'Dieting' poll

PoisonIvy · 04-15-2009, 02:09 AM

1. Have you ever dieted? If so, for how long?
2. If the answer to question one is yes, was it a fad diet? Was it prescribed by a doctor?
3. Which was/is the most effective?
4. Which was/is the least effective?
5. Which was/is the hardest to follow?
6. Which was/is the easiest?
7. What was/is the weirdest/strangest diet you've ever tried or heard of?
8. Which is the most complicated or complicated-sounding?
9. Has dieting helped you to create a healthier lifestyle for yourself?

If you can think of any other pertinent questions, please post them.

SomeRandomHero · 04-15-2009, 02:25 AM

wasting your time on any type of diet should not be a question, live a healthy lifestyle any fad diet you go on and finish and lose a few pounds of most likely water weight is w waste of your time if your trying to burn fat that way you will end up with more of it. eat good and exercise and dont slouch work out hard be a soldier

d24 · 04-15-2009, 03:32 AM

the only one that ever worked for me was the south beach diet - before i realised it's NOT a diet, it's a lifestyle change. I can't commit to the rubbish they wanted me to eat 24/7 so I eventually gave it up, and low and behold the weight came back on even though i was only eating 'normal' things/portions.

Moral of the story - eat slightly healthier and excercise slightly more.
I think that's just about all that you can do.

Mousty · 04-15-2009, 08:50 AM

1. Have you ever dieted? If so, for how long? Attempted for about 5 days.
2. If the answer to question one is yes, was it a fad diet? Was it prescribed by a doctor? The south beach - it was not prescribed per say but I knew it would help my health.
3. Which was/is the most effective? It wasn't effective in the sense that it was not a long-term change for me. Maybe if I had reached phase 2. I couldn't follow the low-carb.
4. Which was/is the least effective? I don't really believe in them.
5. Which was/is the hardest to follow?
6. Which was/is the easiest?
7. What was/is the weirdest/strangest diet you've ever tried or heard of? The ice cream, chocolate and pizza diet. Come on, it's a diet - yeah calorie restriction will work but you'll just end up starving anyways!
8. Which is the most complicated or complicated-sounding? Diabetes diet =S
9. Has dieting helped you to create a healthier lifestyle for yourself? No, just made me realize that all food groups and importent. True nutrition only comes with all food group and eating variety.

If you can think of any other pertinent questions, please post them.

PoisonIvy · 04-21-2009, 05:02 AM

I think the point of my posting was missed. I am not dieting, nor was I planning on it, ever. I was not looking for advice on it, because I think, and have always thought, that it is a particularly unhealthy and ineffective (especially long-term) way to weight loss. I was simply curious about people's experiences with them, as I am sure they are quite varied and interesting. Thank you, Mousty, for answering my questions. In the future, I will know not to look to eNotAlone if I am trying to put forth a survey.

ghost69 · 04-21-2009, 10:48 AM

nothing about dieting is easy. it is easy to incorporate it into you lifestyle and make it a habit. that's how i did it. i will never go back to eating how i used to.

amtjrtcet · 04-21-2009, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PoisonIvy

1. Have you ever dieted? If so, for how long?
2. If the answer to question one is yes, was it a fad diet? Was it prescribed by a doctor?
3. Which was/is the most effective?
4. Which was/is the least effective?
5. Which was/is the hardest to follow?
6. Which was/is the easiest?
7. What was/is the weirdest/strangest diet you've ever tried or heard of?
8. Which is the most complicated or complicated-sounding?
9. Has dieting helped you to create a healthier lifestyle for yourself?

If you can think of any other pertinent questions, please post them.

I don't diet but I've taken many courses on nutrition.
Weight Watchers is by far the best diet out there for women, but its a lifestyle...not just something you can do short term.

Mousty · 04-21-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by amtjrtcet

I don't diet but I've taken many courses on nutrition.
Weight Watchers is by far the best diet out there for women, but its a lifestyle...not just something you can do short term.

Isn't Weight Watchers just a point allowance?
You can basically just eat half a chocolate cake and starve for the rest of the day... (I've seen some of my friends do that so many times sadly enough). I would say the concept is great if it's paired with knowledge of nutrition (which I know some of the people on the board here do like Annie). I've been told by my a few of my friends (ok I have a lot of fat friends lol) that the "meeting" leaders are not nutrionists or qualified in any way. They are simply people that got to lose a bit of weight and are sharing their success stories. I don't mean that it's a bad thing to have motivational stories, but there should definetly be some professional backing behind the meetings.

