Whats the best diet?

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Make sure you drink lots of water - you often mistake feeling hungry for being thirsty. Snack on fruit, nuts etc. Increase your exercise doing simple things like taking the stairs, walking one block further than usual...

Do not weigh yourself more than once a week! and try to make it fun not torture - good luck

[joycenalex]

drinking 48 to 64 ounces of water is important, it helps keep you hydrated and full feeling longer. i weigh and measure my food portions for my meals. last night i weighed a four ounce portion of meatloaf, 1/2 c mashed potatoes, 1/3 c green beans and 1/2c milk. this am i had 1/2 bran flake cereal, 1/2 milk and 1/2 sliced banana, around 11, i'll have a dannon yogurt. dinner left overs were planned for lunch today. i also plan out my meals and therefore grocery shopping a week at a time and i tape the planned menu to the kitchen cabinet, so i know what i'm eating each day, if i "dashboard dine" , i.e. stop at a fast food place, i'll choose something not healthy for me. i know if i do 3 meals, a snack and drink my water i feel better and healthier.

[Logan]

I think Weight Watchers is probably the easiest and most sensible diet plan out there, right now, if you need to join a program. Best of luck to you!

[jackmilliesmom]

Thats pretty much what weight watchers is but with my snack if i feel like a biscuit i can have one so long as I point it but I like it because I can have a bit of everything and my points per day is 24 so I have plenty and if I do not eat them all I can have a little extra tomorrow if I want to but I never do.

drinking 48 to 64 ounces of water is important, it helps keep you hydrated and full feeling longer. i weigh and measure my food portions for my meals. last night i weighed a four ounce portion of meatloaf, 1/2 c mashed potatoes, 1/3 c green beans and 1/2c milk. this am i had 1/2 bran flake cereal, 1/2 milk and 1/2 sliced banana, around 11, i'll have a dannon yogurt. dinner left overs were planned for lunch today. i also plan out my meals and therefore grocery shopping a week at a time and i tape the planned menu to the kitchen cabinet, so i know what i'm eating each day, if i "dashboard dine" , i.e. stop at a fast food place, i'll choose something not healthy for me. i know if i do 3 meals, a snack and drink my water i feel better and healthier.

[Lobodeb]

If you go to this website, they will give you a suggested diet plan for free. I plan on starting mine on Monday.

Weight watchers worked for me, but I found the meetings difficult to go to given my work schedule. (excuses, excuses)

[catlover4ever]

I also recommend Weight Watchers. I joined last week and I lost 3.8 in one week, I know a lot of that is "water weight" but WW give you a choice of doing a Core Plan or a Flex Plan. I do the Flex and I just make sure that whatever I eat I track how many points it is.....I also exercise at least 30 minutes a day, sometimes more if I have the time.

I have also found that if you have a friend that can do the same program with you can help. I feel like I have to be held responsible to someone other than myself and my good friend and neighbor is doing the program with me and we both support each other in the good times and the bad ones.

[elizabethann]

Has anybody read You on a Diet?

Just curious what you think of it.

Good luck on your diet.

[catland]

Even if you don't want to join weightwatchers themselves, some of their principals will go a long way.

As already mentioned - drink the water
Keep a log of what you eat. This can be a real eye opener - expecially if you tend to snack between meals.
Choose whole grains.
Eat fruits and vegetables.
Cut back on fried foods.
Have the occasional treat so that you don't feel deprived - just keep the portion size more under control.
Learn about portion size - we've become so "supersized" that we forget what a real meal should look like.

Don't try to lose a bunch of weight in a short time. 1-2 pounds a week is more than enough.