Comments on: Rants and Raves about Dieting

By: The Redhead Riter

The Redhead Riter — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I’m not on a “diet”, I’m on a “way of life”. Needless to say, it isn’t the way of life that I really want, but I am holding to it for my health.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve also been tricked with those serving sizes. Portion control is sensible, but it’s easier said than done. Good point about how put downs are a set up for more failure.

By: jen boda

jen boda — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Great post. I think that portion control is definitely where it’s at. It takes more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to use up your daily calories but many people do and more and think they are healthy but are overweight. I do it by going to the store every couple of days for what I need so I don’t have a ton of food in the house and then I have a nine inch dinner plate and follow the age old rule–half of it is reserved for veggies, 1/4 for grains and 1/4 for protein.

jen

By: Millie Lavoisier

Millie Lavoisier — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hey! Nice blog. I like the clear design and the posts of course! Actually I don’t diet. I did a diet a few years back when I came back from the US as I had taken over 25 pounds! Now I replaced bad snacks for healthy snacks in my diet and it does the trick. I’m not skinny but I feel good this way. I’m just afraid if I get on a diet I will gain more weight when I stop it because of frustration.

Since I love chocolate, I found a good chocolate cookie with a lot of fibers and only 120 calories. This was my appetite is satisfied and I get my chocolate every day. It’s easy and there’s no frustration. The apple snack wasn’t satisfying enough…

By: The Mother

The Mother — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I lift weights. Every pound of muscle you put on burns 40 calories per day. Doing nothing. Put on 10 pounds of muscle, and you burn 400 extra calories PER DAY.

You do have to take in a lot of protein. But if you do, you won’t be hungry for junk anymore.

The downside is, you don’t get to drink. It makes building muscle and losing fat hard.

Which is why I’m still 20 pounds overweight.

Great at giving advice, lousy at taking it.

Damn (oops, is this a family blog??? I meant darn)

By: Cindi ~ Moomettesgram

Cindi ~ Moomettesgram — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately, I’m a yo-yo dieter. Right now I’m off the wagon, and usually join Weight Watchers. I need to get motivated!

Visiting from MBC & fav’d you to Technorati!

By: Touchscreen Tablet PC

Touchscreen Tablet PC — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Diet is really what you typically eat. You could have a “diet” that consists of eating mostly fast-food.

It’s somewhat true that it doesn’t matter how much you eat. If you only eat a small amount of junk food (a candy bar a week) then that’s fine. You’re eating junk food but it’s such a small amount it’s not going to make or break you.