LovelyLadySarah
02-06-2007, 09:42 PM
I'm ready to start a diet here very quickly after having my second child. I'm about 50-60 lbs over weight so I have quite a bit of weight to loose.
I just wanted to find out what diet has worked the best for everyone. I feel like I've tried every diet under the sun and to be honest none of them really worked for me. I just feel like a yo-yo dieter. Of course fast results are the best for me but I totally understand that these things should take time for them to be effective.
Thanks in advance!
Sarah
I just wanted to find out what diet has worked the best for everyone. I feel like I've tried every diet under the sun and to be honest none of them really worked for me. I just feel like a yo-yo dieter. Of course fast results are the best for me but I totally understand that these things should take time for them to be effective.
Thanks in advance!
Sarah
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rita
02-06-2007, 11:44 PM
You hit the nail on the head when you said that none of the diets worked for you. And none will. No new miracles developed in this area. If you look at your own personal history with "diets" as well as all the diets that have been touted as the new miracle one, you will see a pattern develop: Diets DO NOT work.
Do yourself a favor and don't look for diets. Instead simply lower your calorie intake (gradually, if need be) to allow for a deficit in your daily calorie intake. To speed things along do not lower the calories too drastically. It will backfire on you. Instead, increase the amount of daily physical activity. It doesn't have to be at the gym. Anything you do will be good: walking your dog, walking to shops, running around your neighborhood all count.
There is a way to calculate your daily calorie needs and also how much you need to eat to lose weight. If you supply me with your vitals (age, height,weight) and the amount (hours) of exercise you think you do or will do in a week, I can calculate these numbers for you.
By the way, when you choose the foods you eat don't put any food "off limits". There is no need for that. Eat WHATEVER you enjoy, simply limit the portion size. It's not a "diet". It's a way of life.
If you lower your calories and up your activity you will lose fat, no doubt about that. Do not try to lose too much weight in a hurry. It's not healthy You will be slim again if you just have patience and do not give up. I know many women who had as much weight to lose as you after having babies and they lost it all, even more and look fantastic.
If you can join a gym and go there even for only 30 minutes of daily cardio, it would be great. If you cannot then just get some tapes of cardio workouts for home. You should also include some weight training to get some muscle mass and develop a great shape which will be revealed as the weight comes off.
Do yourself a favor and don't look for diets. Instead simply lower your calorie intake (gradually, if need be) to allow for a deficit in your daily calorie intake. To speed things along do not lower the calories too drastically. It will backfire on you. Instead, increase the amount of daily physical activity. It doesn't have to be at the gym. Anything you do will be good: walking your dog, walking to shops, running around your neighborhood all count.
There is a way to calculate your daily calorie needs and also how much you need to eat to lose weight. If you supply me with your vitals (age, height,weight) and the amount (hours) of exercise you think you do or will do in a week, I can calculate these numbers for you.
By the way, when you choose the foods you eat don't put any food "off limits". There is no need for that. Eat WHATEVER you enjoy, simply limit the portion size. It's not a "diet". It's a way of life.
If you lower your calories and up your activity you will lose fat, no doubt about that. Do not try to lose too much weight in a hurry. It's not healthy You will be slim again if you just have patience and do not give up. I know many women who had as much weight to lose as you after having babies and they lost it all, even more and look fantastic.
If you can join a gym and go there even for only 30 minutes of daily cardio, it would be great. If you cannot then just get some tapes of cardio workouts for home. You should also include some weight training to get some muscle mass and develop a great shape which will be revealed as the weight comes off.
dohboy
02-07-2007, 02:03 AM
I just started exercising 2 weeks ago. I lost fifteen lbs. during this time. The main thing is:
drinking water no soda
exercise at least 30 min. per day
No candy, cookies, cake...
Drink 2 cups of water before a meal and you won't eat as much
Last of all, don't expect to lose right away. Stay with it.
Remember: inch by inch is a cinch;;;;yard by yard is too hard
I know males and females are different.
A good motivator is looking at and/or buying health magazines. There are plenty of them. I got a few things off of them as well.
Good luck;)
drinking water no soda
exercise at least 30 min. per day
No candy, cookies, cake...
Drink 2 cups of water before a meal and you won't eat as much
Last of all, don't expect to lose right away. Stay with it.
Remember: inch by inch is a cinch;;;;yard by yard is too hard
I know males and females are different.
