Diet OR Life Style

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  • Debbe2
    Debbe2 Posts: 2,071 Member
    Change in lifestyle prompted a change in my (and my families) diet :)
  • crzyone
    crzyone Posts: 872 Member
    Hopefully this is a lifestyle change and has become my regular diet.
  • JThomas61
    JThomas61 Posts: 892
    Lifestyle change definately. Those that say diet are doomed to gain the weight back, this is will only work if you modifiy your lifestyle and get away from the bad habits that led us to becoming overweight in the first place.
  • destiny364us
    destiny364us Posts: 50 Member
    I have spent most of my life eating a regular diet with unlimited amounts of crap as part of my life style, but now I am trying to reduce the amount of calories in my diet so I can have a healthier life style.

    I like this, I completely agree.
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
    sigh....we all have a diet...even folks who aren't *dieting*. A diet is what you eat and drink. Your diet may be 5,000 calories a day and causing you to gain weight...but its still your diet.

    good grief, folks, stop ripping people's heads' off for saying what's in their diet. Its easier than saying "this is what I eat and drink".

    But people saying "I'm going on a diet" makes its sound temporary instead of a LIFETIME of change
  • WhitneyAnnabelle
    WhitneyAnnabelle Posts: 724 Member
    I don't even know what the hell a diet is. I've been fully vegan for 3 weeks now, and it's definitely a lifestyle change for the better. I feel better, have more energy, and I like what I eat. Isn't that what we all want? You don't have to be vegan to get those things--you just have to know what works for you.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    both, because diet to me means what you eat, so I changed my life style and now have a better diet
    Yep. I didn't diet as a verb, I changed my lifestyle to have a better diet as a noun. :)
  • thin150
    thin150 Posts: 48 Member
    At the moment its a diet which hopefully will progress to a life style change
    I'm forcing my self to stick to it so that is the main reason it's a diet. When I start to do this and don't even think about I am set for life :)
  • lovinbeinold
    lovinbeinold Posts: 116
    Lifestyle. I am very fat. But went on this food plan to work on my health. I'm on an anti inflammatory food plan, for life if I want to be healthy. I NEEDED to do that, or wind up crippled up with my skin going haywire. And it is working.

    A lovely side effect of doing this has been weight loss. But if I didn't lose another ounce, I'd stay on this food plan. So yeah, it's a big food style change for me anyway. I still live the same life, just changed my food and am exercising to regain stamina. They are working together.

    I came into MFP to track my food. That's really all I wanted it for. But then noticed the forums, so wandered over to check them out.

    The food tracking helps me stay on my commitment very well. And this is a life long commitment now.
  • psiren28
    psiren28 Posts: 530 Member
    sigh....we all have a diet...even folks who aren't *dieting*. A diet is what you eat and drink. Your diet may be 5,000 calories a day and causing you to gain weight...but its still your diet.

    good grief, folks, stop ripping people's heads' off for saying what's in their diet. Its easier than saying "this is what I eat and drink".

    But people saying "I'm going on a diet" makes its sound temporary instead of a LIFETIME of change

    Yeah, what she said ^^
  • dancingj2
    dancingj2 Posts: 4,572 Member
    I think of it as a diet, a meal plan and a lifestyle. For me to keep with it, they all needed to merge into one thing.
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,785 Member
    sigh....we all have a diet...even folks who aren't *dieting*. A diet is what you eat and drink. Your diet may be 5,000 calories a day and causing you to gain weight...but its still your diet.

    See the definitions for "diet" on dictionary.com. Diet can mean (among other things) (1) the foods eaten by a particular person or group, or (2) "a particular selection of food, especially as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease:" I believe the OP was referring to definition 2, and you're saying definitions 1 and 2 are the same. They're not.
  • MikeSEA
    MikeSEA Posts: 1,074 Member
    I don't know that it really matters what you call it as long as you do it. I like to think of it as cause and effect.
  • jennieodwyer
    jennieodwyer Posts: 1,036 Member
    the diet led to the life style.

    Ditto!
  • Queenb62303
    Queenb62303 Posts: 77
    both
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    I'm on a diet!! There I said it *WHEW!*

    And i have been for a few months. Then I will bulk. Constant switch. I didn't change my lifestyle with mfp really. I just enhanced it.

    I always played sports, lifted weights, and got in my fruits and veggies. Using mfp for portion control and to log to make sure I hit my micro/macros. Has my diet changed? Yes. Because I cook my own meals now not living at home or in dorms. I still eat white bread, white rice, red meat, sweets occasionally, and gooey cheese all the time.
  • loopybec2002
    loopybec2002 Posts: 313 Member
    I have a different answer I am on an exercise programme. I found that the year since i didn't come on here and log I have not gained at all or lost at all I maintained eating exactly what I wanted everything I wanted I eat so I figure if I carry on doing that and add exercise in that I have not been doing and add lots of water in that I have not had then I am likely to lose the weight look in better shape. So for me its the exercise and not the food thats the problem.
  • MelissaGraham7
    MelissaGraham7 Posts: 406 Member
    Lifestyle is the only way to make it stick. This week, I cooked rye dumplings and bulgur muffins and they were yummy. Healthy lifestyle has become a piece of cake (can I make that with wheat or rye?? yes, I can!). :wink:
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    I'm on a journey
    Don't stop....believing
  • macx2mommy
    macx2mommy Posts: 170 Member
    It's all about lifestyle for me. Anything I'm choosing to do right now, I'm making sure that it's something I can continue on with for the rest of my life.

