Which "diet" works????

I eat generally 1400-1600 calories total. A few time a month I'll go higher, 1800-2200. Not a cheat day, but here & there I aim to eat in a maintenance range and will eat foods that I enjoy occasionally. But don't fit into a reduced calorie range too easily. Like chicken wings. A dinner w/ chicken wings can easily be 1000 calories and that doesn't work well on 1400-1600.

I don't stress about 'working out'. I do what I need to meet my step count. That might mean going for a 3 mile walk, or doing 20 minutes on the treadmill, or running in place for 30 minutes on a mini-trampoline while watching tv with the family. Depends on the day and how much I've been on my feet. I tend to do something along those lines every day though, which also means I get in some cardio each day. In addition, I try to remember to do squats, crunches, etc. a few times a week. Strength training is my weakest area.

I'm just curious, how many calories are people on here averaging per day and how long are you working out each day?

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!).

Eat foods you like but stay in calorie deficit!!!!!!!! No sugar, processed crap and giving up coffee is going down the road of 'diet' again..you only wind up miserable and giving up after a few months. And 'diet's don't work!!

Stay in calorie deficit
log every single bite
Try to eat healthy - this doesn't mean you have to eat leaves twigs and nuts...just be sensible
Work out ....or don't. but stay in calorie deficit!

the "eat at a deficit and move a little more" diet.

Try it, it's miraculous.

Ok, so how many calories should one eat in order to lose weight?

the appropriate amount for them. there isn't one number to rule them all.

It sounds like what's going on might not be a problem with your diet, but rather something you might be able to tease out with a therapist or even a close friend. I struggled to stick to ANYTHING for a very long time until I starting seeing someone after a death in my family. Now I aim for the caloric deficit that those above me have mentioned, and don't beat myself up too much if I have a bad day. I've got a long way to go, but I've accepted that it'll take time to get where I want to be.

You can do it, but finding out what's in your way is often the hardest part!


Best of luck

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.

+1

ALL diets work if followed correctly and consistently. It's the UNSUSTAINIBILITY of them that's the issue once one reaches goal weight.

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