Best diet?

Something that you can maintain and stick with, so basically most diets DON'T fit the bill. Look at it less of a diet and more nutrition. Eat healthier foods, healthier portions. Keep your calories slightly under your maintenance level. Basically burn more calories than you eat, CICO.

fb47 wrote: »

I am happy everyone answered the samething, I was worried for a sec someone was going to sermon us on how carbs are bad and all the other nonsense I read in these forums.

Now you did it.

I’ve lost weight several times and in many different ways. (3 babies ) I’ve truly found that what is best for my body and what actually lasts is losing weight slowly. My goals are set at losing a 1/2 pound a week. It is sustainable and I don’t end up binging from starvation. I’ve tried every diet plan imaginable, but what it truly boils down to is CICO. Best wishes!

Vaguely low-carb, because fats and proteins are more filling for me than carbs. When I eat delicious carbs all day I get hangry.

Ketogenic for me. I stay away from sugar and bread. Lost 4 lbs the first week. Not hungry and feed great.

The main things I've changed about my WOE since committing to weight-loss are:

1. Keep homemade desserts to 200 calories/serving or fewer. (And that leaves a wide range available, from mini-muffins topped with cinnamon sugar to sorbets, meringues, truffles, compots, cakes that aren't generally meant to be frosted—like apple cake, for example, fruits in syrup...
2. If I don't have a way of ballparking the calories when I go out to eat, I generally (exceptions possible for rare special occasions) don't order it. Most cheese pizzas fall into the 220-280/slice range, so that or a veggie slice are good options for me, even if I'm not going to a restaurant listed in the database. But the cheese tortellini that comes to the table in a brimming over salad bowl and is served in pesto sauce? Pass.
3. At first, all I cared about was hitting or coming within 100 calories of my daily goal. Eventually, I decided to focus on hitting my protein and iron targets and letting everything else fall where it falls. For me, that is generally moderate carbs and lower fat. I find that snacking on protein helps fill me up.
4. I find I'm tending more toward snack food that helps me hit a target. So, string cheese, veggie dogs, Simply Protein chips, Fiber One bars... I have a bit of a salt tooth and I make room for popcorn, pop chips, or veggie straws, but because those are pretty much carbs and salt (nothing wrong with either, apart from their tendency to leave less room for the protein and iron goals I want to hit) with fewer nutrients for the calories, I've cut back on them. Not because I think they're "bad", but because I think other options may be better. But if I've hit my protein and iron, and want something salty and crunchy? Bring on the Popcorners!

Otherwise, I eat a mix of home-cooked meals and veggie convenience foods. I cook a lot from scratch. Or semi-scratch—how do you classify a sauce that uses canned diced tomatoes, or a stir-fry where you've diced up some commercially-prepared seasoned tofu and opened a bottle of sweet-and-sour sauce? I've dropped over 100 lbs since Oct 30, 2016 that way.

For health, the diets that work best for me are gluten free, primal, and ketogenic.

For weight loss, eliminating refined carbs and reducing carbs works best for me.

Counting calories and exercise.