Eat what u want...

I am just cutting back, smaller portions, and I sub in salads with my heavier meals so that I get full. cut my meat portions in half. It really wasn't what I was eating, it was the lack of exercise. So i do believe that you can eat what you want and still lose weight.

I do

I think with this site I find I can eat what I want from time to time..but portion is a big part of that.
I cannot eat pizza and cookies everyday, but I can have 1-2 cookies now and again. I can also go out to eat or have a drink or dessert.
I am just making better choices and being more choosy about what I indulge in, some things just are not worth it to me anymore.
Also I make sure i have a great workout the day I splurge!

I've been losing and basically eating what I want. I have another friend on here who is really close to her goal weight and I added her because she eats what she wants too.

I eat what I want. I eat healthy most of the time, but really? There is this bakery in town that has my business far more than it should. Their chocolate dipped canolis?? I don't ever go more than a week without one...and sometimes there are a few in a week Just for an example, of course.

Dang, now I want a canoli!

I definitely eat what I want in moderation. I make sure it suits my ratios for the day also

Sure do, and it's worked for me... I don't eat much "diet" stuff - every now and again I get curious and buy it but am usually disappointed, you'd think I'd know better by now. Case in point- I keep reading glowing reivews of Skinny Cow icecreams, so I bought a box at the supermarket and won't be wasting my money again. They were hideously overpriced and had a nasty chemical aftertaste. Next time I will be smarter and buy a small tub of really good quality icecream and eat a small portion.

Generally my meals are homecooked and pretty healthy, I just have to pay attention to portion sizes here too. And most of my snacks are healthy too, so there is no reason to not eat my "regular" foods.

My biggest weakness is for junky snacks (biscuits, cake, lollies) so I tend not to buy them too often as I'm not very good at only eating a little bit. But, these certainly creep into my diet more than they should, but it hasn't stopped me losing weight (maintaining now) and being healthier than I've ever been.

What you want but maybe not in the quantities you want...

I follow the IIFYM "diet" meaning that as long as I get my minimum protien, and fat, and stay under my calories, and eat "mostly" healthy, I can have what ever I want.

Min protein = 1 gram for every pound lean body mass.
Min fat = 0.3 grams for every pound total body mass
Calories = 300-500 below TDEE (total calories burned for the day)

I eat what I want as long as its in proper portions, but I've also found you get to eat more in the day when you eat healthier. So I'll have days where I eat not the best food, and then I fill in between times with low calorie good food.

I'm happy as long as I get to eat a lot, so that determines what I eat that day. If I'm going out to dinner at a restaurant I definitely eat healthier the rest of the day.

i still eat whatever i want, usually just smaller portions. sometimes the same size portion, but i exercise more to make up for it.

I tend to limit myself a bit. Before if I want a cookie or something, I would usually take the packet and just sit there eating them without thinking. This site has helped me limit the amount of junk food I eat. I usually put down what I'm going to eat for Dinner in the morning. If I know that my Dinner isn't going to be too high in calories and I say, had calories left from the previous day or two, I will consider treating myself.

Like last night, I craved chocolate. I find some leftover Dark Chocolate 74% Cocoa. There was like 3 and a half pieces left. Each piece of 55kcal. I had it and that was that. Sadly my parents decided they wanted Toblerone... I had never tried it before and it was quite big. I had one triangle, but I stopped at that. I went over my calorie limit by 41 calories, so it's not that bad, but the day before I had almost 400 calories left.

I'm not trying to lose weight anymore, I'm trying to build muscle, so I have eat a bit more. I'm getting my protein, I'm strength training and I'm doing cardio. It's better than sitting on my a*** and eating a whole packet of Maryland Cookies.

Maryland Cookies. I had to look that up.

Lol. British cookies, made in the good old United Kingdom

hell, yeah!!!

just make sure that you eat PLENTY of fruits, vegs, complex carbs, and healthy protein. i eat beans, yogurt, cheese, nuts, and white meat almost every day, and i get about 5+ servings of different colored fruits and vegetables. i aim to eat at least 100 g of protein and 30 g of fiber, while keeping my sodium below 2500.

i also don't deprive myself of pizza, since it's one of my favorite food indulgences! i have my own delicious pizza dough recipe:

Oil - Olive, 1 tsp 40 0 5 0 0 0
Yeast - Baker's, active dry, 1 tsp 12 2 0 2 4 1
Honey, 0.33 tbsp 21 6 0 0 0 0
Gold Medal - Unbleached All-Purpose Flour, 1 1/2 cup (30 g) 600 132 0 18 36 6
(random note: i also add 1/2 tsp oregano and 1/2 tsp basil to the dough, for flavor)


whenever i make it, i split it with my boyfriend (we each eat half a pizza), and the calories for the dough per person= 337! with cheese and sauce and toppings, i never exceed 450 cals and i eat half a very large, thin crust, tasty pizza.

this isn't to say i never eat other pizzas; yesterday, i ate an entire kashi pesto pizza by myself lol ;]

other times, my boyfriend and i walk about 2 miles downtown to get new york style pizza. om nom nom. it's nice, because you then walk back home, and don't feel as guilty, having found a way to incorporate some good ol' exercise into an indulgent meal.