tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post3065140435357742861..comments2023-06-22T05:49:55.907-04:00Comments on Melissa's Life - Life After 42: Following a prescribed diet versus tailoring a diet specific to youberryblondeboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06075928021362889250noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-48758760309889357572014-06-27T09:32:50.237-04:002014-06-27T09:32:50.237-04:00Diets don't work. 98% of people who go on a di...Diets don't work. 98% of people who go on a diet fail. And if they lose weight, it comes back, then some! I was one of them until I discovered a holistic approach that, much like yours, focuses on what works for a person's unique lifestyle and doesn't involve deprivation. Keep up the great work!Janinehttp://www.coach4healthyliving.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-89751552449826765542014-06-26T22:14:18.329-04:002014-06-26T22:14:18.329-04:00That's interesting. But then I could say I fol...That's interesting. But then I could say I follow calorie counting to a T. Or low carbing to a T. And then only have off days for special occasions. It's just that I. Don't eat every day at below 30 or 50 carbs. It might be 50 one day, 30 another and 70 another. I always keep my calorie count below 1400, but it could be 1100 one day, 1200 another and 1350 another. I do not eat bread, rice grains period. Simple sugars are limited and must fit within my calorie allotment and carb allotment. Who knows I might follow someone' spree scribed diet exactly, but I came to it by tweaking it on my own as I don't read diet books and only rarely read anything on a website about particular diets - that's more for curiosity about what it is people are doing.berryblondeboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075928021362889250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-77764122456777183592014-06-26T20:25:12.537-04:002014-06-26T20:25:12.537-04:00Actually, when we're talking longer term maint...Actually, when we're talking longer term maintainers the most successful ones I know followed particular plans to the letter until maintenance, and that was when they began tweaking to make it comfortable or more livable or account for ______. Overly much hodgepodging during weight loss tends to cause people to stall or do the yoyo thing, and they have zero baseline to tell what actually is working and what isn't. I know only a true handful of exceptions who have lost significant weight, kept it off for multiple years, and did so without ever ascribing dominantly to a single approach. That's not to say that a calorie counter using some volumetrics and food combining can't be successful or no one on keto ever did IF, too - to the contrary. But sticking with one major approach and only adjusting what absolutely must be tweaked works better by and large than the opposite approach.<br /><br />There are exceptions to every rule and you may well be one. But I know I'm not, not with this. Maintenance is different than losing, and I always lose the very best when I'm strict and on my particular plan.Tarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472561903651164472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-26281194372967950322014-06-26T17:01:31.325-04:002014-06-26T17:01:31.325-04:00@Kitty, that's what I did too - used WW for ac...@Kitty, that's what I did too - used WW for accountability and even found some great recipes. Also, at that time, I could find out fairly easily how much "damage" going out to eat would be as there were calculated points for such things, but I tweaked things for myself that worked for me.<br /><br />I think there are a thousand ways to lose weight and I'm not knocking people following prescribed diets, but I wonder about the mentality of "it didn't work".berryblondeboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075928021362889250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-16574172905440176272014-06-26T15:30:23.829-04:002014-06-26T15:30:23.829-04:00I am not a big fan of rigidity. I take what is us...I am not a big fan of rigidity. I take what is useful to me from whatever source. I am a Weight Watchers members and do record points, but the big thing that WW does for me is the meeting and weekly weigh in which keep my head in the right place (meeting) and structure my week (weigh in).<br /><br />But, I also track calories on MFP. For what I eat I lean toward South Beach-ish although not exactly. I don't eat red meat, but I'm not a vegetarian (I was for a couple of years). I don't keep foods in my house that I have trouble controlling how much I eat, but I don't absolutely forbid any food (although there are some that only eat a couple of times a year). <br /><br />So far, it is working for me.Kittyhttp://lessofabetterme.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-20994524775697606542014-06-26T12:20:42.714-04:002014-06-26T12:20:42.714-04:00I have no problem with the paleo diet as a way of ...I have no problem with the paleo diet as a way of eating, but some of their ideas of what was eaten during paleolithic times is a bit 'stretched'. Like nuts. I'll pick on almonds. They were inedible. It was through farming/domestication that almonds became edible. There was a mutation in some almond trees that were edible versus toxic. People started to breed the edible ones and bred out of existence the toxic almonds. So, technically, almonds should not be part of the paleo diet.<br /><br />So... it's the specifics of "our ancestors ate this way, we should too" that bug me, BUT the notion of eating more natural fats and more proteins and leafy greens are a good idea and benefit most people. It just gets taken too far, IMO.berryblondeboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075928021362889250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498002565495221711.post-53857888474978901712014-06-26T11:52:42.632-04:002014-06-26T11:52:42.632-04:00I never really tried any specific diet until I tri...I never really tried any specific diet until I tried Paleo. I absolutely loved it, followed it strictly for about six months, then tailored it to my specific need so I could live that way for the rest of my life. So now I'm about 95% paleo for over 2 years now... For me personally, I need that 5% wiggle room for alcohol or an occasional dinner out with some bread, and I'm set! definitely a lifestyle for the long term for me now.Jeanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932197714895328100noreply@blogger.com