Anyone else here on a diet?

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Because I’m a competitive powerlifter. It’s my hobby.
 
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I do low carb b/c I have blood sugar problems, simple as that. It keeps my insulin where it should be thus keeping my appetite more controlled. I could care less about athletic performance as I’m not an athlete, merely an active person.
 
I do it to focus better. And because I want to lose weight
 
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I didn’t say my life depended on it. I said the way in which I’m concerned with athletic performance is different than the way an 83-year-old woman is concerned about athletic performance.

I’m not telling you to build a 500-lb squat. I’m saying that everybody should be concerned to some degree with his athletic performance, because that’s just another way of saying that everybody should be physically fit.
 
I have been on WW (formerly Weight Watchers) since Nov. 2017. I have lost over 50 pounds, and I made Lifetime in October, just before my birthday.

The WW leaders push the notion that WW is not a ‘diet’; it’s a lifestyle change. The idea is that once you’ve reached your goal weight (as I did in August - it’s a precondition of earning Lifetime status), you continue to track your foods and weigh in. My objective now is to maintain my new, lower weight.

And there is a lot of freedom in the program – more than you might think. I still enjoy many of the same foods I ate before going on WW; I just watch my portion sizes and track my points.

I am eating a lot more salads, but thanks to the Saladworks near me, I’m actually enjoying that. 🙂
 
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If my knees are happy about it and I’m getting back into excercise ,I find just the everyday squats super.
The reason being if I choose to go on long walks or runs I feel like bounding because it’s that much easier …and especially going uphill.
I kind of do my own modified calenetics that works on deep muscle giving strength and flexibility .And the great thing about it is I can incorporate into my everyday life throughout the day.
While I’m waiting for something I’ll stretch ,then it all ads up.
My favorite excercise is gardening,I enjoy the digging and shovelling ,bending etc, so it doesn’t seem like too much effort,I don’t even think about it but just get on and do it.
 
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My boss is on weight watchers. She tracks everything she eats and counts her points. I can’t imagine doing this long term, as a lifestyle change. I can understand how not eating processed foods or limiting sugar can be a lifestyle choice but to count every point till I die? Sounds like a perpetual diet. 😪
 
I should be on a diet but my body is really strange- if I don’t eat a lot before bed I can’t sleep or wake up hungry in the middle of the night. So for now I’m trying to increase my exercise first (well, to be more precise, I’m trying to start exercising more consistently than once a year lol).

I hear a lot about various diets but I have a hunch it all comes down to one thing - burning more than you take in. I find it hard to accept than a low carb diet works any different than any other diet, if the total number of calories is the same. A calorie is a calorie, low carb just keeps you more full with these same calories than a high carb one. I’d be interested to see studies that refute this claim though.
 
I attempted keto about a year ago and had to go off it. Saw 4 different doctors and all advised it was a dangerous diet, plus it made my cholesterol skyrocket.
 
Joined weight watchers 2 weeks ago. Dropped 10 lbs so far. Bad news is I think I’m becoming a mass murderer.
 
In September I got serious with keto and I’ve lost 41 lbs. I have been maintaining my weight since New Year’s Day with low carb but I don’t think I am in ketosis anymore. I am going to start another round as soon as work gets less stressful to hopefully drop another 40 -50 lbs by late spring.
 
Oddly enough I am having the opposite effect. My cholesterol has plummeted since starting keto.
 
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