Reply to Easiest diet for someone who hates dieting & excercise

Forum Index » Diet, Nutrition & Weight Loss

Reply to "Easiest diet for someone who hates dieting & excercise "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]This is soooo boring and not what anyone wants to hear, but just make slow lifestyle adjustments rather than diet.  It worked for me.  I went on SSRIs and gained 40 lbs.  Now I'm back to my normal weight.  Exercise (especially running and intense cardio) is super helpful for me not just for weight management (gives you a little more wiggle room, makes you more in touch with your body), but to keep my brain/mental health in check--why I needed the SSRIs in the first place.  But I understand that exercising a lot is not something everyone has time for in their life.

In terms of adjustments:
1) Pay attention to when you are full.  For me when I gained weight on meds, some of what my body unlearned (or was biochemically off in some way?) was to listen to some of its satiety cues.  I had to relearn to stop eating when I was full. Just try to not be starving, but not over-full most of the time.  That used to be normal.  When I went on meds, it was neurologically mis-regulated somehow.
2) Don't cut anything out, just try to get the majority of your calories from healthy foods (vegetables, fruits, lean meats, legumes, whole grains, you know the drill, what people claim is healthy!).  Have an occasional cookie, cake, or chips or whatever, but limit it to a small amount of your daily calories.
3) To make this easier, try to keep sweets, etc. out of the house.  I find that there are so many sweets and chips, etc. at work, at social events, and special times when I go to a restaurant, that I get my fix without having them at home. If you do have sweets at home, try to have stuff that's a little less calorically dense with more nutritional value, like 80% dark chocolate, chocolate covered almonds, or dates.  Or opt for a piece of fruit.
4) Cutback on drinking at home (if you tend to be a glass or two of wine drinker to unwind), and most of it socially.
5) Try to replace white carbs with whole grain versions, like whole wheat bread, pasta, brown rice, quinoa.  It's just generally healthier and will make you feel better.  Don't do something dramatic like eat zero carbs, because that sucks.  And don't freak out if you eat white bread on your sandwich at a catered event, or at a dinner party.  It's more important what you do most of the time.
6) Pay attention to portion size.  Portions are huge, especially for small women.  It's easier to just stop eating when you are full when you get more in touch with #1, though.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics