Ideas help: im sick of trying to loose weight by excercising and cutting down on junk food because it never works anyone have an fad diets? - Help.com

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A fad diets is one of the unhealthiest things you can do to your body.

Eat healthy but in smaller portions.
Get out an exercise more. Cut out the soda/alcohol/energy drinks.
A soda a day equals ten pounds over a year (on average)

Be realistic twenty pounds by Christmas is a lot. It is far better for you to lose 10 lbs and get in a healthy habit and keep it off.

Don’t exercise a little, walk 15 miles (or run, just keep the distance). And don’t way any sugar. Sure you can eat a burger and fries. But your body will require more salads. Do this. (and stop all forms of sweetener) then you’ll lose weight quickly!

carrots, spinach, tomato, celery, cucumbers etc., etc.,

Anony,
Most medical doctors would agree with following the dietary advice of “Edgar Cayce (pronounced Kay-Cee, 1877-1945) has been called the “sleeping prophet,” the “father of holistic medicine,” and the most documented psychic of the 20th century,” questionalble.
http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/edgarca…

Fasting tricks your body into thinking you are enduring a period of starvation.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/201111…
Experts rated 20 popular diets on a scale of 1 to 5 — 5 being best. For the ranking, they focused on nutrition and safety, Giancoli tells WebMD. Previous rankings have considered weight loss, heart health benefits, and ease of compliance.

Here, the scores of the top five and why these diets earned a best rating:

DASH Diet, 4.8. Endorsed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, DASH is meant to prevent high blood pressure. It’s heavy on produce and low in saturated fat and salt.
TLC Diet, 4.7. The National Institutes of Health developed this plan. It’s high in fiber and calcium and low in saturated fat.
Mediterranean Diet, 4.6. This eating plan includes lots of whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, salmon, and ‘’heart-healthy'’ fats such as olive oil. Red wine in moderation is encouraged.
Mayo Clinic Diet, 4.5. The plan developed by Mayo Clinic experts includes foods with low energy density, such as fruits and vegetables. It allows dieters to eat more while eating fewer calories.
Volumetrics Diet, 4.5. Another plan that’s based on low energy-dense food, Volumetrics focuses on fruit, vegetables, whole grains, nonfat dairy, and lean meats.

Available scientific evidence does not support claims that fasting is effective for preventing or treating cancer. Even a short-term fast can have negative health effects, while fasting for a longer time could cause serious health problems.
http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/Treat…

Among his “good reasons for fasting,” Paul Wenner did not include it as a weight-loss plan. To the contrary, he noted that many persons fasting for three days report actual gains, because the body “thinks” it’s entering a famine and defends itself by slowing the metabolism, thus conserving calories.
http://www.fitwise.com/fasting_progra…

And there are hundreds of more articles.
Fasting tricks your body into thinking you are starving. It will SLOW your metabolism and make any generated fat cells harder to reduce. Sound familiar? Since this is not a ‘real’ fast - apples. You are loading your body with only one type of nutrient source - bad. Apples are also high in acid and can give you the runs if you eat too many. If you have a severe case you can dehydrate yourself.

Just saying. Doesn’t sound like a healthy alternative. Fresh veggies, no soda/alcohol/energy drinks, limit fat, starch and heavy meats along with plenty of exercise and water. That way you will drop the pounds permanently and not keep shocking your system each time you want to lose a little weight.

One mz Casey I gather you are neither a nutritionalist nor a medical doctor. I am quoting people who are experts in the field. Because something did not have a negative effect on you does not in any way mean it is safe for someone else.

All I am saying is fasting is a bad practice. I have posted accredited people who study this for a living. Anon if you feel this is a good plan for you, then there is nothing stopping you. But, hopefully I have given you more complete and a more learned reason not to.

