Eating what you like

[scoobysoo]

I decided today, that after 10 years of yo-yo dieting that I have had enough, and want to quit dieting forever. I felt amazing liberated today, and even had a slice of cake without feeling guilty. However, I am a little overweight and need to know how often I would need to go to the gym if I wanted to eat what I like (within reason) and still lose weight.

Anyone else eat "normally" and lost weight by exercise alone?

[gessoo]

I suppose it's what you consider normal eating to be. Just recently I have lost weight by just cutting down portion size and being a bit more careful, as well as doing a lot more walking. I certainly don't believe in 'diets' as such, except for medical reasons.

Years ago I lost well over a stone by walking two miles to work every day instead of taking a bus. I didn't actually need to lose weight then, and was just walking to save the bus fare.

[Lonnie]

A thing in todays paper said you lose more calories doing the housework, showed it to my wife, and i'm now nursing a sore head, can;t see why though.

[mollymandy]

its magic ,when you change your mind about you everything changes with you ...... or you could to buy a colouring book and some pencils and enjoy the rest of your small time here on earth ...

[clairey-s]

yes you can!!

i dont 'diet' in fact i eat loads :P

but i go to the gym 3 times a week and i lost alot of wieght - sit ups are amazing, and its spooky how much your muscles strengthen in afew weeks - you can do loads and not get tired :P also, competitons help although dont push yourself too hard (and get injured, then be stuck at home, eat loads and gain weight)

xxXxXxx

[Gingercat]

Good for you, Scoobysoo! I was quite a lot overweight despite being permanently on one diet or another. Then one day I read this article about how slim people deal with food and started to follow what they did: Eat what you want when you want BUT eat slowly and savour every mouthful, don't do anything else while eating like watch TV, listen to your body and don't eat until you're hungry and stop when you're full. That's basically it. I also started walking more and really started to enjoy my food again rather than shovelling mindlessly into my gob! I lost two stone in six months without really trying. Now I hardly ever weigh myself.

[scoobysoo]

Thanks for all your comments and advise guys. I feel free and optimistic now and will keep you posted on my progress

[mollymandy]

hi / I found out if you go running twice a week you can eat what ever you want ... start off walking round the block for two week then build it up very slowley ... its very liberating .. believe me ...