Do you buy diet products? If so, which ones?
I used to buy diet foods all the time, even though I didn't enjoy eating them. Light, non-fat cheeses, spreads, cookies, etc. One day as I was eating dinner with family and friends it struck me that I was the heaviest person at the table, eating non-fat and low-fat versions of the full-fat foods that all the thin people were eating. For dessert, they had chocolate cake, while I had a diet fudgsicle. How is it that thin people don't eat diet food, yet stay thin, while heavy people eat diet food and stay heavy?
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Permalink Reply by Working-mom-of-2 on -
I often notice that the additives in diet foods make you hungry and eat more. When I drink mineral water I need am hour to drink a liter and I feel really stuffed. When I drink diet coke or zero I can finish a bottle in half an hour and still want more. I think it is the fake sugar stuff like saccharine and aspartam are the bad boys.
I use "normal" food only less. I do check the fat% and try to reduce this. I have never been skinny and never will be but I would love to get back to my pre- kids weight which is 10 kilos less.
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Permalink Reply by Eleanor Diekert on -
I've had the same experience of feeling unsatisfied with diet foods. And since they don't taste as good or provide the same texture, I'd end up eating something else just to satisfy my need for "real" food.
I just got back to my pre-kid weight after 6-1/2 years of trying. I thought I wouldn't be able to do it since so many years passed by and I just kept getting bigger. Just shows that even if you give up for awhile, you can still come back and pleasantly surprise yourself.
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Permalink Reply by Working-mom-of-2 on
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I couldn't go past diet Coke today grrrr. I drank a whole bottle but it took me 3 hours. I guess that makes it less bad haha.
Eleanor Diekert said:I've had the same experience of feeling unsatisfied with diet foods. And since they don't taste as good or provide the same texture, I'd end up eating something else just to satisfy my need for "real" food.
I just got back to my pre-kid weight after 6-1/2 years of trying. I thought I wouldn't be able to do it since so many years passed by and I just kept getting bigger. Just shows that even if you give up for awhile, you can still come back and pleasantly surprise yourself.
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Permalink Reply by Laura on -
I have learned to check the fat and fiber on labels. I do use low fat cheese, reduced fat sour cream, skim milk and fat free half and half. I do buy lean cuisine or weight watchers frozen meals to take to work, if I don't have time to make a lunch. All the other stuff I eat is regular food, just in moderate portions. I eat way more veggies, fruit and gallons of water. I limit myself to 1 coke zero a day, if I get one in. Not so much bread and potatoes.
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Permalink Reply by Christine on -
If I could control myself around non-diet foods, I'd buy them all the time. Because I'd be able to have one donut and not the whole box. My simple strategy (today) is to keep foods that are too tempting for me out of my house: for example, I buy breakfast cereal, but I stay away from Life or Lucky Charms, or anything else that could be binge-worthy. Total cereall? It's okay, but it's not going to get me out of bed at night.
Fact is, those people eating chocolate cake probably haven't had it in weeks. And they probably don't eat dessert after every meal. And when they do it's a reasonable portion, and they go back to their regular eating habits instead of letting that chocolate cake be an "incident" that starts a binge.
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Permalink Reply by Christine on
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"moderate portions..." The impossible dream for me... Good for you having attained it.
Laura said:I have learned to check the fat and fiber on labels. I do use low fat cheese, reduced fat sour cream, skim milk and fat free half and half. I do buy lean cuisine or weight watchers frozen meals to take to work, if I don't have time to make a lunch. All the other stuff I eat is regular food, just in moderate portions. I eat way more veggies, fruit and gallons of water. I limit myself to 1 coke zero a day, if I get one in. Not so much bread and potatoes.
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Permalink Reply by Eleanor Diekert on
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I've never tried WW or Lean Cuisine. Can you bake them? (because my microwave has been in the garage for six years since I got paranoid about atomic food :) )
Laura said:I have learned to check the fat and fiber on labels. I do use low fat cheese, reduced fat sour cream, skim milk and fat free half and half. I do buy lean cuisine or weight watchers frozen meals to take to work, if I don't have time to make a lunch. All the other stuff I eat is regular food, just in moderate portions. I eat way more veggies, fruit and gallons of water. I limit myself to 1 coke zero a day, if I get one in. Not so much bread and potatoes.
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Permalink Reply by Eleanor Diekert on
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Well, now that I know I can trust myself not to binge like there's no s'more tomorrow, I noticed tonight that I need to focus on some other things too. Because I'm PMSing I had a spoon of chocolate ice cream, a spoon of peanut butter, a chicken ball, a Laughing Cow and a couple other things in small portions. But quality control and quantity patrol need to be considered so I don't end up eating little bits of 100 different foods in one night.
Christine said:If I could control myself around non-diet foods, I'd buy them all the time. Because I'd be able to have one donut and not the whole box. My simple strategy (today) is to keep foods that are too tempting for me out of my house: for example, I buy breakfast cereal, but I stay away from Life or Lucky Charms, or anything else that could be binge-worthy. Total cereall? It's okay, but it's not going to get me out of bed at night.
Fact is, those people eating chocolate cake probably haven't had it in weeks. And they probably don't eat dessert after every meal. And when they do it's a reasonable portion, and they go back to their regular eating habits instead of letting that chocolate cake be an "incident" that starts a binge.
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Permalink Reply by Working-mom-of-2 on
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I completely agree with you !
I am the same. If I buy the stuff, I eat it. I stopped baking pies because none of us can just eat ONE piece. We go on until the pie is gone HORRIBLE.
But, with kids in the house it is not always easy because they are entitled to have something sweet now and then and I just have to pull my self together.
Christine said:If I could control myself around non-diet foods, I'd buy them all the time. Because I'd be able to have one donut and not the whole box. My simple strategy (today) is to keep foods that are too tempting for me out of my house: for example, I buy breakfast cereal, but I stay away from Life or Lucky Charms, or anything else that could be binge-worthy. Total cereall? It's okay, but it's not going to get me out of bed at night.
Fact is, those people eating chocolate cake probably haven't had it in weeks. And they probably don't eat dessert after every meal. And when they do it's a reasonable portion, and they go back to their regular eating habits instead of letting that chocolate cake be an "incident" that starts a binge.
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Permalink Reply by Working-mom-of-2 on
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It is very funny to hear the differences of the various people. I do very well eating potatoes - it doesn't make me gain weight. I can't eat that much pasta though unless it is wholemeal pasta. This works fine.
And, it never used to make a difference when I was young but nowadays it is deadly for me to eat late at night. Before 20.00 o'clock is o.k. - after is not good.
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Permalink Reply by Elaine Lynas on -
I have tried a number of "diet" products over the years - lost some and of course same thing happened to me as it did to everyone else - ended up putting on more than I lost when I stopped taking the product! About 7 months ago I began learning about the Leptin hormone and how in our world today, because of the Junk we eat and breathe - this hormone doesn't work as it was designed to. Then I started to see things on the news regarding all of the studies and research being done on Leptin and the Leptin Hormone and how if a person can balance their Leptin Hormone and get it to act as it was designed to the messages from the Brain to the fat cells is no longer distorted and they communicate again - so they fat is released or stored as lean muscle mass. I am connected with Dr. Rosedale - The Rosedale Diet - and now he is partnered with a product MaxWLX - natural and balances the Leptin hormone - I started using it in May of last year and in a few months had lost 20 lbs, 16 inches and 2 dress sizes....still keeping it off - eating normally - no fancy diets...love the product - and the testimonies are coming in from all over. Feel free to visit this site and learn more about how this works..I found it fascinating... www.thetummytamer.com
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