Which "diet" works????

smp0723
smp0723 Posts: 88
in Health and Weight Loss
So lets see, I've tried Weight Watchers, Atkins, Whole 30, Paleo, nutritionists balanced meal plan, Gluten Free, Wheat Belly and here I sit down 6 lbs in over a year!!!! My will power STILL sucks, I STILL eat crap when I know it is only going to make me feel like crap and the only thing I am doing different is I am actually working out a couple of times a week which I have never been good at. So....I guess there is no "diet" that works for me. My problem isn't really food - it's willpower and ambition. If I get my butt up and I exercise in the morning before anything else, I seem to have success, if I am lazy and hit the snooze a couple times and say I will work out later...I usually don't work out or only get half the workouts in a week that I need to. I'm frustrated! Time to just eat whole foods and exercise. No sugar & processed crap. I may even give up my coffee (God I love my coffee with sugar and half and half!).
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  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    Two words.

    Caloric Deficit.


    It's seriously so much easier than people make it out to be.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    The 'eat at a moderate calorie deficit' works well. Can't beat good ole' calorie counting. Eat all the foods, fit it into your calorie goal, lose weight, WIN!
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  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    To explain it short and sweet,

    Calories in > calories out = Weight gain
    Calories in < Calories out = Weight loss
    Calories in = Calories out = Maintenance

    You can eat any type of food. Just don't eat truck loads of it. ((I drink a cup of coffee every day with half n half AND flavored creamer AND a packet of hot cocoa powder.))

    Here:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1175494-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?hl=sexypants&page=7#posts-19455593
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    The caloric deficit diet.
    The 'eat at a moderate calorie deficit' works well. Can't beat good ole' calorie counting. Eat all the foods, fit it into your calorie goal, lose weight, WIN!
    To explain it short and sweet,

    Calories in > calories out = Weight gain
    Calories in < Calories out = Weight loss
    Calories in = Calories out = Maintenance

    You can eat any type of food. Just don't eat truck loads of it. ((I drink a cup of coffee every day with half n half AND flavored creamer AND a packet of hot cocoa powder.))

    Here:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1175494-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?hl=sexypants&page=7#posts-19455593

    all.
    of.
    this.
  • kmash32
    kmash32 Posts: 275 Member
    The first thing you need to do is stop thinking about this as if it is a diet. It is a lifestyle change where you mostly eat healthy and exercise and indulge only occasionally. Try not to cut all the things you love out of your food, it is all about moderation and keeping an calorie deficit. For example I can still fit a burger and fries into my meals sometimes if I really watch what I eat the other two meals. Until you understand exactly what will fit into your daily calorie goals tracking is really important.

    Keep at it you can do this.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1234699-logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide
  • Sobus76
    Sobus76 Posts: 242 Member
    I dont understand people posting asking about what diet works on myfitnesspal.com... Youre posting on a site that WORKS, just use myfitnesspal, you're already here!
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Wow how to make a simple process complicated! Eat at a calorie deficit. You do not need to deprive yourself of foods you like just fit them into your allowance. Make sure its a sensible deficit weigh and measure all your food accurately be consistent and have some patience and you'll lose weight. Add a little exercise if you wish and that will help your overall health
  • Sobus76
    Sobus76 Posts: 242 Member
    Wow how to make a simple process complicated! Eat at a calorie deficit. You do not need to deprive yourself of foods you like just fit them into your allowance. Make sure its a sensible deficit weigh and measure all your food accurately be consistent and have some patience and you'll lose weight. Add a little exercise if you wish and that will help your overall health

    +100!
  • ksy1969
    ksy1969 Posts: 700 Member
    As everyone said above, except written different, eat less calories than it takes to fuel your body in a 24 hour period. This results in weight loss.

    I wish I could make my wife see this. She wants to lose weight but she wants some miracle diet where she can eat without measuring. I watch her every day. She even inputs into the calculator but she doesn't measure anything. She guesses about what is on her plate serving wise. Then she gets upset because she is not losing any weight.

    For some reason some diets, like South beach and Atkins tend to spread this rumor that you can lose weight without counting calories.
  • thavoice
    thavoice Posts: 1,326 Member
    Pretty much what everyone has said.

    Any "diet" that stresses you eat certain foods, dont eat certain foods, have restrictions, having to keep track of alot of different things is just setting you up to fail.
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    No "diet" works. Diets are about don't eat this, or only eat that. All or none methods fail because who wants to live a lifetime that way?

    Eat less. Eat what you like, but watch your portions. Though its also a good idea to eat a variety. Loving pasta doesn't mean you should avoid all else, but enjoy limited portions of your pasta while also getting in protein, fruits, veggies, etc.

