Does diet plans really work?🤔

kristinetetteh
kristinetetteh Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Guys. Some/Most of us have gone through strict diet plans before. But some of us get tired of it, can't do it ,can't stand it or can't afford all the vegan/vegetarian/keto diet plans in total. But we all just need to suck it up! I mean,we all want to lose weight right? Cos that is why I'm here. I'm not an American, I'm a Proud Ghanaian ,and I can't really look at how many calories I'm taking in. So I just have to eat little. I also add exercise. 5 in 7 days a week. This is such an amazingly good platform to start all over again. I weigh 120 lb which bothers me. So I'm gonna start from scratch. I hope you do the same. But diet plans actually depends on who does it,the dedication and focus of that person and whether he/she wants it so badly. Thanks if you read this. I'm hoping to make my own blog in the future. Tnx.😉

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  • kristinetetteh
    kristinetetteh Posts: 3 Member
    Hi guys. Sorry for not being on point. I am sorry again
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    You're 5'7" and 120 lbs and you're trying to lose weight? If I've understood that correctly, that doesn't seem like a healthy goal. Do you just mean dropping one or two pounds? What is your goal weight?
  • Redordeadhead
    Redordeadhead Posts: 1,188 Member
    kristinetetteh wrote: »
    Hi guys. Sorry for not being on point. I am sorry again

    No need to apologise, but I really don't know what you mean. Can you explain?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,162 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    You're 5'7" and 120 lbs and you're trying to lose weight? If I've understood that correctly, that doesn't seem like a healthy goal. Do you just mean dropping one or two pounds? What is your goal weight?

    I thought that was (restating) "exercising 5 of 7 days a week", not a height, just the preposition choice being possibly misleading. Could be wrong, though.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    How tall are you? 120 pounds isn't overweight for most heights.

    How old are you? If you are a teenager or just out of your teens, a better goal than losing weight might be to maintain that 120 pounds. Your older self will thank you :)

    Many women start dieting when we were young and end up yoyoing and gaining more than if we'd just stayed at that weight.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    You're 5'7" and 120 lbs and you're trying to lose weight? If I've understood that correctly, that doesn't seem like a healthy goal. Do you just mean dropping one or two pounds? What is your goal weight?

    I thought that was (restating) "exercising 5 of 7 days a week", not a height, just the preposition choice being possibly misleading. Could be wrong, though.

    Oh, yes, I don't know how I misinterpreted that. Thanks for pointing that out, Ann. Sorry, OP.
  • AndreaTamira
    AndreaTamira Posts: 272 Member
    edited November 2020
    springlering62 wrote: »
    Relax, y’all. It’s just a bit of a language difference.

    She is simply enthusiastic about being here, because it’s doable, with regular foods, and no membership dues or funky paid diet foods. She’s excited about incorporating exercising.

    Same thing we would all say ourselves.

    I do, however, wonder about your height. 120 is a good weight unless you’re really short?

    OP, your language skills are superb. My “hat is off” to you. One day I will have German grandkids, and I worry we will only be able to say Guten Tag and aufweidersehn.

    My son in law learned his stellar English from...wait for it... listening to rap music.


    Great post to chime in with. Also, I agree that OP's English is great.

    Dont worry about not being able to communicate with your grandkids. They will probably grow up bilingual, and even if not: German schools start teaching English in primary schools these days, so you should be fine. ( That said, it's not "aufweidersehen". It is "auf Wiedersehen". Any time you see an "ie" in German the sound produced would be similar to the sound in the middle of "lease" or "deed". An "ei" produces a sound like the vowel you hear in "like".)
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    Relax, y’all. It’s just a bit of a language difference.

    She is simply enthusiastic about being here, because it’s doable, with regular foods, and no membership dues or funky paid diet foods. She’s excited about incorporating exercising.

    Same thing we would all say ourselves.

    I do, however, wonder about your height. 120 is a good weight unless you’re really short?

    OP, your language skills are superb. My “hat is off” to you. One day I will have German grandkids, and I worry we will only be able to say Guten Tag and aufweidersehn.

    My son in law learned his stellar English from...wait for it... listening to rap music.

    Who's not relaxed?

    No one has remotely suggested there's anything wrong with OP's "language skills." The post seems like a native English speaker or someone with fluency equivalent to a native English speaker. People are just asking for omitted information needed to craft appropriate responses, as we do all the time. People looking for help don't always know what info they need to provide.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    Who’s not relaxed? The nine people who disagreed the poor woman on her first forum post.

    Ah. Weird.
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Hi you can still track calories you can put them in here. You go to food diary and add your meal by ingredients you use with recipe builder or you can look up things like avacado or etc
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    IMO diets work, extreme diet's do not, at least not in the long term. Eat a wide variety of foods, at a (slight) deficit. Small enough that you elicit the response you want (fat loss) but not big enough that your body compensates making you obsess about food.

    Train with a focus on improving strength, flexibility, mobility and conditioning. Do not train with a focus of burning calories, IMO that is the wrong mindset. Weigh yourself every morning after going to the bathroom. Do this to track progress but more importantly so you get used to normal weight fluctuations.

    Make sure you are recovering. Get adequate sleep!

    Don't major in the minors.

    Be consistent. Be patient. Be compassionate (with yourself).

    Good luck...

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