"Diet"....a four letter word😞
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im4gryffindor
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Looking for yummy food ideas and fitness suggestions for a beginner that needs to lose 60 pounds...scared of the word diet....thats why I need healthy suggestions on both topics that make it comfortable and healthy instead of a crisis😄
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Don't overthink it - eat the foods you like but in smaller portions and doctor a few ingredients here and there, switch some out - no need to think you need to go all "healthy" and "clean" to lose some weight. Like pasta? Eat pasta! Just weigh out one serving and throw a bunch of broccoli in there to fill out your plate. Love bread? Have a sandwich! Skip the chips and eat some raw veg and a piece of fruit with. Pizza? Slice and a big old side salad, easy on the dressing.24
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im4gryffindor wrote: »Looking for yummy food ideas and fitness suggestions for a beginner that needs to lose 60 pounds...scared of the word diet....thats why I need healthy suggestions on both topics that make it comfortable and healthy instead of a crisis😄
I stopped trying to lose weight in 2014 after 40 years of dieting failure. Over the next year of eating all that I wanted I lost 50 pounds and it has totally stayed off without thought to my weight but to improving my health markers.
Clearly DIET is a four letter word in my case.20 -
When I cut out sugar, except one day per week, I find I don't crave it so much. I eat two fruits a day, and the same thing for breakfast.. Weetbix or porridge with honey. That seems to work for me. Then protein, carbs and vegetables/salad for lunch and dinner. I usually eat what the family eats, just smaller quantities.7
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All you have to do to lose weight is eat less.
Yes, it is that simple. Just eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. No special diet or exercise program required.15 -
All you have to do to lose weight is eat less.
Yes, it is that simple. Just eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. No special diet or exercise program required.
Yes unless one is a carb addict like I was which lead to binging and out of control eating. When Keto quickly resolved my carb binging the weight loss and maintenance became automatic without track or going hungry.32 -
That totally sounds like me. If I fix something I get to binging/out of control eating until it's finished. I had the intention of making it and storing the food in proportionate tupperware for later. It's like it calls my name 1/2 hour later and I eat the little tub. 1 hour later the other...and so on. That feeling drives me crazy. So now, being back on here for six days....I am trying to fix only one serving at a time. Usually, that is working. After having it with a side and some water. I am full/document it in the food diary/ and don't want to remake it again. I read about Keto, but don't want to have to change my body through ketosis and such. I already have migranes, nausea,etc...so this might be a good way for me. But, I'm glad that you had such success with it!!!!3
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Oh, I forgot the main reason I read this post......Diet is a four letter word, but MFP is all about a lifestyle change not diet. Eat whatever you want just record it down and try to stick within the calorie guidelines. 100% drinking the goal amount of water really helps.2
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That totally sounds like me. If I fix something I get to binging/out of control eating until it's finished. I had the intention of making it and storing the food in proportionate tupperware for later. It's like it calls my name 1/2 hour later and I eat the little tub. 1 hour later the other...and so on. That feeling drives me crazy. So now, being back on here for six days....I am trying to fix only one serving at a time. Usually, that is working. After having it with a side and some water. I am full/document it in the food diary/ and don't want to remake it again. I read about Keto, but don't want to have to change my body through ketosis and such. I already have migranes, nausea,etc...so this might be a good way for me. But, I'm glad that you had such success with it!!!!
I wanted to master Keto many years ago should I ever develop cancer but I did not ever do it. When I was faced with starting Enbrel injections beating down my immune system hence increasing my risk of cancer to just cut my pain level for a while got me moving to learn about Keto. Keto not only managed my pain good in the first 30 days but it enabled me to say NO to Enbrel and avoid that health risk.
Keto resolving my out of control carb binging was not something I expected so after the first two weeks of carb withdrawal Keto also manages my pain and lets me never go hungry again for four years now. The 50 pound weight loss and then maintaining the loss for the past three years is a positive side effect of Keto in my case. My OD thinks Keto is preventing cataract development in both eyes. No Rx meds for health issues to be followed by an MD at the age of 67 makes me happy.
Best of luck which WOE works out for you.22 -
You need to understand that your diet is just what you eat. Diet (verb) to lose weight - you can do that any way you want, you just need a calorie deficit and time. Just don't go on a diet - diets don't work!
Healthy suggestions will make weightloss comfortable and healthy, there's no conflict there. A healthy diet is balanced and varied - you can eat what you like in moderation. A healthy relationship with food is also important, and that is taking care to eat a healthy diet, but also to eat food you like, and enjoy it.
