What is the best diet advice you have ever gotten?

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  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    TheVirgoddess wrote: »
    The best, most helpful advice I got is a tie between weigh everything, and you don't have to eat a certain way to lose weight - just less than you burn.

    ^This and a recommendation to use MFP.

  • Zara11
    Zara11 Posts: 1,247 Member
    CICO, you can't out-train a bad diet, and that everyone falls down but what matters is getting back up again.
  • Geekymonkey99
    Geekymonkey99 Posts: 63 Member
    Weigh everything for the first few months. That side baguette the Panera employee tore off could be a lot more than the portion size on the website.

    Eat like you would for the rest of your life. This is huge for mood and sustainability.

    After a few months of successful CICO tracking, use this tool as more of a guideline now that you know how to eat. You don't want to track for the rest of your life, do you? (I'm still working on this.)
  • humble_aBodhi
    humble_aBodhi Posts: 4 Member
    By far the best advice I've ever gotten..."You should try the keto diet" followed by a long-winded explanation why. Down 30lbs so far :)
  • Geekymonkey99
    Geekymonkey99 Posts: 63 Member
    snowflakesav wrote: »
    Follow a thin person around for a day.

    Not sure if I can be considered thin or not, but if you "followed" me around, you'd just standing there watching me in my bed on my computer all day (working from home, then playing video games) chomping on snacks and desserts, then finally getting up for a 40-minute workout, which would be the extent of my daily movement. CICO is the only reason my habits don't stop me from losing weight.
  • paisleygal33
    paisleygal33 Posts: 1 Member
    Just do it. Any program will work, but you have to do it.
    Also, it is not a diet. These need to be lifestyle changes if you want to get healthy and stay healthy.

  • teegoods38
    teegoods38 Posts: 21 Member
    Havea patience, portion control!!
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    MrCoolGrim wrote: »
    eat less move more

  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    I don't agree with weighing your food! I will say that people with lower stress seem to lose and keep the weight off.
  • ljcolasanto
    ljcolasanto Posts: 6 Member
    That I'm not special. The laws of physics apply to me perfectly well, and if I eat less calories than I expend, I *will* lose weight.
  • RememberWhy13
    RememberWhy13 Posts: 2 Member
    *Learn to realize when you're actually hungry
    *Don't give up - a step at a time, a day at a time and you'll get there
    *It's not a diet, it's not restrictive, it's about balance
    *Enjoy the little victories
    *Don't use food as a reward
  • shannonstube
    shannonstube Posts: 64 Member
    Rockin2014 wrote: »
    Don't think that everything is ruined and go on a binge just because you went over your calorie goal one day. Just like you don't go and spend the rest of your money just because you went over your budget on one item.

    This is really good! If I overspend on something, I am always adamant about finding ways to save in other areas to get my budget back on track. Why is it so much harder with food? I am definitely going to try to think of it like this from now on.
  • shamcd
    shamcd Posts: 178 Member
    I've never really asked for or received diet "advice", but the one thing that really resonated with me was the basic mathematics that proved one binge shouldn't end my weight loss journey. Once I saw in black and white that I would have to eat an ADDITIONAL 3,500 calories above maintenance in order to gain one, stupid pound, it clicked. It's all just math, and I can handle that.
  • flippy1234
    flippy1234 Posts: 686 Member
    shadowfax_c11 wrote: »
    Someone told me I should check out some app called My Fitness Pal. :D

    Good one.
  • flippy1234
    flippy1234 Posts: 686 Member
    Zara11 wrote: »
    CICO, you can't out-train a bad diet, and that everyone falls down but what matters is getting back up again.

    Really good advice.
  • lrenaee
    lrenaee Posts: 18 Member
    If you're not hungry enough to make and eat some chicken and vegetables, maybe you're not very hungry!

    And no, I don't just eat chicken and veggies, but it really helped me in the beginning to think about if I really was hungry, or just bored, or just wanted to eat something yummy (like donuts yum!).
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,901 Member
    I give it. Don't DIET. Eat to meet your essentials and what ever calories you have left over...............eat what you like.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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