6 Habits to lose weight

I didn't watch the video either but was wondering where tip #6 is.

Agree that #1 is up to each person. As a non-breakfast eater, I focus on high protein lunches and dinners.

Balanced meals are important, but if you don't know how many calories you're eating, then it's not a guarantee and does not "work every time".

Moving more and lifting weights is good advice.

She's saying 20-50 grams of carbs per meal, not per day.

Yes, I have about 200g or more carbs per day, and need it to keep my wallpaper on the walls.

I’m with you - I usually eat 230+g carbs each day. Otherwise I’m going to chew my own leg off. Haven’t tried my wallpaper though 🤔🤣

Please don't wish you hadn't posted that, or that you hadn't posted it in the way you did. You started a dialog, and it's brought out useful discussion that can help others. I can totally understand wishing that people would actually watch the video and respond to it, rather than just reading your summary. 😉

In general, even just looking at the summary, those are good tips . . . especially if the carb one is read accurately. 😆 Yeah, people will quibble with some of the points - summary or video - but IMO that's part of the useful dialog that can help others. To me, it seems like too often people arrive here on MFP thinking there's "one true way" in some universal sense, and they're looking for it. Threads where people basically point out that there may be one true personal way, but not one true universal way can help get past that.

I particularly like her "two week trial" idea. Admittedly, she's proposing it as - exaggerating a little here - sort of a "sales job". She thinks people will be converted. I'd personally advocate the two week(-ish) trial idea in quite a few scenarios, not just that one. Some tactics that turn out to be individually useful do require an adaptation period. Two weeks would generally be a fair try. Whether it works - "sells" that idea as personally useful - or instead lets the person cross that idea off their list of good personal tactics . . . that doesn't really matter. Either way, it's progress toward a personalized solution.

I didn't follow all of her tips - definitely not the steps one - and did fine. Her title is IMO a little clickbait-y, but that's sadly pretty standard these days. While the carb concept is a bit broad, it's thoughtful. I do think it's a little weird that a dietitian is calling grains/pasta "starchy carbs", but contrasting that with veggies. Some veggies - peas/beans, squash, yams, sweet potatoes and more - are also starchy carbs. Cardiovascular exercise of all sorts doesn't necessarily spike everyone's appetite in the way she suggests - it blunts some people's appetite. (I do agree that it's necessary to fuel it, if a lot of calories were burned, for health reasons if nothing else.)

It's generally good advice, maybe a little oversold here and there, but overall reasonable, IMO.

These tips might work for some people, you never know who they could help. The issue arises when “codes” turn into strict “rules.” That said, I appreciate you sharing. It could be exactly what someone needs to find the perfect harmony of satiation and balance.