Looking for people who want to lose weight eating real food

Me too! I cook with butter, and sometimes with heavy cream. I do not eat low fat. But I try to stay within my calorie allotment.
Anyone, please feel free to add me.

Eating real food... drinking real wine... and have knocked 30lbs off in about 5 months. I do track and pay attention to the nutritional mix and, probably most importantly started being more diligent in portion control. I still eat two servings of potato chips (my weakness) from time to time but then stop there rather than finishing half the bag as I would have in the past. I cook and use real butter and creams and oils... I just make sure I don't treat the table as an all-you-can-eat buffet. I have finally come to realize, like good wine... if you eat too much or drink too much... then you stop tasting and savoring and are just feeding.

I generally subscribe to the "calories in / calories out" approach and if that means I need to make time to exercise more or do some of the chores I might have passed off to my teenagers... so be it. A good diet shouldn't be about cutting out a particular thing like "carbs" or being forced to eat package "diet" foods nor is it about starving yourself but should be about learning to eat a good nutritional balance that marries up to your body's needs. In the end...whether it's weight training, dieting, running, etc... you've got to commit to being self-disciplined and know when to push yourself, stop yourself and then puts some good folks around you (like those here on MFP) to encourage and hold you accountable.

Friend me and as you can see, I'm a "real" food eater;) I also eat all the calories that are suggested most of the time. I think going back and forth is good to keep me on a steady pace losing. I eat more one day and less the next, just happens that way.

Glad you are here! denise:drinker: :drinker:

im a real food eater and as long as you portions are not massive and you eat with moderation there is no reson to torture yourself on diets, i hate the word it makes me hungry just typing it lol.

Only real food here. I have to cook a lot because our food budget is so small. I have homemade pizza on the menu for supper tonight. Pizza dough is resting as I write this. Mmmm, real cheese. I live in Wisconsin. I think eating fake cheese and fake butter here is against the law. lol

Hy there! I eat real foods as I have a passion for cooking. Though I'll try to find healthier ways to make the same damn good food I enjoy! I have no issues with Splenda though I prefer sugar/raw sugarcane. I'd love to add you as a friend on here and if you have a way to help me drop weight without having to sacrifice butter or bacon I'm listening! lol

I just sent you a FR. I so agree with you...I love to cook and I am still use butter, oil, and sugar and refuse to buy non-fat food and have limited low fat food from my diet.

Bump for later reading...feel free to add me anyone, I am in the "eat-whatever-I-want-but-in-reasonable-portions" camp as well.

Oh this is soooo me! I eat some low calorie stuff and try to limit my butter intake, since my cholesterol was a little high, but other than that I still eat mostly the same things I've always eaten. And I LOVE to cook! Just made homemade bagels a few days ago that turned out to be delicious!! :happy: 99.9% of our meals are home cooked. Always.

I also shun anything low fat or fake sugar. I rather have a little bit of real half and half in my coffee than that fake powdered creamer stuff. Yuck!

I am doing it with Mcdougall, which, while it is extremely restrictive on animal products and added fat, it does allow me to eat unlimited quantities of great plant based foods.

I never knew food could be fake, unless its plastic or ceramic i guess. But it can still be eaten :P

I try to eat as naturally as possible, but honestly sometimes I like the taste of the "low-fat" stuff versus the "real" stuff. Soda I can't drink unless it's diet, the original recipes are too sugary for me, and I do use stevia instead of sugar because I have a blood sugar problem. But other than that I only use real food. I haven't touched margarine in over 10 years, and I stay away from cooking sprays. Moderation is key, and as long as the amount of butter/oil is limited there is no reason not to use it. Remember: "low-fat" or "fat-free" really translates to "chemical crap storm"
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Yep, this is me too! I prefer home cooking or meals out to convienence packaged "diet" meals. The only concession I make is spray oil, although I will use olive or sesame oil if I think the recipe needs it. My planned lunch for today is buttered toast with poached egg - how can you have anything other than real butter on toast?

I realised this week that I barely buy food from the supermarket any more. Fresh vegetables and a bit of fruit from the greengrocer to supplement my veg box, meat from the butcher, oats and cheese from the deli. I make my own bread when I want it (if anyone has any tips on how to make sourdough that has shape and doesn't fall flat during proving I'd appreciate it!!!)

Real food with full fat and flavour fills you up far more than low fat low cal stuff. You can reduce the calorie content of meals just by being clever about it - use strong flavoured cheeses to make a cheese sauce and you'll use less. Use butter rather than fake butter and you'll use less as it has a stronger flavour....you get my drift.

Last night I ate an omelette with smoked cheese and vegetables and a piece of (somewhat flat) sourdough with butter. 291 calories. and delicious.

I've just started New rules of Lifting so my cutting of calories is limited but that's okay - I am trying to eat what I SHOULD be eating for the rest of my life, and learning portion sizes.