Do You use "diet" foods?

I use both "diet" and regular foods. Just depends on what it is and how it fits in.

I really dislike "diet" foods, unless they are lower fat naturally. Most diet products = low fat, more sugar. I actually detest WW products, I can't believe a company trying to help people achieve better health would sell garbage like that.

I eat what tastes good and fits into my calories/macros for the day.

I'm not, and really haven't been a 'diet food' type of girl. My fiance kind of is, so we have a couple of items that are fat free this, and low fat that. So I might eat it (it if tastes good) on occasion because I don't want to buy 2 of the same product.

If it were up to me, I wouldn't entertain that marketing B.S.

No, I don't use "diet" foods. I'd rather have a little bit of full-fat cheese than a pound of the low-fat stuff.

I usually prefer the real stuff - I'd rather eat whole foods than whatever chemicals they have to add to make something "lite." However, I will use "diet" foods occasionally, if I'm going to be eating a large quantity and don't want to deal with all the extra calories. I think it's wise to learn to eat non-diet foods in moderation, though.

Diet coke ONLY. Oh and slim fast, almost forgot. But I am adamantly and vehemently and confusingly against diet cheese, low fat milks, non fat anythings, and diarrhea potato chips. I think those are off the market now. But yeah, I'm suspicious of lots of that stuff. Diet coke however became an addiction back before I cared about any of this, and slim fast i just like it. So that's all. I admit I drink way less diet coke than I used to but like if you offered me a diet coke and a grilled cheese sandwich and told me that sandwich was made with low fat cheese....I'd grab the coke from you so fast and stare at the sandwich like it was the devil. :devil:
Then if you tried to feed it to me in romantic shove in my face style I'd long for the real thing and think you were caulkblocking me from a real kraft processed cheese food encounter.

I don't eat "diet" foods either. They don't taste as good, they don't satisfy, and I don't have the time for that.

I eat fresh and I eat in moderation.

she's absolutely right

just focus on clean, natural foods and limit your portions.

I like real food. Diet foods take out fat and add other cr@p - sugar, chemicals, etc. I find I stay much fuller on full fat stuff than I do with low or fat-free stuff.

What's a "Diet" food?

"diet" soda, "fat-free" dressings, sour creams, etc.

whenever these terms are used, other chemicals and junk are added to make them taste good.

oh and we can't forget your "healthy choice", ""smart ones", and "lean cuisine" meals. those are just terrible. want to gain major water weight? just eat these with all the sodium!

I like Skinny Cow ice cream and chocolate bars.... but I just like them; the low cal is just an added bonus, ha ha! And we get 1% milk, but that's also because it's cheaper where I live. That's about it though; I still eat pizza and bread and cheese and baked goodies (though not so much anymore because it's too hot to bake, lol). I just eat less of it and make it all last longer as a result

My husband and I were told by a lifelong weight watchers friend (lost over 100 lbs. years ago and still there , that she doesn't use any special - lite, fat free, "diet" foods. She just eats her proper rations of the real deal and tracks meticulously. What are your thoughts on this?

I would struggle to make sense of what I eat or justify it. It's really a matter of taste. Your friend is right overall though. I would not seek out, or choke down those diet mish moshes. Eating regular foods is the best overall advice and style of eating. Portion control and making sure you include enough fats and proteins to stay satisfied. That said, a little of anything you like should be okay whether it be a slice of chocolate cake or a can of diet coke over ice. Or both one day. The calorie counts are what counts in the end as far as weight loss and I do find it confusing how they take "fat" or "sugar" out of certain things so that's just a general suspicion on a visceral level that I could never explain and so won't even try. Just try to eat normal real foods as much as possible and don't beat yourself up over minor indiscretions but above all. Count. Those. Cals.

I don't buy "diet" sort of foods generally. I do buy 2% milk instead of full fat just because that is what I am used to. I occasionally will have diet coke as a mixer with alcohol, but not by itself. Once I bought Weight Watchers string cheese because it was on sale and it was awful. I'd rather eat the real thing.

No, I don't eat the "diet" foods because they never satisfy....then there are the chemicals, preservatives, etc. I much prefer real deal foods!

Not only are the diet foods questionable nutritionally, they just set up the brain to want more (in my humble opinion), so psychologically they have a disadvantage for me as well.

Big plate of real foods anytime!