How do you plan a diet?

hi alvaro, Me too I am planning to loose weight because of the doctor's advice but I need to have a strict self discipline I am like Garfield who likes lasagna it's hard to refuse chocolates,nachos,tacos and many more . I just stop eating junk foods and lessen eating rice so far that is what I am doing but thinking if I can enroll to a diet program recommended by a friend . Stay Healthy have a great day

Oh No! You had to say No to your beloved Mom?! Just because of a diet? That makes me sad. I wish I could have Lasagna with my mom, I lost her in 2005. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to give you a guilt trip.Anyway. I never diet.But if I did , I would have started After the Lasagna. Be Bad Just one more time and then be good. but see I can't think like that. The food I eat Has to be what I want to eat ,Period! I rather not eat than eat something Just because it is part of a diet And " good for me" . So I never diet. I want to wish you luck on this diet. Be Well.

hi! i envy your uptake on self-discipline alvaro. it would be very rare for me to refuse lasagna especially when everyone in my family knows how much i love it. i've read in some health literature that for a diet to work, it has to be designed to a person's lifestyle. many people do not stick to a diet plan because either they lack the will in the first place or they lack the motivation to continue. when one sets a goal, it has to be realistic. while i was in an online chat with a mylot friend yesterday, i did mention to her that i'll be doing a weight loss plan for about a month starting this wednesday. the first week is about cleansing. as for the food, an increased intake of greens and vitamin c and mineralized water. as for exercise, an increased amount of walks in the mornings and late afternoons. and i'll throw in 2-3 massage sessions per week. and i plan to make it my routine even beyond the 30 days. cleansing prepares the field and it's for better absorption. the greens for fiber and vitamins and better elimination. vitamin c to boost immune system and as a natural anti-oxidant. mineralized water for better hydration. but now because of your post, i'm thinking of starting the cleansing earlier. like today. hehe goodluck to your diet plan alvaro.

Hi starsailover, Every so often,I always try to start a diet.They're easy for me to start,but I find it difficult to stick with it.I try to do a diet maybe once a week.I'm fine with it ,til I get a massive sugar craving,thats what does me in to end the diet.

I do not have a plan, just trying to cut the amount of food I always eat. I just cannot discipline myself to do that.

Hi Starsailover, I also am on a diet and to achieve this I have to manage my environment also. So when I go out or meet people I meet them where you can not eat. When i meet someone else in their home, I will be there not during diner. So they will not ask me to join. At work I only join with a drink only a soda or something else healthy. So thats the evironment. For my planning with food I eat 6 times little meals around the whole day. Between evry meal there is 2 ours left to keep the metabolisme going on. Evrything is healthy and keep the diner light. This is for me so easy to do. Hope you have something out of this, good luck with your diet.

hello Alvaro, That's the power of diet "self-discipline" Without that self-discipline,you can never attain what you really want. So many people trying to lose weight,but fail because of lack of self-discipline. Food cravings and mind setting to postponed their diet gives them a hard time. I know how to control myself when i am determined enough to lose weight. A little add-on with exercise will do,but eating habit is the best way for me to lose diet. So,what's your desired weight,and body built that you really wanted to have my friend? As i can see you're not chubby...how about going to gym for some abs

I've had some success in the past couple of years with losing weight. However, for me I've found that it is better to moderate what I am eating than eliminating things from my diet. This means that if I would like to have a piece of pizza, I can have that piece of pizza, but I need to know that I have to stop after one as opposed to eating until I am absolutely stuffed. I was able to lose about 15% of my body weight in just a few months with this method.

When it is a do or die situation as it happened to me when I was bed resting and my cholesterol had gone up because of that I left no stone unturned till I brought my weight and cholesterol down to the desired level. It is possible when one has a goal to reach.

Hi star, No problem here. When one has no other choice, eating is just a matter of survival. I always get amazed by people who can eat anything they want to the point of getting overweight. Not on my case. I have to struggle all day to get even the barest thing to eat and anything I can lay my hands on, I eat: left over foods, vegetables from the surroundings, root crops from the mountains, fish in the rivers which get harder to catch as the days go by. In my case, there's no planning a diet. I just eat what I can get. Just the barest necessities, that's all I've got, no more no less.

Hi starsailoer, I envy you so much to be able really to insist to diet, but I can not, I have to lose weight because I had fattened out a lot after went to college about two years ago, and every friend of my says I am got fat now, I am a girl, and I have to stay in shape, you konw, I tried to insist to diet a few days and it is effective, however, my meals are not rule once I stop losing weight, whoah, how could I insist to lose weight? it just let me be nerve-racking...

In psychology we learned that diets are a sure-fire way to actually gain weight. If you're constantly telling yourself you can't have sweets or a certain type of food, eventually you will break down and go on a binge, causing you to gain weight. If you're interested in losing weight, you just eat the foods you like while making healthier decisions as well as controlling your portions. It also helps if you restrict your eating to only the kitchen. That way, your body gets accustomed to eating only in the kitchen and you won't snack and munch all throughout the house. In addition to portion control, exercise always helps too. Ideally, you'd want to burn more calories than you consume. Try and plan exercise activities that'll fit into your daily routine. Good luck!!

I never plan it..i just have it...:D

follow my plan i called it "water fasting" just drink "only" water every an hour (do not eat anything) for a week after you done it for a week eat something easy (you know what i mean) but eat wisely and not greedy not for ulcer sufferer i lost 7.5 kg just for a week

The kind of diet I have chosen will not make me slim down in a second, but will make the kilos I shed stay out. It´s called the mditerranean diet and it allows for almost everything in small doses but is centered in veggies, fruits, legumes, fish and nuts. I shed a little over 1 kilo and a half and hop that I´ll continue with it.