Anyone else feel crushed by all the "No" foods?

"No".








(probably because I don't have any "no" foods. nothing's off limits when you IIFYM it.)

Most of those articles are just fads. Depriving yourself of food or foods you like is just setting yourself up for failure. I remember when fat free was the big thing before I became properly educated in university I believed it. I ate so little fat I stopped menstruating properly I lost very little weight and I wasn't feeling well my tummy was a mess. I started years ago on weight watchers back in the day when it was a good program it was almost the same as this site. I lost 50 lbs and kept it off until I started having kids. I went back and they had changed the program and I hardly lost weight because they were in control of my weight loss through the points system etc. Once they changed from a program that believed in people getting healthy it didn't work for me besides the scale became a fear for me as well. Weighing and measuring your food and being accountable for everything you eat and drink mixed with aerobic exercise and toning is the healthiest and most successful way to lose weight and making it a lifestyle change. This way you are in control of your weight loss and then maintaining your weight not some fad diet program or media advice that might work temporarily causing you to eventually gain all the weight back and more. If you want to research whats healthy make sure that its an article you research that has been peer reviewed and has been studied, written and backed up by a doctor and scientific research otherwise its just media hype.

I ate pie three days in a row this week and I've lost two pounds since Sunday.

It's all in how you manage your food. You can eat just about anything if you make a plan and you stick to it. As far as "bad" foods are concerned, too much beta carotene can give you cancer. Too much vitamin C can give you stomach cramps. Too much zinc can cause nausea and vomiting. Too much iron can be lethal. There is nothing that can't be bad for you in large enough quantities. Just calm down and shoot for well balanced nutrition.

Reading an article from the NY Times today almost had me in tears. It put on the list of food to try to eat infrequently: ...100% fruit juice.

I mentioned the recommendation about juice on this board earlier this year and was attacked.

And the old fall back of "everything in moderation"? Well according to a Harvard doctor in NYT article “The notion that it’s O.K. to eat everything in moderation is just an excuse to eat whatever you want.”

Everything in moderation, including moderation. it is not always the answer. Sometimes people need a simple, streamlined diet that they can stick too. Also, if they want to lose at a reasonable rate they may have to live with a certain level of discomfort for a while. Another NYT article on the myths of weight loss specifically said that it is a myth that losing slowly is always the best way.

I saw a PBS show with doctor who said that if you want to lose weight you simply cannot focus on what you're giving up. You have to turn your mind instead to the benefits. A lot of people pay lip service to the idea that they're making a lifestyle change but they don't really mean it. They keep thinking in the same way and when they stop go on maintenance they return to their old habits.

The only "no" foods I have are soy (because of thyroid issues, it messes with medication absorption), maybe wheat (blood test pending), and by default processed foods since most have some derivitive of soy in them: Though, when I think about it I really don't want to put artificial, trans fat crape in my body so it works. If you want to have full fat dairy go ahead, or steak and wine go for it ... that's the good stuff, not highly processed junk. The thought of giving up fruit because of sugar would kill me .... and fat, sorry but I'll take my full fat yummy dairy over "lite" crape filled with artificial flavors and stabilizers.

There is no such thing as "no foods".
Unless it tastes bad.

Eat food you enjoy, count calories and maintain a deficit. That's it.

yes.

^ This.

I agree 110%

...but not TOO much of a deficit.

Everything in moderation, including moderation. it is not always the answer.

NO this is will power. Everyone has will power. You just have to summon it. It is A LOT easier to have will power to no eat that bowl of ice cream when you can say "Hey on my cheat day I'll eat ice cream I'll stick to eating healthy today" then it is to will power up "I"ll never eat ice cream. If you tell yourself (or worse other people) that ONLY X diet works for you, you're doomed to put the weight back on. Learning modoration is the key to true weight loss in every single person I know who has lost weight and kept it off.

Burn off whatever you eat!

For me, the more restrictive the eating plan - the bigger the resulting backlash. I'm going the moderation route this time.

There are certain foods that I have made "no" foods just because I know I can't exercise moderation when it comes to them. But if you try to follow the advice of all the so-called experts it will make you crazy. Use the common sense rule.