Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group

Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.

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happynaz
happynaz
I am trying to lose weight and I was going to see if anyone could help me out with diets that work?
lillymaria
lillymaria
hi hAVE YOU TRYED weight Watches, or on your iPhone if you have one try Fitness pal, it is very good I know how your feeling as i am also battling with my weight
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hello Happy:
I do not believe diets work, but lifestyle changes do.
I would try just a few healthy habits.
Like, drink more water,less soda. Eat more lean protein; watch portion sizes, and go light on the sweets.
More movement, and the wt loss will be slow, but it is more likely to stay off.
Find a plan that works for you and stick to it.
LiliannB
LiliannB
Hi Welcome Happy!! :) I agree with Rose about diets do not work...Focus on self control. I had started fasting on Wednesday and watching my portions size and reduce my meal times to 1 or 2 normal meals a day. and no snacking!!

Exercise is crucial!!! Do movements you enjoy, walking or dancing with your favorite music...it helps!!

Good luck with your efforts!!

Liliann :)
lorrieonline
lorrieonline
These ladies have great suggestions. I too believe that this is a process that we enjoy along the way. As we learn what works for us, we continue to tweak our diet and exercise moreso that just trying a diet and deciding if it failed us or not and then quitting it. I like to call it tweaking or making adjustments to it.

I've tried a lot of different diets and methods and my conclusion is that any diet will allow someone to shed a lot of water weight in the first week and they all claim a quick 10 pounds, don't they. Well, the news flash they neglect to harp on is the idea that it doesn't matter which diet you're doing, you can lose up to 10 pounds that one week - because it's water weight.

I've pulled ideas from a number of methods and currently am logging everything on "myfitnesspal" and it's helping me stay in line.

Good like finding a healthy balance so that you can enjoy tracking your progress along the way toward making healthy changes that will endure.

We've had a weekly weigh-in thread going for quite a while to help support when people check in. You're welcome to join us:
http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Diets_Weight_Maintenance/forum/20364741-weekly-weighin-apr-511
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