I am writing a book on dieting… What are some quirky/off-beat weight loss strategies I can try?
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at
9:32 am
I am a published author, working on a book on dieting. As part of it, I am looking to test various weight loss methods. I obviously will give the typical strategies a go (the Atkins, the Liver Cleansing, Jenny Craig etc). What are some other ways to lose weight that I can try?
Any tested possibilities will get credited in the book… I will pay particular attention to any that you yourself have tried (regardless of if they have worked or not!)
Cheers!
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for me what has worked is the slimfast diet along with apple cider vinegar but the vinegar itself is awfull so i tried the apple cider vinegar pills which they sell at henrys market i cut off the soda pure water now so far in 2 weeks i have lost 30 lbs and im shooting for more as well i try to keep myself busy and walk alot and for my inbetween meals i have a fruit and make it 5 small meals it works great
i tried eating pretty much nothing but peanut butter + bananas + coffee. it wasnt that bad
Change your lifestyle
It’s not enough to eat healthy foods and exercise for only a few weeks or even several months. You have to include these behaviors in your lifestyle. To do that, you have to change the behaviors that helped make you overweight in the first place. Lifestyle changes start with taking an honest look at your eating habits and daily routine.
After assessing your personal challenges to weight loss, try working out a strategy to gradually change habits and attitudes that have sabotaged your past efforts. Simply admitting your own challenges won’t get you past them entirely. But it helps in planning how you’ll deal with them and whether you’re going to succeed in losing weight once and for all.
You likely will have an occasional setback. But instead of giving up entirely, simply start fresh the next day. Remember that you’re planning to change your life. It won’t happen all at once, but stick to your healthy lifestyle and the results will be worth it.
Weight Watchers works for me. You get points determined by your current weight and lifestyle. As you lose weight, you lose points. You also have a weekly point allowance. This way, you are never deprived from foods that you want. You have to determine if you want it badly enough to pay for it with your points.
I also know people that have tried this crazy plan to not eat certain colored foods. Generally, they won’t eat anything that is white in color. By eliminating white foods, they don’t eat white bread or potatoes.
Good luck with your quest.
for all i have learnt..one thing always works..that is not depriving yourself from any food..and actually sitting and enjoying the food while we eat..otherwise at the end of the week..you end up like a mad cow craving sweets and chips and binge on everything that is on sight..even your pet fish.
I was 16 stone 4 months ago and i am now 12 1/2 stone. I have done this by eating 5 meals a day but eating less fatty foods. I only eat chicken now and no red meat. Plenty of protein but eat at least 6 pieces of fruit a day. I eat a bit of pasta each day to get my carb intake.
The main thing that as helped though is my interval training. 4 times a week i go to the local park and run around the soccer pitch. I walk or jog very slow along the width and then sprint the length of the pitch as fast as i can. I do about 20 reps of this now but started with 10.
On the days i do not do this i do 200 sit ups using small weights.
I have started to develop a very nice six pack and the beauty is i only workout about 20 minutes a day so not too time consuming.
Hey I got a GREAT one: Its called eating healthy and excersizing.
jk jk lol i got one. Its called the No Packaged Food diet, self explanatory, you just have no packaged foods. My mom tried this and she lost 23 pounds!!!! it took 2 and a half weeks.
Theres also the banana diet, where you have a banana in the morning and its supposed to make you loose 5 pounds a week.
Diets don’t work. Lifestyle changes do work.
I’d love to contribute information and experience if you are providing sound guidance to your readers. Make sure to read books by Dr. Dean Ornish for some excellent scientific research on diet. Often, money-making diets are based on speculation rather than scientific research. We are in a profit-driven culture.
There are many wacky diets out there including some that work (like food combining). This works because you are forced to choose your foods carefully. Read the book "Fit for Life" by the Diamond for information about his less conventional approach.
The most boring approach is probably the most effective. It’s is a low fat vegetarian diet as recommended by Dr. Dean Ornish (a heart specialist). His diet helps prevent high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, some cancers, and Type II diabetes.
I’ve had remarkable luck with the following which is my own adaptation:
+ Eat whole grains, brown rice, beans, vegetables, and fruit. Make sure to get a little oil through some vegetarian source like nuts or avocado. Otherwise, minimize fats/oils.
+ Control portion sizes by keeping track of calories. I just keep track in my head. This is a lifestyle change, not a temporary fix. If you eat too few calories or too many calories, this will hurt your diet. Remember that humans evolved through periods of feast and famine. Those who retained body fat during feasts survived. Today, we are in perpetual feast mode and our genetics have not adapted to this.
+ For health, get 30-60 minutes of aerobic exercise every day. Look up "aerobic exercise" and "heart rate."
+ For body shape, free weights are great. "Body for Life" is very helpful for body toning exercises. I’d ignore the diet part of this book.
+ Avoid excitotoxins like MSG or aspartame. MSG is fed to laboratory rats to make them fat. These substances have caused neurological damage to laboratory animals. Monsanto is evil (but you cannot publish that fact).
+ Minimize fats (vegetable and animal sources), sugars, refined carbs, milk, meat, and processed foods. Small quantities occasionally are OK. Milk in US usually contains genetically modified bovine growth hormone. Milk is not the best source of calcium, in fact, the proteins can deplete calcium from bones in adult humans. Milk has been linked to childhood diabetes as well. Milk is totally unnecessary for a healthy diet and many people believe dairy is unhealthy (allergies, calories, and intolerance, fats, and proteins).
The problem is that the most profit can be found by selling the cheapest product that tastes the best. The short-cut are "natural flavors" which are toxic (excitotoxins), refined carbs, and also fats and salt. These make cheap food products that are very tasty and very profitable.
The truth about food is obscured by heavy handed industry money machines. That includes wackos like the Atkins money machine.