What diet do you follow

Dawn410 wrote: »

DeguelloTex wrote: »

DemoraFairy wrote: »

DeguelloTex wrote: »

Dawn410 wrote: »

Sounds like the leptin diet works because:

1) most peoples' after dinner eating is usually high calorie ( think cookies, ice cream, chips, buttered popcorn). Skip that, and you Eliminate those calories.

2) Eating 3 meals a day ensures you are eating eating at regular intervals, so you are less likely to binge.

3) No large meals = fewer calories

4)Breakfast containing protein= You'll feel fuller longer and not have blood sugar spikes

5) Reduce carbs. Most of the carbs weeat are refined and full of calories. Reduce those , you reduce your caloric intake, and losee weight.

1) Not if you just move those calories to earlier in the day.

2) 2 meals a day and 6 meals a day could also occur at regular intervals.

3) Not if you eat more at the smaller meals to make up for the calories missing from the large meal.

4) What if you don't feel hungry in the morning?

5) Carbs have four calories per gram, regardless of how refined or not they are.

It sounds like most of your reasons for believing the leptin diet works comes down to fewer calories. Any approach in which you eat less than you burn will work.

I think that's her point... she wasn't the one originally saying she's on the leptin diet. She's just trying to find reasons why that diet might lead to you losing weight.

Except her reasons don't make sense. Why is three meals a day "regular intervals" but six isn't, for example? If her point is that lower calories works then, yeah, that's great, but there's no reason to have to jump through those silly hoops to get lower calories.

A) I don't don't follow any special diet. I try to eat healthy and stay within my calories. I was just pointing out why it probably works.

I'm glad your diet works for you. It won't work for everyone. Some people need more rigidity than others. So, yay for you and what works for you, go get a sticker of something. But the world doesn't revolve around just you, so there are different eating styles for different people. Nobody said there is only 1 way.

I didn't say you followed any special diet, did I?

Right, nobody said there is only one way. Including me. I just said that the rationalizations you gave for the rules don't necessarily apply.

Charliecatesq wrote: »

PTFFD diet

Put the f**king fork down

LOL - it's post like these that make me wish there was a like button for forum messages.

Calorie deficit/the immutable laws of the universe.

Anything else is just a way to achieve the above.

intermittent fasting - leangains. i don't need anything else, this diet is f* perfect .

Count my calories and try to balance my macros as much as I can. I still eat sweets but much smaller portions. Gym 4-5/week. Baby steps to build good habits for the past year.

I used to do low carb (keto), but I decided to increase my carbs while still being in a caloric deficit. I'm much happier and not as stressed out because I can't have certain foods. Not to mention my weight loss is better than when I did low carb. I think low carb was not allowing my body to get enough of the essential minerals. I'm actually meeting my calcium and iron micros on most days. I also have a lot more energy. Low carb made me a walking zombie, which wasn't good since I work in a fast paced field (veterinary medicine).

kommodevaran wrote: »

I follow the "eat anything you want, but not everything at once, and not all the time, and be less lazy" program. The name should be self-explanatory. I like it because I love food and I'm lazy.

I lost 45 pounds in one year, and five more while easing into maintenance.

This made me giggle.

I eat Paleo but I also keep track of my calories and macros to make sure that I am eating enough and staying at a deficit. Doing this since September I have lost 45 pounds and have about 15 to go.

When I was losing (the word is not "loosing") weight, I ate less than I burned. Now I aim at eating a balance of foods within the maintenance level I'm at.

The problem with being "on" a diet, is that you can go "off". It takes the effort of changing your mindset to think of this as a lifestyle change.

Over 90% of people who lose weight gain it back within 1 - 5 years because of this mentality. It's worth paying attention to this statistic.

I eat whatever I want if it fits within my allotted daily calories. Sometimes I eat back all my exercise calories and sometimes only partial. I've lost 26 lbs in 4 months

For the most part I eat a whole foods diet. I say for the most part, because to be honest I eat whatever I want as long as it is within my calorie goals for the day. But my main diet is made up of whole unpacked foods such as fresh chicken, steak, fish, fruit and vegetables. Make no mistake I don't do this to loose weight or because I'm trying to be super healthy or anything. This is just how I eat normally. I BBQ a meat and I steam a vegetable and I eat fruit for my snacks. That's how I've always eaten...the problem is I was overeating. Now instead of a 16 oz steak I have a 8 oz steak and so on and so on.

My advice to you would be to simply eat what you've always eaten just eat smaller portions of those foods. And then here and there try and pick out some healthier food options as you go along. Don't do anything too drastic to your diet. Just stick to your calorie goal and start moving a little bit more than you did before. Do that and you will lose the weight. The absolute best diet for you is the one you can stick to long term.

No specific diet. I don't really believe in "diets"--something about named diets really bug me, so I tend to have a negative reaction to them, and anyone who claims you have to eat specific foods or combinations of food to lose weight is lying.

Instead, I try to eat a generally nutritious diet (in theory I did this before trying to lose weight too, but I'm more consistent now, because I cook at home more and rely on ordering Indian food less, and have improved my breakfast a lot). I also figured out my maintenance calories (or let MFP estimate them) and ate below them, while working on becoming more active (or returning to a prior level of activity, as my weight gain was connected to becoming sedentary).

I pay some attention to my macros, and have experimented with what makes me feel best and most satisfied, although I'm not particularly focused on them beyond making sure my protein is where I think it should be.

I've lost 95 lbs and am basically at goal, although I'm planning to lose some more fat and eventually gain some muscle.

Bshmerlie wrote: »

For the most part I eat a whole foods diet. I say for the most part, because to be honest I eat whatever I want as long as it is within my calorie goals for the day. But my main diet is made up of whole unpacked foods such as fresh chicken, steak, fish, fruit and vegetables. Make no mistake I don't do this to loose weight or because I'm trying to be super healthy or anything. This is just how I eat normally. I BBQ a meat and I steam a vegetable and I eat fruit for my snacks. That's how I've always eaten...the problem is I was overeating. Now instead of a 16 oz steak I have a 8 oz steak and so on and so on.

My advice to you would be to simply eat what you've always eaten just eat smaller portions of those foods. And then here and there try and pick out some healthier food options as you go along. Don't do anything too drastic to your diet. Just stick to your calorie goal and start moving a little bit more than you did before. Do that and you will lose the weight. The absolute best diet for you is the one you can stick to long term.

That kind of makes me cringe. I have touched my steamer in years now that I've discovered roasting for my veggies. I just like the flavor so much better. The last time I pulled out my steamer, it's because a friend wanted to cook boudain. I'm actually thinking of getting rid of it because it's just taking up space...