What type of diet are most people doing? Keto? WW? Which is the healthiest?

I always seem to get confused on which diet I should follow. Low carb-high fat, Keto, WW.
I seem to start on one, and when I find it difficult I look to another.
What diet are most people following today? I don't want a fad or a quick fix, I want something that I can maintain and is healthy.
Low carb/Keto makes sense to me, but can you maintain it?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,419 Member
    yes. Eat the foods you like in the portions that will fit into your calorie goals. Eat when you want. Try to get enough protein and fats.

    Here's a general guide about calories and macros. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819055/setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets/p1

    Weight is about calories. Use more than you eat and you'll lose weight.

  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    What is your goal? Do you know how to eat "right" already, ie do you know how to eat to fuel and nourish your body?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Any diet can be done in health and unhealthy ways.

    Why not start with logging whatever you're eating now? After a few days or a week, review what you have. Are you getting a variety of foods? Enough veggies? Are you needing more protein? Then focus on adding in the things you want, while reducing the things that are higher calorie, or look for a way to substitute higher calorie stuff. I find a homemade burger can be lower calorie than restaurant burgers. That type of thing. By doing it this way, you develop an eating plan that suits your tastes, which makes it easier to maintain.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Take the Calorie Deficit Highway to your weight loss destination.

    You can use a vehicle of any dieting style you wish. Along the way, you can exchange your dieting style vehicle for any you fancy.
  • ShopGirl9999
    ShopGirl9999 Posts: 775 Member
    Calorie counting along with being active for the win!
  • whatalazyidiot
    whatalazyidiot Posts: 343 Member
    Technically, whichever one keeps you in a calorie deficit and that you can stick to long-term. Just following calorie counting here is the easiest.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    SFTI diet... I see food then track it...
  • GIRLPOWER7113
    GIRLPOWER7113 Posts: 26 Member
    I am doing keto and I love it .
  • nygr8guy
    nygr8guy Posts: 77 Member
    edited December 2018
    I found a Keto calcultor which says I should do 20g carbs, 80 grams protein 100 grams fat =1300 calories per day. I am 5'6" Male, little exercise. I hate the word sedentary.
    Does this sound right?
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    No, it does not sound right. 1500 calories should be the minimum for a male. How much weight do you need to lose?
  • nygr8guy
    nygr8guy Posts: 77 Member
    No, it does not sound right. 1500 calories should be the minimum for a male. How much weight do you need to lose?
    I am 177 and need to be 160 at the highest.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    What I always suggest to new people is to log what you currently eat and the exercise you get, for one week, without attempting to make any changes. Just get a look at where you are right now. Then you can look at your diet and habits and see where it would be easiest and most effective to make changes. For example, if you drink two Cokes per day, you could drink only one. If you always stop for a large fries on your way home from a certain class, you could drive home a different way. If you never eat any fruit, you could add some, and reduce the other things you eat. If you always overeat when you stay up too late / go out to lunch with a certain friend / are stressed, you could take action to make different choices.

    What works for each individual will be individual.
  • nygr8guy
    nygr8guy Posts: 77 Member
    I want to cut out sugars and carbs so I can keep insulin low. I have less cravings without sugar. On the other hand, all the years that fats were said to be bad still has an influence on me. How can I eat fats and not affect heart health? It's just so confusing. Cutting calories will allow weight loss, but are the foods we eat optimal for longevity?
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Are you diabetic?
  • nygr8guy
    nygr8guy Posts: 77 Member
    Are you diabetic?

    No
  • Fflpnari
    Fflpnari Posts: 975 Member
    Whatever I can and want to fit in my 2400 calorie limit...... and Im still losing weight