What diet plan works best for you?

I just cut back calories and stopped eating crap.

I just count my calories. I do make an effort to get my protein, fats and fiber. Concentrating on those has moderated my carbs to around 200-250. I'm losing inches and pounds like crazy. Down 27 lbs since end of December and down 2 sizes.


My current way of eating is long term sustainable because I'm not eliminating any foods.

Edit: I did have to stop pasta because I could eat half a pound (measured when dry) by myself at one sitting. I'm adding it back in now that my portion control has improved. I stopped no other carbs.

I aim for 160g protein. 70-80g fat. 60g fiber. Rest falls where it falls.

It's pretty close to what is suggested for me.

And thank you :-)

Edited again lol I do have a lot to lose and I'm 6' tall so I have a lot of calories to work with.

Not so much a diet plan as a different eating pattern - 5:2, where you eat at maintenance 5 days a weeks and have 2 very low calorie days to create a small weekely deficit.
Didn't have to change what I ate or exclude anything and found it far easier than trying to maintain a daily calorie deficit.

Been maintaining with a 6:1 eating pattern for quite some time now - 1 very low calorie day and 6 days at a small surplus give me a calorie balance over the course of a week.

Calorie restriction, balanced macros and only cutting out foods which threaten compliance (luckily in my case that's exactly one specific food, not a food group or type; everything else I can eat in moderation).

Oh just to be fair, while I happily eat processed food in general, I avoid buying anything that's illegal to add to food in Europe where I used to live but which North Americans are still happily munching. Mostly that means certain artificial colors so I guess I do have some self-imposed restrictions other than calories, but I've always done that so no effect on diet.

No Diet™.

Counting calories and macronutrients.

Setting realistic goals.

Taking personal responsibility, everything that goes in my mouth is put there by me, I have the choice as to what I eat.

No deprivation of food groups.

Realising food is food, "junk/healthy/bad/good/fattening/processed" are all relative terms, and that with a bit of thought anything can be fit in to a balanced diet.

cherylann11 wrote: »

Hi, ive been following lchf which works well, but its not something i could do long term. So im switching to eating a calorie controlled balanced diet, just natural foods nothing processed. What plans do you all follow?

The "eat less calories than I use" plan.