Your diet plan and why

I have no diet plan. I just eat healthier foods and I eat smaller portions of my favourite "bad" foods. I can't exclude food groups I always ate like carbs (fruit,whole wheat/white bread) or meat and dairy and be on a certain diet while I am already eating at a calorie deficit. It's too much for me since I'm busy enough.

I eat keto-style. It's not a diet though. It's a new way of eating for me. A lifestyle change.

I'm not on a plan either. I just eat healthy, cut calories and exercise.

I don't go by the TDEE's and such. Too confusing for me. I'm 5'2" and 50 years old. It went on a hell of a lot easier than it's coming off. With that being said, I'm not on a particular plan except my own. With trial and error it's what works for me. It's 1200 calories a day. I don't eat back my exercise calories. I walk 5 miles a day, burning roughly 400+ a day. When I started I was classified as obese, 166.7 in July this year. I'm now classified as overweight, 148.6. I watch what I eat and how much I eat. I watch the calories, fat, cholesterol (for medical reasons), sodium and especially my protein. I like to keep it close to a 100 if possible. I tried eating back my calories, I gained weight. I ate 1390 as mfp said I should for my activity level, I gained weight. So I changed each one, one at a time, until I found my magic numbers that at this point in my life work. I don't let this rule my life though. Any normal week, ^^^ above is my week. BUT if I'm out and I want to eat, I eat. If the family wants to cook, and I want to eat, I eat. I'm not in a rat race. I'm trying to change me for the good. And I'm happy. Once I reach my goal weight (125) I'll tweak it and have to see what it takes to maintain it, trial and error. Lol, I'm human I make lots of errors, but it works for me

PS Had to edit to add this, I find myself making much healthier choices than I did before, and I really LIKE the healthy options. Junk food and fried foods (I'm southern if you can't tell by my name) just don't interest me as much as they used to.

I've been on every diet known to mankind (well, almost) What works for me is Weight Watchers - and I'm incorporating it with MFP because I'd rather use MFP since it's free and calorically based and I also like the customization of being able to track particular nutrients. I think the reason I returned to WW is because it worked for me 10 years ago. You eat whatever you want, just rack up your points. The plan also encourages you to incorporate more fresh fruits and vegetables into your diet since they are either a 0 value of "points" or very low (like potatoes) so it encourages me to get back to the greens and the fresh things - it's a diet I can work into my life with ease, even eating out. Currently I'm using the WW online tools and MFP, I want to transition fully to MFP but am not ready to at this point - but I'll get there. I tend to get "carb-driven" in my eating so I really have to watch it. In 4 weeks I've lost 13.4 pounds and I feel as though it was pretty much effortless. For me, it's the best plan out there.

Well I don't follow a diet but during my weight loss journey (aka the last few years since I realized I needed to get back to being healthy lol) I found the Primal Blueprint and have adopted a lot of its thoughts into my own lifestyle.

I try to limit grains, legumes and processed foods, focusing instead on eating mainly meat and veggies. I'm still trying to get used to incorporating the basics and I'm kind of taking it one step at a time so I still have rice sometimes and potatoes (I hate sweet potatoes so they're normal white/Yukon ones) and I still have normal dairy. Eventually I plan to find cleaner versions of my staple foods (grassfed, organics, etc.) I'm also going to try and find healthier versions of dairy as well.

It's a gradual process but that's ok with me; I think it's easier to take in a few changes, adjust and then continue rather than making my life a little harder looking only for clean healthy foods (I'm in law school at the moment so it's almost hard enough just to get to the grocery store at all!).

I think any step towards a healthier lifestyle is a good step, so even if I'm not where I want to be with my eating and lifestyle choices yet, I'm headed in the right direction already.

I do the "eat what you want but less than you do used to" diet. Meaning, I eat 500 cals less than what I burn every day but still eat tacos and hamburgers if it fits in my cals for that day. And lose 1 lb a week.

^^ This is same for me. Diets and restrictive eating do not work for me as when I fall off the wagon I'm back to square one, (and sometimes worse). Eating what I want but less works for me, as there is no wagon. Hmmm, true story. Also, I love food! I do go over my kcals a few times per week, sometimes on purpose but no harm done. I've been losing on average 6 lbs per month so far. I do exercise too though.

Not a specific diet. Just calorie reduction. And have been gradually working on making healthier choices. Whole grain instead of processed, more veggies, trying to balance proteins and fats with my carbs. But if I want chocolate, I make room in my calorie goal and have it.

Calorie Deficit

Est. lose 1.2 lb/wk

20% Carbs / 40% Fat / 40% Protein

Eat as many straight up meats and veggies as possible - eliminate crappy processed microwave / canned / packaged foods. So far, I feel amazing.

I used sticking to my calorie goal while eating foods I love in moderation.

Eat less calories than I burn per day. Not too worried about anything else right now.

I eat things I like. Increased my fruits and veggies, decreased the junk but still have a little here in there but when I do, I weigh and measure. I weigh and measure everything. I exercise more. As long as it fits into my day, i eat it. Seems to be working out for me.