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A space to talk openly about weight loss journeys and challenges. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.

If you had to post your number 1 diet tip...

149 replies

greendress789 · 26/02/2021 20:43

What would it be?

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BiscuitSewingTin · 26/02/2021 21:52

Don't go on diets.

If you're overweight, you need to change your eating habits and mindset. Make changes gradually that you will keep for life, otherwise the weight will just go back on when you stop dieting. It's also kind of ridiculous to think you can change all your eating habits overnight. Spending your life counting calories is just depressing, so is avoiding "bad" foods.

dementedma · 26/02/2021 21:53

Move more.

wellthatsunusual · 26/02/2021 21:57

@Seychelles98

Intermittent fasting - 16:8, 5:2 are both good. *@wellthatsunusual* when you say fill up on protein, which ones do you highly recommend? If you're eating a lot of protein do you usually reduce or cut out carbs?
I have lost weight slowly but consistently by weight training and tweaking my diet. I don't low carb but I calorie count and you can eat loads and loads of vegetables, salad etc and it comes to very few calories. If you then eat something along with that like lean meat or fish, you end up feeling quite full despite not having taken in a huge amount of calories. Whereas if you eat the same amount of calories but it consists of pasta and a bit of sauce, you end up hungry again fairly quickly. If you can tolerate the hunger pangs it probably makes no difference in the end, but most people (including me) give in and then you're back to square one.

I eat loads of eggs, turkey, chicken, and loads of vegetables. I love food, love cooking, and there is no way I'm going to give up carbs, but I do limit them simply because they take up quite a lot of calories when you're calorie counting for not a huge return in terms of staving off hunger.

I also eat loads of full fat yoghurt and quite often top it up by mixing it with whey protein powder. It makes it so filling that it completely stops any desire to snack. Ordinary yoghurt pots can have four or five teaspoons of sugar in them but something like Fage Trublend has only got about a third of that for a bigger pot.

thenightsky · 26/02/2021 21:59

Keep my mouth shut around food.

bellagogosdead · 26/02/2021 22:01

Keep going. Which I suppose is like there is no wagon up thread.
If you have eaten more than you meant to or the wrong things just carry on before.
It is tempting to think fuck it I might as well have this cake too and the wine and chips.
This is where it all goes wrong ime.

Amiable · 26/02/2021 22:02

Eat less, move more

Puffinhead · 26/02/2021 22:12

Cut out sugar.

SchrodingersImmigrant · 26/02/2021 22:14

Spices and herbs and more spices and herbs. Having a good variety to flavour different dishes properly makes them so much more satisfying. Dieting needn't be bland and boring!

fataroundthemiddle · 26/02/2021 22:16

Don't eat

VanillaIce · 26/02/2021 22:22

Yup. It really is just all about calorie deficit. There are no short cuts. There are just tricks that help some people to cope with the calorie deficit.

PattyPan · 26/02/2021 22:33

Eat lots of fibre

Thinkivepulledsommat · 26/02/2021 22:42

@Amiable

Eat less, move more
With the best will in the world, if it was as simple as this then we wouldn’t have an obesity epidemic. It’s more complex than that. For example, if you eat healthily (protein, fat, loads of veg, low carb, no alcohol, sugar or processed foods) you could end up being able to eat way more and STILL lose weight. It’s about what you’re eating, not how much. And I know many people who do punishing cardio regimes and don’t lose weight because they are stuck in a yo-yo pattern.
Stroller15 · 26/02/2021 22:46

Calorie deficit. Move. Don't drink your calories.

DialsMavis · 26/02/2021 22:51

Caloric deficit but not too low! I have starved myself so many times then my body adjusts and only burns the tiny amount of calories and I cant hack being hungry all the time. I aim for a 500 calorie deficit (taking food and exercise into account), that and heavy weights...

TheMarzipanDildo · 26/02/2021 22:54

Thing is, with threads like these you get people (authoritatively) posting about what worked for them, but you will also get plenty of dodgy and oversimplified science.

SchrodingersImmigrant · 26/02/2021 22:55

With the best will in the world, if it was as simple as this then we wouldn’t have an obesity epidemic.
Ime it is actually that simple BUT it's not EASY. That's the problem

calamityjam · 26/02/2021 23:00

Again calorie deficit for me. I stick to my calories every day and allows me to eat the odd chocolate bar or takeaway. No banned foods at all. I eat lots of chicken and turkey and tuna. Never drink full sugar pop I only drink water and the occasional sugar free pop. I started 18th December and I'm down a full dress size or more. I don't weigh myself but try on clothes I used to fit in.

spaceghetto · 26/02/2021 23:07

Exercise! I love chocolate, a lot. I tried to cut it out but I felt miserable. So I started running and cut down to just eating chocolate at night. I have been running every other day for nearly a year now and I feel so healthy. If I want a treat, I have one, I just might do an extra mile on my run. I have toned up so much and have lost 3 stone. Running is hard though but if you want your body to change, you need to make a big change.

LApprentiSorcier · 26/02/2021 23:08

Avoid processed/refined food. If it has more than one ingredient on the packet, give it a miss.

Eckhart · 26/02/2021 23:11

@TheMarzipanDildo

Thing is, with threads like these you get people (authoritatively) posting about what worked for them, but you will also get plenty of dodgy and oversimplified science.
'Eat less, move more' is oversimplified science. Sure, it's true, but it can be extremely hard, to the point of damn near impossible for some, or extremely easy, depending on how you do it.
SchrodingersImmigrant · 26/02/2021 23:13

@LApprentiSorcier

Avoid processed/refined food. If it has more than one ingredient on the packet, give it a miss.
That's very difficult to do. It's really just sticking with raw/ish ingredients, isn't it? Even though I try to "eat clean" as much as possible, this is something I couldn't achieve. How do you work with it? I am genuinely curious.
tabulahrasa · 26/02/2021 23:19

Don’t diet - if you need to lose weight, then you need to change something about your lifestyle forever.

Pretty much anything works if you do it right, calorie counting, low carb, WW, SW, even those weird meal replacement ones...but you need to find the method that you can actually do, not just short term, but to maintain as well.

Eckhart · 26/02/2021 23:20

Why is it so hard, @SchrodingersImmigrant? If you buy fresh, you can cook anything. Where do you struggle?

LApprentiSorcier · 26/02/2021 23:25

That's very difficult to do. It's really just sticking with raw/ish ingredients, isn't it? Even though I try to "eat clean" as much as possible, this is something I couldn't achieve. How do you work with it? I am genuinely curious.

Essentially cooking from scratch and not using processed oils/fats (so using butter, lard, olive oil instead of sunflower oil or margarine). I'm WFH at the moment so it's easier than when I'm in the office as I can get straight onto cooking when I finish work rather than get home starving and just want to shove something in the oven and have done. I'm having a lot of home made vegetable soup, and 'meat and two veg' type meals and only snacking on fruit.

I've used the 'Paleo' diet theory as a basis but I can't do a strict Paleo diet as I need to include dairy products for calcium (I had a premature meno so am at risk of osteoporosis). However, I make sure my dairy products aren't messed about with (so no 'low fat' stuff, only natural products) and don't go mad with them.
I've lost 7lb in a month which I'm happy with as I am not starving myself, just eating more healthily.

Damfino · 26/02/2021 23:26

Calorie deficit ensuring that you track every single thing that you eat.

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