what diet/eating plan

cleolaine

,,,,,,, is everybody doing? just curious

Triathlynne

Counting calories and watching sodium. Seems to work best for me. Although I LOVE my Pho!!!! I'm also forcing myself to eat fruit, don't get me wrong I love fruit but as a snack I'd rather have SALT! I have started craving apples rather than chips and haven't had Pho in eons.... Oh Pho I miss you so. Really just snacking better. Snacking is my major downfall.

melischemitz

Counting calories and watching sodium. Seems to work best for me. Although I LOVE my Pho!!!! I'm also forcing myself to eat fruit, don't get me wrong I love fruit but as a snack I'd rather have SALT! I have started craving apples rather than chips and haven't had Pho in eons.... Oh Pho I miss you so. Really just snacking better. Snacking is my major downfall.

Oh, I miss pho, too!!!!! I made an "easy" version at home, just used box beef broth and simmered w/ some ginger, cardomom pod, star anise, cinnamon, fennel seed and onion, bought the rice noodles (although the actual serving size and the amount you get at a restaurant are SOOOOO different!) and sliced some tenderloin thin, added the sprouts, lime, jalapenos, basil, cilantro and a bit of sriracha and it was pretty close, and about 400 calories for a bowl, with a LOT less sodium! Not too shabby, but I still wish I could slurp down some real stuff!

finallylean

Exercising and just eating healthy. Diets are just short term goals, I'm in this for the long run. I am planning to permanently change my lifestyle and just be healthy for once in my life.

missy1970eb

just trying to eat normal food and cut out snacks, also making sure i keep within calories etc, lots of water and plenty of exercise

AggieCass09

I'm a vegetarian and I try to eat clean 90% of the time. I do a mix of yoga, P90X, and marathon training for my exercise plan, 6 days a week. I eat small meals during the day to keep me full and I've seen very steady weight loss since joining in April 2010 and getting "serious" in October 2010. My diary is public if you want food suggestions, and I'm always happy to talk about running.

Good Luck!

mapinkerton

Making a LIFESTYLE change by eating healthier and exercising. I am SO tired of people asking me what diet I am on. Diets only work while you are on them. Once you go off of them (and you will) you will gain weight back. I am only losing 1-2 lbs. a week and that is perfect. BUT I have also gotten my blood sugar back in the normal range, lowered my blood pressure and cholesterol, and the doctor has reduced my BP and cholesterol meds.

lizzys

weight watchers:huh: ooooooooh i love salt too better than fruit

bryals

I hate the word diet because most peeps thing it means I'll do this for a time and then go back to my regular eating habits.
Nuff Said!

I've simply changed the amount I eat to match the number of calories allowed per day and yes I have started watching my sodium (very important IMO). I too have started eating more fruits for snacks and apples why apples I love them.... Every now and again I'll get a piece of candy last night I had one Reese’s cup 80 calories. Was sure I would gain weight for just that one indulgence but surprisingly enough I lost a pound. I also watch my sugars, if I get to many from fruit I don't worry so much but if it isn't from fruits or healthy foods I get concerned.

curvykent

I watch my carbs, calories, and sugar. I try to eat only healthy fats (olive oil, nuts, fish, etc). I eat veggies with lunch and dinner, eat fruit in moderation (mostly low carb fruits) and I mostly eat whole grains that are low glycemic index. This is a food plan that I have found my body needs for a variety of reasons. Last year I started exercising regularly by doing (3) 4 mile walks and yoga once a week. Then I added a second yoga class. After sometime my weight plateued and now I'm finding that I have to really push myself and do vigorous cardio and weight training. I'm losing inches more than pounds right now but I trust that eventually the numbers on the scale will follow.

Oh and just recently I started trying to eat smaller portions, and eating something every 3 hours to avoid waiting until I was starving to eat. This has helped me get my portions under control.

