Diving back in!

ririneri1992
ririneri1992 Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi! It's been so long since I've been fit and I'm looking to dive back in. However, I want to ease back in verses cutting EVERYTHING out at once.

What are your top foods you WILL NOT EAT/DRINK?

Of you were going to start over again, what would you cut first?

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  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    I didn’t cut anything other than foods I didn’t want to eat. Instead, I ate what I wanted in portions that fit my calorie goal.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    Exactly the above^^^^. Most people have more success just watching their calorie goal and weighing and measuring with a digital food scale. Diets that cut out certain foods exist--keto, vegan, etc, but some are hard to do long term. Most find it better to choose something that they can do for the rest of their life. Changing your habits is the key to maintaining once you've lost. Good luck.
  • TarryTaffy
    TarryTaffy Posts: 883 Member
    I've cut out all carbs & starches 'til I reach my goal weight, cuz for me, weight then drops off quickly. Occasionally, for a treat meal, I'll eat carbs (potatoes or bread), but then it stops weight loss for 3-4 days & isn't usually worth it. So, I choose those times carefully.

    I could say I've cut out all sugar, but I've never eaten sugar anyway. I don't have a sweet tooth at all. But, I've also cut down on fruit, which is sugary. I normally eat fruit as the bulk of my diet, but when trying to lose weight, I limit it to 1 piece & not often... probably averages out to 1 piece/wk. If I eat it, it also stops weight loss (via the scale) for that day... I normally see the scale go down daily, even if just ounces.

    Once I reach goal weight, I add all of the above back in moderation. I'm over 40 now, so I can't eat carbs the way I used to... it used to be the bulk of my diet. However, once I'm back to a normal exercise routine & at peak weight, I eat a lot of fruit & it doesn't affect weight.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,082 Member
    I have two answers to this question. For foods I won't eat my only ban is on stuff I really dislike, like cilantro, coconut, avocado, liver, you get my drift. There's no reason to cut anything out that you like. My other answer would be because I'm diabetic there's stuff I shouldn't eat, but even that is somewhat flexible as I have low blood sugar and get hypoglycemic so I have to eat carbs.

    The question is what do YOU want to eat that will keep you in your calorie goal? There are foods that aren't worth the calories to me (white rice) and ones I enjoy too much to cut out of my diet (apples, coffee), then what fills me up and keeps me healthy.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    "What are your top foods you WILL NOT EAT/DRINK? "
    Things I dislike - which is the same whether I'm losing, maintaining or gaining weight.

    "Of you were going to start over again, what would you cut first?"
    I wouldn't change anything, I simply cut the size of my diet for a while. I'm much more successful as a moderator than an excluder.
    How about you OP? Did exclusion work for you both for weight loss and for weight maintenance? If not then maybe a different approach needs to be considered.

    If your diet (noun) needs an overhaul as regards the overall nutritional quality an alternative suggestion would be to start from what to include and focus on - rather than what to remove.

  • HamptonsGuy
    HamptonsGuy Posts: 72 Member
    Yes need to get the macros back in order but im not going to get mad at myself over the holidays. I get that completely to many carbs and the scale moves the wrong way. I workout 5 mornings week and sometimes twice a week in the evenings. Its the food drink input that needs to get in order for better results
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    Eating carbs does not cause fat gain unless those carbs put you over your maintenance calorie goal.

    Otherwise, the increase you see on the scale from eating more carbs than usual is a temporary and normal water weight fluctuation.

    In general, ANY sudden, dramatic movement on the scale is water/waste fluctuation unless you have good reason to believe you’re way outside your calorie goal.

    To reiterate, cutting carbs does not lead to fat loss and eating carbs does not lead to fat gain. Fat gain/loss is 100% determined by whether or not you are consistently in a calorie deficit.
  • TarryTaffy
    TarryTaffy Posts: 883 Member
    apullum wrote: »
    Eating carbs does not cause fat gain unless those carbs put you over your maintenance calorie goal.

    Otherwise, the increase you see on the scale from eating more carbs than usual is a temporary and normal water weight fluctuation.

    In general, ANY sudden, dramatic movement on the scale is water/waste fluctuation unless you have good reason to believe you’re way outside your calorie goal.

    To reiterate, cutting carbs does not lead to fat loss and eating carbs does not lead to fat gain. Fat gain/loss is 100% determined by whether or not you are consistently in a calorie deficit.

    If this comment & the other 3 who disagreed with what I said works for me is addressed to me, I didn't say carbs caused weight gain. I said they stunt any loss 3-4 days on the scale, every time. How can anyone disagree with what I've said happens to me?

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