A good motivator is looking at and/or buying health magazines. There are plenty of them. I got a few things off of them as well.
Good luck;)
SweetThing789
02-07-2007, 10:17 AM
Rita, I don't mean to break in on the other posters thread but I am trying to do exactly what you recommended. Would you please figure my calorie intake for losing weight for me? I am 52, 5'3", weigh 258 and don't exercise much. Thanks, SweetThing
sw3006
02-07-2007, 10:31 AM
Medifast - I lost 30 pounds in 5 weeks, back in August --- AND I HAVE KEPT IT OFF!
So some stuff does work, you just have to give it a try!
BEST OF LUCK!
So some stuff does work, you just have to give it a try!
BEST OF LUCK!
Mucho_Ocho
02-07-2007, 02:43 PM
Burning more calories than you take in is the safest route. As for fad diets, I lost weight on South Beach. The first two weeks are tough because you crave carbs and sugar, but it gets easier after that.
mrs_hart17
02-07-2007, 03:18 PM
I just started my diet today and obviously I haven't lost any (lol) Not yet, anyway. I'm going to limit my caloric intake to 1,200 calories a day and tonight I'm going the the gym to work out with my friend. I'm also going to make other improvements with myself, which also helps me want to achieve my goal. I'm very muscular, so I don't need to do any upper body stuff and my legs are really muscular, I just need to lose my belly that I got in the beginning of the year! :) I'm going to work out for at least 1 hour and 30 minutes a day.
viccles
02-07-2007, 03:45 PM
Decrease calories increase excersise. Still eat same amount of carbs but replaced them with good quality ones such wholegrain bread etc. It's really quite easy. I still eat junk frequently but I've lost 26 kilos (Somewhere over 50 pounds I think)
wobbles1234
02-08-2007, 01:53 PM
hey,
Im 17 and Ive done weight watchers and im currently at slimming world.
I am in my second week and ive lost 6 pounds which i think is quite good.
I tried weight watchers and if you love food then its not worth it. whereas with slimming world you can eat as much as you want of free foods and they are easily made.
I went to slimming world about a year ago and i lost one stone but because of my GCSE's i got stressed so if id have stuck with it then id be as slim as a post now.
Well its up to you but its worth giving it a shot.
:)
oh and you can still have chocolate with this diet too :)
xxx
Im 17 and Ive done weight watchers and im currently at slimming world.
I am in my second week and ive lost 6 pounds which i think is quite good.
I tried weight watchers and if you love food then its not worth it. whereas with slimming world you can eat as much as you want of free foods and they are easily made.
I went to slimming world about a year ago and i lost one stone but because of my GCSE's i got stressed so if id have stuck with it then id be as slim as a post now.
Well its up to you but its worth giving it a shot.
:)
oh and you can still have chocolate with this diet too :)
xxx
LovelyLadySarah
02-08-2007, 08:53 PM
Has anyone heard or used Medifast? I heard it works quite well but it's a little bit on the expensive side.
sw3006
02-08-2007, 09:41 PM
Has anyone heard or used Medifast? I heard it works quite well but it's a little bit on the expensive side.
YES, while costly - IT WORKS (I lost 30 pounds in 5 weeks when I tried it and have kept it off)
YES, while costly - IT WORKS (I lost 30 pounds in 5 weeks when I tried it and have kept it off)
KittyLove
02-08-2007, 09:49 PM
I stopped eating anything with sugar and empty carbs. I've tried many different "diets" and they all failed me because they were short term and unrealistic, and now I know why. My way of eating now is a "lifestyle".
Within 2 years, I've have gone from 148 to now 120, and I am easily maintaining because I have gradually changed the way I eat and it would be actually hard for me to fall off the wagon because I'm not on a "diet". I have instilled in myself "no sugar, no empty carbs". I have discovered that these two things are the reason I was fat all those years. I'm an "all or nothing" kind of person so this totally works for me.
In no way do I ever feel deprived...I feel enlightened!! At this point I feel like I'm on the outside (trying to help others) looking into a life of carb addicted people...because at the time, I myself had no idea why I COULDN'T lose weight!!! And now I know for sure what was happening to me, and it was only because of my CHOICES of food I was making. I made those choices thinking "it was healthy and would cause me to lose weight". WRONG!! I was sabotaging myself.
I have literally had to go against EVERYTHING the government's telling us (low-fat crap which equals big money for companies like Nabisco, at the expense of our health, ex. trans fats) and incorporate a low-carb, natural kind of eating. We weren't meant to eat all these "convienent" foods...and isn't it showing???!!!