I provided medial support whist in the service. In addition of performing clinical and emergency medical duties I worked with doctors who supervised the daily meal requirements for military personnel.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/fasting
When you fast, your body is forced to dip into energy stores to get the fuel it needs to keep going, so you will lose weight. The big question is how long you will keep that weight off. Because food was often scarce for our ancestors, our bodies have been genetically programmed to combat the effects of fasting. When you eat less food, your metabolism slows down to conserve energy. Then, when you go back to your usual diet, your lowered metabolism may cause you to store more energy, meaning that you will probably gain back the weight you lost and possibly even put on more weight when eating the same calories you did before the fast.

There are literally hundreds of articles in which they say the same thing. The big concern whilst I was in was the Atkins diet. Twenty year olds were coming in for EKG tests because of heart palpitations.

OP. Like I said. Your choice. In fact, you should consult your doctor on how to devise a plan in which you can eat, feel and therefore look healthier. Cheers love.

Apple fast??

It may well be practised around the world, but so is self-mutilation with sharp objects on the basis that is is “cleansing”…

I think you would be very hard pushed to find any respected nutritionalist or doctor in Britain who would advocate limiting your food intake by such extremes. Personally, if it were me, I’d be looking for a new nutritionalist mz-casey.

Dieting should be a slow, balanced process. Fad diets are just that. Trendy fads. Unfortunately they can be downright dangerous.

Consult with your doctor OP. Establish exactly how much weight you NEED to lose. Then don’t just cut down junk food.. ELIMINATE it. Eat a calorie controlled balanced diet prioritising fresh fruit, vegetables and slow-release energy foods such as wholegrains, lentils and beans.

Please do your body a favour and look after it properly. Do not entertain the notion of following a new fad just because someone said it was harmless. Sometimes it’s simply a matter of there not being adequate data to PROVE the harm yet.

Thanks Ms. Mum. Perhaps the OP/Mz Casey will heed the same advice coming from you.

Just for the record..

On the site you have linked to mz-casey, the author states very clearly that he is not sure he understands fully what he is talking about! He is not a medical professional and simply likes cooking it seems. He fails to acknowledge any of the very real known dangers associated with fasting at all.

The American Dietetic Association (the world’s largest association of nutrition professionals), however, are very much experts in these things and are very adamantly against such diets.

http://www.eatright.org/Public/conten…

Following CONSTANTLY the Food Combining may help you too.
You may eat nearly everything, but in strict combination. It’s easy and very effective!

The rules of Food Combining:
http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/…

The Food Combining basic rules at a glance:
· http://www.trustedhands.com/content/f…
· http://ibsdietguide.com/wp-content/up…
· http://abcompany.com/abco/aw/nutritio…

Other helpful eating advises:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) for overeaters seriously addicted to food:
http://www.oa.org/

The Dukan Diet!

Very popular in Europe, everyone at my work has been attempting it and have shown to be successful. It’s a diet that goes through 4 phases, given the first phase is a little crazy but it really gets your weight loss in motion. To summarize the plan, the first phase/week, you only eat protein, dairy, and a tbls and a half of oat bran. Through each phase, you incorporate another type of food, say vegetables, fruit, wholegrains, etc. At the end of the diet, you can each pretty much eat whatever you want, but in moderation.

I’ve lost nearly ten pounds so far trying this! Who knows if its healthy, but its for sure something different to try… and you don’t go hungry, you are allowed to eat as much of the ‘allowed’ foods of the phase you are in.

mydukandiet.com/

Anon, it is NOT safe.

Please be aware that any diet which restricts one or other food group dramatically (and in the case of the apple diet this is EXTREME restriction) puts you at severe risk of developing diabetes, or even of immediate and life-threatening collapse.

You should NEVER engage on any diet without first consulting your doctor to see if it is personally safe for you to do so.

Also, fellow users, be warned that if you tell an internet user to do something that is detrimental and harmful to their health, you may be in serious hot water if something horrible goes wrong.

As you are clearly British anon, I suggest you use a bit more common sense and talk to your GP. It doesn’t cost you a penny.

How old are you, what is your height and weight pink anon?