Likewise, the most effective exercise is the exercise you actually do. So find an activity you like. Exercise isn't even necessary (or even especially effective) for weightloss, so don't exercise to lose weight - exercise for mood and physical health.6 -
This four letter word is yours to do with as you please, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Just eat food you like and stay curious and aware. Whenever you notice something is making dieting easier for you, note it. It may come in handy for similar situations in the future.
Here is an example that happened to me in my early dieting days: I didn't really decide to do intermittent fasting, but one day I had an eventful day. I was too busy in the morning so I didn't eat. I got takeout for lunch, and had a dinner out. I noticed I wasn't as hungry as I expected and it made me curious. Turns out:
- Staying busy helps me tolerate hunger better
- I have no problems delaying my first meal
- Having takeouts or meals out can happen without going way over my calories.
Ever since then, I delay my first meal every day and only start eating when I get hungry. Sometimes that's earlier in the morning, other times that's later, so not exactly intermittent fasting, but inspired by it. It makes dieting easier for me.
I also don't panic if I have a high calorie meal planned, I just skip a meal, stay busy to tolerate hunger, sometimes set maintenance as a limit, and enjoy my meal.
Because I'm curious every day I have added several working strategies that make my life easier, know what foods keep me full, know the tweaks I can do to meals to make them lighter without sacrificing taste, know when to structure and when to loosen, understand how my appetite changes throughout the month, know which takeout meals leave me full for hours (sometimes the lowest calorie option isn't the best option), know not to rely on motivation, and so on. It gets easier once you gain some experience, I promise, or at least more familiar and less rigid and panic-inducing.
ETA: It's worth noting that just because something makes dieting easier for me, it doesn't mean it would for you. Case in point, a couple of posts above discuss how sugar makes them hungry or makes them binge, but in my case, eating foods I like, including ones that have sugar, gives me mental satisfaction so I'm not tempted to binge eat them out of deprivation later (and I'm not any hungrier with sugar than without). I also find carbs very filling, unlike some people.13 -
Hey im4gryffindor (love the username btw), What kind of suggestions are you looking for? MFP encourages you to eat anything and everything in moderations and according to the macros set by you for your own fitness goals. If you're weight lifting, you would need more protein etc and might go for a higher protein and fat diet than lets say a runner would, who might choose to focus on higher carbs. If your goal is to simply lose the weight, just surround yourself with foods that you actually enjoy eating, try and cook more at home so you have more control of the portions and you would know what/how much is going in your plate, try to avoid foods that are irresistible to you (for me, if there is cheesecake, I am eating entire cheesecake). For fitness, same thing. Do activity that you enjoy. I like walking while talking with my wife. So we do that. Plus I weight lift at the gym
But the most important thing, the absolutely most important thing for any one of us to do is, to stay persistent. You will fail, you will make mistakes, you will get some success and then maybe you will have a huge carb overload night. Its ok. Its human. Just get back up and try again and stay persistent
Hope this helps
Stay crunchy3 -
Stop looking at it like a typical diet - because CICO is not. To lose weight AND keep it off in the long run, you need to change your lifestyle, forever. That is best achieved by not going on any fad diets (unless you have a medical condition that warrants it), but by simply continue to eating the foods you like - just not as much of it as before.7
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kommodevaran wrote: »You need to understand that your diet is just what you eat. Diet (verb) to lose weight - you can do that any way you want, you just need a calorie deficit and time. Just don't go on a diet - diets don't work!
Healthy suggestions will make weightloss comfortable and healthy, there's no conflict there. A healthy diet is balanced and varied - you can eat what you like in moderation. A healthy relationship with food is also important, and that is taking care to eat a healthy diet, but also to eat food you like, and enjoy it.
Likewise, the most effective exercise is the exercise you actually do. So find an activity you like. Exercise isn't even necessary (or even especially effective) for weightloss, so don't exercise to lose weight - exercise for mood and physical health.
^^^^ This!!!
I’m not on a diet. I hate diets. They make me feel deprived and miserable.
I eat whatever I want within my calorie limit. I tend to make healthier choices because I can fit in more food, and feel more satisfied this way, but I also have treats, too- I will plan for and pre-log them, look forward to them, and enjoy every bite!
As far as exercise goes, it doesn’t have to be hard, it just has to be something you enjoy. For me, it would be dancing. My husband and I love dancing, and classes are fun rather than exercise, but they sure burn a lot of calories! We haven’t been in a while though due to injury and crazy busy lives, but I also enjoy walking/ hiking, so I do that whenever I can.
9 months and 60 pounds gone....
Find what works for you.5 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »All you have to do to lose weight is eat less.
