Young Calorie Counters

What are some of the diet rules you live by? 

No regular soda is my big one.

1. Have last fruit at least 5 hours before bed time.

2. Have last meal at least 4  hours before bed time.

3. Drink 3 bottles of water.

4. Drink lots plain green tea. 

5. try to have sodium intake less than 1000 mgs.

6. Eat most of my protein in the morning.

7. Walk for 30 minutes 3 or 4 times a week.

These rules have helped me losing 18.5 lbs since 1/1/08.

 

No junk food.  Do not overeat.  If I do eat junk food, I try my best to eat it in moderation.

1. No soda

2. No fried foods

no chocolate :O

 

No peanut butter! AAAAAA my weakness!

No pasta! 

Drink at least 2 cups of green tea every night.

Do some type of workout every day ( it could even be shopping!)

Laugh at least half a day per day (not all at once might i add!)

Drink at least 1 cup of soymilk!

Eat at least some type of protein per meal, cottage cheese, chicken, milk, etc... With some type of healthy carb (whole wheat toast most of the time)  

• no soda
• no candy
• don't eat when full
  
• eat lots of fruits daily
• breakfast daily

- no soda.

- no alcohol.

- no candy, sweets, junk, etc.

- eat when i'm hungry, stop when i'm full.

- no outright eating dairy/eggs (i eat trace amounts in stuff like bread)

- try to eat slowly and enjoy meals instead of gobbling them up.

 

Consume only fruits , veggies , nuts and legumes, water and organic green tea.

~ Never skip breakfast

~ No snacks after supper

~ Maximum of 1/4 cup or 2 tbsps nuts or nut butter daily

~ Don't add salt. Ever.

~ No voluntary addition of artificial sweeteners

~ 7+ servings (half cup) of fruits and vegetables daily

~ No soda. Diet or otherwise.

~ Avoid fruit snacks, fruit juices, and sweetened dried fruit. (not forbidden)

~ And everything else to do with being vegetarian. xP

Ugh vvveerryyy little fast food. That was a huge problem for me because I ate it all the time. And NO regular cokes.

I don't diet, but I do practise control.

If I had one rule, it's to allow for exceptions to the rule, but to not let those exceptions become an everyday habit.

However, I don't have many pounds left, so I'm maintaining more than loosing.

eat till no longer hungry...not when full

- No soda, fast food, chinese, pizza, etc. except on rare occasions (i.e. birthday, holiday, out with friends, etc.)

- Just eat as healthy as possible and drink water

- Try and get a lot of protein

- Work out every other day, at least.

-breakfast everyday

-don't eat after 8pm (9pm on weekends)

-snack frequently

-eat slowly

-never eat until I'm stuffed

-use minimal (olive) oil when cooking and avoid frying at all where possible

-choose fruit over chocolate etc

-eat at least 3 portions of fruit/veg everyday

-eat wholegrain food wherever possible

-exercise up to twice a week and walk an hour a day

Then stuff like no eating fast food or adding salt, cheese or cream etc. which I do anyway because I've been doing it for so long that I don't like it any other way.

Meals and snacks to be as natural and unprocessed as possible

Do not deny anything, just limit unhealthy things

Respect your body

Eat slowly

- Limit sugarless gum intake

- Drink at least 8 cups of water

- Don't keep candy around

- Keep busy 

• Never eat fried foods (okay, so I do break down and snitch some of my son's french fries when they are from McDonalds or Carl's Junior... so I shouldn't say never!)
• Never eat high fat dressings, mayo, etc.  Do eat ff dressings, skim milk, 2% cheeses or ff cheeses, ff sour cream,
• Do eat breakfast every morning
• Do eat all 100% bread products, pasta, and tortillas
• I have never drank regular pop but I try never to drink any of my calories for the day... occationally I do have Crystal Light though but no juice, milk, etc.  I feel eating a piece of fruit is less calories and better for you than drinking juice.  No alcohol.
• do eat LOTS of beans... they are very good for you, filling, and high in protein
• eat lean meats... replace ground hamburger with either ground chicken/turkey
• Only eat Papa Murphey's Delite pizza

P.S. sportychicwithmuscle
I have lost 35 pounds over the last year and I eat Adam's all natural peanut butter almost every morning on whole wheat toast.  You should give it a try.

Unless I'm treating myself... 

• No refined carbs
• Nothing deep-fried

 Everyday stuff:

• No soda
• Lots of veggies!
• At least 1 cup of milk a day
• Lots of fresh fruit!
• Eat enough good fats
• Eat locally, when possible
• Eat & enjoy good food
• Avoid processed food as much as possible

Calorie counters try this: I call it the 3/5/7 diet... 300 for breakfast, 500 for lunch, 700 for supper.

I also divert to this intake management method occasionally: eat 5 small meals equalling no more than 1 and 1/2 cups total for each meal.

Drink plenty. To me this means, any calorie free liquid. I keep something, be it a water bottle, glass of crystal light, coffee mug, hot or cold tea or what ever, accessible at all times.

No food is banned. I eat what I want, but I pay attention to body signals. I daily ask... What am I hungry FOR? Am I full? After I feel full, does the food still taste GOOD? Am I truly physically hungry? Am I stressed? All of these factors come into play for my decision to eat or not.

 I found if I pay attention to these signals, my body will be true to itself. I get hungry for things like grilled salmon or steamed broccoli (rather than chocolate or doritos... LOL!) If I eat when I am stressed, I will usually eat when I am not really hungry, and most likely will make the wrong choice, because I am attempting to satisfy something BESIDES true physical hunger.

I have lost 40 lbs by these methods, and I am a "typically" active woman... I don't have a lot of time to work out, or go to the gym, but I do clean house, and run after my children a LOT.