What's the most effective diet?

angelicmary85

I'm a weight watchers lass aswell!

I love it, when I get to goal, I'm going to become a class leader

myothercarisaferrari

I love Rosemary Connelly cos they do exercise classse s as well x

jackomdj

consultant31 wrote: »

charlies_mum - you will always regain the weight if you go back to your old ways, whichever way you lost the weight in the first place. This is why your 'healthy eating' plan has to be a lifestyle choice.

I agree totally with this. I am a Cambridge Consultant, I became one after losing 5 1/2st in just over 4 months.

I always say "if you go back to eating what you used to eat, in the quantities you used to eat it you will regain your weight loss for the same reasons as you put it on in the first place."

Cambridge is brilliant if you want to lose weight relatively quickly, then you work back up through the plans to ensure you don't put weight back on.

Becles

A long term healthy eating plan and regular exercise is working best for me.

I don't like diets with soups and milkshakes as it's not proper food. I don't like diets that tell me I must have a tuna sandwich for lunch, when I really fancy a chicken wrap. I don't like diets that restrict food as you just find yourself madly craving crisps or biscuits, then I end up giving in and binging on them.

Long term healthy eating works best as I'm eating decent meals with quality ingredients and I don't feel as hungry between meals. On the odd occasion when I do crave something, I have it as I know a treat now and again does no harm.

I'm working out three times a week at an hour long boot camp. It's tough, but I feel so much better for going.

I've some inches in two months, and I've gone down two cup sizes and a dress size. I prefer measurements to weight, as weight fluctuates too much and it doesn't take into account losing fat but building muscle.

Felicity

I'm a big fan of slimming world, it is the easiest eating plan out there although the pounds might not come off as quickly as with other plans.

I have also tried WW, worked in the short term but too time consuming. Atkins was fab for the first week but gets boring quickly and not very healthy.

CraftySaver2689

i did and still follow to a degree, weightwatchers, i lost 2 and a half stone, which was now 2 and a half years ago and have kept it all off, when you start weightwatchers or slimming world you have to stick to it and to keep the weight over follow it i think for the rest of your life, which is why i like weightwatchers cos you can work out the points in everything, i also went and still go to the gym at least 3 times a week

Pollycat

I didn't attend the Slimming World classes but my sister did so I borrowed her books. I'm very strong-willed and didn't need the encouragement of a class.

I lost 2.75 stones but I did excercise a lot.
7 years on, I still sort-of follow the red day/green day so for example if I'm having pasta for evening meal I'll have a jacket potato for lunch or if I'm having steak with a small JP for evening meal I'll have bacon, eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms for lunch.
I fluctuate anywhere up to .75 stone more than my lightest at any one time but that's usually because I've not been excercising or have just come back from holiday.

I liked the way Slimming World is structured i.e. you can eat lots of pasta or lots of meat each day plus lots of veg and fruit.
It suits the way I cook.

I found I could adapt many of my recipes so that most of my days were sin-free (I'm not a cake/chocolate lover).
My sister used to eat those awful pink & white marshmallow wafer things and say 'have one, only 2.5 sins'.
My reply was 'if I'm using 2.5 sins up, it'll come in a tall glass wih ice and lime'. :rotfl:

meritaten

my daughter tried all the diets going but the only one which has worked for her and she has lost over 3stone over the last year and looks fantastic is the harcombe diet.
she found it a bit strange at first but has really got into, loves the food and her friend who is REALLY overweight is now on it and losing weight too!

the link to the homepage is here

http://theharcombediet.com/

I have my own version of a diet on which i also lost about 3stone. its the
breakfast like a king
lunch like a prince and
dine like a pauper diet!
meaning I eat most of my food before about 7 or 8 at night as during sleep the body just converts calories to fat. therefore to eat while you are most active makes most sense to me!