How to stay consistent on a diet

amother

Sun, May 05 2024, 9:36 pm

Tips and tricks please ?

chocolate moose

Mon, May 06 2024, 4:13 pm

How important to you is it?

amother

Dodgerblue

Mon, May 06 2024, 4:22 pm

I need also I’m good for a few days and then ..

amother

Mon, May 06 2024, 4:29 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

How important to you is it?

Still can't deprive myself from good food. No matter how important.

amother

Poppy

Mon, May 06 2024, 4:30 pm

'I can make you thin' by Paul Mcenna

amother

Mocha

Mon, May 06 2024, 4:33 pm

amother OP wrote:

Still can't deprive myself from good food. No matter how important.

I can't either, so I work out to burn the calories. It's much easier for me.

amother

Glitter

Mon, May 06 2024, 4:49 pm

amother Mocha wrote:

I can't either, so I work out to burn the calories. It's much easier for me.

What type of workouts do you do? I’m too lazy to do anything but really need to.

chocolate moose

Mon, May 06 2024, 5:44 pm

amother OP wrote:

Still can't deprive myself from good food. No matter how important.

I'm diabetic. by giving up most carbs, I lost 35 lbs and I wasn't big to begin with. I want to be healthy. but I want it more than the casual dieter obviously.

and by the way, I eat good food. but food that's good for me, o bviously

amother

Mocha

Mon, May 06 2024, 6:05 pm

amother Glitter wrote:

What type of workouts do you do? I’m too lazy to do anything but really need to.

Dance, yoga, Running, Pilates. I rather work out than have to eat food I don't like or eat less.

amother

Cappuccino

Mon, May 06 2024, 7:16 pm

amother Mocha wrote:

I can't either, so I work out to burn the calories. It's much easier for me.

"you can't outrun a bad diet"

amother

Mocha

Tue, May 07 2024, 3:52 am

amother Cappuccino wrote:

"you can't outrun a bad diet"

It's the only way I can keep a normal weight and not have to only eat salad. If I eat "normal" without exercise, I gain weight.

Comptroller

Tue, May 07 2024, 4:10 am

amother OP wrote:

Still can't deprive myself from good food. No matter how important.

Make good food that is diet conform.

Be inspired by japanese food culture. Here is what I wrote about the basics in another post:

Quote:

great diversity,
small quantities, (rather 10 different small portions than 2 big ones)
many colors (make it pleasant to the eye)
many textures,
many tastes, (make it interesting for the palate),
lots of fish (and seafood),
not too much meat, (2 kilos enough for 600 students)
not too much fat, (not much fried food, but in small quantities, among lots of other stuff)
not too much sugar, (a piece of cake has the size of a poststamp, and they don't often serve cake)
sit down to eat (in Japan, nobody eats on the go it is considered very uncouth),
respect your food,
stop before you are too filled up

I love watching "a week of bento" on youtube, or the way they produce school or office lunches in Japan or Korea (also on youtube) because it really shows how they think in terms of diversity of foods served.

They often serve three types of protein in one meal (egg, fish, tofu), many different kinds of veggies, including algae, cooked or raw or pickled, rather small portions of meat compared to our habits, and they arrage it in a beautiful way.

lamplighter

Tue, May 07 2024, 4:18 am

Choose a diet you don't feel you need a break from.

BmoreBubby

Tue, May 07 2024, 9:28 am

For me it's totally about daily motivation. Helps that I read Body & Soul and keep reviewing it.

BmoreBubby

Tue, May 07 2024, 9:30 am

amother OP wrote:

Still can't deprive myself from good food. No matter how important.

Here's the way I look at it, whatever (healthy) food I eat, make sure it's delicious, so that I don't feel deprived.

BmoreBubby

Tue, May 07 2024, 9:45 am

amother Glitter wrote:

What type of workouts do you do? I’m too lazy to do anything but really need to.

Can you get yourself to take more steps during the day? Like when you go shopping, just park at the farthest spot rather than the closest one? Things like that to get more steps in? Maybe even getting a step-counting watch?