WW/Clean Eating/Jenny Craig.....What program do you follow?

I've done Weight Watchers countless times and various other programs, Nutri System, etc. I was just wondering what program you may follow and what works for you and where you've had success. Thanks!!
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  • Agator82
    Agator82 Posts: 249 Member
    The only program I have ever followed is Ediets back before they got distracted with the idea of selling food and supplements, they used to have great meal planning and forums. Now I just follow portion control and strive for a broad nutritional profile, but I have added in a 5:2 Alternate Daily Fasting (two days wth very low calories <600) as a curious experiment just for fun.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    I avoid sugar, processed food and grains (bread, pasta, rice, etc) and legumes.

    All of this I think is both detrimental to both weight management and health in general.

    My diet is, ideally, 65% fat, 25% protein, 10% carb.

    I am never hungry, I exceed my 'calorie goal' regularly and am still visibly dropping fat.
  • JustPeachy044
    JustPeachy044 Posts: 770 Member
    Just curious, why do you think legumes are bad for you, DeadVim? I have never heard that before, actually the opposite.
  • Not a program as such but at present my daily food is based on:

    Breakfast:

    meat or eggs, nuts, berries

    Post Workout

    whole milk and banana

    Lunch

    meat, vegetables, small amount of carbs

    Tea

    meat and veg

    2.5 litres of water, peppermint and green tea

    No pasta, potatoes, pastry, bread, rice, sweets, biscuits or chocolate. Very little alcohol.

    I aim to weigh +/- 5 lbs around my goal weight of 130 lbs - BMI of between 20 and 21. I've maintained this weight for around 18 months. If I want to eat something I do - eg. when socialising - but I'm ever mindful.
  • fitJoce
    fitJoce Posts: 137 Member
    Clean eating and exercise and I made it a lifestyle.
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    yea, don't follow any of those 'programs' because they obviously don't work (you have experienced this, you said so in your original post).... What DOES work? choosing the right foods, portion control, and exercise. It's really pretty simple. Learn the stuff on your own and don't depend on someone else to come up with a 'plan' for you.
  • JCKKB374
    JCKKB374 Posts: 23 Member
    I, too, have done WW various times...tried Jenny Craig...you name it. Right now I am tracking here, on MFP, and I like that better than WW because it tell you WHAT you are eating and what you may be over or under with. For example, I just learned that I was over in my sodium all last week! I also tend to follow Chris Powells "carb cycling" during the week when I can. I have a FitBit to track my activity and it works with MFP and converts my activity into calories! My biggest suggestion? You have to find what works for YOU....because what works for one does NOT always work for another!!
  • fitJoce
    fitJoce Posts: 137 Member
    and to add to my previous post. If you want to lose weight you can do it right here for free. Set a calorie goal, and log your food intake and exercise, and stay away from processed foods and sugar.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    No "program" here - I just eat regular food - mostly homecooked, and aim to not eat too much of it.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    I do the following:

    1) I create a calorie deficit.
    2) I eat sufficient macros (pro/fat/cho) for my body composition goals.
    3) I lift weights, with intent.
    4) I rest.
    5) I get up the next day and do it again.

    I do not eliminate foods from my diet.
  • AggieLu
    AggieLu Posts: 873 Member
    I follow my own low carb/train hard regimen.
  • momtokgo
    momtokgo Posts: 446 Member
    No program. I do eat a plant based diet, and I'm gluten free. I eat fairly "clean", but won't stop myself from having a treat. Last night I had a brownie, it was delicious. But for the most part, lots of fruits, veggies, brown rice, rice crackers etc.

    I also do not buy any of the vegan replacements, like the fake meats. And since I'm gluten free and not gluten bread is disgusting, I don't really eat that either.
  • LarsyRagnhild
    LarsyRagnhild Posts: 29 Member
    I'm not on any program. Personally I find programs to be overwhelming. I don't stick to them and feel controlled by them. I feel that they can complicate weight loss and offer up more questions and discussions - low fat/low sugar, atkins, carb free, etc... I think that they make food a bigger deal that it really is. Food is just a fuel.
    My approach is to eat under 1200 calories a day. Burn more than I consume. I may later on decide to follow a program, but for now this seems to be working.
    My program is using MFP to record food and making good decisions about the type of fuel I am putting into my body.
  • jennismagic
    jennismagic Posts: 243 Member
    I lost about 20 lbs. on WW before realizing that I could count calories and watch my portions on my own. It's gone much better.
  • NocturnalGirl
    NocturnalGirl Posts: 1,762
    I do the following:

    1) I create a calorie deficit.
    2) I eat sufficient macros (pro/fat/cho) for my body composition goals.
    3) I lift weights, with intent.
    4) I rest.
    5) I get up the next day and do it again.

