Making this too complicated?!

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  • butterfli7o
    butterfli7o Posts: 1,319 Member
    coleg04 wrote: »
    danipals1 wrote: »
    I'm hoping that just saying it out loud will help me to commit to stopping the madness.

    Well said. The dieting world gets rich off of complicating it.

    Truth!!!
    It took me almost 40 years to realize the simplicity. Eat at a caloric deficit. Work out for fitness. End of story.

  • danipals1
    danipals1 Posts: 16 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Great post, I bet that was cathartic!

    I think you got it. Just having a mild deficit (at your weight I wouldn't do more than 500 calories as a deficit) and relaxing about what you can eat otherwise will probably help a lot.

    Your post did make me think you might appreciate a book I read some time ago (basically about the dieting industry, and the author is a recovered dieter, basically): Laura Fraser's Losing It.

    I will check it out. It's funny how each different "diet" has all of these studies that they cite to back them up but then the next one has other studies that back up their plan. And each one seems to make sense by the time you finish the book. I will find that book and check it out! And I will really try to resolve to NOT check out any more diet books from the Library (even though I just received an email from my library that two are ready to be picked up that I had put on hold...)
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    I would say that when most people on here suggest lower carb/higher protein & fat, it still revolves around CICO. Some dietary changes can make it easier to feel full on the set number of calories and not crave more food.
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    OP, I came across this the other day and I found that it gave me a more realistic view of my current weight and goals. Maybe you could benefit from that too. BTW, with your history, I have no idea what you would check for diet history except that you are currently reducing what you eat. They really need a category for those who have dieted multiple times.
    http://www.smartbmicalculator.com/
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    danipals1 wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Great post, I bet that was cathartic!

    I think you got it. Just having a mild deficit (at your weight I wouldn't do more than 500 calories as a deficit) and relaxing about what you can eat otherwise will probably help a lot.

    Your post did make me think you might appreciate a book I read some time ago (basically about the dieting industry, and the author is a recovered dieter, basically): Laura Fraser's Losing It.

    I will check it out. It's funny how each different "diet" has all of these studies that they cite to back them up but then the next one has other studies that back up their plan. And each one seems to make sense by the time you finish the book. I will find that book and check it out! And I will really try to resolve to NOT check out any more diet books from the Library (even though I just received an email from my library that two are ready to be picked up that I had put on hold...)

    Yeah, too true.

    Most of those books operate on the assumption that people don't want to have to track what they are eating, so they are really ways to make you eat less dressed up in some pseudo-scientific rationale or health explanation. Making it simpler and getting away from the rules I think will really help you.
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    Great epiphany, OP.

    I also suggest slower rate of loss. The real devil in the weight loss industry is impatience. The get-rich-quick and lose-fat-quick schemes prey on our inherent impatience. It's not realistic, and so it sets up all kinds of dissonance, like feeling you are good or bad or certain foods are. We all have some measure of impatience; it's not just you. Learning to manage my impatience made my life much easier. :)
  • danipals1
    danipals1 Posts: 16 Member
    try2again wrote: »
    OP, I came across this the other day and I found that it gave me a more realistic view of my current weight and goals. Maybe you could benefit from that too. BTW, with your history, I have no idea what you would check for diet history except that you are currently reducing what you eat. They really need a category for those who have dieted multiple times.
    http://www.smartbmicalculator.com/

    Just did this and it sounded so... sensible! It was just so... reassuring? Thanks for sharing!
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