Whats you best diet?

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  • MorganBody
    MorganBody Posts: 33
    Whatever I want(within reason).Just stay within your calories.
  • sola24
    sola24 Posts: 334 Member
    eat everything you love.. but in moderation.. thats my motto :D
  • Carnivore62
    Carnivore62 Posts: 5
    Agree 100% with calorie deficit. Calories in vs. calories out. Smart use of your calories. It's SO much easier with this app. I don't consider it a diet. I consider it a life change. Diets are born to fail.
  • Carnivore62
    Carnivore62 Posts: 5
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  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    I'm probably most comfortable on just 'calories in/calories out' but I lost the fastest on a WW program called Core where I ate unlimited lean protein and produce (yes, ALL produce) and very limited amounts of the other food types. I should try it again for a week or two, just to see if it works as well again.
  • chelstakencharge
    chelstakencharge Posts: 1,021 Member
    no diets for this girl.....hard work and eating healthy is the way for me!
  • Dreamcatcher49
    Dreamcatcher49 Posts: 15
    I have found that those diets don't work that well. The best advice I can give you is write the foods you like down, then put a star by the ones that aren't fattening and a minus sign by the ones that are. Next either buy a book with the information about the calories, fat, sodium and cholesterol in the foods with stars by them or find that information online. Afterwards, create your own diet that totals out to 1200 calories a day. Finally, type that diet up and print it out to put on your refrigerator. Stay away from microwave popcorn and when you eat bread make sure it is Dave's Bread because it is full of fiber and has no preservatives in it. Good luck!
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    "Diets" are temporary. They all work...for a while. Then you go back to what you were doing...which is how you got overweight to begin with. Some are actively unhealthy. Some are just boring. Some are trendy for no good reason. You don't need a diet. You need a lifestyle change. Yes, that's a cliche too, but its the real deal and really the only fix.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Just curious as to what diet has worked best for everyone? Was it Atkins, Nutrisytem, Low carbs?

    What diet have you tried and succeded on? I am trying to figure out the best way to lose these unwated pounds and which diet gets the best results.

    None. I hate diets and I will never diet again.

    The only thing that has worked for me is logging calorie intake/output and eating at a calorie deficit.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    The best thing for me was to stop believing that it was just calories in calories out...
    my diet of 1000-1200 calories was causing weight gain.

    exhibit A:
    http://youtu.be/mNYlIcXynwE

    I have a hard time believing this. You gain weight when you eat at a surplus not a deficit. It sounds like you were eating more than you think you were.

    If you don't believe this is so, please share your experience with this.
  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    The best diet is a sustainable one, that you enjoy, that leaves you feeling energetic, clear headed, resistant to disease and is inexpensive.

    There is no name for it. I just call it a "fruit and vegetable based diet"
  • ClementineGeorg
    ClementineGeorg Posts: 505 Member
    I eat whatever I want, as long it fits in my calories goals, like many people here.
    I try to eat the food that satisfies my hunger and my cravings. It's a lifestyle.
    I do this for a year and 3 months and I could go like this forever.

    Well, I do try to have a balanced diet... like having my veggies daily (but I like some veggies a lot so it is not hard), but I don't care about carbs, fats and so on. And I still eat bad food from time to time (again, if it fits in the calories).

    And based on my medical exams, I am healthy as I can be.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I'm on the 1 poptart a day diet.

    It's where I eat a poptart every day. In addition to everything else. At a calorie deficit.
  • Flabulousss
    Flabulousss Posts: 106
    As everyone else has said, just calories. However, there are different ways of reducing calories. I look at my weekly deficit instead of day by day. In the past I've had success losing weight by consistently reducing 500 cals each day, but lately I'm much happier having just a few lower calorie days a week. For this reason I like the 5:2 diet (500 cals twice a week,) or just calorie cycling in my own way. Next week I plan to have 1000 calories 3/7 days, then my usual 2000 the other 4 days. Obviously 1000 is a low number that can't be sustained long term, but with calorie cycling you balance it out. I'm fine losing a little less than a pound a week at this point so I just do the math and then boom. I can also sustain this way of eating for the rest of my life, as I've come to enjoy those really low calorie days, and the occasional complete fast. Just my two cents!
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    The best way is to eat things you like at a calorie deficit.
    It's as simple as that.

    Calories in vs calories out.

    Exactly this. Stop looking for "diets."

    This is a whole lot easier to stick to, and that's what it's gonna take.

    JUST IN CASE you didn't get it the first two times.... ^^ thiss!:wink:
  • enidite
    enidite Posts: 92 Member
    I think everyone is a little different and we all have to find a way of eating that is sustainable for us.
    I am still navigating and learning. Doing Weight Watchers which really allows me to eat everything in moderation similar to calorie counting, but I count points. But I also lean towards more whole foods, fresh fruits and veggies and more vegan options though I do eat some meat and some fish once in a while.
    On another note, here is another video clip that I have found very interesting. From a physician who also researches the phenomenon of obesity: A TED talk I have stumbled across, very moving and in my opinion very interesting. Just some food for thought.
    http://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=18029
    edited to add the link.
  • nytrifisoul
    nytrifisoul Posts: 499 Member
    I like to eat a large dinner no matter how many meals i have had earlier in the day. The best diet for me was when i started skipping breakfast and even lunch sometimes. This allowed me to stay within my calorie deficit and have a nice large dinner and a small late night snack. Some people say they cant sleep if they eat before bed, I cant sleep if i feel hungry. Cant wait till thanksgiving, gonna have two plates full of everything plus dessert. Im sure i will end up falling asleep watching the game and sleep like a baby.

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