What diet method are you using and Is it working for you?

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  • Craig_hyde
    Craig_hyde Posts: 161 Member
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    Less Snacking & Alcohol... I'm not saying cut it out completely, but I've greatly reduced both (slipped up now & then, but am only human) and noticed the weight staying off longer
  • andieellengreen
    andieellengreen Posts: 65 Member
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    Slim fast, I usually only manage to stick to it Monday to Friday but I generally loose about 4 pound a week on it!
  • JaymeLS
    JaymeLS Posts: 47 Member
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    I have congestive heart failure and all I'm doing is watching my sodium between 1500-2000. This site sure helps me to keep track of it. You don't realize how much is in some foods til you log it. I try to walk as much as I'm allowed by my cardiologist.
  • cjpembo
    cjpembo Posts: 42 Member
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    60% protein, 30% carbs, 10% fats.

    A slight caloric deficit each day.

    Lift hard - all muscle groups - that alone requires 5 workout sessions per week.

    Cardio: four to six quarter-mile sprints on a treadmill after each lifting session. Hop on a bike and get some sunshine too.

    And the end of the day, if I'm over my caloric goal, I "true up" walking on a treadmill watching my favorite shows on netflix. A 42 minute tv program, while walking only 3.5 mph, will burn 300+ calories.

    8 glasses of water per day.

    8 hours of sleep.

    It works.
  • greenangeleyes
    greenangeleyes Posts: 3 Member
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    I am on week 5 of calorie counting. I eat what I want, when I want, just keep track of my calorie goals for each day. Although I do tend to make more healthy choices than not, sometimes a little low cal icecream is needed. : ) I lost 5 lbs in 4 weeks! I lost 3 lbs in the first 2 weeks without exercise!
  • underwater77
    underwater77 Posts: 331 Member
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    Count calories.
    Move my body every single day, some more than others.
    Get adequate sleep.

    "Health is the first muse and sleep is the condition to produce it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
    One of my favorite quotes. So true.

    I also try not to obsess over the scale and give myself the foods I want on occasion so I can do this forever,
    It is finally a true lifestyle change and no longer feels like a regimen, it's just life now and how I choose to live it.

    Getting serious about yoga rather than half-assing my visits or my time spent in practice has been
    a major catalyst to this mindset.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    I just watch my macros and stay at least a few hundred calories under my TDEE. It's working well.
  • fatsnacker
    fatsnacker Posts: 209 Member
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    I lost 42lb counting calories, exercising and using MFP then as soon as I stopped, I ate it all back.

    I am now fasting two days a week and am looking to this as a way of eating for life - I will start exercising again eventually but will only be fasting on my least active days.

    Of the two methods, fasting works better for me
  • darwinwoodka
    darwinwoodka Posts: 322 Member
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    Track ALL the things!
  • SkimFlatWhite68
    SkimFlatWhite68 Posts: 1,254 Member
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    I don't think of myself on a diet anymore, because then I can't break it!

    I am counting calories, it took me a while to work out the amount that works for me, but the MFP method plus exercise calories seems to work. I also have a FitBit One and that helps give me an estimate TDEE figure as well, which I use to subtract a deficit.

    On the food side of things, I have eliminated most processed foods, grains and added sugar from my diet. Once the added sugar is gone, I find that I don't crave it. I eat lots of veggies, protein, berries and oranges, Love Greek yoghurt, drink water and wine :)

    I do 3 x weight training per week, lift heavy. Plus 2 x HIIT bike sessions, 20 minutes. And I walk to work weekdays which is almost an hour walking, split into 4 parts.

    This is working quite well for me, I have lost 12kg this year, and maintained my lean body mass %.

    Great thread, I'm loving reading everyone's plans!
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,454 Member
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    A mixture of calorie counting and No S. It works for me!
  • Karinlisa
    Karinlisa Posts: 4 Member
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    I have tried various diets with limited success - but when I count calories and be really honest with an online food diary , I lose weight if I stick to 1100-1400. It means I can eat anything ( although I do try to eat healthily) but if I eat something I shouldn't I count it in. It's about being honest with myself ..... Ps I use weightloss resources
  • Karinlisa
    Karinlisa Posts: 4 Member
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    Just realised -from my last post that I have lost nothing but I have lost nearly two stone over a few years but wanted to start a fresh ticker!
  • moulinette92
    moulinette92 Posts: 19 Member
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    Count calories and work out every day.
  • dianamatienzo
    dianamatienzo Posts: 127
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    Keeping track of my macros (carbs, fat, and protein; no calories), eating balanced meals, exercise 6 times a week with a blend of strength training (making sure I get all my pushing, pulling movements as well as legs, of course!) and cardio :)
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
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    Diet? Huh? Diets fail sorry.


    I prefer to eat properly FULL time rather than for a short time & then gain it all back. I've NEVER been on a diet in my life...not once. I changed my eating habits Feb 2012 & never looked back.
  • xjckemx
    xjckemx Posts: 95 Member
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    I'm on the eat whatever I want as long as I'm under my calories diet.

    This pretty much, I haven't had much to lose but it's slowly coming off. Stil have what I want don't view it as a diet at all. Try and throw in an exercise DVD 4 x a week, so nothing to much but works for now!
  • xxanishxx
    xxanishxx Posts: 212
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  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,454 Member
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    Diet? Huh? Diets fail sorry.


    I prefer to eat properly FULL time rather than for a short time & then gain it all back. I've NEVER been on a diet in my life...not once. I changed my eating habits Feb 2012 & never looked back.

    ^^^ I suppose it's different for everybody, I think I HAVE to diet to lose weight and keep it off. I've tried just exercising in the past (I gained weight!). I ate reasonably healthily before I started dieting and didn't lose weight (I gained!). Dieting seems to work for me for weight loss (I haven't reached maintenance yet).

    I would love to be like you and not to have to diet, and in fact I was like that for many years before I gained the weight and I think it's a healthy way to be if it works. I would love to think that I could stop dieting when I reach goal, but I don't think that's going to be the case. I think some of us will have to be on a diet for the forseeable future.

    I know that dieting does often fail, but there doesn't seem to be a better solution!
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
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    Diet? Huh? Diets fail sorry.


    I prefer to eat properly FULL time rather than for a short time & then gain it all back. I've NEVER been on a diet in my life...not once. I changed my eating habits Feb 2012 & never looked back.

    ^^^ I suppose it's different for everybody, I think I HAVE to diet to lose weight and keep it off. I've tried just exercising in the past (I gained weight!). I ate reasonably healthily before I started dieting and didn't lose weight (I gained!). Dieting seems to work for me for weight loss (I haven't reached maintenance yet).

    I would love to be like you and not to have to diet, and in fact I was like that for many years before I gained the weight and I think it's a healthy way to be if it works. I would love to think that I could stop dieting when I reach goal, but I don't think that's going to be the case. I think some of us will have to be on a diet for the forseeable future.

    I know that dieting does often fail, but there doesn't seem to be a better solution!

    This time last year I was fat, 14 months ago I was eating junk all day every day & not working out. I never dieted because I didnt see the need to. Once I started eating better & exercising I started losing weight...no diet. Lifestyle change. Diet is short term, I'm in it for life..... so yeah for the rest of my life this is the way I'll be eating. & working out. I didn't get here by thinking short term. As long as I keep eating great & exercising I'll be good. But no way am I classing this as a diet. Nor should anyone else.

    Nobody HAS to diet, it's all about making sure you are within a calorie goal & sticking to it for life.

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