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Anyone else NOT on a diet?

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  • stuffinmuffin
    stuffinmuffin Posts: 985 Member
    Yep!!!! I started this is a lifestyle and not as a diet. It needed to fit in with my day to day routine and the odd night out with friends, weddings, parties etc. It's taught me what I should have been doing all these years!
    I'm now maintaining (have been for 5-6 months), still on the programme but never on a diet. I eat chocolate every day! ; )
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    Diet? No ... just lots of changes and lots of sacrifices. Really, finally getting honest with myself.

    Sure, I want to lose weight and I am just a hair off from my goal but it's been just as rewarding getting HEALTHY! Doing things and wanting to do things I couldn't before. Even just exercise and being able to get outdoors and just do stuff...

    Before I was pretty much too out of shape, too tired and usually just too lazy to even try to do stuff OR exercise.
  • Masterchef2000
    Masterchef2000 Posts: 127 Member
    Awesome! So glad to read what I'm reading!

    As per counting calories, I'm not anymore. I was when I started back in August, and it was good, lost 30 lbs but had to stop for a few months because I started to become obsessed with it and would feel horrible if I ate over 1,200. I had problems with bulimia as a teenager and the first time I thought "maybe I should throw this up" after I knew I had over eaten for my diet, I quit. So now, a few months later, I'm back but refuse to count calories and suffice to say, it's working! I have a great idea of how much I can eat and what I can eat to lose weight now. It's not coming off as quickly but that's ok. I'm happier not counting calories and not being on a diet!
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    I fill out my macros ( protein, fats and carbs ) If I still have calories left after that I eat whatever I want ( but stay within my calorie goal). I generally try to leave enough so I can have my ice cream before bed.
  • LexyDB
    LexyDB Posts: 261
    Diet refers to the macronutrients you eat in relation to your food consumption.

    You either have a good diet or a bad diet, TV and trendy fitness magazines perpetuate this myth and even more people ask “are you on diet?” because you eat sensibly and exercise.

    My diet is good.
  • ash190489
    ash190489 Posts: 587 Member
    Yup! When people ask me "How'd you lose all that weight?" or "What are you doing?" I just saying making healthier choices and watching my portion sizes. I still eat everything I love... which evolve mostly around carbohydrates (bread, pasta, rice, etc.) however I just don't have as much! I still snack on a 'snack size' chocolate almost daily to get my sugar fix, but on top of that I exercise the way that I used to during school and university. This isn't necessarily a huge lifestyle change, I've always been 'active' and into food & health, however, I just want to get back to that point again of feeling 'fit'. University and full time work really bring on stress eating and consume a lot of any spare time! WE CAN DO IT! :happy:
  • Zichu
    Zichu Posts: 542 Member
    No because Im not trying to lose weight l. Im just eating healthier and trying to get fit, this site has inspired me to keep going.
  • rahmyers
    rahmyers Posts: 75 Member
    Same here i'm just finding healthier ways to eat. I Love the way I eat and couldn't stand to quit! Its a life style. I want to make sure I'm healthy for the rest of my life. I eat anything I want in moderation, stay under my calories and exercize vigarously several days a week. Thats what I tell people when they ask how i'm loosing the weight.

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