This is the first time in my life that I can easily see myself eating this way for the rest of my life....it's more than just about the weight loss, it's about no longer dieting, feeling deprived, losing my obsession with food, and gaining control of myself.
I've shifted from counting calories to listening to my body. If you eat the right things you won't be hungry all the time. Protein is the best choice to squash your hunger and keep you satisfied for hours, and that IS the secret of weight loss.
Within 2 years, I've have gone from 148 to now 120, and I am easily maintaining because I have gradually changed the way I eat and it would be actually hard for me to fall off the wagon because I'm not on a "diet". I have instilled in myself "no sugar, no empty carbs". I have discovered that these two things are the reason I was fat all those years. I'm an "all or nothing" kind of person so this totally works for me.
In no way do I ever feel deprived...I feel enlightened!! At this point I feel like I'm on the outside (trying to help others) looking into a life of carb addicted people...because at the time, I myself had no idea why I COULDN'T lose weight!!! And now I know for sure what was happening to me, and it was only because of my CHOICES of food I was making. I made those choices thinking "it was healthy and would cause me to lose weight". WRONG!! I was sabotaging myself.
I have literally had to go against EVERYTHING the government's telling us (low-fat crap which equals big money for companies like Nabisco, at the expense of our health, ex. trans fats) and incorporate a low-carb, natural kind of eating. We weren't meant to eat all these "convienent" foods...and isn't it showing???!!!
This is the first time in my life that I can easily see myself eating this way for the rest of my life....it's more than just about the weight loss, it's about no longer dieting, feeling deprived, losing my obsession with food, and gaining control of myself.
I've shifted from counting calories to listening to my body. If you eat the right things you won't be hungry all the time. Protein is the best choice to squash your hunger and keep you satisfied for hours, and that IS the secret of weight loss.
viccles
02-08-2007, 10:57 PM
You can lose weight with carbs. Trust me I have
KittyLove
02-08-2007, 11:04 PM
You can lose weight with carbs. Trust me I have
The question is "have you kept the weight off?" Unhealthy carbs are obviously a problem and cause your sugar levels to spike which equals hunger... a downfall of any "diet".
Yes, you may lose weight on a low-fat, carby diet, but you'll feel deprived, hungry, and it won't last long. This is why you find yourself looking for the latest, trendy diet.
The question is "have you kept the weight off?" Unhealthy carbs are obviously a problem and cause your sugar levels to spike which equals hunger... a downfall of any "diet".
Yes, you may lose weight on a low-fat, carby diet, but you'll feel deprived, hungry, and it won't last long. This is why you find yourself looking for the latest, trendy diet.
LovelyLadySarah
02-12-2007, 09:38 PM
YES, while costly - IT WORKS (I lost 30 pounds in 5 weeks when I tried it and have kept it off)
Wow, that's really awesome! I just might have to try this one, sounds like it's worth the cost. About how much is if for a month supply or what ever it is? Do you have to keep buying or what?
Wow, that's really awesome! I just might have to try this one, sounds like it's worth the cost. About how much is if for a month supply or what ever it is? Do you have to keep buying or what?
chevyman
02-13-2007, 01:11 AM
counting calories is what help me lose my weight, along with exercise cardio daily. but with that said counting calories did take getting use to but after you get use to eating like that learning to prepare your meals a certain way, spreading your calories around durin the day ect,,ect,, writing every calorie down you put in your mouth, weighing measureing, reading food labels, it gets eaizer,
but I'am having trouble, I still count calories but here lately it seems I been more hungry than normal? I may lower my calorie count? because I did raise it to stop loseing when I went on mantance. but for some reason I am being hungry after my calorie limit and if I don't do something I know I'll yo yo back up.
but as for as diets go counting calories /exercise is what works best in my opinion.
but I'am having trouble, I still count calories but here lately it seems I been more hungry than normal? I may lower my calorie count? because I did raise it to stop loseing when I went on mantance. but for some reason I am being hungry after my calorie limit and if I don't do something I know I'll yo yo back up.
but as for as diets go counting calories /exercise is what works best in my opinion.
twiceblessed
02-13-2007, 08:11 AM
I have literally had to go against EVERYTHING the government's telling us (low-fat crap which equals big money for companies like Nabisco, at the expense of our health, ex. trans fats) and incorporate a low-carb, natural kind of eating. We weren't meant to eat all these "convienent" foods...and isn't it showing???!!!
