The Most Successful Weight Loss Program you have tried

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eat real food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

hey, Michael Pollan is here.

[Anonymous]

How do any of you track calories closely if you eat home cooked food? I mean do you literally enter every tablespoon of ingredients into a tracker? What if you don't actually know how many servings your big family sized batch is? I find this impossible.

I've been somewhat successful this year by skipping breakfast (still drink lots of coffee with milk so it's not IF), trying to eat more vegetable-centric lunches, and not eating seconds at dinner. Also reduced afternoon snacking and only drink alcohol on a weekend night.

Added in a weight lifting routine in December and plateaued for a month, then 4 lbs gone in January. If I can lose 5 more I'll be at my pre-kid weight and happy!

[Anonymous]

Gastric sleeve surgery by far. I had the surgery seven years ago at 40. I am 5'6, my highest weight was 212; at my lowest, I was 128, and I am currently at 138. It was the best decision I ever made, and I regret not getting it sooner.

[Anonymous]

NOOM. Online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm only 5'1 and 48 so it's very hard for me to lose weight once I gain it and my TDEE is comparatively low.

Here's how I'm successful:
- Track calories and macros in myfitness pal (free)
- wear a whoop device to track daily calorie expenditure, steps, sleep, and workouts
- monitor fat%, muscle%, and bone density on a home body comp scale (perhaps not completely accurate but good for tracking trends)
- eat >100 grams protein/day, 25ish grams fiber/day, 5 servings vegetables/day
- eat less calories than I burn, usually eating in the 1300-1400 calorie range when losing
- 10,000 steps a day, weight training 3-4 days a week, cardio/conditioning 2-3 days a week

I eat the same breakfast and a variation of the same lunch most weekdays. I have a few things I really like and don't care about eating on repeat. I really don't feel deprived at and there's nothing I restrict other than gluten (celiac), and I limit dairy and processed sugar (migraine triggers when I eat too much).

Three years ago I lost about 20 pounds using this method and have maintained that loss within a 5 pound range, adjusting my calorie intake and/or activity as needed to stay around 110-112 lbs. My life is so much easier now that all of this is automatic.

Can you tell me more about the whoop - I’ve looked into it but I already have a tracker that does sleep and steps. How do you use the calorie expenditure - do you try to match your calorie intake to the expenditure and stop eating when you reach it? Or am I misunderstanding what it can be used for?

[Anonymous]

1200 calories a day. I’m only 5’4”, so you may have slightly more calories to work with, but when I actually count accurately and stick to this, the weight comes off. I always remind myself it’s thermodynamics.

The sticking to 1200 is what’s difficult. I’m lucky because I’ve never been a breakfast eater or a snacker, and don’t care for dessert, so I am able to split that into two pretty big meals.

[Anonymous]

Orange Theory 3 x per week and 1600 calories per day and better nutrition