    And move more. Increasing activity is not the biggest part of weight loss, but its a good way to live. Weight loss alone is worth nothing if you don't also take other steps to improve your health.
  • Noory44
    Noory44 Posts: 15 Member
    I'm just curious, how many calories are people on here averaging per day and how long are you working out each day?
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Ps - I'm also not good at working out. SO I don't stress over it. But I do make an effort to be more active, by using an activity tracker and making sure to get in 10,000-12,000 steps a day. Call it what you want, for me this is working while focusing on 'exercise' and 'cardio' did not. I get in cardio, but its not about how much & how often. Its about making sure I'm active & doing things, and not just sitting on the couch while life passes by.
  • lautour
    lautour Posts: 89 Member
    For some reason some diets, like South beach and Atkins tend to spread this rumor that you can lose weight without counting calories.

    Because you can. Those ways of eating help people lose weight because they introduce a caloric deficit indirectly, through carb counting and food restriction.
  • chubby_checkers
    chubby_checkers Posts: 2,352 Member
    I'm partial to the vodka and twinkie diet, myself.
  • JessicaPippen
    JessicaPippen Posts: 21
    Diets dont work.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    I like the "eat less - move more" diet
  • smp0723
    smp0723 Posts: 88
    :happy:

    Thanks everyone! I know you are all right! I just have to keep reminding myself there is no magic "diet".

    I honestly think my caloric intake was less before I started trying to find the miracle eating plan. Time to get my food scale out and track everything.

    LOVE. THIS. BOARD.
  • smp0723
    smp0723 Posts: 88
    I'm partial to the vodka and twinkie diet, myself.

    I can live with the vodka diet....not so much the twinkie....but throw in a brownie or some ice cream...I'm all over it.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • MissLeelooDallas
    MissLeelooDallas Posts: 145 Member
    I'm partial to the vodka and twinkie diet, myself.

    I can live with the vodka diet....not so much the twinkie....but throw in a brownie or some ice cream...I'm all over it.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    How about the gin and cheetos diet?
  • PJPrimrose
    PJPrimrose Posts: 916 Member
    I'd say something but I'd just be repeating everyone else. Working out will allow you to eat MORE if that helps!
  • motivatedmartha
    motivatedmartha Posts: 1,108 Member
    As everyone said above, except written different, eat less calories than it takes to fuel your body in a 24 hour period. This results in weight loss.

    I wish I could make my wife see this. She wants to lose weight but she wants some miracle diet where she can eat without measuring. I watch her every day. She even inputs into the calculator but she doesn't measure anything. She guesses about what is on her plate serving wise. Then she gets upset because she is not losing any weight.

    For some reason some diets, like South beach and Atkins tend to spread this rumor that you can lose weight without counting calories.

    Given your incredible weight loss I am really surprised that she doesn't just follow your lead!!
  • BekaBooluvsu
    BekaBooluvsu Posts: 470 Member
    Diet (nutrition)
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    A selection of foods consumed by humans. However, the human diet can vary widely.

    In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.[1] Dietary habits are the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat. The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management reasons (with the two often being related). Although humans are omnivores, each culture and each person holds some food preferences or some food taboos. This may be due to personal tastes or ethical reasons. Individual dietary choices may be more or less healthy.
  • becksxxx70
    becksxxx70 Posts: 234 Member
    So....I guess there is no "diet" that works for me. My problem isn't really food - it's willpower and ambition.
    Exactly......the only diet that works is the way you decide to eat when you have decided you really want to change.
    And I think moderation is key........
  • smp0723
    smp0723 Posts: 88
    I'm just curious, how many calories are people on here averaging per day and how long are you working out each day?

    I average 1750 calories a day and work with a personal trainer so I do a 30 min workout that includes cardio, weights, planks. I am supposed to do 3x a week but usually get 1 or 2 in plus a walk or two. Now that we are hopefully done with snow I hope to step it up a bit & stop using the weather as an excuse not to get out and get moving.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    I'm just curious, how many calories are people on here averaging per day and how long are you working out each day?
    enough for them.

    what everyone else does is specifically tailored to them... and what they do may not work for you.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    :happy:

    Thanks everyone! I know you are all right! I just have to keep reminding myself there is no magic "diet".

    I honestly think my caloric intake was less before I started trying to find the miracle eating plan. Time to get my food scale out and track everything.

    LOVE. THIS. BOARD.


    I think I like you. It seems like many (most?) posters that got these responses would have started a "mean people thread." Not you.

    For that, I offer up some fried ice cream. :glasses:
  • Nice2BFitAgain
    Nice2BFitAgain Posts: 319 Member
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    How about the gin and cheetos diet?
    [/quote]

    Isn't that the Britney Spears diet - Starbucks of course...

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