Diets and healthy eating
 

I know common sense comes into it, but what do people think to diets in general? . I know some are just a marketing ploy and do more damage than good :rolleyes: .

Stick thin models and body types are no longer celebrated anymore which is good, and they no longer seen as conventionally attractive and are deemed as ‘unhealthy’ what is worrying is morbidly obese body types are beginning to be deemed as ‘healthy’. So I think diets in a whole are a good thing although not towards children, parents should be responsible for their children’s eating/diet per say

I think if you want to lose weight and keep it off you need to play the long game and not do any of these crash diets. Eat healthier, cut down on junk food and exercise. You need to make it a lifestyle habit, crash diets can't really become a life style.

Amberlynn Reid is the prime example of crash diets not working she’s now almost 600lbs as she keeps trying these crash diets and failing and binging. She’s a complete mess.

I don’t believe in “diets” at all, they are only temporary and you always gain the weight back soon after finishing them.

I do believe in simple calorie counting though and lost 11+ stone last year from just monitoring calories and walking 10K+ steps every day.

And that’s WITH a kebab and fish and chips once a week too! And it’s stayed off.

That's part of the key as well I think, not torturing yourself because you won't stick to that. You have to allow yourself a treat sometimes.

Well done again for the weight loss, that's an amazing achievement

My diet is. When I'm hungry, I eat.

Don’t forget, you are what you eat….






I need to eat a skinny person.

...Also really well done, LaLa...that’s an incredible achievement...:love:...I also don’t believe in diet in terms of depriving but I’d believe in diet in terms of eating lifestyle...and just generally trying to burn off more calories than are consumed each day...a lifestyle diet that we as a family all have had for a little while now, is that we’re all vegetarians...well, I wasn’t a meat eater anyway, but not a vegetarian as such before...it’s an eating lifestyle that I love...

Since we're on lockdown again I'm indulging a little bit :laugh:
Will try to eat better after lockdown :joker:

Don't get me started on Amberlynn , I've seen a few videos on YouTube about her and it seems she keeps going backwards whilst pretending to be healthy :rolleyes: .

But yeah I agree that extreme dieting is bad , and I think it's easier to slowly become a vegetarian than a vegan . All about balance really . And don't shock your body system .

Dieting never works long term neither does counting calories,you just have to eat sensibly and control your portions, the only way to keep weight off is to have a healthy eating regime for life, oh and some exercise is good, walking being an easy one.

I mean tbh her issue is she never follows the diet off camera. Not really a criticism of any of the diets she’s done

Yeah exactly , I still check the calories of some items though as I don't like having things with too much sugar or salt .

The one-to-one Cambridge one’s the only one I’d recommend.

I have been playing sports since I was a kid.
So at first I could eat anything I wanted because I was a teenager and did not need to worry too much about it. But then you get older and reach a certain point where you need to have a balanced diet to reach your goals.
I was lucky enough to play rugby which allowed me to eat big but to get bigger you need to eat big, train a lot but mostly eat HEALTHY. And that is the hard part.
It takes discipline and a good mindest to eat right but not get crazy about it. I follow some guidelines but I don't look at each calorie I'm eating like some people I know.

I think that worrying too much about what you're eating can be as mentally damaging as not eating or eating too much. It can be torture to some people to track everything they're eating all the time. Just follow some general guidelines and have fun too. It's so amazing to eat delicious meals and not worry too much about it.

Calorie deficit is the only scientifically proven way to lose weight.

So basically a healthy diet and exercise is all you need, fad diets dont work in the long run and depriving yourself of 'bad' foods will see you fail over and over.

Also, lift weights to see good results (imo)

Has anyone seen this funny video lol

I personally think the best thing to do is exercise often and just don't think about food too often because the more you think about food the more likely you are to overeat.

I'm no expert on the subject tbf.

I did Slimming world about 15 years ago, I lost 3 stone and went from a size 14/16 to an 8/10.. it took me over two years but I haven't put any weight back on yet...i guess cos it's not really a fad diet it's just common sense healthy eating but going to group really focussed me....especially getting weighed every week ...I never did any of the excercise bits though thats why it took me longer...but i think i might be allergic to exercise ....

Weight loss is achieved 80% in the kitchen, 20% exercise. Crash diets, weight watchers, all that kind of thing, no.

Doing weights is actually better for weight loss than jogging. Lifting weights burns calories whilst you do it, and also a long time after because the body uses up tons of energy repairing muscles. So do weights, and an hour later, sat on the sofa, you'll still be burning calories.

Plenty of Water is great and Green Tea.

Cook everything you can with Coconut Oil. Even eat it raw out of the tub. It's a super food. All kinds of Berries, Fish, Veg, Lean Meat, Nuts all brilliant.

All this stuff improves your skin, teeth, hair, movement, energy levels and your mental health.

Then after all that have a day/meal every week with any rubbish you like :laugh:

Larger body sizes may no longer be ridiculed but "morbidly obese" sizes are certainly not being deemed healthy.

11 stone? :shocked: wow, well done.

I lost around 7 about 10 years a go now.

I agree, calorie counting. Keep it simple. Science is science, calories in v calories out. If you consume more than your body needs for energy it will store as fat.

There are a lot of myths out there. IT doesn’t matter what time you eat, it matters how much you consum3 overall.

Stick in the exercise to boost metabolism and have treats within your calorie allowance. It’s a lifestyle change, not a ‘diet’ which suggests it’s temporary.

People replace happiness with food. It’s an addiction. Sort out the issues that are making you self indulge. Eat to fuel your body.

Muscle burns fat, yes. If you want to lose weight quickly, safely and steadily then then the ‘epoc’ Effect, which as you mention is the continuation of burning calories post workout then you want to do HITT training. High intensity interval training.

High intensity cardio will burn mor3 calories than weight training and you will raise your heart rate quicker. Combine it with weight training. Just doing general jogging will not raise your heart rate enough in comparison. The epoc effect is so much less greater....however, any moving is good.

Good advice though.