Which diet is the Best

lisatryharder

What is the best diet to follow if your starting off that works and easy to follow , that keeps energy levels up , and shows good loss. i know there is no overnight magic and it has to be worked for. 100 lb to lose to reach my 2019 goal starting jan 1

TavistockToad

Calorie deficit

2manyhats

Weigh/ measure food and log it, good luck

Beansg66

Calories in calories out.

L1zardQueen

Read the stickies at the top^^^ The eat less and move more diet for me.

MarieRosekenji85

less calories, more exercise

jan110144

Good question! I think that the answer is whatever works for you in terms of losing weight and is also something that you can maintain forever. This can end up being quite different for each person.

I have lost 60 pounds in the last year. The first 6 months I lost (regained and lost again) 20 pounds. It took several false starts to learn about my body and what would work for me (and to stop trying the latest thing that others were promoting.)

The last 6 months I lost 45 pounds and it has been pretty smooth sailing. What I am doing now really works for me and very little will change as I move into maintenance, except gradually adding in additional cslories.

So ... starting out, track everything, pay attention to how you feel and what your weight loss pattern seems to be, and give yourself permission to learn what works for you.

Good luck!

estherdragonbat

The one you can stick to once you get down to your goal weight. One mistake I made on past weight-loss attempts was cutting out too many foods I liked. (No desserts, no snacks, no fried foods, etc. etc.) Either I'd go off-plan and trigger a guilt-overeat-guiltier-overeat more cycle or I'd take off the weight and as soon as it was off? Go back to eating the way I used to and regain the weight.

Eating what I want within my calories as part of an overall nutritious diet has worked wonders.

dakotababy

The Calories IN, Calories OUT diet. It is free, it is attainable, realistic, and it works.

jgnatca

I suggest your current diet minus a hundred calories a day. You figure this out by weighing logging all your meals the way you eat normally today. This information should point to where you can make small changes to create a daily calorie deficit.

pinuplove

L1zardQueen wrote: »

Read the stickies at the top^^^ The eat less and move more diet for me.

This

And to expand a bit on that, also this:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

Sabine_Stroehm

For weight loss/control?
For good nutrition?
It doesn't matter, really. The key is:
The one you can stick to.

If that's calorie counting, counting and weighing, counting macros, eating from lists. Whatever YOU can do.
If you need a formal diet to get started, great. Just learn from it, don't use it as a crutch. The same is true for anything else. LEARN.

This (linked above) is a great place to start: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

Protein and veg is always a great place to start.

Running2Fit

Personally, I think calorie counting is the easiest. I can eat whatever I want as long as it fits into my calorie allotment for the day so I don't really have to deal with cravings or trying to make any sort of complicated meal plan. I actually haven't changed what I eat too much, just how much I eat. Weighing and measuring everything can be a little bit of a pain at first but it quickly just becomes habit it only takes an extra minute or two. I lost 28 lbs in the last 4 months so it works for me.

But really you just have to find what works for you. I would start by making small, simple changes. Trying to completely overhaul your diet/lifestyle overnight is just a recipe for failure. But really the key is to just get started. You'll learn as you go. You don't need to be perfect from day one.

AnnPT77

Another vote for this one, which will definitely work if you follow it. It's the one I used to lose about 1/3 of my body weight in just less than a year . . . at age 59-60, while hypothryroid, if those things matter (they don't ).

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm

(Yup, shameless self-promotion again).

lisatryharder

Thank you all, so inspiring and this is all very helpful to me, to take on board, i know we all have to start somewhere , this is where i am , i am now looking forward to reach my healthy goals.