As I'm writing this I'm realizing, I"ve come a long way. This is so different from the way I functioned 3 years ago!

time2runnn

I am not on a diet, but rather am changing my habits one by one for the better. Honestly, I refuse to diet any longer: Atkins X2, Carb Addicts, Weight Watcher X many times, Deal a Meal :blushing:, Slim Fast, 3 Day Diet, Cabbage Soup Diet:sick:, Michael Thurmond's 6 Week Body Makeover, Volumetrics, not mention taking Alli, trying Full Bars:huh:, Ripped Fuel, Hydroxycut, Xenadrine... to little or no help- I'm D.O.N.E.with dieting.

But this-- what I am doing on MFP-- is a lifestyle change. I am logging in everyday, good or "bad", what I eat, learning how to eat real foods (not just things that come prepackaged), being aware of my portions, controlling my impulses, upping my intake of vegetables, experimenting more with cooking, getting exercise and drinking more water. As a result in 6 weeks I have lost over 17lbs. That is WAY better than any 6 week period I've had at Weight Watchers or any extreme diet I've tried. More importantly I feel I CAN and WILL meet my goals because I am loving myself in every stage of this, doing nothing out of extreme, and replacing old habits with new ones to promote a long lifetime of good health

Best wishes to you in this journey.:flowerforyou:

deerussell

So, lots of talk about salt. (My love). Why does salt make us hold onto fat? Can some one answer. I am exercising really well & eating really well, but the pounds are not dropping off.
:flowerforyou:

Dizzyone825

It's funny when I am craving something I know I should not eat it is usually salt I often wonder why.. I love fruit and yogurt but sometimes crave chips and anything with salt LOL I am doing calorie control and EA Active 2 on my Wii for exercise..I think I eat more now that I eat healthy than I did when I ate horribly.

tmaksparkie

I am a primal eater, and no I am not on a diet it is my life style, so I eat lean meats, healthy fats, nuts and nut butters, vegtables and fruit in moderation, no grains at all, no corn( it is a grain not a veg) no peanuts( it is legume not a nut) I also do not eat tubers white, red, or sweet potatoes. Eating this way just makes my body feel and work better. Need more info go to marks daily apple or check out his book the primal blueprint.

Otherwise I am at the gym 3x a week for cardio and weight training and the I do zumba and gold gym dance on the Wii, so much fun.

Newfiedan

a clean eating lifestyle change and using common bloody sense.

MommyPower

I LOVE everyone's response. No diet here. Changing my lifestyle. I eat low carbs but i don't count the carbs in fruit and veggies. You can eat plenty of them. .I focus counting carbs on the breads, pasta, meat and potatoes. When i was counting all my carbs i thought i was eating too many carbs but then my calories were really low and i barely ate. This way i can lots of yummy healthy foods. I know it seem confusing but in my mind it works. I have proof it works i lost 16 pounds in January. 178-162.

NO SODA!
NO DEEP FRIED FOODS ( a lil pan fried with olive oil)

abyssfully

Eating 5 - 6 smaller, balanced meals a day.

I always try to have protein and complex carbs; and try to get in healthy fats every day.

Drinking water to thirst (which usually is tonnes of water since I BF.)

Deb4224

Feel like I could have wrote this post... I refuse to diet too... struggling a little with using MFP regularlay, because the logging everything I eat reminds me of some diets a little too much - even though, I realize logically that it helps to track.

PJilly

This one:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/233474-the-latest-diet

dls06

Eating healthy non processed or fast foods(Most of the time). Portion control. Drinking lots of water.

psuLemon

I mix between Chalean extreme and p90x

myukniewicz

I am a pescetarian (vegetarian who eats fish) and i eat as cleanly as possible.
Lots of fresh fruits and even more fresh veggies
I stay away from heavily processed foods for the most part, and drink water like its going out of style.
I keep my calories at 1200 (unless i workout), and my sodium at 1500mg.