Gosh, I don't recall the government ever telling us that trans fats were good for us?
So you basically eat no sugar and nothing based on white flour? Is that correct?
Gosh, I don't recall the government ever telling us that trans fats were good for us?
So you basically eat no sugar and nothing based on white flour? Is that correct?
Lenin
02-13-2007, 10:41 AM
Eating LESS and/or exercising MORE is the only way to lower your weight.
I do it by counting my calories.
Diets that are QUALTITATIVE with no regard for QUANTITY are doomed to failure.
If we "listen to our body," what we hear is the same thing we heard when we were fat: EAT!
I do it by counting my calories.
Diets that are QUALTITATIVE with no regard for QUANTITY are doomed to failure.
If we "listen to our body," what we hear is the same thing we heard when we were fat: EAT!
KittyLove
02-14-2007, 08:01 PM
Twiceblessed wrote: "Gosh, I don't recall the government ever telling us that trans fats were good for us".
KittyLove wrote:
The FDA has had solid evidence that partially hydrogenated oil (meaning trans fat) is twice as bad for us as saturated fat since about 1999. That year, the FDA was going to mandate food industries to put trans fat content on their labels, but withdrew because they said "they wanted to give the food industries time to use up their old labels". There you go, it's all about money not our health. Only in the past year or two has trans fat been a hot topic. It was quieted for a big reason folks, money. The food industries have now gradually and in THEIR best interest (financially) changed over. Trans fats are deadly and a big reason for obesity and all the health problems that go with it. The FDA knows it, and they haven't alarmed the public to the degree in which they should have. In the future, this will be in the same league as the cigarette controversery...they knew and didn't warn us. I never said they said trans fats were good for us, but they aren't telling us the full story either!!! Do some research, trans fats are scary! The FDA works for us, we pay them to do the research and protect us.
Twiceblessed wrote:
So you basically eat no sugar and nothing based on white flour? Is that correct?
KittyLove wrote: Yes, exactly.
Sorry, I messed up the quote reply above... tried to fix it.
KittyLove wrote:
The FDA has had solid evidence that partially hydrogenated oil (meaning trans fat) is twice as bad for us as saturated fat since about 1999. That year, the FDA was going to mandate food industries to put trans fat content on their labels, but withdrew because they said "they wanted to give the food industries time to use up their old labels". There you go, it's all about money not our health. Only in the past year or two has trans fat been a hot topic. It was quieted for a big reason folks, money. The food industries have now gradually and in THEIR best interest (financially) changed over. Trans fats are deadly and a big reason for obesity and all the health problems that go with it. The FDA knows it, and they haven't alarmed the public to the degree in which they should have. In the future, this will be in the same league as the cigarette controversery...they knew and didn't warn us. I never said they said trans fats were good for us, but they aren't telling us the full story either!!! Do some research, trans fats are scary! The FDA works for us, we pay them to do the research and protect us.
Twiceblessed wrote:
So you basically eat no sugar and nothing based on white flour? Is that correct?
KittyLove wrote: Yes, exactly.
Sorry, I messed up the quote reply above... tried to fix it.
Summerlady1
02-15-2007, 04:42 PM
I cannot do a specific diet. What I do is make better choices and less portions and eat smaller meals throughout the day. The problem with specific diets is I feel so limited I get frustrated. But that is me. I think portion control and better choices is the way to go. If you are not sure of what is better when making a food choice the diets may help you see what the focus is.
Accutane2X
02-16-2007, 03:22 PM
[QUOTE=rita;2785317] If you supply me with your vitals (age, height,weight) and the amount (hours) of exercise you think you do or will do in a week, I can calculate these numbers for you.
Rita:
Could you help me calculate mine? I'm 32 yrs, 5'7" and 170 lbs. I wear a size 10 pants. I joined a gym but have stopped going. I'm going to get motivated and start going after work again for about 30 minutes 4 times a week. We want to start TTC in a few months and I'd like to lose some beforehand. Thanks
Rita:
Could you help me calculate mine? I'm 32 yrs, 5'7" and 170 lbs. I wear a size 10 pants. I joined a gym but have stopped going. I'm going to get motivated and start going after work again for about 30 minutes 4 times a week. We want to start TTC in a few months and I'd like to lose some beforehand. Thanks