a meat and I steam a vegetable and I eat fruit for my snacks. That's how I've always eaten...the problem is I was overeating. Now instead of a 16 oz steak I have a 8 oz steak and so on and so on.
My advice to you would be to simply eat what you've always eaten just eat smaller portions of those foods. And then here and there try and pick out some healthier food options as you go along. Don't do anything too drastic to your diet. Just stick to your calorie goal and start moving a little bit more than you did before. Do that and you will lose the weight. The absolute best diet for you is the one you can stick to long term.
That kind of makes me cringe. I have touched my steamer in years now that I've discovered roasting for my veggies. I just like the flavor so much better. The last time I pulled out my steamer, it's because a friend wanted to cook boudain. I'm actually thinking of getting rid of it because it's just taking up space...0 -
Kimberly_Harper wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »No specific diet. I try to eat a generally nutritious diet (in theory I did this before trying to lose weight too, but I'm more consistent now, because I cook at home more and rely on ordering Indian food less, and have improved my breakfast a lot). I also figured out my maintenance calories (or let MFP estimate them) and ate below them, while working on becoming more active (or returning to a prior level of activity, as my weight gain was connected to becoming sedentary).
I pay some attention to my macros, and have experimented with what makes me feel best and most satisfied, although I'm not particularly focused on them beyond making sure my protein is where I think it should be.
I've lost 95 lbs and am basically at goal, although I'm planning to lose some more fat and eventually gain some muscle.
...stupid yummy Indian food
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