Yes, it is that simple. Just eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. No special diet or exercise program required.
Yes unless one is a carb addict like I was which lead to binging and out of control eating. When Keto quickly resolved my carb binging the weight loss and maintenance became automatic without track or going hungry.
Reducing carbs is still eating less. Regardless of which diet you're following, the long term weight loss results are still due to eating fewer calories than you use.18 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »All you have to do to lose weight is eat less.
Yes, it is that simple. Just eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. No special diet or exercise program required.
Yes unless one is a carb addict like I was which lead to binging and out of control eating. When Keto quickly resolved my carb binging the weight loss and maintenance became automatic without track or going hungry.
Reducing carbs is still eating less. Regardless of which diet you're following, the long term weight loss results are still due to eating fewer calories than you use.
Ok I see your point. I did replace about 200 grams of carbs with about 150 grams of fats from coconut oil, etc.17 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »All you have to do to lose weight is eat less.
Yes, it is that simple. Just eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. No special diet or exercise program required.
Yes unless one is a carb addict like I was which lead to binging and out of control eating. When Keto quickly resolved my carb binging the weight loss and maintenance became automatic without track or going hungry.
Reducing carbs is still eating less. Regardless of which diet you're following, the long term weight loss results are still due to eating fewer calories than you use.
Ok I see your point. I did replace about 200 grams of carbs with about 150 grams of fats from coconut oil, etc.
If you lost weight consuming 150g of fat, then you replaced much more than 200g of carbs (and/or protein).
Because math.15 -
johnslater461 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »All you have to do to lose weight is eat less.
Yes, it is that simple. Just eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. No special diet or exercise program required.
Yes unless one is a carb addict like I was which lead to binging and out of control eating. When Keto quickly resolved my carb binging the weight loss and maintenance became automatic without track or going hungry.
Reducing carbs is still eating less. Regardless of which diet you're following, the long term weight loss results are still due to eating fewer calories than you use.
Ok I see your point. I did replace about 200 grams of carbs with about 150 grams of fats from coconut oil, etc.
If you lost weight consuming 150g of fat, then you replaced much more than 200g of carbs (and/or protein).
Because math.
Have you not seen posts that talks about weight gain comes from eating more carbs but not from eating more fats? I am not sure how that works.25 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »johnslater461 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »All you have to do to lose weight is eat less.
Yes, it is that simple. Just eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. No special diet or exercise program required.
Yes unless one is a carb addict like I was which lead to binging and out of control eating. When Keto quickly resolved my carb binging the weight loss and maintenance became automatic without track or going hungry.
Reducing carbs is still eating less. Regardless of which diet you're following, the long term weight loss results are still due to eating fewer calories than you use.
Ok I see your point. I did replace about 200 grams of carbs with about 150 grams of fats from coconut oil, etc.
If you lost weight consuming 150g of fat, then you replaced much more than 200g of carbs (and/or protein).
Because math.
Have you not seen posts that talks about weight gain comes from eating more carbs but not from eating more fats? I am not sure how that works.
Posts =/= facts.
Metabolic ward studies have disproved this. Repeatedly.17 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »johnslater461 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »All you have to do to lose weight is eat less.
Yes, it is that simple. Just eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. No special diet or exercise program required.
Yes unless one is a carb addict like I was which lead to binging and out of control eating. When Keto quickly resolved my carb binging the weight loss and maintenance became automatic without track or going hungry.
Reducing carbs is still eating less. Regardless of which diet you're following, the long term weight loss results are still due to eating fewer calories than you use.
Ok I see your point. I did replace about 200 grams of carbs with about 150 grams of fats from coconut oil, etc.
If you lost weight consuming 150g of fat, then you replaced much more than 200g of carbs (and/or protein).
Because math.
Have you not seen posts that talks about weight gain comes from eating more carbs but not from eating more fats? I am not sure how that works.
Posts are not universal facts.
Math, on the other hand, is.
150 gm of fat = 1350 calories
200 gm of carbs = 800 calories
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im4gryffindor wrote: »Looking for yummy food ideas and fitness suggestions for a beginner that needs to lose 60 pounds...scared of the word diet....thats why I need healthy suggestions on both topics that make it comfortable and healthy instead of a crisis😄
Fitness suggestions: walking, biking, zumba, dvd-based exercises at home, any kind of heart-thumping activity is good. Also, a good weight lifting program help a lot.
Yummy food ideas: What do you like? Weigh it accurately. Log it honestly. Enjoy it.
Healthy suggestion: Meet your protein and fat goals.6
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