I haven't met anyone who joined the core program because some food groups are limited, although it probably is a lot better as a lifestyle change.

ghost69 · 04-21-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Mousty

Isn't Weight Watchers just a point allowance?
You can basically just eat half a chocolate cake and starve for the rest of the day...

if i ever saw a diet like that i would lmao.

amtjrtcet · 04-21-2009, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mousty

Isn't Weight Watchers just a point allowance?
You can basically just eat half a chocolate cake and starve for the rest of the day...

if you do it correctly its one of the most effective as well as nutritional out there...

eating half a chocolate cake and starving the rest of the day would just be dumb of the dieter...there for they're not serious about weight loss, or nutrition.

04-15-2009, 02:09 AM	#1
PoisonIvy Offline Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Emerald City Gender: Female Posts: 102	'Dieting' poll 1. Have you ever dieted? If so, for how long? 2. If the answer to question one is yes, was it a fad diet? Was it prescribed by a doctor? 3. Which was/is the most effective? 4. Which was/is the least effective? 5. Which was/is the hardest to follow? 6. Which was/is the easiest? 7. What was/is the weirdest/strangest diet you've ever tried or heard of? 8. Which is the most complicated or complicated-sounding? 9. Has dieting helped you to create a healthier lifestyle for yourself? If you can think of any other pertinent questions, please post them. __________________ "Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think." - La Bruyere Laissez les bon temps rouler!

04-15-2009, 03:32 AM	#3
d24 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 1,064	the only one that ever worked for me was the south beach diet - before i realised it's NOT a diet, it's a lifestyle change. I can't commit to the rubbish they wanted me to eat 24/7 so I eventually gave it up, and low and behold the weight came back on even though i was only eating 'normal' things/portions. Moral of the story - eat slightly healthier and excercise slightly more. I think that's just about all that you can do. __________________ "You act as though you haven't seen trees bow to an unborn child before?"

04-15-2009, 08:50 AM	#4
Mousty Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Quebec Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 2,689	1. Have you ever dieted? If so, for how long? Attempted for about 5 days. 2. If the answer to question one is yes, was it a fad diet? Was it prescribed by a doctor? The south beach - it was not prescribed per say but I knew it would help my health. 3. Which was/is the most effective? It wasn't effective in the sense that it was not a long-term change for me. Maybe if I had reached phase 2. I couldn't follow the low-carb. 4. Which was/is the least effective? I don't really believe in them. 5. Which was/is the hardest to follow? 6. Which was/is the easiest? 7. What was/is the weirdest/strangest diet you've ever tried or heard of? The ice cream, chocolate and pizza diet. Come on, it's a diet - yeah calorie restriction will work but you'll just end up starving anyways! 8. Which is the most complicated or complicated-sounding? Diabetes diet =S 9. Has dieting helped you to create a healthier lifestyle for yourself? No, just made me realize that all food groups and importent. True nutrition only comes with all food group and eating variety. If you can think of any other pertinent questions, please post them. __________________ Watching her little baby grow everyday.

04-21-2009, 05:02 AM	#5
PoisonIvy Offline Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Emerald City Gender: Female Posts: 102	I think the point of my posting was missed. I am not dieting, nor was I planning on it, ever. I was not looking for advice on it, because I think, and have always thought, that it is a particularly unhealthy and ineffective (especially long-term) way to weight loss. I was simply curious about people's experiences with them, as I am sure they are quite varied and interesting. Thank you, Mousty, for answering my questions. In the future, I will know not to look to eNotAlone if I am trying to put forth a survey. __________________ "Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think." - La Bruyere Laissez les bon temps rouler!

04-21-2009, 10:48 AM	#6
ghost69 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Desert Gender: Male Posts: 33,444	nothing about dieting is easy. it is easy to incorporate it into you lifestyle and make it a habit. that's how i did it. i will never go back to eating how i used to. __________________ Not only am I friendly, but I'm invisible too. Too perfect of a relationship is too weird-g69 If you say you are normal, I'd think you are weird-g69 The world can only get better, it depends on how you look at it-g69 'As wicked as you are, you're beautiful to me'-5fingerdeathpunch you cannot control the world, you can only live in it the best you can for you-g69 NooOoOoooOOoOoOoooooo

04-15-2009, 02:25 AM	#2
SomeRandomHero Offline Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 75	wasting your time on any type of diet should not be a question, live a healthy lifestyle any fad diet you go on and finish and lose a few pounds of most likely water weight is w waste of your time if your trying to burn fat that way you will end up with more of it. eat good and exercise and dont slouch work out hard be a soldier