    I do not eliminate foods from my diet.

    ^ this
  • shellisugar
    shellisugar Posts: 120 Member
    I do the following:

    1) I create a calorie deficit.
    2) I eat sufficient macros (pro/fat/cho) for my body composition goals.
    3) I lift weights, with intent.
    4) I rest.
    5) I get up the next day and do it again.

    I do not eliminate foods from my diet.

    This. But I'm not lifting so much now since I'm heavily training for some running events.

    I just posted a blog entry about the WW revelation I had yesterday.
  • wewon
    wewon Posts: 838 Member
    My goal is to do something that I can easily sustain for the rest of my life. So it has to be something that I know can be intuitive. So my goal is to reach a point where I won't be counting calories or fretting macros, so instead of trying to "manage" a food item, its easier simply to eliminate (or drastically reduce) them. I don't want to have to use MFP after a year.

    I do clean (mostly)
    Little to no processed foods
    I eat sugar only if it comes with the fiber it was born with
    Walk daily
    Lift weights
    Doing this has naturally put me at 40% fat, 35% protein, 25% carbs
    I never aimed for 'low carbs' but once I eliminated processed foods its hard to get over 150 grams/day (over a month I average 130 grams)

    So if I'm on the road for a while I may go for something quick, but that type of thing happens less frequently than most people have cheat days.
  • msstuard
    msstuard Posts: 131 Member
    I do the following:

    1) I create a calorie deficit.
    2) I eat sufficient macros (pro/fat/cho) for my body composition goals.
    3) I lift weights, with intent.
    4) I rest.
    5) I get up the next day and do it again.

    I do not eliminate foods from my diet.

    This. But I'm not lifting so much now since I'm heavily training for some running events.

    I just posted a blog entry about the WW revelation I had yesterday.

    Yes, this is what the programs are supposed to do. but if you can't follow them what good are they. Find foods you can eat, look for healthy (Nutrient Rich) foods. it is much easier if you cut out the junk foods and calorie dense foods (usually highly processed). Watch calories, and increase activity (helps to hold down your appetite and reduce muscle loss during weight loss). Good Luck. and best wishes.
  • LERadicalDreamer
    LERadicalDreamer Posts: 61 Member
    I just finished four weeks of the Game On! diet (still have another month to go, then I'm taking a week break for vacation). It's working incredibly well.

    I exercise 6 days a week, usually by doing hour long classes at the Y which combine cardio and weights.

    I eat what I consider to be "clean" foods, no idea if that matches the terminology here - avoiding processed foods, lots of veggies.

    I eat five times a day, and each meal has a palm size portion of protein, a fist sized portion of carbs, a thumb sized portion of healthy fats.

    I follow their "good food" list, and am abstaining from their bad foods (whole cheese, butter, cream, sugar, white flour, etc). Also, no diet soda, it's VERY big on avoiding artifical sweeteners (you can use maple syrup, agave nectar and honey sparingly).

    I get one day off, and one meal off. I eat what I want, and how much I want, those days. And I am still losing the weight, without dreaming of cookies all week.

    I track calories/exercise here, though it isn't necessary, I just find it motivates me and keeps me honest.

    Oh, and I drink 100oz of water daily.

    It's competitive, you are scored on all of the above, plus a minimum of 7 hours of sleep, picking up a good habit and dropping a bad habit, communicating with your team and opponents. This is the best part - we threw $20 each into the pot, so that's the prize, but other than that, I have found that my incredibly competitive nature is what is getting me through this. Plus, even the "losers" will have won by losing some weight and hopefully having a healthier lifestyle.
  • I have tried pretty much everything. Most of the plans worked at the time but not for long term and as much as I lost weight, it wasn't improving my overall health. Many of those diets put emphasis on "diet" foods which are no more healthy for you than regular processed foods and in many cases are worse.
    After fighting weight for so long I decided I'm not going to focus on losing weight. I'm going to focus on being healthy. That made all the difference. I eat clean, very little processed foods. I make the best choices I can. When choosing meals I don't think about how I can fit it into my calorie count but how that particular food will be beneficial. On occasion I may slip up but I adjust elsewhere and move on without letting it throw me off track like I did in the past.
    I exercise 6 days a week with a combo of cardio/strength training and I try to be as active as possible during the rest of my day. I've noticed that as much as the numbers on the scale aren't going down as fast as they had with other programs, my body is changing at a more rapid pace and I FEEL better than I ever have.
    Good luck to you!!
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    40% protein/30% carbs/30% fat. Ideally all the carbs would come from veggies, friuts and legumes. Fats coming from nuts, olive oil and saturated fats from protein sources mostly.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    I do the following:

