My .20:
Eat mostly “Paleo” style. (carbs from fruit, not bread/pasta)
Apply systems thinking vs goals.
Lift 3 days a week. (alternate upper body days and lower body days)
Walk whenever.
Do some yoga.
Meditate/pray daily.
Get plenty of sleep.
Have you considered KETO?
You see that thing around here from the Daily Mail about walking? There were a lot of good tips on that thread about FREEPERS who also enjoy the many benefits of walking. I think it was 2 or 3 days ago...
There are better ways than donating to Oprah’s WW.
I’ve been a WW member for more than 20 years. I started back to meetings in mid-January (wish I’d done it before Christmas, sigh), and I like the new plan. One of the best things about it is the “anti-points” you get for eating non-starchy vegetables. I sometimes finish a day with more points than I started with.
My number one habit for success is to go to bed when I’m tired instead of sitting up watching TV and eating, like the remainder of my family.
As we have gotten older, we have changed. Metabolism is slower. Stay busy, keep out of the kitchen.
Don’t eat late. Once I have brushed my teeth, my intake is done for the day.
Re: chocolate. See if you can’t develop a taste for very-high-cocoa-content chocolate. Start with 72% and work your way up to 85% or more. It’s an acquired taste, but you’ll avoid the very high sugar content of crappy milk chocolate (pardon my French). Also, the “calories in, calories out” notion is terribly inaccurate. A filet mignon and a Snickers bar may give the same readings in a bomb calorimeter, but their effect on the body is completely different. Very low carb / keto works like magic for weight loss.
Walking is the best exercise you can do and you can do it your entire life.
Keto is significantly easier and more effective.
IF you're unfortunately addicted to fats, like three or so people I've known, recognize it and deal with it as such.
Best of luck to all.
What is the weight watchers diet considered?
Sugar and refined carbs are ENEMY NUMBER 1. Avoid those and most diets work. Also DO NOT underestimate the role poor sleep can play with weight gain.
Eat meat and eggs. Ruminant meats. Eat meat until you are full. You get carbs just by breathing. Eat nothing out of a box that has a lil packet of poison to make it work. Minimal processing is best.
Make sure you're eating less calories than you're burning.
Limit high carb foods like pasta, rice, bread, beer, etc. and of course no fast food or refined junk.
Exercise every day. Do *something*.
Drink lots of water.
Your weight loss will stall at some point. Know that it's temporary and normal. Ignore it and keep to your regimen.
Brush your teeth after meals. The minty taste makes the thought of food much less appealing.
Don't give up! You'll get there but not if you give up. I'm menopausal, have about eight pounds to go, and struggle with wanting to eat all day every day. But I want my figure back more than I want the temporary bliss of food.
Good luck!
“Less calories in, more calories burned.”
Not my experience. Not exactly. I must keep carbs tightly controlled or the fat stays on. Using a low fat diet, I once got down to 125 lbs on my 5’8” male frame - and still had a bunch of belly fat!
For me, strict carb control plus time restricted eating - a form of intermittent fasting - has removed the most belly fat in my life - in my mid 60s. I think of it as very low carb ENABLES me to cut calories. After 4 years, my daily calorie intake is probably 1/2 what it was but without hunger or cravings.
My sister, OTOH, never had my issues. She takes more after my Dad’s side of the family while I got my Mom’s genes...dammit! FWIW, I’m ex-military and been fighting the fat for 50 years, since my early teens. Keto, nearly carnivore, plus IF are the first thing that has ever really worked for me. I’ll do it the rest of my life.
My View;
1. Take your feelings out of it, stop needing a reward for doing what is right for your body. If you remove feelings that removes a big reason why people rollercoaster with weight. Life is full of happenings and some will make us want to feed our boredom of feelings.
1.1 Create or find options to snacking or rewarding with food.
1.2 Food change alone is not the answer.
2. Eat real food, close to natural state as possible. no boxed packaged full of additives crap. If you eat real grains, your body can handle it properly. where as if you eat processed/frozen dinners and other packaged ready to eat meals they usually contain less naturally occuringnutrients and fiber (may have nutrients or fiber added other ways) and the body does not recognize and not designed to handle the fake/changed foods as well. most people avoiding grains recent years will likely realize down the road they are depleted in some thing. Bible tells us grains are ok. Problem is get them most natural, not GMO or processed to the point the body can’t handle properly and no nutritional value.
3. less processed sugar (or fake sweeteners) and salt, use naturally occuring sugar items like chopped up fruit, berries to add sweetness to meals of any kind, you get the fiber and all benefits. Add other spices or items with some nutrients that are salty too. Flavor with dab of nut butter or some thing that will seem fun, you need certain amount of fat in diet anyway.
4 don’t pay a plan(waste money), pray to God and look online for the many bible based quotes and books and plans out there. God has our true answer to real change. All other change is only temporary.
5. I am preaching to myself too! so don’t think I’m not also critiquing my own self and re-adjusting habits at times where needed.
6. Drink plenty of water. Body builders drink lots of water to flush fat cells before events.
Don’t have eating be the most important thing you do each day.
Use low Glycemic Index and low Glycemic Load foods only. Use allulose (Splenda brand Allulose at Walmart is a great buy and allulose doesn't cause any gas), erythritol (has very little gas production concern—we like this taste best), monk fruit, and stevia for your sugar substitutes. We prefer the first two over the intense sweetness of the latter two, though.
You can eat a lot of low glycemic carbs that are tasty, including lentils and such, but even better are the lowest ones like broccoli and green beans.
You don't have to do “low carb” to more easily diet your weight down, but that would be the next step you could take.
Keto is vastly better for your body and more effective than WW.
For chocolate, Liky’s chocolates are a great option.
Look into the multiple options from there.
It works. Mrs L has lost over 30 lbs using WW.
L