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Have you regained weight after a diet plan

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  • Caroline_a
    Caroline_a Posts: 4,071 Forumite
    Lighter Life - yes lost 4 stone, put back 5 in about 2 years. Now count calories and eat real food but less of it...
  • tesuhoha wrote: »
    Try watching the series 'The Men Who Made Us Thin'. All about the diet industry.

    This should be on iPlayer as it was aired last night on BBC2. It's talks about exactly this, and the science and statistics behind it.
    Grateful to finally be debt free!
  • paulineb_2
    paulineb_2 Posts: 6,489 Forumite
    Slimming world is one of the better diet plans. They dont rely on processed food and its pretty healthy, much better than the frozen WW meals crap.

    Im not surprised youve put weight on, no one can sustain weight loss when your cals are so restricted, what were you having a day on cambridge?

    500? 600?
  • ronmiel
    ronmiel Posts: 155 Forumite
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    edited 9 August 2013 at 9:43PM
    I have lost 5 stone with the Boots diet online. It is more a new way of life than a diet. It teaches you to eat properly and all the calories are worked out for you. They have some fabulous results. Have a look at this www.bootsdiet.com
  • wik
    wik Posts: 575 Forumite
    hi... have a look at this website...

    http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/goodfood/Pages/Goodfoodhome.aspx

    Maybe if you think about it as a lifestyle change rather than a diet it will help you xx
    "Aunty C McB-Wik"
    "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"
  • huskypup
    huskypup Posts: 169 Forumite
    6 stone off with slimming world and have kept it off - you can not allow yourself to go back to eating the way you were prior to starting your plan, you need to address why you were large in the first place and put it right.

    All plans will work for the time you are on them, slimming world promotes a healthy life style for life.
  • Carl31
    Carl31 Posts: 2,616 Forumite
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    If you want to be thin, live like a thin person

    Do thin people go to weight watchers or use faddy diets? No, they eat sensibly and exercise regularly, day in, day out everyday of their lives

    Stop wasting money on diet plans get on the internet and onto fitness websites, they will tell you everything you need to know
  • lee111s
    lee111s Posts: 2,987 Forumite
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    People often go on a diet, lose what they want and then go back to eating how they did before they were fat. Guess what happens? Yup, they get fat again!

    The best way to lose weight and keep it off is a lifestyle change, not a "diet" for 6 weeks. Eat healthy food, lots of protein and vegetables along with some exercise. Don't snack and drink rarely as opposed to regularly!

    It's not hard, people just don't want to change is the main reason. Habitual creatures!
  • onlyroz
    onlyroz Posts: 17,661 Forumite
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    Yes only a permanent lifestyle change will keep you thin. Plenty of people here, myself included, have had great success with the 5:2 intermittent fasting regime.
  • paulineb_2
    paulineb_2 Posts: 6,489 Forumite
    Carl31 wrote: »
    If you want to be thin, live like a thin person

    Do thin people go to weight watchers or use faddy diets? No, they eat sensibly and exercise regularly, day in, day out everyday of their lives

    Stop wasting money on diet plans get on the internet and onto fitness websites, they will tell you everything you need to know

    Some slim people dont exercise, I know several. I also know people who are slim whose diets seriously need an overhaul

    I agree totally with the eating sensibly and exercising. But a lot has to be said for things like portion sizes as well, its very easy to eat healthily and still be overweight

    Cut portion sizes, cook from scratch, exercise, bin the processed foods, watch your alcohol intake and you are halfway there

    And sort out any emotional reasons why you over eat.
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