admit it !!

jojorocksforeva

I have come to realize that i will always need a diet program to lose weight ...
It wont come off otherwise no i cant do it by myself i have tried.
is anyone els like that?

LoraF83

Nope, I just need me, some motivation and willpower. The rest I leave up to time.

know_your_worth

I don't think I need a "diet".
I need to count calories until I reach my goal weight.
Once I reach my goal, I need to learn what is within my calories and make good choices from there on out.

Mokey41

I don't need any particular diet but when I stop tracking calories I start to gain again. It's just a slow creep but over a few months bad habits start coming back and next thing the pounds that go with them. I'll probably always track food and exercise to some degree.

Alex_is_Hawks

I have come to realize that i will always need a diet program to lose weight ...
It wont come off otherwise no i cant do it by myself i have tried.
is anyone els like that?

"i will always need a diet program"

if you will always need it...then it's a lifestyle change...and not a shot in the dark, or short term diet....

it's a lifestyle change.

MemphisKitten

Yep!

ddwin

I'm not a dieter... I'm just finally learning how to Seriously make life changes. Things that will stay with me forever such as choosing the right foods and making time to exercise. Including my daughter and showing her how a healthy lifestyle works.

VeganZombie13

No, I don't see it as a diet, it's a life style change. you have to change your way of thinking along with it...
When I started yes it was a diet, but not anymore...
It's the way I live, I enjoy being healthy..

MostlyWater

that is why my sister stays on weight watchers, as a lifetime member. nothing wrong with that.

kmcahill8

I don't look at this as a "diet". I look at this as a lifestyle and how I am going to the rest of my life. My bad habits and emotional binge eating have made me move away from a health lifestyle and this is just a reminder on how to get back to those good habits.

d_Mode

I'm still on a see food diet. I see food, I eat it. I just count my calories and carbs now and the weight seems to be coming off slowly but that's fine with me. I've also been exercising regularly...

mandersatx

Counting calories = portion control for me. When I weigh/measure/count how much I'm eating, I'm honest with myself about how much I'm intaking. I'm also more inclined to recognize when I'm not hungry anymore, so mindless munching is less likely to happen.

Getting on the scale every few days to see where you're at weight-wise is also good to keep the pounds from creeping back. If you're up to 2lbs over your goal weight, scale back for a few weeks to drop back down. When I don't weigh & don't track, the #s come back quick!

quirkytizzy

This is the first time ever I'm trying to look at it as a lifestyle change and not a diet. I hope it helps me stay the track better.

Mads1997

perhaps if you start thinking about it as a lifestyle change rather than a diet you might be better off.

Angie_1991

It is a lifestyle change......so it is forever...........yep

IbiH

Finding this app on my android was the best thing ever...... It will be with my for life now.

LondonEliza

It's making poor choices with a diet that get most people fat / unhealthy / unfit / tired / irritable etc etc

Making informed sensible choices with their lifestyle get most people slim / healthy / fit / energised and a pleasure to be around

_happycats_

In my experience, if you keep calling it a diet you will be more likely to fail. It tells your brain this is short-term and temporary. Try taking a different perspective and look at it as a lifestyle change, and embrace it's permanent-ness. I feel like in the short-term I like having meal plans because they give me ideas for portion size and nutrition content - I don't plan on eating the exact same thing every week forever, but I do plan on keeping it as a general framework for my meals. Good luck!

blues4miles

I don't need any particular diet but when I stop tracking calories I start to gain again. It's just a slow creep but over a few months bad habits start coming back and next thing the pounds that go with them. I'll probably always track food and exercise to some degree.

^This.

kstev7

Is it so bad really? I love having a healthy lifestyle even if it takes extra effort and maybe appearing strange to others every now when they see that your life's pleasure doesn't come from food.

MissAnjy

Nope. I'll never use a diet program.

glahlstedt

i am the same way! i need to be accountable for my weight. back in 2008 i joined weight watchers, and i lost 25lbs. howeever, I thought i could maintain without a program in place. needless to say, i gained back all 25lbs and 13 more lbs to boot. i think being accountable is huge for me. i told my nutritionist that i need the accountabilty. she said to email her with any weight loss news. so, that is good. i will do that for now on. im not where i want to be, but i'm not where i use to be at 201lbs 7 months ago. i am going to get down to 170 once and for all this time. i am going to keep it off for good. i don't want to ever see 201 again!!

ladymiseryali

I'm not on a diet. It's a lifestyle change. I'll still have treats every now and then, but overall I've found that I enjoy eating better.

IronDame

Nope. Just me, clean eating and hard work.

junodog1

Not a diet, but I need to always watch what I eat. I had 4 double stuff oreos with milk last week. I can eat anything, but I better be aware what I am doing.

mrob04

I will be the first, it seems, to agree with you. I have no willpower. I really hate to admit that but I too feel like I will need some sort of "diet" to keep me on track.

jojorocksforeva

Thanks for all the comments everyone i consider what i am on a lifestyle because it gives you tools for life. so i dont think of it as a diet even though its considered to people a diet program its the farthest thing from that

nxd10

No. I can't imagine a diet program would work for me - too constraining and too artificial.

But this? Watching calories, educating myself, and being more aware so I make better choices?

Easy. I wish I had discovered it years ago so didn't put on the weight I've just had to lose.

bradwwood

I don't think I need a "diet".
I need to count calories until I reach my goal weight.
Once I reach my goal, I need to learn what is within my calories and make good choices from there on out.

^^ this ^^

glitterjam

Finding this app on my android was the best thing ever...... It will be with my for life now.

Absolutely this.

laurie62ann

I have been "eating healthy and working out for 8 months now" with a total weight lose of 60 pounds. I have not refered to my life style change as a "Diet". Diets never worked for me. To me it's like a bad word. Who want's to be on a "diet" for the rest of their lives. It's a total mindset for me. Good Luck!