Is Anyone Else Trying the "Hungry Girl Diet" ?

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.

    Umm, that is a diet :laugh:
    Uumm....mmmm.....

    Please read my prior posting. :laugh: :laugh:
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Most people would describe a diet as a short term means to lose weight, whereas portion control and being aware of what foods you eat is more a sustainable lifestyle change, therefore long term

    Edit for typo
    Thank you. Exactly.
  • fitbeast70
    fitbeast70 Posts: 11 Member
    Her recipes are good but I haven't seen the diet.
  • tvickers27
    tvickers27 Posts: 2 Member
    Exactly! Anytime that you are having to count your calories (the basis of my fitness pal) then you are dieting. You can call it prettier words like cutting back, or eating healthier, or making a lifestyle change, but at the beginning of it, it's a diet. The whole point of this thread was that the girl just wanted to know if anyone else is trying it to see if they are having the same results. Not to have people act like they are appalled that she's dieting. Jeez. Great for you that you've lost weight but guess what you dieted. You took the time to consider what went into your mouth and what exercises were working for you....diet!
  • tvickers27
    tvickers27 Posts: 2 Member
    di·et1


    /ˈdī-it/


    noun

    noun: diet; plural noun: diets



    1.



    the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.

    "a vegetarian diet"




    synonyms:

    selection of food, food, foodstuffs; More


    informalgrub, nosh

    "health problems related to your diet"



    •

    a regular occupation or series of activities in which one participates.

    "a healthy diet of classical music"





    2.



    a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons.

    "I'm going on a diet"


    •

    (of food or drink) with reduced fat or sugar content.

    modifier noun: diet

    "diet soft drinks"




    verb

    verb: diet; 3rd person present: diets; past tense: dieted; past participle: dieted; gerund or present participle: dieting



    1.



    restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight.

    "it's difficult to diet"
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Exactly! Anytime that you are having to count your calories (the basis of my fitness pal) then you are dieting. You can call it prettier words like cutting back, or eating healthier, or making a lifestyle change, but at the beginning of it, it's a diet. The whole point of this thread was that the girl just wanted to know if anyone else is trying it to see if they are having the same results. Not to have people act like they are appalled that she's dieting. Jeez. Great for you that you've lost weight but guess what you dieted. You took the time to consider what went into your mouth and what exercises were working for you....diet!
    By the tone of your post, I suspect you are pretty young. I come from the generation where "to diet" or "be on a diet" means to restrict the type of food you eat-cakes, cookies, high calorie meat, etc. It included that whole mentality of having a "cheat" day as well.

    I didn't lose weight this way. I simply ate everything I love in moderation within my calorie goal, the same thing I do to maintain.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.
    No. "We" are not. You may chose to call it diet but I chose not to.
  • 1princesswarrior
    1princesswarrior Posts: 1,242 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.

    We are on a diet whether we restrict calories or not according to the definition of diet.
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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    This is getting a little silly now. Ok yes granted that is the definition in the dictionary, but the definition of 'sick' means to feel nauseous or vomiting....but to a younger generation the meaning of the word changes. As is the case of the word diet, most would mean it to be a process which is short term
    i agree. And, I apologize to all, as I believe it was my comment that derailed this thread.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.

    We are on a diet whether we restrict calories or not according to the definition of diet.
    we sure are.
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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.

    We are on a diet whether we restrict calories or not according to the definition of diet.
    we sure are.

    You use the word diet as you like, but as I have stated, to many others and myself it means something else. So that's all really there is to it.....
    I'm not arguing that point in the slightest. I am merely reminding folks that whether you're doing "IIFYM" or the Dash Diet or anything else: if you're consciously limiting something, be it calories, fat, carbs, or whatever, with the goal of losing weight, you're on a diet. Count calories or count carbs or whatever. It's a diet.
  • alleycat41
    alleycat41 Posts: 19 Member
    ok just wanted to comment because i saw a quote in this thread where someone said losing 10 pounds in 4 weeks is dangerous and not sustainable ..i started MFP 30 days ago and it started me out at 1200 cals a day, this is what i'm eating even now and i have been exercising like i'm supposed to and i have lost 14-16 pounds since i started 30 days ago..if this is dangerous and not sustainable then what should i be doing differently?
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  • sometimesirunwithscissors
    sometimesirunwithscissors Posts: 10 Member
    I've seen her posts over the years and she has some good ideas. The journaling thing for me is tantamount to success; it helped me doing WW and that part of MFP helps tremendously. 10 lbs in a month isn't unreasonable, HOWEVER obviously everyone is different and requires different caloric amounts. So in short it certainly isn't a one size fits all, but if it works, great! There was an equation we used in human nutrition ( part of my human bio/ pre nursing major) that I simplified for myself as adding 00 to my weight to maintain. So my goal is 145, my intake would be 1400-1450 to stay at that weight. Right now I try to stay between 1500-1600 per day, and I am as active as my body allows me to be ( I have a systemic destructive joint disease). If I stuck to my plan religiously I might be able to drop 10 lbs in a month on my allotted amount, but I'm also medically obese. I think 1300 would be too low at this point.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.

