Best Diet Plan??

Just starting out and want to lose 40-50 lbs. Does anyone have any recommendations on the best diet plans? I

Asking this question will give you a thousand different answers.

If you ask ME, there is one thing that sums up ALL the diets out there:

If you want to lose weight, you need to take control of your calorie intake, one way or another. I would suggest you simply use the calorie counter here on the website (and the phone app), and go with that.

I lost 170 lbs doing this. It works.

Enjoy the journey. Don't go too hard on yourself, make the journey enjoyable. This is key if you wanna make it to the end. Have fun!

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His eminent majesty is spot on. It doesn't matter how you create a calorie deficit but once you create one you will lose weight. IMO the entire diet industry is geared around making that easier (or invisible) to the dieter.

I found the easiest way was to log my normal diet, find the places where I ate the most calorie dense food, and try making substitutions for other things I liked which were less calorie dense (So root vegetable mash is 1/3rd the calories of potato mash, but I like both, and both fill the same purpose in my plate).

Also TRY everything even if you think you are going to hate it. I still can't believe that I enjoy cauliflower "rice" and cauliflower puree because I still deeply loathe cauliflower as a vegetable on it's own. But both are so mild in flavour in comparison to plain steamed/boiled cauliflower I actually enjoy them.

3 bits of advice.

1, Don't blindly trust the calculations the site makes about your RDI and exercise. Particularly in the first few weeks. Averages are all well and good but your body will probably be somewhat be out of step with them somewhere.

2, Don't drop too many calories too quickly. Start out slowly and find your own equilibrium. Just because your new buddy is losing 8lb a week doesn't mean you have too. If they are nearing 400lb (like I was this time last year) then losing 7lb a week is relatively easy and not overly dangerous. The same cannot be said for someone who is 189lb...

3, Whatever "diet" you decide to follow LOG EVERYTHING THAT PASSES YOUR LIPS. This really helps once you get into the swing of things...

If your diary is 100% right and you know you _should_ have lost weight then something else is going on. It's probably water or other "transient" weight.

Cut out sugar, sugary beverages, fast food, and processed food-like products. After that, there are many different ways of eating healthfully. Experiment until you find one you can do for the rest of your life. Allow yourself to discover a new way of eating and living

I eat low carb/high fat ketogenic, whole foods as much as possible. and I'm experimenting with Intermittent Fasting: fast 18 hours (8:00pm-2:00pm) feed window 6 hours (2:00pm-8:00pm).

Hi,

In my opinion, you eat for one of two reasons:

1.Because you're hungry

Or..

2. Because of emotion and temptation.

Think about it.

Until now, you've used food to change your EMOTIONS.

You've used food to change how you FEEL.

But as you know, it's only temporarily.

Unfortunately, eating too much or eating junk food
will often make you feel guilty, which leads to further
imbalance of your emotions and more eating...

The whole thing is a vicious cycle.

When you're happy, your food of choice
could be steak or pizza, when you're sad it
could be ice cream or cookies, and when you're
bored it could be potato chips.

Food does more then fill your stomach.
It also satisfies your FEELINGS.

When you are under pressure or feel internal stress,
what do you usually do is reach for food. Eating
changes your FOCUS and the way you FEEL.

But weight loss is not a pipe dream, despite how hard it
seems at times.

Every day thousands of people turn their lives around
by shedding the pounds, getting in shape and fitting
into clothes they never thought possible…

You can be one of them, here is the best way
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This will help you on that path to revealing a trimmer,
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regime and are just lacking the motivation to start it,
it can give you a boost in the right direction.

Good Luck

Cindy

Possibly the most depressing post I never ever read here

I agree with thinner120. Food is a prescribed drug. I had it confirmed by my dr , he said if you don't eat you will die lol...he gave me a prescription for some chocolate and ice cream....

I know Morrison's has a chemist section but this is ridiculous!

Or Greggs the chemist

My diet plan:

1. Calculate your daily calories burned and minus anywhere from 500 -1000 cals. from that number. Do not go below 1200 calories if you are female.
http://nutrition.about.com/od/changeyourdiet/a/calguide.htm

2. Follow the food pyramid (or plate, or whatever they call it now). Get the right amounts of servings of fruits, veggies, protiens, etc.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/pyramid/

3. Get the recommended 30 minutes a day of cardiovascular exercise. Take a walk. Get 10,000 steps per day. When you feel comfortable with it, do some strength training.

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I'm always happy you didn't have to delete it I thought it was very funny

I thought about the doctor prescribing me a chicken breast and 2 broccoli stalks

Take twice a day with.........er.........food?

taken on an empty stomach?..

MsMaryMac because of the obnoxious troll on this site I have sent you a private message. Good luck to you in whatever Nutrition Program you choose.

I'm gonna prescribe you a sense of hummus

LOL

Totally agree & very good advice,this view has worked for me.