Are you on another diet?
How many have you been on?
What diets have you tried?
Have they worked? Did you lose weight?
You did? Great!!!
So,...tell me, why are you here?
You need a good diet? But you said the other one worked!
Oh, ok, I understand. You need another diet. You need to lose weight again. You lost 25, 45, 75 pounds with that other diet.
Now you need to do it again.
You need to lose 25, 45, 75 pounds now. Again.
Isn't this the whole problem with diets? You do great. You lose the weight. You finish the diet. Next thing you know, you have to do it again.
I am here to end the cycle of diets.
I refuse to go on another diet and I don't want you to either.
I am making a life change. No more diets.
This does not mean I am going to remain fat and even fatter. No way! There is an outfit all picked out for me to wear New Year's Eve. They don't sell it in my current size.
I am no longer dieting and I am no longer eating to gain weight. I want to eat to live, not live to eat.
First, you need to know what to eat. I start by determining how many calories I need. If you read the nutrition labels on most foods and vitamins, you will see the words "based on a 2000 calorie diet". I grew up with that as my ratio also. I also have read in many places that women need a minimum of 1200 calories per day while men need 1600 calories minimum.
Based on these number, my caloric intake to lose weight is 1200-1500 calories per day. There are days that I eat 1900 calories and there are days that I struggle to have over 1000 calories. The goal is to generally have the correct number of calories. There is nothing wrong with going to a special dinner and they are serving the most wonderful " _________ " you fill in the blank since everyone is different. The key here is that it is one special dinner, not every dinner. I always think about whether it is worth it or not. Funny thing is that it never tastes as good as I imagine it will!!
"Calorie" is just the term used to describe the amount of energy a food
or drink provides when you eat it. Carbohydrates, fat, protein, and
alcohol all provide energy – and this energy is measured in calories.
Think of calories as a measurement unit – like inches, pounds, or
gallons. You need energy from foods and drinks to fuel your body – for
everything from breathing to physical activity. But if your foods
provide more energy than you use, your body stores the rest as fat.
I often say that when I eat something I get 10 grams of protein but I had to pay 130 calories for it. I measure my foods in protein to calorie ratios. I try to eat only food that give me at least 10 grams of protein for every 100 calories.
I try to eat over 100 grams of protein every day. I start my day with protein shakes. Read through the other posts to learn how I make an easy protein shake and other foods I eat and when.
Today I was on the road most of the day and far from home. I brought my foods with me. I had a 1 scoop 8 ounce chocolate shake at 8:30am. Then I drank my coffee and had a protein bar at 10am. At 11:30am I had the other 8 ounce shake. At some point we stopped and I was told to buy my husband 2 donuts. I looked at those fresh donuts and thought about it for a second. I totally enjoyed my 2 munchkins. Nobody had ever ordered just 2 so they decided not to even charge me for them!! To me, that was a sign of encouragement that I was doing the right thing.
I am trying to explain that this is all about making changes -- not suffering on some crazy diet for 2 weeks while cheating for another week then quitting.
We are making life style changes.
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