    We are on a diet whether we restrict calories or not according to the definition of diet.
    we sure are.

    You use the word diet as you like, but as I have stated, to many others and myself it means something else. So that's all really there is to it.....
    I'm not arguing that point in the slightest. I am merely reminding folks that whether you're doing "IIFYM" or the Dash Diet or anything else: if you're consciously limiting something, be it calories, fat, carbs, or whatever, with the goal of losing weight, you're on a diet. Count calories or count carbs or whatever. It's a diet.
    My question why you need to "remind folks" of anything at all?
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.

    We are on a diet whether we restrict calories or not according to the definition of diet.
    we sure are.

    You use the word diet as you like, but as I have stated, to many others and myself it means something else. So that's all really there is to it.....
    I'm not arguing that point in the slightest. I am merely reminding folks that whether you're doing "IIFYM" or the Dash Diet or anything else: if you're consciously limiting something, be it calories, fat, carbs, or whatever, with the goal of losing weight, you're on a diet. Count calories or count carbs or whatever. It's a diet.
    My question why you need to "remind folks" of anything at all?
    quite simply because the post I was replying to seemed to suggest (as often happens here) that calorie counting (and weighing, measuring etc.) isn't a diet.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.

    We are on a diet whether we restrict calories or not according to the definition of diet.
    we sure are.

    You use the word diet as you like, but as I have stated, to many others and myself it means something else. So that's all really there is to it.....
    I'm not arguing that point in the slightest. I am merely reminding folks that whether you're doing "IIFYM" or the Dash Diet or anything else: if you're consciously limiting something, be it calories, fat, carbs, or whatever, with the goal of losing weight, you're on a diet. Count calories or count carbs or whatever. It's a diet.
    My question why you need to "remind folks" of anything at all?
    quite simply because the post I was replying to seemed to suggest (as often happens here) that calorie counting (and weighing, measuring etc.) isn't a diet.
    Oh brother, so black and white. People in general restrict calories if they don't want to gain weight, even if it's unconscious. Think of the people who don't gain weight, or those who want to lose a few pounds, and they don't count calorie just cut back a bit. They don't have magic bodies, they simply intuitively know how much they can eat to maintain or lose those few pounds.

    Losing weight and keeping it off is much more than counting calories, etc and throwing out dictionary definitions, it's a mindset and changing your relationship with food. Losing weight is NOT grabbing the next fad that comes along for the quick fix. I realize this is not true for everyone, but it it for me.
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    ok just wanted to comment because i saw a quote in this thread where someone said losing 10 pounds in 4 weeks is dangerous and not sustainable ..i started MFP 30 days ago and it started me out at 1200 cals a day, this is what i'm eating even now and i have been exercising like i'm supposed to and i have lost 14-16 pounds since i started 30 days ago..if this is dangerous and not sustainable then what should i be doing differently?

    When you first start exercising/restricting calories, you can expect a large drop in weight (I lost 12 lbs in my first month) but it is likely that you will keep seeing the same results. If your goals are set correctly (which I won't know unless you post your stats) you should start losing on target after a few weeks.

    If you want to PM me for more information, I'd be happy to share. Also, there are plenty of links posted on my profile if you want to check them out.
  • alleycat41
    alleycat41 Posts: 19 Member
    thank you for that..based on what was said i thought i was doing something wrong or dangerous..it's a bit hard to know what is okay and what is not when there are so many people here with differing opinions..
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    thank you for that..based on what was said i thought i was doing something wrong or dangerous..it's a bit hard to know what is okay and what is not when there are so many people here with differing opinions..
    I love trying out different types of recipes. Some years back, the McDougall Diet was all the rage, which is low fat and vegetarian. I tried it for awhile, found out I was not able to eat however much I wanted and still lose weight, but to this day I love some of the recipes, even though I'm not vegetarian and can't eat soy products.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.

    We are on a diet whether we restrict calories or not according to the definition of diet.
    we sure are.

    You use the word diet as you like, but as I have stated, to many others and myself it means something else. So that's all really there is to it.....
    I'm not arguing that point in the slightest. I am merely reminding folks that whether you're doing "IIFYM" or the Dash Diet or anything else: if you're consciously limiting something, be it calories, fat, carbs, or whatever, with the goal of losing weight, you're on a diet. Count calories or count carbs or whatever. It's a diet.
    My question why you need to "remind folks" of anything at all?
    quite simply because the post I was replying to seemed to suggest (as often happens here) that calorie counting (and weighing, measuring etc.) isn't a diet.
    Oh brother, so black and white. People in general restrict calories if they don't want to gain weight, even if it's unconscious. Think of the people who don't gain weight, or those who want to lose a few pounds, and they don't count calorie just cut back a bit. They don't have magic bodies, they simply intuitively know how much they can eat to maintain or lose those few pounds.