    I'm not cutting out anything for good - everything is moderation. I don't set goals to exercise at times I know I'm not going to do because of my family, for me it's all about finding small improvement in my lifestyle that will lead to better health.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    I find the endless attempt to distinguish a little fatuous...
  • NicoWoodruff
    NicoWoodruff Posts: 369 Member
    Definitely a lifestyle. And the lifestyle isn't static, it adjusts to my life as I learn more over time.

    As they say, never stop learning, never stop growing, in fact.. just never stop.
  • H_Factor
    H_Factor Posts: 1,722 Member
    sigh....we all have a diet...even folks who aren't *dieting*. A diet is what you eat and drink. Your diet may be 5,000 calories a day and causing you to gain weight...but its still your diet.

    See the definitions for "diet" on dictionary.com. Diet can mean (among other things) (1) the foods eaten by a particular person or group, or (2) "a particular selection of food, especially as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease:" I believe the OP was referring to definition 2, and you're saying definitions 1 and 2 are the same. They're not.

    no, I'm not saying definitions 1 and 2 are the same...and I realize there are 2 definitions. but, you know what, we all diet...as in choose certain foods...to some extent. I haven't cut out too many things, but I sure do keep fried food to a very bare minimum...and I prefer eating mostly natural food and not processed foods. So, eff it, I'm on a diet as part of my lifestyle. I just know the word "diet", in any use, causes shrieks of horror on this site and its ridiculous sometimes. There's no need to put everyone's nuts in the crusher just because they ask a question about their "diet".
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    sigh....we all have a diet...even folks who aren't *dieting*. A diet is what you eat and drink. Your diet may be 5,000 calories a day and causing you to gain weight...but its still your diet.

    See the definitions for "diet" on dictionary.com. Diet can mean (among other things) (1) the foods eaten by a particular person or group, or (2) "a particular selection of food, especially as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease:" I believe the OP was referring to definition 2, and you're saying definitions 1 and 2 are the same. They're not.

    no, I'm not saying definitions 1 and 2 are the same...and I realize there are 2 definitions. but, you know what, we all diet...as in choose certain foods...to some extent. I haven't cut out too many things, but I sure do keep fried food to a very bare minimum...and I prefer eating mostly natural food and not processed foods. So, eff it, I'm on a diet as part of my lifestyle. I just know the word "diet", in any use, causes shrieks of horror on this site and its ridiculous sometimes. There's no need to put everyone's nuts in the crusher just because they ask a question about their "diet".
    Putting my nuts in the crusher causes me shrieks of horror.
  • dictations
    dictations Posts: 199
    Lifestyle. I'll keep exercising for the rest of my life, and now know MUCH better ways on how to cut down on unnecessary calories and such.
  • GurleyGirl524
    GurleyGirl524 Posts: 578 Member
    What started as a diet has turned into a lifestyle change.
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,785 Member
    So, eff it, I'm on a diet as part of my lifestyle. I just know the word "diet", in any use, causes shrieks of horror on this site and its ridiculous sometimes. There's no need to put everyone's nuts in the crusher just because they ask a question about their "diet".

    As far as I can tell, everyone else in this thread prior to your post was talking about their approach, not attacking anyone else or putting their "nuts in a crusher".

    The word "diet" can indeed be a problem for some people, particularly if they have a history of eating disorders. That's why approaches like Evelyn Tribole's Intuitive Eating (she works with eating disorder clients) focuses on one's relationship with food rather than with "dieting".

    The fact is, the vast majority of "diets" fail. I've seen statistics as high as 95% (see links below). Clearly there's something wrong with the basic notion of "being on a diet". If it works for you, fine ... but I believe that for many people, dividing their lives between "dieting" and "nondieting" portions is a recipe for failure. It certainly has been for me.

    The shrieks of horror in these threads are therefore often tied in to stories of personal pain and failure. People react strongly to the word "diet" because they have personal experience of that 95% failure rate.

    http://www.tampabay.com/features/fitness/why-diets-fail-and-how-weight-control-works/1079221
    http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/1226/Diet-Weight-Loss-Lore-Myths-Controversies-WHY-DIETS-FAIL.html
  • wwww1199
    wwww1199 Posts: 228 Member
    both, because diet to me means what you eat, so I changed my life style and now have a better diet

    YEP!
  • twanthe1
    twanthe1 Posts: 407
    Lifestyle change <3
  • nicehormones
    nicehormones Posts: 503 Member
    This has been a complete lifestyle change for me. I have changed the way I look at food and exercise. I nourish my body. I do not exercise just to burn calories anymore; I do it to accomplish my own fitness goals (and to eat more on occasion :P ) On top of these changes, I am also making over my mind and trying to retrain my thought process and how I perceive the world around me. I am trying to become the best, most healthy and happy me in every way that I can :) And it is paying off.
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