If you failed at every diet you tried and then something clicked and you lost weight and kept it off .... what was it that worked?

[sheshootssheimplores]

I just cannot get myself into a diet headspace. The last diet I tried and failed at was RHFitness on Facebook. I know people love them on here, I stuck to the cals and was always over 15000 steps a day but only lost 2lb over three months. Then I got ill and lost my motivation and here I am just steadily gaining again.

I can stick to a diet but my main issue is they don’t tend to work. I have to tweak them by eating a lot less and then they work but of course I can’t maintain a really low calorie diet without falling off the wagon.

I’m ready to go again but I’m lost. I’m a SAHM, I have mornings when my youngest is at preschool but otherwise I’m looking after kids and around food all the time 😬. Bmi 26 so not huge but I really need to lose 2 stone ideally.

[SallyWD]

16/8. Changed my life.

[EssentialHummus]

5.2 / intermittent fasting for me. It matches my approach to things/willpower perfectly.

[wherehavealltheflowersgone]

Me too OP! I could've written your post! I followed Team RH to the letter and like you lost 2lb in 3 months. Watching with interest

[Ginger153]

The only thing that ever stuck for me was buying smaller plates and bowls, and weighing rice, pasta etc. So I know how much a portion is. I'm three sizes smaller than I was and keep it off. No dieting. Good luck!

[Karwomannghia]

1000 calories a day to include a bit of ‘naughty’ food eg crisps or a biscuit. Keep going over the weekends. Record it all.
Daily weighing.
Repeating a mantra with every step when walking of next target weight! Positive visualisation of how I would look and feel.
Slow down eating.
Meal plan delicious low calorie food to look forward to and get any tempting food out of the house.
Get plenty of sleep.

[Shakennotshook]

Not helpful but teamRH did my nut in. They can be so bloody rude! Just because a question has been asked before doesnt mean someone doesnt need to ask again!

[merlotqueen]

MY fitness pal and / or virtual gastric band hyposis app, both worked for me

[notapizzaeater]

Fast 800 then 5/2

[Featherbag]

The new WW plan did it for me. I started in May last year and fell off the wagon for the last 3 months of the year, gaining a stone, but I've now lost 51lbs and I'm a stone off goal!

[Jon65]

An affair . . .

[managedmis]

Tell us more, Jon

For me it was MFP and lower carbing

[Jon65]

Sorry just bored. What's MFP?

[AquarianSquirrel]

Keto

[MadamePompadour]

16.8

[Blondie1984]

Lots of small changes - learning more about portions sizes, moving more, eating more veg and protein and not cutting anything out

[managedmis]

My fitness pal

[rainbowllama]

Fasting. I do OMAD and never felt better.

[Smartcurve]

Low carb/keto

[Mintjulia]

I threw out the bathroom scales, stopped drinking alcohol (not that I drank much anyway) and took up running.

When I started 7 years ago, I could run four gateposts. Now I can run 10k without too much trouble. Have been a steady size 10 ever since.

[ChocOrCheese]

I used to like drinking beer but stopped that altogether. Did not stop alcohol. That stopped me constantly gaining. For me it was a happy mix of various things. I fell in love with exercise - kettlebells initially. I started losing a bit of weight, loved how I felt and started making an effort. I also stopped eating breakfast as I found I exercise better fasted, and so just fell into the 16:8 fasting method. Also rigorous food logging every single day (and thus calorie counting).

I don't stick to a rigorous calorie goal every day, and if a binge day happens (on holiday, for instance) it happens. I think it is good for the body not to know how much it is going to get every day. I do largely stay away from carbs and I am very particular about enjoying my food. So I would, if very tempted and still have room, have a dessert, but if it does not taste good enough I am capable of leaving it, whereas before I would just mindlessly finish it. Even if I was full before I started it.

[WatchingTheWheels85]

OMAD

[Madhairday]

Mines 16:8 and lower carving. I lost 2 stone a few years ago with Slimming World, but it was creeping on again so I started cutting breakfast after reading IF threads on here. It's revolutionalised my life. Now I only have breakfast on special occasions and I keep all my eating within an 8 hour window - I only eat lunch and dinner and rarely snack. I also cut out most bread so lunches are generally soups or salads. I do still eat carbs with my main meal but cut down the quantity. I've kept all the weight off this way and it just seems easy now - I never feel like I'm missing out.

[Madhairday]

Lower carbing, that is.

[StoatofDisarray]

OMAD and Keto together.

[Fuzzyend]

Another one for low carb OMAD - love looking forward to a big healthy meal with my family at the end of the day and feel really well.