Goodbull_19 said:
I do think losing weight is highly personal some do better on high fat, low carb, some do well with high carb, low fat different fasting protocols, etc.
Agreed. I tried IMF, keto and just eating less of the same. I hated how unfocused I felt not eating breakfast and the others weren't sustainable for me. What works for me is just holding a balanced diet. I find so much of eating right is mental so I just control that by doing things like not eating processed sugars or red meat or drinking alcohol every day to control cravings. I still consume all but just don't do it daily and that seems to control whatever it is in my brain or body that wants to eat them every day. That, OP, is why I cringed at the daily bacon and eggs thing. You are teaching your body to maintain a bad habit. You will lose control of that most likely one day. I focus on fibrous vegetables to keep me full and try not to pile up multiple bad meals in a day. It does happen but it is rare and a bad week pretty much never happens anymore.
It's hard to lose weight in America. After all, we are the country where Chipotle was pitched and spoken of not that long ago of being a healthy alternative in the suite of restaurants. But what's even harder is losing and then maintaining that weight loss. You really have to learn how to eat or you'll just gain the weight back. If you gain the weight back then my opinion is you might as well not even diet. You should be trying new stuff and figuring out what and how to eat at a healthy weight and still be happy. That's really what you are after, not just the dropping pounds, it's also why I hate diets and programs like nutrisystem or WW. Yeah stick to them for a year and you'll drop weight but you aren't doing them forever and they are effectively just force feeding you lower calories instead of letting you figure out how to craft lower cal diets when you inevitably stop doing them. It's a little mindless and you don't learn anything.
