...Diets...

[Monster Hunt]

Diets. Not the scientific explanation of what animals (including humans) eat but the one that lots of people are crazy about for losing weight.

What do you think of diets? Do you want to share a good one? Want to warn people about a bad one (APART from fasting)? Any experiences? Do you want to learn about a particular one? Or... do you just want to know about something that will help you lose weight somewhere?

I've never had a need to go on a diet and most known diets these days seem to be crazy to me... but then again hiding in some health books in libraries, there seems to be some good ones (not that I've ever heard of one though) these days...

So... you?

[Fonzie]

I have such a high metabolism that I haven't kept a steady weight since I was 13. So, dieting is out of the question.

inb4faris

[rubah]

My current diet is called 'stop eating half the bag of chips at one time you fatty'

It's going pretty well with results already!

[Faris]

I think that I should go on a diet but I never do because I like to eat what I want and not think about calories. I think it's ridiculous really. Personally, to lose weight, I eat less portions of foods and walk more often than not. It works fine for me. It bothers me that my mother will say that she is on a diet and the only thing that changes in the "meat and potato" dinner is that she will add yams or broccoli to her dish.\

inb4faris

Your post was there when I clicked on the thread smarty-pants.

[Shiny]

I have the eat everything in sight diet.

[Shlup]

I like the cabbage soup diet. Cabbage soup is yummy and it takes more calories to digest than it contains. There's a lot of uric acid though.

[Resha]

I pigged out for a few months but now I feel guilty so I torture myself by eating leaves instead of chips. They're both crunchy though, so it's really just the colour that's different.

[Breine]

I don't like diets. They are just plain stupid, well most of them are anyway. I guess it's a good way to lose some weight, but once the weight has been lost and people stop being on the diet they end up gaining all of the weight again.

Just generally eating healthy and varied (and then throw some exorcise into the mix) is the right way to go.

[Rye]

I'm pretty crappy at diets, but I'm on one every other week. The thing is that I get depressed and fed up with diets and just stop eating for days, which isn't healthy, I suppose.

I was really frustrated because in the winter, I gained a lot of weight and was 135 pounds, which is the heaviest I think I've ever been. So I've been trying to diet and run and stuff since them. And for months, it wouldn't work. Then I got my job and just cut the snacks, and I suddenly just lost 10 pounds. It was crazy. Now I'm 125 pounds and I'm happier, but I still want to lose 15 pounds. I joined a gym~

[Anaisa]

Diets are a waste of time. Unless you're looking to temporarily lose weight, then put it all back on again when you start eating as you usually do.

[Hambone]

Other than the fact that I need to go on one, I don't really have much experience with dieting.

[Nifleheim7]

Eat less,move more.
The only diet that works for me.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Since I've never managed to gain over 130lbs (60kg), I've never needed to go on a diet. Currently I'm 123lbs (56kg).

[snacks]

Diets are a waste of time. Unless you're looking to temporarily lose weight, then put it all back on again when you start eating as you usually do.

In 2000 I managed to lose 70 pounds, and haven't gained but more than 10 pounds (usually winter weight since).

I would only recommend dieting if you think you are in danger of having a serious medical condition. For instance my father has type 2 "diabetus" because he's at least 100 pounds over the typical weight for his height. Seeing that at the time I was only 5'5 (maybe) and 250 pounds myself I needed to do something about it.

Also it's nice to lose weight, but it's just too much work!

[Burtsplurt]

I just eat a healthy diet. There's no point in starving yourself or eating excessive amounts of cabbage and whatnot. I find I can eat as much as I want to so long as it's balanced and healthy. Oh, and cook your own food! It's really hard to make unhealthy food if you produce it from raw, basic ingredients. None of this frozen pizza rubbish.