Weight Loss

I was just watching a video serie on jewtube that the generl message was the only form of diets that work are High Fat, High Protien, Low Carb diet.

My Daily Diet consists of 1/3 bowl of oats for breakfast, mixed with Some of this diet shake stuff (9g of protien, 7g of Sugar, 3g of Fibre and a bunch of added nutrients and Vitamins), Half a bannana, like 3 strawberries, a cup of Non fat soymilk and Some added whey/soy blended protien.

I would eat the same for lunch.

Dinner would be a lmassive amount of veggies with some Minced Gluten in gravy or Some Meatless sausages.


Have I been screwing my weightloss over? I am on Stonglift's and On the days I workout, I have one of these PWO lean protien shakes from the gym, no carbs in it.


Should I just cut all the carbs and never eat the oats again that I have found so yummy and nutritous?

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My diet is 60 percent carbs and I have lost over 30 pounds, so no, low-carb diets are not the only ones that work. Eat well balanced meals, and keep a moderate calorie defecit from diet and exercise, and yes, you can eat oats or any other carbs.

Same here - lost about 35 lbs, typically 50-60% carbs. 

Moderation in everything is a much more realistic strategy for me, than cutting out an entire food group (actually, several food groups, since fruit, milk, etc have carbs too - and I don't trust a diet that tells me I can't eat an apple).

YES, you ARE sabotaging yourself...by believing all the hype about diets that don't sound healthy.

Like the abover posters, moderation and balance in the key.  Use the tools on this site to guide you, it has worked for tons of people!!

This is just my opinion so please no one get offended.

Diets are a bunch of crap. They may help you initially loose weight but in the long run almost everyone who went on a "diet" gains the weight back plus some. I believe the only real way to loose weight, tone up and keep it off and live a  healthy lifestyle is to change the way you eat permanently. In the USA we eat mostly an "American" diet. High fat foods "Transfats" and the wrong kind of fat" Heavily processed foods, sugary foods and drinks, chips, candy, fast foods, fried foods. All of that is why we are fat.

If you eat a well balanced "clean" diet, exercise and strength train regularly you will loose weight and keep it off. You don't have to cut out everything that is good. If there is something you really love that is a bad food allow yourself to eat it once a week or so. Allow a cheat meal, take proper time off between workouts to recover.

Find healthy alternatives to your favorite foods. For example here are just some things I do to cut back on calories

Instead of mayo and butter I use, yogurt, mustard, salsa, hot sauce

Instead of white bread, white rice white pasta I use sweet potatoes, brown rice, whole grain bread and pasta

Instead of Fried foods I bake things and experiment

If a dish you are making calls for oil leave it out. You will be surprised that you don't miss it

Rinse any canned foods, tuna, veggies, beans and so on to remove some of the sodium

Eat baked whole grain chips instead of fried chips

Choose healthy all natural peanut butters and natural fruit spreads instead of regular store bought processed peanut butter and jelly

Drink a lot of water. Give up the sugary and artificially sweetened drinks.

Drink water and eat fresh veggies and salad before your meals to fill up a little and not eat so much of the bad stuff

Could your calories and log yor food. Weight yourself regularly. It helps you stay focused and keep it all iin perspective

Come up with an exercise routine/schedule and stick to it. Make yourself do it whether you feel like it or not

Read labels and shop around for the best most nutritious food

Don't sit down with a bag of chips or other food and eat right out of the bag. Count out a serving or two. Put it on  your  plate and put the bag away

Eat slowly and chew your food. Don't gulp it down. You end up eating more

Measure your servings so you have an idea how much you are eating. Most people over estimate what a cup or half cup really is

Don't let yourself be hungry or you will end up over eating

Plan your meals ahead. If you are really hungry and go into the kitchen looking for something to eat you will probably end up eating the wrong thing. Just like when you go to the grocery store hungry and buy junk. Plan and cook ahead. Pack your lunch for work instead of buying out. Much more nutritious and fewer calories

Cut up fruit and veggies and have in frig for easy access

Original Post by littleshellys:

This is just my opinion so please no one get offended.

