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#111058 01/24/04 09:35 AM
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What diet is working out best for you and why?


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LOL I think you can guess mine <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I lost 20 pounds on low carb and have stayed there ever since. My boyfriend has lost around 70 pounds so far since last June and we've sort of taken it easy for the past month or two, but soon we'll get into a program of exercise to help him get the rest of the way to a healthy weight. He's maintaining his new weight quite easily, but he does want to lose more.


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Hi Lisa,

I'm actually trying sort of a low carb diet, in my own way. I'm reducing breads & pasta (although I'm not a big pasta fan anyway). I'm also cutting out sweets and soda. I think I actually started to lose some. I only want to lose about 5-10 pounds. I also do pilates 5 days a week.


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I only needed to lose 20 when I went on low carb and it was pretty easy to do it. It is just *amazing* how much sugar we now inhale in our diets because sugar is added to everything.

Soda is of course the biggest culprit for many of us along with sweets. But Splenda has got to be the most perfect sugar-free sweetener out there. It tastes exactly like sugar. So if you really have to have soda, get the Splenda versions and you'll love the flavor and not even think of it as diet. Stay away from caffeine!!

For sweets, the Splenda chocolates and candies we get are just as tasty as the sugar versions. Because so many people are diabetic nowadays you can find the Splenda versions in most grocery stores and CVSs. I live on the CVS sugar free gummy bears as far as a treat <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

The pasta and bread is less of a problem. With those, the main thing is that over the years both (for the US) have been stripped down to overly processed bland nothingness. The rest of the world laughs at us for eating "white bread" that is like a cardboard sponge!! When you say "bread" in Europe you get something rich, flavorful, lots of fiber. That's a healthy bread. But us US residents turned bread into something without fiber, without flavor and without many nutrients. Then we tried to add some vitamins to it to call it "healthy".

So in any case once you're not trying to lose weight any more, the long term low carb approach does include healthy grains. But the general aim is to always eat things that give you some sort of nutritional value. So you eat salmon, broccoli, almonds, etc. You'd avoid candy bars even if they are 0g carb because that would give you no nutrients. So in the same way you'd avoid white bread as 'empty calories' and would instead have a nice whole grain slice or pita wrap as the healthy alternative.

We get the low carb multi-grain bread and low carb tortilla wraps, and both are really tasty. They just cut out the processed white flour. If you're on a budget you can easily make your own bread which is always cheaper. Or if you really want to buy store-bought multigrain, get the most natural version you can find, with a high fiber content, and eat it in moderation.

Exercise is key too, so that's great on the pilates! I've never tried them, what is it like?


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For myself, a balanced diet that includes a variety of healthy foods is best for me. I can even toss in some "junk" foods to the mix. I feel at my best when I am eating balanced meals.

My husband really needs a low carb diet.

Preparing meals is quite frustrating when trying to meet the varying needs of the people in my family and working around our limited kitchenette.

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I know it can be tough, but luckily there are lots of really delicious, easy low carb dishes to make and since they're delicious, the not low carbers shouldn't mind. Chicken wings comes to mind! Of course if someone hates veggies they're going to be stuck, because much of the low carb menu is about veggies. Maybe it's time to train those people to like them <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Scientists have found that if you feed someone a food 10 times in a row they start to tolerate it - because their body starts to realize that if it wants nutrition, this is one of the things it's going to have to ingest ...


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I'm doing weight watchers myself.

I've been a "skinny" person all my life, but ate like [censored]. I actually put on about 20 lbs during my breast cancer treatment (the steroids made me eat like a crazy person). So after that I decided I really needed to get my act together. Weight watchers is nice because it jives with what my nutritionist tells me, it's high in veggies and fruits (antioxidents are my friend), and it works! I've lost 15 already. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I like how it puts everything into points. It's really turned around how I regard food. I see junk food as such a "waste" now. If it has no nutritional value, then I don't need to eat it. Before I started, I hadn't eaten veggies or fruits in years (seriously). and now I average about 4 servings a day. I want to get it up to five though. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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my best diet was having kids. In order to make them eat healthy, I now eat healthy. Lots of fruits and veggies. Very little junk. They are also my exercise trainers. They keep me running. I have lost 50lbs and kept it off.

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I follow a pretty low-carb diet most of the time. I only eat healthy carbs like oatmeal, whole grain, and bran. I am not overweight, so I let myself indulge in white rice, pasta and some sweets every so often. I eat a lot of veggies and fruits, and lean protein. I basically try to eat around a certain calorie range each day.

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