    1) I create a calorie deficit.
    2) I eat sufficient macros (pro/fat/cho) for my body composition goals.
    3) I lift weights, with intent.
    4) I rest.
    5) I get up the next day and do it again.

    I do not eliminate foods from my diet.

    This is what I do as well.
  • Healthydiner65
    Healthydiner65 Posts: 1,552 Member
    1200 calories and exercise.
  • Grant_P
    Grant_P Posts: 13
    I eat 1700 Calories a day. (My wife eats 1400).

    I try to come as close as I can to no more than 20% - 25% Fat.... 35% - 45% Protein... and if possible no more than 45% carbs. (I usually go a little over this). No big deal though.

    We wear a Fitbit all day.

    I'm just now starting to add excercise. It is definitely helping. I walk about 1 1/2 - 2 miles every evening. Eventually I'll kick up the speed and jog more little by little until I'm joggin the entire route. :)


    p.s. Since I'm new here... (I was on Lose-It for a month before here) New friend requests welcome :)
  • alinakaras
    alinakaras Posts: 51 Member
    I started off with following James Duigan's Clean & Lean kickstart diet, that was suppose to last for 2 weeks. I did a week and 2 days, I think. I was getting a bit overwhelmed by what I could and couldn't eat. I missed having yoghurt and fruit for breakfast so I swapped salmon with cucumber for this. I haven't go back to my old habits, I still eat a little bit of carbs and no processed foods or rarely have sugar, but I don't panic if one day I have a pasta dish or an ice cream. I've just noticed afterwards how I feel (bloated, sluggish) and I know that this is just simply not good for me, and then go on for days/weeks without having pasta or something sweet.

    So yes, clean eating, exercising regularly and not obsessing about calories too much! It must be working as I'm still losing weight.
  • EmmaM2211
    EmmaM2211 Posts: 536 Member
    Eat less & move more quite simply.

    I eat chocolate almost every single day because I like it and cant ever imagine not eating it every day so I refuse to cut it out. I fit it into my calories and macros.

    Other than that I cook most of my food from scratch, snack on fruit/veggies/seeds measure out reasonable sized portions and try to do some form of exercise at least 4 times a week including cycling/jogging/swimming/weights/exericse DVD's whatever takes my fancy. Try to keep protein above 90g and carbs below 150g (not always successful with that but its a good aim)
  • I go to the Metabolic Research Center. I started there back in March and I am 59 pounds down. 26 more to go. I also get a year of maintenance so they will teach me how to eat and keep the weight off! I have nothing but great things to day about MRC!
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    Joined MFP (Most important decision ever!!)
    Read the boards to gain information (Mostly very good but some about drnking Pregnant Womens Pee...:noway: )
    Started logging my food (arrrgghhh scary amounts of calories)
    Learned portion control by weighing my food (phew that's better)
    Created a calorie deficit using the tools given (Felt smug)
    Learned I don't have to starve to lose weight (it is true)
    Learned that lifting heavy will change my body composition (it is true)
    Do some cardio to increase my stamina (Don't like cardio :grumble: )
    Get loads and loads of support, chat, fun and advice from my MFP Friends. (BRILLIANT :drinker: )

    That's about it really.

    So I guess I am following the MFP Programme :love: :love: :love:
  • jesscro
    jesscro Posts: 4 Member
    I've just started back at WW, following a programme simply because I need that physical weigh-in and meeting every week, and also using MFP to track my calories and get some online enthusiasm while I'm at work!

    I think programmes like WW etc only work if you're willing to put in a little work like you do here on MFP, and not just add up your points every day and expect to be losing weight just because the math adds up! Re-educating my brain is the most important thing for me in my weight loss journey, and anything that helps is most welcome!
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I do this:
    Eat what I want, when I want it
    Eat less then I need to maintain
    Run 3 Days a Week
    Lift 2-3 Days a week
    Repeat