Skip dinner a few times per week.

Just eating less. Smaller portions, no snacks. That's it.

Food diary, counting calories, serving myself half portions at lunch and dinner.

Anonymous wrote:What worked best for me was sticking with the same thing every day - smoothie and coffee for breakfast, salad for lunch, veggie soup for dinner. Snacks are vegetables, fruit or nuts. No snacks after dinner.
I can change up what’s in my smoothies or salad or the type of soup, but I stick to this structure (avoiding gluten and dairy as well) and it always works for me.

+ 1.

A gluten-free, anti-diabetes, anti-inflammation, thyroid healing, hormone balancing, weight loss diet is basically the same diet - low-carb, filled with a variety of green veggies and fruits, pre and probiotic, , complex carbs (think beans and lentils), protein and good fats (avocados). Sticking to the same diet structure helps with getting you organized and not following off the wagon.

Make at least at least one meal the same every day. For me it was breakfast - millet porridge with fruit, nuts and seeds. Followed by a matcha/moringa/turmeric tea.

Anonymous wrote:Eliminate all alcohol and sugar. No snacks and small portions.

This. + No food after 9:00pm when possible.

Anonymous wrote:Intermittent fasting - eating all your meals within an 8 hour time period during the day. So if 9am breakfast, do dinner at 5pm then don't eat anything afterward. It's hard because of work and kid schedules, but can work pretty well along with healthy food choices. It also automatically cut out alcohol and mindless evening snacking for me so it was helpful.

This really helps. I don’t call it fasting I just eat breakfast, lunch and dinner is at 6:30 with my toddler. I wake up hungry. Get actually hungry between meals. Eat the bread and pasta I crave sometimes at lunch so I have time to burn it off. No snacks.

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Anonymous wrote:Stopped drinking.

People who say this, how much do you usually drink when you're not on a diet? I barely drink during the week, and have about 2 glasses of wine both Fri and Sat nights. Will cutting that little alcohol actually make a difference?

I can finish a bottle of wine over one weekend. When I drink, I always go over my daily allowance of 1500 calories. And I eat fairly healthy and I’m active.

I've been within my HS weight +- for 30 years.

No alcohol.

Mindful eating: pay attention to what you crave, what tastes good. Stop when you are full. Give yourself time to respond to hunger and satiety cues. No mindless snacking. If you overdo it one day,move on, but eat smaller, healthier portions.

Vary your diet. Don't always eat the same breakfast, for example.

Speaking of breakfast, eat b/l/d and quality snacks in between. Don't let your blood sugar dip and dive. Hydrate.

Consider working with a nutritionist or osteopath to find out what foods to avoid, maybe some supplements.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stopped drinking.

People who say this, how much do you usually drink when you're not on a diet? I barely drink during the week, and have about 2 glasses of wine both Fri and Sat nights. Will cutting that little alcohol actually make a difference?

Yes. It’s bizarre.

^^ forgot to mention I lost the 5-7 pounds I could never lose once I cut back drinking drastically.

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Anonymous wrote:Stopped drinking.

People who say this, how much do you usually drink when you're not on a diet? I barely drink during the week, and have about 2 glasses of wine both Fri and Sat nights. Will cutting that little alcohol actually make a difference?

Yes. It’s bizarre.

I have to stay active. I bike and run although neither I take too seriously. But I keep motivated by signing up for a few races (running) or rides (biking) spaced throughout the year. And my goals are to run 1000k and bike 1000 miles in one year. I lift weights just enough to prevent injuries and I just started tracking my food this year. Although I haven’t altered by diet, I try to keep my calories under 1500 per day and on weekends I haven’t been successful yet.

I eat 3 meals per day....zero snacks. Along with breastfeeding, I'm losing about a pound per week.

Three years ago I started running in the mornings, twice a week, with a partner. Just making that change helped me slim down a bit (I think at most 10 pounds). HOWEVER, over time, as I've continued to run, the pounds crept back and now if I were to stop running, I'd probably gain.

What worked best for me was sticking with the same thing every day - smoothie and coffee for breakfast, salad for lunch, veggie soup for dinner. Snacks are vegetables, fruit or nuts. No snacks after dinner.
I can change up what’s in my smoothies or salad or the type of soup, but I stick to this structure (avoiding gluten and dairy as well) and it always works for me.

The Zone diet, Dr Sears. The weight melted almost overnight. I was never hungry and started feeling more energetic. Overweight melted from the midsection which has always been my hardest. Clothes started fitting so nicely. Not really a diet but a life style change.