Are you on a 'program?'

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  • crooked_left_hook
    crooked_left_hook Posts: 364 Member
    I read a great article where the author broke down the basics of 5 of the most popular plans out there. They all have one major theme in common: Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. When I plan at least one serving of fresh veggies or fruit as part of each meal and snack everything falls into line pretty easily.

    Every time I tried to follow a plan I failed miserably (except WW). For me the changes needed to merge seamlessly into my life go them to stick. I was more successful making incremental, smaller changes and adapting the foods I normally eat to fit my calorie goals than I was trying to turn the wheel 180 degrees with a special plan.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    edited February 2017
    Another non-program person here.

    Any "diet" that had me arbitrarily give up on even one item or an entire food group or two was just not going to work for me. Especially when not backed up by credible, well-documented science.

    I think the majority of people who initially try to lose weight pretty much fall into one of two groups:

    1) Those who think that losing weight simply has to be punitive to work. Like a sort of time-to-pay-the-piper mindset. So the more restrictive or severe the diet or exercise plan is, the more they think they are atoning for their past dietary sins. Mea culpa.

    2) Those who think that the latest diet craze has to be the way to go, if only for the one-up factor. It becomes akin to wearing the latest fashion, and only those who are cool enough to be in the know join in. But they'll sure let everyone else know how superior and cutting edge they are, though. And if it's celebrity-endorsed, all the better.

    Then there's this rather tame group of us in the middle that simply calorie count. Because we know the science behind weight loss, which *does* boil down to an eat-less-than-you-burn-to-lose-weight simplicity.

    Simplicity's not sexy, apparently. Or trendy. Or punitive. When people ask you how you lost weight and you try to explain that you simply ate less food, most of them will look at you funny. What, no miracle pills, shakes, detoxes, cleanses, weird or trendy foods? They just aren't interested in hearing that.

    But it works. :)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    Are you on a 'program?'

    Nope. Never have been ... not interested.

    Whenever I've needed to lose a little bit of weight, I've used the principles of CICO. :)