For weight loss.. Do you follow any eating plan?

Only calorie counting for me

Next_summer wrote: »

I have been currently following weight watchers. Lost 65lb in 7 months. Ive been playing with the weight loss really for the past 3 months. Losing & gaining the same 3-5lbs.

Im thinking on possibly trying slimming world. But have never tried this. Either this or nust basic calorie counting. I have always just done weight watchers online, thinking on possibly joing a group?

I have around 38lbs to lose and determined to get it off

You sound almost exactly what I went through. Lost 65 on WW then I just couldn't drop any more pounds and I had 50 to go still. Finally after much frustration and getting so frustrated I went off track and gained back 10 pounds I found MFP. I've now lost those ten pounds plus 10 pounds more. I definitely suggest switching up your program. Those free point fruits and veggies and weekly points were just too many calories for me to maintain a loss after I lost a good portion of my weight

And weigh your food don't use measuring cups except for liquids something I didn't know when I first started and I was amazed at what a difference in portion sizes/calories

I look at their menu before hand and find meals that fit in my calories (plus the serving sizes are normally so big I eat half and save the other half for lunch or dinner the next day). Pre planning definitely helps when eating out. I also only order water (I'm too cheap to pay $3 for a glass of diet soda plus it helps get in my water goals)

Next_summer wrote: »

blkandwhite77 wrote: »

Next_summer wrote: »

I have been currently following weight watchers. Lost 65lb in 7 months. Ive been playing with the weight loss really for the past 3 months. Losing & gaining the same 3-5lbs.

Im thinking on possibly trying slimming world. But have never tried this. Either this or nust basic calorie counting. I have always just done weight watchers online, thinking on possibly joing a group?

I have around 38lbs to lose and determined to get it off

You sound almost exactly what I went through. Lost 65 on WW then I just couldn't drop any more pounds and I had 50 to go still. Finally after much frustration and getting so frustrated I went off track and gained back 10 pounds I found MFP. I've now lost those ten pounds plus 10 pounds more. I definitely suggest switching up your program. Those free point fruits and veggies and weekly points were just too many calories for me to maintain a loss after I lost a good portion of my weight

blkandwhite77 wrote: »

And weigh your food don't use measuring cups except for liquids something I didn't know when I first started and I was amazed at what a difference in portion sizes/calories

Thanks for the tip. Will weigh and measure everything. Def think ww worked for me at the start, just time to try something new.. Enter into a new phase.

Silly question, if you eat out etc then how do you cope. Not that i eat out a lot, but im thinking with it coming into the festive season.. How do you cope with restraunts etc?

I look at the nutritional info online before going, decide what fits my goals and don't look at the menu when I get there. The pictures get me nearly every time, once I'm hungry. Or, expect to be over that day and shave a few calories from each day the rest of the week. Or, just accept that you're over and may not be in a deficit that week. You can't live in fear of enjoying your life, or always feel guilty around food. This is what has helped me.

Next_summer wrote: »

I have been currently following weight watchers. Lost 65lb in 7 months. Ive been playing with the weight loss really for the past 3 months. Losing & gaining the same 3-5lbs.

Im thinking on possibly trying slimming world. But have never tried this. Either this or nust basic calorie counting. I have always just done weight watchers online, thinking on possibly joing a group?

I have around 38lbs to lose and determined to get it off

Congrats. It sounds like it was working for you. As others said, I would make sure your portions aren't creeping up but keep doing what works.

I follow a very LCHF diet while eating at a caloric deficit to lose weight. It's not just for weightloss (CI<CO is why I have weight loss) but for improved health on a few issues. I eat similar to an Atkins diet, but took most of my planning from The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living by Phinney and Volek, and Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution by R. Bernstein.

I've been drinking Fit Tea every morning; it is suppose to rev up your metabolism. Sounds crazy,but I've lost a few pounds lately. I also try not to eat any junk food,also. The tea is pretty good,so why not.

Next_summer wrote: »

mathjulz wrote: »

Another one for simply counting calories here (well, and I watch my macros and try to get plenty of nutrient-dense foods). I've successfully lost weight this way several times.

The reason it's "several times" is because of pregnancy ... it's harder to lose that weight than to put it on

Several pregnanies is the reason im here too.. Only ive never actually properly lost all the weigh each time. Ive been pregnant 5 times, and 2 of them were twin pregnancies lol

Lol 6 pregnancies (all singles) it wasn't so much the "pregnancy" weight I needed to lose as the "I'm pregnant so I'm going to eat whatever I want and use pregnancy as an excuse" weight... Seriously gained 80 lbs with one pregnancy

LeeMay63 wrote: »

I've been drinking Fit Tea every morning; it is suppose to rev up your metabolism. Sounds crazy,but I've lost a few pounds lately. I also try not to eat any junk food,also. The tea is pretty good,so why not.

Contains birch which increases urine output.

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-352-birch.aspx?activeingredientid=352&activeingredientname=birch

I'm glad you are enjoying it, but the weight loss is water loss and not a reduction in fat.

ETA: It may be a fat loss, depending on your food intake, but not the tea.

booksandchocolate12 wrote: »

I was on WW for a while, lost a good amount of weight. But then I got tired of paying so I came over here.

WW really is just a simplified (some would "dumbed down") version of calorie counting.

I also had success with WW, but didn't want to keep paying. I don't know if it's dumbed down, but I would say that the use of points makes it difficult to really know what you are getting out of your foods (macros and micros). The issue I feel comes with this is difficulty in maintaining without continuing to follow the program. I find that the information I get through here helps to make better choices.

I use the MFP eating plan.

Right now I'm eating 1300 calories per day, adjusting for exercise (but I'm very conservative with exercise calories - the gym machine says I burned over 300, I will take 175 or maybe 185 if I feel I really did a workout; Zumba - MFP exercise counter says 750+ calories, I'll take 300 or 350, maybe..etc)

Every day I try to meet my nutrient goals as laid out by MFP - the amount of protein, fat, vitamins, fiber, etc. for general health purposes (not for weight loss specifically). I try to avoid going over on my sodium because it makes me retain water but I don't stress over it too much. I pretty much ignore the sugar limit because as long as I stay under my calories and meet my nutrition goals, I don't care. I also try to meet my fat goal - it's actually hard for me to do that. I don't care if I go over the fat goal - but I definitely want to meet it. Fat is essential for a healthy body so I generally try to avoid most fat free foods.

Sometimes because I'm boring and somewhat lazy, this means I eat a lot of the same foods over and over - because of convenience and because it's easy. But I don't have to do that. Some days I will throw in the nutrition towel and say "Screw it, I want a Coffee Coolatta / Frappuccino / or McD's milkshake." But I have to be mindful of the calories consumerd

I've tried WW several times and had some success with it, then I stop losing. I think all the free point fruit and vegetables end up causing problems for me. If it's free I can eat a whole lot of something. Then you have bonus points etc, etc. with MFP I log every calorie that passes my lips so I know what I'm eating and that I'm eating within the goal MFP set for me. Also, MFP doesn't charge me money every week to go to a meeting that regurgitates the same old diet information I have heard over and over again. WW is a wonderful program for those it works for and I'm not trying to knock it at all. I'm just saying CICO is working fantastic for me and I can save my money for new clothes as I get smaller.

I did do WW for some time, with a fair amount of success, but I always felt hungry.

I only eat at a calorie deficit.

I just count calories. The only requirement for weight loss is to eat less calories than you burn, no special diet necessary.

Any diet will work if you eat at a calorie deficit, and no diet will work if you eat more calories than you burn.