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nayrt

In the past year, I've lost 30 lbs. I have never counted a single calorie or weighed out a single portion of anything. Here's what I did:

* 30 minutes exercise every day: walking (brisk pace) or exercise bike
* Minimal sugar/artificial sweeteners: no pop whatsoever, including diet pop. I drink water, some tea with a half teaspoon of honey.
* Lean proteins: chicken, fish, pork, legumes, eggs
* Lots of vegetables: leafy greens like cabbage, spinach, brussel sprouts, etc. No corn.
* Minimal carbs: self explanatory. I eat wholegrain bread instead of white, but even then I try not to eat much bread at all. Ditto pasta. I also limit intake of rice and potatoes so that a portion size is like 1/3 cup, tops.
* Pay attention to portion size: imagine a deck of playing cards. That's how much lean protein I eat for dinner. That's also my portion size for carbs. I can have as many vegetables as I want.
* No processed foods, fast food, convenience food, etc. I also don't eat out very much at all.

I'm not saying it's easy, because goodness knows it's not and there is plenty of room for improvement in my diet/exercise program. But this idea that you can't diet properly unless you keep track of every calorie or gram of food is incorrect.

ayrt

I'm not saying you can't do it without counting

I'm arguing against the idea that "counting at all is dumb"

I don't, but some people need to and it helps them, so what's the fuss

I suspect that the "fuss" is related to the rather long discussion about weight loss earlier, where it became apparent that the OP was focusing way too much on calorie counting. When calorie counting reaches an obsessive level, it hurts you more than it helps. You get bogged down in the details ("I only ate 1230 calories today, why did I gain two pounds this week???") and get frustrated. Frustration makes it easier to fall off the wagon and give up.

Which is dumb, I'm saying

"alcoholics exist so drinking is dumb"
"overeaters exist so eating is dumb"

Everything in moderation, or everything is dumb

counting calories is pretty dumb though, especially since very minor amounts of calories (ie say even an extra bite of apple) continually going over will cause weight gain and causes additional stress on the dieters making them more likely to quit. never mind that many diets are incredibly nutritionally unbalanced.

unless you have something that doesn't allow to feel full, it's better to design a diet that makes you feel full and sasified so you're not tempted to overeat in the first place than stop eating when you're starving

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