Where to begin.

ljc1901uk

I cannot eat eggs and nearly every diet I try relies on a lot of egg recipes.
So looking for inspiration.

Go_Deskercise

Get off the "diets" and eat foods that you like.
Go log your info into MFP and get your calorie goal.
Log your food.

janejellyroll

The benefit of counting calories is that you can build your diet around the foods you enjoy -- you don't have to follow someone else's plan. I got started by simply logging my food for a couple of weeks to get the hang of it. I didn't focus on making a lot of changes, just learning how the tools work. Once I had an understanding of where my calories were coming from, I was able to see some simple changes I could make in order to meet my calorie goal. For me, that was reducing the amount of fat I used to cook and having smaller portions of grains. I learned that many of my favorite vegetables were low calorie, so I increased my portions of those so I felt fuller and more satisfied after meals.

nanastaci2020

You don't have to follow any particular diet.

Where to start? By keeping track of everything you eat, drink.

From there, look at your notes/log and think about what you can do differently. Where you can eat smaller portions. Where you can substitute things. Once upon a time I was in the habit of having mayo & mustard on just about any meat/cheese type sandwich. I dropped the mayo to get rid of those calories. That does not mean you can't have mayo. You could have less of it, or switch to lite mayo. I will occasionally have light mayo on a BLT. Just examples.

Some ideas:

Swap out calorie heavy beverages for lower cal/0 cal alternatives and/or drink water instead
Eat less fried food, more grilled/baked
Use 1-2% dairy instead of full fat
Have smaller portions of calorie dense items like potatoes, rice
Have larger portions of lower calorie items like vegetables

Remember, this is a process and not a quick cure. Its not something to do for a week or two. Instead look for things you can change in ways that you can do long term. There are no foods off limit, unless you choose them to be. If you're allergic or don't like something: don't have it. But otherwise, it is more a matter of how much to have.

Dogmom1978

Ditto to all of the above. Eat what you normally eat, simply eat less of it, weigh it and log it, eat in a calorie deficit and BAM you’ll lose weight.

gewel321

You hate eggs. I hate vegetables. How hard is it to loose weight by not eating hardly any vegetables? Not hard at all. I eat what I want. I haven't changed much of the type of food just quantities. As everyone says input your food in and decide where the hidden calories are. See what YOU can change that will work for you. Drastic changes are not sustainable in the long run and that's what we are all going for. There is no point to spend all this time and energy to loose weight only to gain it all back because I licked a roll!

asthesoapturns

Don't go on a diet. Change your lifestyle, a permanent change. Cook what you like, maybe tweak it for some healthier edits, and consume reasonable portions. Nothing remarkable at all really.

AnnPT77

You could try this one:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

There are ZERO eggs needed. Unless someone likes eggs, and wants to eat 6 of them every day. Then that eating plan will recommend 6 eggs exactly . . . 😉😆

1poundatax

I agree with previous posters. Don't follow a "diet." What do you like to eat? Are their healthier ways to prepare it? There are a lot of websites that provide healthy recipes using real food. Eat what you like, weigh or measure it and log it.

For breakfast I eat yogurt and a multigrain frozen waffle, or- oatmeal made in a variety of ways. Sometimes it is fruit and a cheese stick. The important thing is that you don't look at this as a diet but as a life style change. For me if I don't eat the foods I really like I quit rather quickly. This is a forever change.