    Losing weight and keeping it off is much more than counting calories, etc and throwing out dictionary definitions, it's a mindset and changing your relationship with food. Losing weight is NOT grabbing the next fad that comes along for the quick fix. I realize this is not true for everyone, but it it for me.
    it's a diet. New or old. Whys that a bad thing?
  • spiceshirl
    spiceshirl Posts: 177
    Never heard of it but will look it up!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.

    We are on a diet whether we restrict calories or not according to the definition of diet.
    we sure are.

    You use the word diet as you like, but as I have stated, to many others and myself it means something else. So that's all really there is to it.....
    I'm not arguing that point in the slightest. I am merely reminding folks that whether you're doing "IIFYM" or the Dash Diet or anything else: if you're consciously limiting something, be it calories, fat, carbs, or whatever, with the goal of losing weight, you're on a diet. Count calories or count carbs or whatever. It's a diet.
    My question why you need to "remind folks" of anything at all?
    quite simply because the post I was replying to seemed to suggest (as often happens here) that calorie counting (and weighing, measuring etc.) isn't a diet.
    Oh brother, so black and white. People in general restrict calories if they don't want to gain weight, even if it's unconscious. Think of the people who don't gain weight, or those who want to lose a few pounds, and they don't count calorie just cut back a bit. They don't have magic bodies, they simply intuitively know how much they can eat to maintain or lose those few pounds.

    Losing weight and keeping it off is much more than counting calories, etc and throwing out dictionary definitions, it's a mindset and changing your relationship with food. Losing weight is NOT grabbing the next fad that comes along for the quick fix. I realize this is not true for everyone, but it it for me.
    it's a diet. New or old. Whys that a bad thing?
    Sabine,

    No good or bad is involved here, and neither is there any right or wrong. Not everybody sees things the way that you do, and that's okay. I don't profess my perception of what a diet is or is not is right or wrong, just that it is what works for me.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Ok, for the doubters: she calls herself Hungry Girl because traditional "diets" left her hungry, so she started making lower cal recipes of her favorite foods that still fill her up. It's not because you are hungry on it
    Doubters?

    The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat.
    AKA a diet.
    I think you are missing my point. To me, a "diet" in the way I use it above is food restriction as to the TYPE of foods eaten, and it's my understanding of her "diet" is low sugar and low fat. You don't have to restrict TYPE of foods to lose weight or to maintain, you just eat less of it/

    We are all on a diet in the general sense of diet being the foods we choose toeat.
    and we are on a diet whether we follow the advice of someone else in terms of how to reduce calories or we decide how ourselves.

    We are on a diet whether we restrict calories or not according to the definition of diet.
    we sure are.

    You use the word diet as you like, but as I have stated, to many others and myself it means something else. So that's all really there is to it.....
    I'm not arguing that point in the slightest. I am merely reminding folks that whether you're doing "IIFYM" or the Dash Diet or anything else: if you're consciously limiting something, be it calories, fat, carbs, or whatever, with the goal of losing weight, you're on a diet. Count calories or count carbs or whatever. It's a diet.
    My question why you need to "remind folks" of anything at all?
    quite simply because the post I was replying to seemed to suggest (as often happens here) that calorie counting (and weighing, measuring etc.) isn't a diet.
    Oh brother, so black and white. People in general restrict calories if they don't want to gain weight, even if it's unconscious. Think of the people who don't gain weight, or those who want to lose a few pounds, and they don't count calorie just cut back a bit. They don't have magic bodies, they simply intuitively know how much they can eat to maintain or lose those few pounds.

    Losing weight and keeping it off is much more than counting calories, etc and throwing out dictionary definitions, it's a mindset and changing your relationship with food. Losing weight is NOT grabbing the next fad that comes along for the quick fix. I realize this is not true for everyone, but it it for me.
    it's a diet. New or old. Whys that a bad thing?
    Sabine,

    No good or bad is involved here, and neither is there any right or wrong. Not everybody sees things the way that you do, and that's okay. I don't profess my perception of what a diet is or is not is right or wrong, just that it is what works for me.
    Actually, I refer you to your first post "The point is that NO "diet " s necessary to lose weight. Eat what you normally eat just less of it so that you are burning more than you eat. " Perhaps a formal diet (as opposed to a diet you create) *may* be necessary for some and IS useful to some. cheers and best of luck with YOUR personal journey.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    She once advised viewers to buy deli cole slaw and rinse off the dressing. She also uses a TON of fat free and "light" products which I find unsatisfactory in taste.

    I will lose .5 pounds a week eating the real thing.

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