Diets You Have Tried

Have you tried simple calorie counting?

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

Are you sure it wasn't a case of you just losing patience? You have to remember that we didn't gain the weight overnight or in a month or two. We shouldn't look to lose it fast. The more restrictions I placed on food, the less likely I am to stick it. The best plan is calorie counting in my opinion. It is backed by scientific facts and cost $0.00. I think you should give it another try.

I tried the pizza and beer diet. I gained 150+ pounds though so probably not what you are looking for.

Was fun though.

Oh, and fried chicken.

Damn now I want fried chicken.

Seriously though if keto isn't for you then I would echo what is said above. You could try some IF protocol or "The Warrior Diet" if you like, or even the ol' school steak and eggs. Go man.

Good luck

Damn it. Now I want fried chicken, too.

Back on topic. I have tried Atkins, Weight Watchers, the 17 Day Diet, the cabbage soup thing, multi-grain cheerios diet (what I was put on in the Navy when I was too heavy). I lost weight with all of them. I was never able to stay on those diets long enough to get to maintenance. I count calories now, weigh my food, and try to make food choices that best fit my macros. Sure, sometimes I have cake and ice cream, or those stupid delicious chocolate pralines from River Street Bakery. And I sometimes have fried chicken as well. Sometimes I go over on calories, and sometimes I'm under. What I have finally figured out is that food is not my enemy (except milk - I can't digest it). I can eat and enjoy my food, but being conscious of what I eat and learning what proper portion sizes are is what will get me to the finish line and beyond this time.

Also, I started lifting heavy and OMG the changes it makes to your body is awesome.

There's the apple diet

Go eat some carbs .. you will be just fine. I eat 150-250g every day .. and have lost a ton of body fat doing so.

The only diet I have tried is the calorie deficit one .. calories in < calories out. Works great as I am in maintenance now.

There's the apple diet

The apple diet is the best. The best part is all the apples. Apples! Apples! Apples!

I've read in another post that you have to alternate between apples and water. One apple, one glass of water. One apple, one glass of water. Supposed to be very good for losing stomach fat.

yeah, it's called a calorie deficit, calculate your tdee and eat less than it, it's not hard, you don't need any pre packaged 'diets', losing weight is literally the simplest concept ever

Low carb/keto....NEVER AGAIN.

Ruined my metabolism, made me feel miserable, couldn't sustain it, ridiculous community

The only diet with a name that I've ever tried was the Macrobiotic Diet. I wasn't overweight at the time and wasn't doing it for weight loss, though I did lose about 8 lbs. without trying. It is restrictive, but you can eat carbs. I don't recommend it if weight loss is your only goal.

The ony "diet" I've tried before now is the Whole30 one. It's basically just a 30-Day challenge to help people adjust their taste buds. You eat mostly fresh whole natural foods while drastically reducing processed foods (yogurt's ok, corn chips not), to cut out chemical additives, fillers, get higher quality ingredients, etc. I liked it, and most of what I learned from doing it still influences my current decision. For example, instead of getting artificial sweeteners, or processed sweeteners, I'm using local honey, even though it's frowned on for keto.

One eating style that I looked into before deciding on the Whole30 was a Seasonal Diet. Basically each season supports different styles of eating. Spring is good for quick growing foods like sprouts, stalks, leaves, more water (lighter soups) rather than heavy fats, fish, fowl, eggs, spring berries, etc. Spring helps clean out Winter's system. Summer leads to mid growing vegetables, summer squashes, etc. We are usually more active in summers, so need more carbs to keep up with the energy expenditure. Late summer gives us tomatoes, peppers, drying out harvested grains, etc. Autumn leads to long growing denser carb items and moving into heavier fats to prepare us for winter. Winter squashes, tons of fruits, fowl that are on the move again, culling out deer, drying or smoking meats, setting vegetables to ferment, etc. Winter we live off the foods we 'set by'. Hearty soups, fermented veg, meats, fats. We're typically not moving as much in winter, and eating more hearty meals and fats, so we tend to eat less often. Summer is great for high carb low fat, winter is more suited to low carb high fat.

If I reach a point where I decide to quit keto, I'll revert to seasonal whole natural foods. But this time I'd take into consideration insulin and blood sugar effects and adjust accordingly. It might be safe to say that for me, keto is a lengthy holdover just to get things going while I work out a decent plan for the seasonal natural foods style of eating.

Ugh.. macrobiotic. My parents were on that when I was a kid. I remember lots of kelp and pickled plums. Ulp.

Yeah, the seaweed was tough for me to get used to, having been brought up on a typical American diet. Toasted nori is pretty tasty though. And I'm really good at rolling sushi now.

I always struggled with my weight and had difficulty losing, so I tried a bunch of things. Weight Watchers and NutriSystem (absolutely disgusting cardboard food) are the ones I remember most. I don't think things like that work out too often because you're not learning how to solve your problem, nor are you even learning what your problem is. You're just learning to follow a strict set of rules. What happens when you stop giving them money and they stop giving you guidelines? You go right back to what you were doing before because you've learned nothing.

Later found out I had PCOS and am insulin resistant, so I now do a LCHF diet to help manage my condition. Excellent results in terms of labs and ultrasounds, and it helps stablize my hunger so I'm not ravenous all the time - therefore helping me keep my calorie deficit strong. I think I may have had an issue with gluten as well because my stomach went from constantly being upset with me to never making a peep.

I don't know if I'd recommend it to someone who didn't need it long term. It's great for diabetics and for people with other medical conditions that would benefit from it, but why not go the simpler path if you can?

Im on BopdyByVi, its a powder which can be made into shakes, smoothies, pancakes, brownies, muffins, porridge, coffee etc etc so not stuck to the same thing day in day out, I posted about it yesterday and got told off but if you want know more feel free to inbox me x

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