When on a diet, how well do you keep it?

[beginnercook]

There are some people who are on a diet and still go stray anytime they can. Others follow the nutritionists rules as much as possible. In which category do you fall? Are you careful with the diet? Not?

[she_cookie]

I am careful. I am not on a diet now, but i was some time ago and i really kept my hands of fat food and sweets.
I believed in what i was doing and i didn't go stray :D I felt tempted from time to time but i kept my head up high and.. bit my tongue :D

[Dishwashboy]

I’m sorry to say that I haven’t been able to diet on my whole life because having a diet plan is like changing your lifestyle. I’m not rich. Only the rich people can afford this because they can spend their money.

[bellapria]

I don't really diet... I do stick to a fairly healthy lifestyle however. That is way better than dieting

[karenlyn]

Dishwasherboy... I disagree. Deciding to be healthy isn't something only rich people do. People without a lot of money can make healthier choices, too-- they just have to be prepared to cook the stuff themselves instead of buy packets.

Seems to me that only the very very poor can't make choices about what (or if, actually) they eat. If you can afford a computer to post things on the internet, you can afford to make healthy eating choices. At least, that's how it seems to me.

Though I agree that making healthy lifestyle choices is much better than going on a diet!

[Soozie]

I also disagree with Dishwashboy. Fortunately for him, that is. A much better investment is buying fruit and vegetables, cereal and nuts for food than eating out in some fast food restaurant and then paying for some awful surgery or treatment 20 years from now because the food you used to eat poisoned your body. Plus, if you're healthy and full of energy, you can work more for more money. There goes your vicious cycle.

[Denton15]

I don't 'go on a diet' because I find myself thinking about food and wanting all the things I can't have. Instead I have made more lasting changes to my diet and to my routine. I always eat a healthy breakfast (usually porridge) that helps my digestion and it makes me feel full. I eat lots of fruit and veg, I cook from fresh ingredients and I manage portion sizes by using slightly smaller plates. If I really want something bad I have it, but only a small amount, because it is not forbidden I don't find myself longing for unhealthy foods very often.

[teamforce]

I have never been on a diet before but based on what my friends told me, weight seems to be destiny; whatever you lose will come back to you in double dosage eventiually :)

[Lory]

I can handle it :)
I was on a diet some while ago and it worked like a charm.
I am very ambitious and i really kept away from sweets and food i wasn't supposed to eat. It was a bit hard but i managed to finish the diet quite well, and the results were great.

[dan]

The whole notion of a "diet" is destined for failure.

Without fundamentally better eating habits on the bottom line, reducing your calorie intake for a few weeks is only a short-term goal. Most people "diet" and then get into the cheating paradigm.

Instead, change your whole lifestyle. Get a routine at the gym. Find a cardio activity you enjoy. Play racquetball with your homefleet. Explore other interests besides watching TV.

People act so surprised when the weight doesn't melt off because they replaced their 6th can of soda with some 0% juice.

[Micki]

I used to diet continually. I decided to eat healthy and follow a wonderful food plan for 18 yrs. I belong to a support group for this and find lots of friend doing the same. I started by reading a book Food Addiction The Body Knows. The site is www.kaysheppard.com and the support group is The Body Knows.
I have so many cooking ideas with delicious foods. I have a Kitchen Craft cookware set and decided to join a forum to see what ideas I could get on some more great new kitchen items. this Forum looks great. I will be telling others of it.
I am looking forward to a warm welcome.
Blessings, Micki

[cezs12]

That's good Micki. Eating oatmeal every morning, eating healthy foods and fruits keeps my diet great!! Of course having a daily exercise helps me to maintain my body.

[Elisha]

Teamforce, if you lose weight properly and not with all these crash diets it does not need to come back. The problem most people have is that they follow a strict diet and afterwards they just go back to normal, eating chips, burgers, chocolates and whatever. Obviously they will pick up weight again.

The sad thing about many fad diets is that they don't teach you how to eat properly. As others have said in this discussion, you need to change your whole lifestyle when you want the weight to stay of. Meaning you need to eat healthy and do some sport. Then you won't get fat again.

But there are also other mistakes often made that make the diet fail in the end. If you go on a very strict diet for example, you will just end up craving for certain foods and then you start cheating, and that's it. It's better to sometimes allow you a little bit of luxuries even when you are on a diet, then you got much greater chances to hold out. The important thing is that you stick to your plan of eating healthy MOST OF THE TIME.

[shzeb]

i m on the diet these days
i was very strict about it for the first 2 months and i lost 6 kg
now some times i treat my self with some extra calories every now and then

[lynseysnatural]

I agree with everyone who is saying diets are destined for failure - make smart food choices, but you have to let yourself enjoy the things you really love, whether that is bread, steak or dessert. But if you're going to indulge, do it right - eat some really good bread instead of 10 pieces of no-taste, low-carb "bread", or have a few bites of really high quality chocolate rather than eating a whole box of sugar-free "cookies"

[Elisha]

shzeb, congratulations!
6 kilos in 2 months is quite a good average. And if you now start spoiling yourself a bit sometimes, you are still definitely on the right track, as losing weight permanently is a matter of choosing a healthier lifestyle, and a lifestyle must also include occasional treats.
Good luck further on! :)

[dotcracker]

Veg food will save you.
Instead of changing your routine on a diet schedule, try tampering it only a bit.
Do not go for much, just simply, prevent bad habits for health and do good things.




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[food-fanatic]

i am currently in a low carb diet inspite of reading everywhere that diets dont work.
you see i had a baby last year and i stopped exercising due to lack of time and energy. so, the least i can do is diet, which i am doing now.
but i have lost a couple of pounds, since starting the diet 2 weeks ago.
the main thing i did was simple cook very less food, so that i wont have any food left for second helpings or cravings in between. sounds kinda lame, but it seems to have worked. :)
when i do eat i eat lots of veggies, whole grains etc.
i am also visiting the gym everyday and have a lot more energy and stamina than i used to.
hope this routine works out for me. :)

[lionking]

Serious issue indeed..to keep pace with your diet..please read diet websites that speaks lot about benefits of healthy foods..by reading this constantly you will more motivated. Move people who do more exercise and dieting..you will bemore motivated. After a while your mind and body will be automatically adjusted and there will not be deviation. All the best.

[dacon]

I am new user so i have never been on a diet before but based on what my friends told me, weight seems to be destiny; whatever you lose will come back to you in double dosage eventiually