Diets are a bunch of crap.

I'm not offended, but just felt like I needed to add my 2 cent.

A "diet" to me is what you regularly consume. If you regularly consume unhealthy foods you have an unhealthy "diet". I generally consume relatively healthy foods, so a serving of ice cream on occation is a "treat", but definitely not part of my "diet".  When you read data about animals, like in an encyclopedia, their food preferences are generally listed as their "diet". So I don't see "diet" as "a bunch of crap", what is crap is how people generally think about food. (Or don't think about it as the case may be.)

There's nothing wrong with oats or any other natural food.  Carbohydrates - especially the complex sort - are essential for good health.  However, I wonder if 'diet shake stuff', protein shakes, minced gluten and whey protein is really doing you any good.   Sounds less like food and more like fuel.....

If you're vegetarian or vegan you've got a lot of great low-calorie, wholesome, natural & 'real' foods to choose from.  If you base your diet around those and combine it with some portion-control and the exercise you're doing then you should be able to manage your weight quite effectively.

Things like tofu, beans, quorn and legumes/pulses are good quality protein - as are dairy products and eggs if you're not vegan.  Starchy vegetables, breads, noodles, pasta, brown rice.... all very nutritous carbohydrates.   Including some oils will be good for your general health at the same time.  A diet that's 50-60% carbohydrate, 20- 25% protein and 25-30% fat is  well balanced.  A diet with very small amounts of carbohydrates means you could miss out on some vital nutrition...  

Weight-loss is down to consuming slightly fewer calories each day than you use up.  If you're not losing weight, chances are you're just eating too much... pure and simple.  Keep that top of mind, ignore the more fanciful theories that are out there and I'm sure you'll be fine.  Best of luck

Original Post by satyrswoman:

Original Post by littleshellys:

This is just my opinion so please no one get offended.

Diets are a bunch of crap.

I'm not offended, but just felt like I needed to add my 2 cent.

A "diet" to me is what you regularly consume. If you regularly consume unhealthy foods you have an unhealthy "diet". I generally consume relatively healthy foods, so a serving of ice cream on occation is a "treat", but definitely not part of my "diet".  When you read data about animals, like in an encyclopedia, their food preferences are generally listed as their "diet". So I don't see "diet" as "a bunch of crap", what is crap is how people generally think about food. (Or don't think about it as the case may be.)

I agree the word "diet" can mean two different things. I was referring to diet meaning a diet you temporarily go on to loose weight, Adkins, weight watchers, cabbage soup and so on.

 

Original Post by gi-jane:

Weight-loss is down to consuming slightly fewer calories each day than you use up.  If you're not losing weight, chances are you're just eating too much... pure and simple. 

Or it could be that you are eating too little. You really have to add up the calories to figure out where you stand. I eat at least 1800 a day and I am still losing. It's just a small calorie deficit, but with exercise, I can still drop pounds. Too big of a deficit, and your body hits conservation mode, and burns less calories. Also, avoid the liquid diet stuff, eat soild, health foods. In the long run, it will be easier to maintain because you will feel more satiated.

Original Post by gi-jane:

However, I wonder if 'diet shake stuff', protein shakes, minced gluten and whey protein is really doing you any good.   Sounds less like food and more like fuel.....

The diet shake stuff is just this hearbalife stuff my mum uses, it gets me some good protien and tastes nice. The minced gluten is marketed as Casserole mince for vegetarians, it tasts alright and is pretty good in the calorie and protien department/ Whey adds some protien I miss out on.

I think if you swapped some of those artificial food replacements for real ones you might see more progress.  Protein shakes tend to be used by people that want to gain weight rather than lose.  If you were losing weight I'd say 'carry on' but as you're not losing weight I think they may be the weak link...