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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m wondering if anyone else is just counting calories and trying to move more to reach a 50 lb goal? I have tried WW 3 times over two decades and it always makes me very unhappy, though I lost 20 lbs. I tried South Beach and was miserable. Lost nothing. I am a serious carb addict, but have health reasons that contradict Paleo. As an adult, I have lost 40-50 lbs three times before (2 health-related, 1 rather-disordered exercise habit), but regained the weight. I’m now just a few years from 50 and obese again. I have a sense of what won’t work for me, but feel pretty clueless about what will.

Here I am, just trying counting calories and trying to do some extra movement each day. I am being mindful of sugar and super starchy foods, but I’m not trying to “eat clean”.  I don’t have a mile or minutes goal for exercise. My hope is that this will feel sustainable so I will be able to maintain healthier patterns. In three days, I lost 1.4 lbs. I get that it’s likely water weight, but I was gaining a lb every two weeks before this.

Is anyone else taking this approach? Any success? Tips that don’t involve disordered or cultish diet and exercise regimes?[/quote]

I did this and it worked.  Lost more than 50 lbs. in less than a year.  Here's what worked for me-  I started with a food diary, figuring out how much calories I consume daily.  I looked up (online)how much I should take in if I want to lose 1 lb a week.  I was given a 1200 calorie target per day.  That was hard at first so, in the beginning, I can't really reach that goal, but I started reducing my calories to eventually get to 1200, this worked, but I also have to make sure that I'm adding some food that will make me full longer-like extra protein and whole grain and less simple carbs.  I ate mostly the same but smaller portion and making sure I incorporate complex carbs and high protein.  Like you, I don't like fad diets, because I will not be able to keep up with it.  My goal was to re-learn proper portion so I can maintain after I reached my goal.  I started moving more after losing 5lbs, gradually adding more vigorous workout once I feel like I'm not challenged anymore.  The key to me is consistency, I committed to doing exercise everyday, it may be a little or a lot but I committed to have some movements daily.  I also have weekly cheat days, I just don't go overboard.  Oh, and I also increased my water intake- 2/3 of my weight in oz.[/quote]

Congrats! And thank you for helping to feel not so foolish about this approach. [/quote]

Good luck OP, you can do this, just start with small goals..  pp said weighing uour food is not sustainable, but as you gi through this process, you actually relearn the portion sizes, at sime point, you'll be really good at eyeballing your correct portion size, but yes, you will probably be dependent on weighing your food at first, but it was a must for me.  I was actually eating 3x as much as I should, I also learned about high caloric food that does not fill you up- like oil,syrups, etc.  Some people are better off not weighing themselves all the time, like pp.  I on the otherhand started weighing myself weekly(towards the end, I did about 3x a week), and consistently in the morning before drinking/eating.  I learned how certain foods affect me, like if I eat high sodium food one day, my weight will usually go up by 2lbs the next day; before and during period, my weight either goes up or stagnant, and then it drops after the period, these jnformation helped me not to be too anxious about sudden weight gain, and ai learned more about how my body functions.[/quote]

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