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What diet has worked best?
laurenelha21
Posts: 33 Member
I know we all have been in and out of many diets, so which diet has worked best for you??
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The one where I weigh all my food on a food scale and meet my calorie goal, which is a deficit from maintenance calories. As a result, I lose weight.35
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »The one where I weigh all my food on a food scale and meet my calorie goal, which is a deficit from maintenance calories. As a result, I lose weight.
This one.8 -
I found this to be the most effective plan for weight loss.9 -
No "named" diet has ever worked for me.
The only thing that worked for me was tracking calories, and eating what I wanted within my budget. Maximum freedom, minimum hassle.11 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »fitoverfortymom wrote: »The one where I weigh all my food on a food scale and meet my calorie goal, which is a deficit from maintenance calories. As a result, I lose weight.
This one.
Same here.2 -
fitoverfortymom wrote: »The one where I weigh all my food on a food scale and meet my calorie goal, which is a deficit from maintenance calories. As a result, I lose weight.
This but adding full of foods i love and new foods i learned i loved. Dieting can get boring if i ate all cheeseburgers id be bored by volume, And feel gross. I learned i loved so many different traditionally considered healthier options when i went in search of foods to add that added bulk and nutrients. Dont subtract anything, But add more
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I have never tried a diet that has a name. Whenever I've needed to lose weight I've just cleaned up my diet a bit, ate fewer calories than before and increased activity a bit. It has not ever failed me.5
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JaydedMiss wrote: »fitoverfortymom wrote: »The one where I weigh all my food on a food scale and meet my calorie goal, which is a deficit from maintenance calories. As a result, I lose weight.
This but adding full of foods i love and new foods i learned i loved. Dieting can get boring if i ate all cheeseburgers id be bored by volume, And feel gross. I learned i loved so many different traditionally considered healthier options when i went in search of foods to add that added bulk and nutrients. Dont subtract anything, But add more
Of course to the bolded above. I think one of the biggest mistakes that folks make it to go on some diet that is far different than what they usually ate. Then there are 2 problems; they can't comply long term, they don't learn how to eat in a way that is sustainable after the "diet" is over.
Just eat what you like and hit your calorie goal. Weight loss will happen if you are accurate.8 -
What works best for me is higher protein/fat and lower carbs (mostly from fruits and dairy), but key is cycling calories... ie: if 1400 calories per day is your goal, eat 1250 for 3 days in a row and then 1850 every 4th day. Same total calories in the end for the 4 day period, but helps your body to not go into starvation/plateau mode.17
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What works best for me is higher protein/fat and lower carbs (mostly from fruits and dairy), but key is cycling calories... ie: if 1400 calories per day is your goal, eat 1250 for 3 days in a row and then 1850 every 4th day. Same total calories in the end for the 4 day period, but helps your body to not go into starvation/plateau mode.
No. If it helps you stick to it, Sure. But that doesnt happen like that.6 -
The diet you can keep for life! So make it a healthy one.3
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Starting with my unbalanced garbage diet and a calorie goal, and then making swaps one at a time. Almost 3 years later, my diet is unrecognizable from what it once was, but I never forced it, or subscribed to any particular diet.6
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Just writing down everything I eat, drinking 6-8 glasses of water and walking 10,000 steps + every day.3
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »The one where I weigh all my food on a food scale and meet my calorie goal, which is a deficit from maintenance calories. As a result, I lose weight.
Yep. This one. Eat the foods I enjoy and accurately log them so I eat at a deficit and boom - success.2 -
Eating anything I want, but not everything at once, and not all the time, is a happy and effective way to lose and maintain weight.
Trying to conform to a "diet" only works for weightloss. Any idiot can create a weightloss diet.6 -
The eat less calories than you burn diet3
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The preponderance of responses embrace CICO and this just makes my little heart go pitty pat! Yup. Easy as that. Eat whatever you want but at a calorie deficit to lose weight. Eat a well-balanced diet to stay healthy.4
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kommodevaran wrote: »Eating anything I want, but not everything at once, and not all the time, is a happy and effective way to lose and maintain weight.
Trying to conform to a "diet" only works for weightloss. Any idiot can create a weightloss diet.
Love this!1 -
Eating a healthy variety of food and making sure I eat less calories than the amount of calories I burn.1
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I eat what I want, when I want. My only restriction is that whatever I eat has to be under my maintenance calories.
The other day I had a whole day of tea biscuits and hot chocolates0 -
I started by tracking everything I was eating, and then making tweaks to reach a lower calorie average each month. I cut out high calories items I was eating out of convenience rather than enjoyment. I made sure to have food in the house that I liked to eat rather than getting delivery or takeout. I got religious about bringing my food to work and having backup snacks on hand to help resist the call of the convenience store. I paid attention to when I got hungry and tweaked my meal times and sizes to get the most "bang for my buck" calorie-wise. And I've done my best to be patient with myself and be happy with the progress I'm making.2
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »The one where I weigh all my food on a food scale and meet my calorie goal, which is a deficit from maintenance calories. As a result, I lose weight.
Ditto!0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »Eating anything I want, but not everything at once, and not all the time, is a happy and effective way to lose and maintain weight.
Trying to conform to a "diet" only works for weightloss. Any idiot can create a weightloss diet.
This is the key to making it work.0 -
Diets don't work! Eating the right amount of calories for your body, making sure those calories are jam-packed with nutrition, and moving more - that's what works today and for the rest of your life. If you don't see the "diet" as something you can sustain for the next 20 years - take a pass!0
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Diets don't work! Eating the right amount of calories for your body, making sure those calories are jam-packed with nutrition, and moving more - that's what works today and for the rest of your life. If you don't see the "diet" as something you can sustain for the next 20 years - take a pass!
If diets didn't work none of us would lose weight.0 -
The green smoothie, acv, raw veggie, juicing, paleo 365 day cleanse has done wonders for me 4
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »The one where I weigh all my food on a food scale and meet my calorie goal, which is a deficit from maintenance calories. As a result, I lose weight.
This one. Plus moving/exercising a bit more often.0 -
fitoverfortymom wrote: »The one where I weigh all my food on a food scale and meet my calorie goal, which is a deficit from maintenance calories. As a result, I lose weight.
This one^
Any method of eating that results in you eating fewer calories results in weight loss. All foods in moderation has taught me about MY eating habits.
You can get a "diet" with a long list of do's and don'ts, but that may not teach you about YOUR habits.0 -
The one where I admit once and for all that I like eating some high-calorie choices and I'll cut back on frequency and dosage, but won't eliminate them entirely.2
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