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Re: Advice / Questions Thread

[(Anonymous)]

The best diet is one you can stick to. A diet that tells you to eat a lot of broccoli is not going to work if you hate broccoli. Here are small-ish changes that work for me:

I know that I can't moderate my sweet tooth and just eat fewer sweets. Whatever I have in my apartment, I'm going to scarf down. But not buying any sweets at all works, and is somehow not even that hard.

Substituting snacks is a good trick, too. Eating nuts, grapes, carrots or whatever instead of sweets means I still get do that hand-to-mouth motion. Important: get something that you don't mind preparing. Nuts out of a bag are easy, carrots might need to be peeled and cut into sticks (that's what I do at least).

Making smaller portions is easiest when using new measuring utensils. Instead of measuring out less rice/noodles/... in the same container, I need to get a smaller container.

It was counter-intuitive at first, but eating (or starting to prepare a meal) before I'm hungry has helped. If I only get up and start cooking when I'm already hungry, I'll be more likely to pick something that's quick to make but less healthy/varied, and I'll be more likely to make too big a portion. Planning meals ahead instead of deciding on the spot helps, too.

I'm currently trying to eat more protein and less carbs. I made a big pot of red lentil chili yesterday. Before that, it was a big pot of Indian lentil soup. As long as I'm eating those leftovers, I'll eat fewer carbs.

Also I'm trying to start thinking about dieting meaning not just subtracting things. Sure, I should eat less unhealthy food; but I need to add exercise. Because in the end, that's what makes the difference for me. All the stuff above, I do mostly because I want to live generally healthy, but the only I time I really lost weight was when I went biking and swimming regularly.

Good luck!