crazy dieting in the new year

There’s a programme on Ch5 7pm Wednesday called The 1970’s diet which I’m going to watch!

henetha

Perhaps the best diet of all is the simplest one which I read somewhere.

Eat less, move more.

But diets are merely suggesting different ways to Eat less.

Personally I would never start to try to lose weight in the new year. There is still too much food and rink left over from Christmas, then there is al the c;earing up. Leave it until February when some of the extra weight gain will have gone from natural causes and you can concentrate on regular, sensible eating.

My mum used to eat Energen rolls - sort of crusty and no substance.
I tried the grapefruit and egg diet to keep my sister company but only managed to stick to it till lunchtime.
Suggested my late DH do a clock change diet. Try to lose weight in the summer and stay the same in winter. Who wants to diet when it’s cold. And what’s dry January all about

January is for eating up all those things we didn't get round to eating at Christmas

That’s my downfall. I’m a human dustbin! 😂

I do 16:8 fasting, and try very hard with low cardio. In the last 10 years I have kept my weight steady.

Kefir? Maw

I've got 3 mince pies left and no one else eats them. They are Cartwright and Butler one as well

two mine pies.
Mince pies, but they were mine, not Oreo's.

I'm on the Oreo diet so far today.

Having spent the morning prepping food for family coming tomorrow, I couldn't face making myself lunch so I had two mine pies.

I always think February is a better month to think about eating less, more healthily and 🤞 weight loss. January is for eating up all those things we didn't get round to eating at Christmas.

Shinamae

Aveline

The only one that seemed to work for me was intermittent fasting. I did the 16:8 version. Of course as soon as I stopped back the weight came.

I’m still doing this, but to a different time structure
I don’t have anything at all until 1130 in the morning and then I have a glass of Kiefer then I eat more or less what I want until 930 in the evening and that’s when I stop
Since May I have lost one stone 6 lb..

What is Kiefer please?

Aveline

That sounds pretty good Shinamae. I might try it but maybe not those timings. I wake very early and go to bed early so am not eating up till 9.30. maybe I could try 10- 7? Don't know. I would want to do it properly so will have to have a think.
In other diet related news, I have bought the makings of overnight oats and also some organic apples cider vinegar.

Whatever suits you…😁

That sounds pretty good Shinamae. I might try it but maybe not those timings. I wake very early and go to bed early so am not eating up till 9.30. maybe I could try 10- 7? Don't know. I would want to do it properly so will have to have a think.
In other diet related news, I have bought the makings of overnight oats and also some organic apples cider vinegar.

Aveline

The only one that seemed to work for me was intermittent fasting. I did the 16:8 version. Of course as soon as I stopped back the weight came.

I’m still doing this, but to a different time structure
I don’t have anything at all until 1130 in the morning and then I have a glass of Kiefer then I eat more or less what I want until 930 in the evening and that’s when I stop
Since May I have lost one stone 6 lb..

poor Les

I've always done well on weightwatchers but it is about portion sizing and damage limitation - so if you eat a chocolate bar you need to compensate in some way for that, so dust for dinner (I am joking)

but henetha is right, it's about eating (and drinking) les and moving more

lets all be good

Crash diets may not work but following a long term plan which leads to healthier eating and lifestyle changes DOES.

Diets don’t work, long term. You can crash diet but in the end it all goes back on.

henetha

Perhaps the best diet of all is the simplest one which I read somewhere.

Eat less, move more.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

mumski

'Diets' are why Slimming World and Weight Watchers are still in business after decades and doing very well thank you.
They never work, any of them.

I beg to differ.
I lost nearly three stone doing Weight Watchers about seven years ago. Not only have I kept it off but I lost another stone slowly during last year by low carbing.
I’m exactly where I want to be now but I’ll always thank WW for guiding me at a time in my life when my willpower needed some help.

Perhaps the best diet of all is the simplest one which I read somewhere.

Eat less, move more.

Come 1st January every year and I usuallt start the diet resolutions.
There's a slimming club nearby and the queues have begun.
A friend gave me some of their diet soups and they were foul .
I ate less than I usually do over Christmas mainly , because I felt unwell .

My New Year Resolution this year is to be realistic.
I'm not in my twenties and thirties super active and likely to be a size eight again .

My mother actually ended up in hospital having drunk PLJ in an effort to lose weight.
Another time on a diet of Slimcea she was faint from hunger.
I used to dread the moods when she dieted existing on cigarettes and chewing gum.

Over the last couple of years a once easy going fun friend ,who is naturally a 16 in a dress has dieted due to the overwhelming influence of a friend.
She has changed radically and now a 12 in a dress ,but the change in her personality isn't nice .
I shall make an effort to eat more fruit ,salad and vegetables,but I'm not going to diet again .

Monica I was being satirical I thought but thanks for the lecture anyway. I'm doing fine on Healthy Eating and exercise as advocated by the NHS.

I know. I guess we all know what we should and shouldn't be eating and how much of it. I always found that 'being on a diet' made me obsessed with food. I reckon that if I'm sensible about shopping I do much better ie if there's no cake and crisps in the house I can't be scoffing them. However, knowing is one thing, doing is another!

I did the 5:2 diet when it came out. I lost 2 stone in 4 months. That was 10 years ago and I have not put that weight back on.

That particular diet suited me, so it worked. Two days a week, I had to walk away from food, instead of scoffing everything I saw. Once I learned to do it 2 days a week, I learned to do it every day and on the occasional days I overeat it doesn't really matter.

But more than anything you need to realise that it is your current food choices that are making you fat, so they have to change. It is just getting your mind set right and then finding a dietstyle that suits you. Some diets are crazy, others aren't.

I tried them all. In my fifties I decided it’s all brainwashing. Been the same weight ever since. I eat anything because it’s allowed. It’s surprising how food loses its attraction when it’s allowed. No calorie counting.