Dragoncat18

I am getting meals from My Fit Foods, as wells as eating smaller amounts when i cook or go out. I am also trying to get a little more active. I tend to sit around all day.... mostly the eating less right now is helping.

Pebble321

No diet, just eating sensible sized portions of real food (home made, very little processed stuff) and REALLY paying attention to snacking. Snacks have been the biggest challenge for me, I generally cook and eat good food for meals, but the chocolate, biscuits, sweets etc inbetween meals are the ongoing problem for me.

finchase

I've been following the Abs Diet for Women, which I do like. My doctor recommended it--actually, he pretty much ordered me to buy the book and read it cover-to-cover. However, much of it has just been a total lifestyle change, eating sensibly and gradually increasing exercise. I started out just by walking the dog every day, a little further each time. When that was no longer a challenge--and really high summper temperatures hit even before May ended, I signed up for a gym and started working a couple of times a week with a trainer. I've lost almost 60 lbs since February 17, and I still have a long way to go, but I can tell such a huge difference in my energy level and strength now.

I'm definitely goal-oriented, but I'm starting to enjoy the journey now.

jbucci1186

counting calories and trying to get into maintenance mode. it's hard to feel comfortable eating as much as I'm supposed to on a daily basis!

grimnir

I totally understand all that you say about making it a lifestyle and all, and I totally approve, but I was staying pretty close to the same weight over the last four years, and have only ever gained weight in bursts of unbelievable amounts of overeating (seriously, like 6k+ days on average for months or sometimes years, bingeing like crazy), so I'm calling it a diet.

I mix up what I eat day to day, according to what I've got on hand or feel like eating. I restrict calories, mainly, but I also try to keep my balance of calories to somewhere in the vicinity of 30% carbs / 45% fat / 25% protein, which after some significant experimentation is where I feel best, have the least hunger, and enjoy my food the most. I tend to eat a fair amount of nuts and nut butters (yum!), sunflower seeds, cheese (I am a total cheese *kitten*, you can take them over my dead body), chicken breasts, plenty of veggies (super low in calories, so you can get more full eating them, plus they're good for you), eggs, greek yogurt, some fruit here and there, butter and olive oil, salad dressing (I like Annie's Tuscan Italian best), coffee. The rest of my carbs come mostly from rice and rice cakes, wheat bread sometimes, the occasional tortilla, pasta sometimes, beers with friends every couple weeks. The only thing I've really cut back on or changed is my carb intake, way way down, particularly my chips and fries consumption. I also eat more meat and nuts now, it keeps me full for hours, and unlike chips and such, I can hold myself to a couple hundred calories worth. Also I don't put gobs of cheese in basically every dish I cook now, which helps me spread my calories across the day. I'm planning on cutting out coffee and beer (coffee makes me anxious and beer is calorific and excites my gout, even more while dieting than usual) over the next month, see if it improves things.

My top 3 diet tips:

Spread it across the day. I eat 4 times a day now instead of my more usual 2. If I eat a big meal, I know I'll be hungry either before or after, and I will have a harder time keeping from going crazy and overeating, which aside from going over on calories, makes me feel tired and a little ill. Also, this cuts WAY back on the crazy energy swings.

Eat your veggies. There are so few calories in some veggies that it actually takes more energy to break down the fiber than are contained in them! Meanwhile you get all full, it regulates your digestion, and you get tons of nutrients. Veggies rock.

Track it. MFP is awesome for that. If you play around with what you're doing, eat things you love from time to time, and just make sure you keep your calories contained, you shouldn't have any trouble staying on the straight and narrow. Notice how what you eat when impacts how you feel, and eat accordingly. If you try out different things, like cutting out gluten for a week, or going low carb for a spell, or eating tons of fatty food, you will seriously learn things about how your body works.

tameko2

I'm pretty much JUST calorie counting while taking care to incorporate fat and protein in every meal or I get hungry between meals. This naturally results in me cutting out SOME kinds of things, like fries, just because they have too many calories for the level of satisfaction I get from them.