What eating plans are you following

geeky1

Hey,

Other than monitoring calories, what are those who are being consistent, are following?

NoAdditives

I avoid processed food and refined sugar and only drink water.

deanawhitney

I have been trying to eat six small meals a day. It speeds your metabolism up and your body doesn't store the calories from the previous meal because it knows it will be eating in a few hours. It is really hard to get used to. The best way I have found to achieve this is by planning out my six meals on here the day before and making sure they are all about the same calorie intake. You can search on google and find out more about it.

skinnylizzard

I stay away from sugar and try to make everything from scratch, avoid canned and processed foods. The bulk of my diet is vegetables followed by proteins. I include a little carbs as long as they are whole grains or high fiber, but i limit those as well.

sharoniballoni

I do my best to get at least 5 servings of vegetables a day. After eating all those veggies, I'm too full to eat too much of the caloric stuff. If I go to a restaurant where I know I'll be eating something naughty, I first order a big salad (dressing on the side) or steamed broccoli and eat ALL of it before touching the good (er... bad) stuff.

zorbaru

i eat what i want when i want (within reason, i dont just eat nothing but chocolate for a day or whatever) as long as i am under my goal.

will continue to do this until it stops working.

freerange

Primal

rosebarnalice

Plant-based, low carb, low fat, high fiber diet, easy on the meat (maybe 4 servings a week), and easy on the processed sugar (I take most of mine in the form of 3-4 glasses of wine over a weekend!) .

I eat lots of beans and lentils; lots of tomatoes and spinach; oatmeal and blueberries for breakfast 5-6X per week, and raw veggies in my lunchbox every weekday.

RussianLynx

No junk food, especially sugar.

I'm down to one diet coke per day (on average) and I'm hoping to get that out of my diet very soon.

I eat six small meals per day. In general, I follow the "Eat Clean" diet (Tosca Reno has written several books on the subject, she's a regular contributor to Oxygen magazine, which is the only magazine I read). The basic premise is to not eat junk food or processed food. If you can do that much, you will lose weight and see positive changes.

The diet suggests six small meals per day (3 hours apart), each must contain lean protein and complex carbohydrates (essentially, fiber). Fiber helps keep your blood sugar steady and it makes you feel fuller longer, so you don't get hungry between meals.

It requires me to plan ahead, but I feel fantastic. I'm never hungry and I have tons of energy. I have suffered from hypoglycemia my whole life, but since I started following this diet about 8 weeks ago, I have not experienced one single blood sugar drop/dizzy spell. Not one.

I do occasionally have something that doesn't comply with the diet (a treat meal every week or two helps keep me motivated).

I find the more closely I follow the diet, the better I feel. My "treat meals" are getting fewer and further between.

cacrat

Cyclical ketogenic diet.

SheCantWeight

I stay away from processed foods, foods high in fat, and instead of white rice, bread, or white pasta I try to eat the wheat versions of everything if possible. Then I just make sure I don't go over in caloric intake, which is hard to do when you exercise every day

Lexie71

I've been following "Am I Hungry?" which is a non-diet approach to health and wellness, including weight loss. It teaches you to change your unhealthy thoughts about eating and exercising into healthier ones, which in turn allows you to change your behaviors and change your unhealthy habits in to healthier ones. It is an "all foods fit" approach. It was really hard when I first started because I kept trying to turn it into a "diet" with rules. I was so used to following diets. I had/have a lot of hangups about food and eating and exercising and i think anyone who has struggled with their weight for years would have to say the same thing if they were being honest with themselves. In the past year I've really started to understand myself and my habits better. I've lost 67 pounds without dieting and without exercising more than I wanted to. I joined MFP this year and have lost 17 total in 2011. I highly recommend this approach. I found out about it from my doctor. I am happier and I don't feel like a slave to food, counting, weighing etc... I am very relaxed about "calorie counting" and focus more on listening to what my body needs and trusting myself.

Grokette

Primal

Me too.