is this diet easy to follow esp with a family?
I am looking for a sensible way to eat! I am tired of being on one fad diet after another and I need to do something!!! thanks xoxo Darlene

Hi Darlene--

Have you looked through the EatingWell Diet module? A lot of the basic information from the book is on there, so that should help you gauge it. I think anyone can follow it as long as your motivated! It's nothing crazy, just eating right and exercising!

Darlene -

I'm wondering the same thing as I go through it. My biggest problem with each diet that I undertake is that I find I don't have the time to prepare one thing for myself and another menu for my family. I have small, skinny boys and they don't need to watch their weight, so it becomes a challenge.

Laura

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Originally posted by DarleneWA:
is this diet easy to follow esp with a family?
I am looking for a sensible way to eat! I am tired of being on one fad diet after another and I need to do something!!! thanks xoxo Darlene

The book has some great recipes that are easy to make and have been well received by my (non-dieting) partner. I lost 11 pound in 5 weeks of following the diet. Some staples in the book that have really helped me stick to it have been the oven fries, Mary's zucchini, the curry chicken with mango salad and portabello cheese steak. They are all 20 minutes or so to make and are very satisfying. Most of these recipes make four servings, so I have one serving size, give my partner a double serving size and then save the leftover serving for my lunch the next day.

cool thanks Alex I am going to try and start it on Monday..just got back from camping and haven't had time to read the book and I want to do it right!! what makes this "diet" different from the rest I wonder? this forum don't seem very active? xoxoxo

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Originally posted by DarleneWA:
what makes this "diet" different from the rest I wonder?

The design for VTrim (the program the book is based on) was to incorporate the best knowledge
in the field of weight loss--what has really worked, what has been tested, what has been shown to produce LASTING weight loss. So there are parts of "diets of old," at least the good parts.

But the book also points out that "everyone knows the secret to losing weight - eat less, move more. But the missing link is HOW to do it." The book is full of strategies to help guide you through the process of changing your
behaviors so that you CAN make eating less possible, that you CAN work exercise into your daily schedule.

I found the worksheets to be extremely helpful--What are your food triggers? How are you going to deal with them?

What modes of exercise have you tried and what have you liked, disliked about them?

Who will you go to when you need motivation?

What are your strengths and how will you capitalize on them? What are your weaknesses and how will you tackle them?

I am also a little disappointed that this site seems to have little activity. I think tips from fellow "eating well dieters" would be helpful. The key thing to keep in mind is that this plan is not about dieting. It is about behavior modification. For example, I replaced the potato chips that I could not live without whenever I had a sandwich with a quarter cup of banana pepper slices - big calorie difference. It would be helpful to hear how other "dieters" have changed their eating habits.

I am too Alex! I hope others start posting more!

I am also new to this forum and hope that people will start participating. This is actually only the second forum I have ever participated in--still fairly new to the concept. Tips that I have been doing to help keep my weight under control despite hypothyroidism include: substituting baked sweet potato chips for regular chips (Terra Brand are excellent and low in sodium for my husband's special kidney stone diet) I also have incorporated the new Barilla protein-plus pasta and have tried to cut out potatoes, rice, pasta at dinner but still eat them for breakfasat and lunch. I keep 75% or 80% cocoa chocolate bars in my drawer at work for when I just have to have chocolate. the 80% really works because just one small square kicks the chocolate craving. I also have found that unsweetened green tea with mint helps with the sugar cravings.