Anonymous wrote:Stop counting calories!

The time you spent counting, meal prep and cook from scratch instead.

I'm a 5 foot short middle age woman who lost 10% of my weight by not counting cals.

I eat three meals a day and no snacks. I cook absolutely everything from scratch and severely restrict processed food. I make my own salad dressing etc. I'm not low carb but I limit white flour and eat rolled oats, einkorn, buckwheat etc.

The only drawback is it took nearly a year but it's slow and sustainable. I've kept all that weight off for five years. Am 50 now and BMI is 19. Exercise is a couple miles a day. More on weekend. Strength I do old fashioned pushups etc at home.

Don't eat anything in a box with lots of ingredients. Like 4-5 or more. Make every yourself. Eat real food. You don't need to be a gourmet cook. Dress some veggies with olive oil and saute them. Grill some fish. Eat real things. It is quicker to cook than it is to do takeout or eat out. And yes, this whole time I do work full time with teenage children and a commute. Yes, a commute even now. If I can do it, you can too. If you absolutely have to have a snack, limit to Fri nights say and pop your own popcorn and drizzle with real butter. Avoid microwave popcorn.