Diet Chef Advice?

[Paul_s]

what do you mean about the alcohol Paul - did you include it a bit in your diet or did you have none at all? I am a bit stressed at the moment but want to diet as well.

I didn't have any. Don't drink anyway - only on very rare occassions...

 

[MIKE040249]

I did Diet Chef last summer and lost about 10lbs. I started on it direct with Diet Chef for two months on their 1500 calories a day menus.

Because I committed to two months, the 3 large boxes that came each month were free of postage and, when I started, there was also 20% off the first month. Finally, when you commit to two months, for each four weeks you buy, you get one week free so it's ten weeks for the price of eight.

I came off in about August, kept my weight stable for a while but I then quit work in September so stopped walking the mile and a half each way any more, and the weight has gradually started to return. So I'm seriously looking to go back on for a while. However, it won't be with QVC because you don't get a choice of meals like you do from the Diet Chef website.

 

[xstamper]

Last year I wanted to lose half a stone for a Spring wedding and set my self this reasonable target because I felt I had reached the age where I was always going to be at the very least a size 14 due to 'middle-age spread' so decided to join one of the calorie counting websites.

I set a realistic target of 1 to 1.5 pounds a week and lost the half stone in time plus a bit more; carried on and now have lost 2 stone. I am the smallest I've been since before I got married and had 2 children.

I know people will find this route very boring but it does really make you think about what you eat and has changed by life style which is what you need to do. I was never classed as overweight to start with but right at the very top of the healthy BMI; now I'm in the middle and I wanted to lose the weight to be more comfortable.

I found the webiste useful because it is so difficult to determine what you have eaten some days so there is nothing worst than being on a diet thinking you have blown it for the day and have a binge; at least you have some idea keeping track of everything. And you don't have to starve youself either.

 

[stratobuddy]

I lost about 2 stone some years ago by calorie counting. I ate whatever I liked, some meals I just had chocolate!

But, as an ex-scientist, I weighed EVERYTHING on accurate digital scales. Even if I had tomato sauce on something, I weighed the bottle before and after to work out the calories.

As a man I was allowed 2500 calories to maintain my weight, so I limited myself to 2000 as far as I remember. I wrote down EVERYTHING I ate (weight and calories) to make sure I kept to my limit. I think I lost about a pound a week.

It needed a lot of discipline, but had the advantage I could eat ANYTHING, but I knew if I binged on doughnuts (and I did) I would not be able to eat much else that day.

I still weigh some items eg I love my breakfast cereals (I have a mix of about 3 different ones together) and would eat a whole packet if I didn't weigh them and stick to 100g.

 

[Lottie]

I keep trim by only eating broken biscuits and shaking slices of cake after I've cut them. It's a closely guarded secret that diet chef and co will never tell you as they'll never get anyone admitting to "sins" or buying slimming stuff otherwise, but if you break your biccies and shake your cake, all the calories fall out

 

[xstamper]

I lost about 2 stone some years ago by calorie counting. I ate whatever I liked, some meals I just had chocolate!

But, as an ex-scientist, I weighed EVERYTHING on accurate digital scales. Even if I had tomato sauce on something, I weighed the bottle before and after to work out the calories.

As a man I was allowed 2500 calories to maintain my weight, so I limited myself to 2000 as far as I remember. I wrote down EVERYTHING I ate (weight and calories) to make sure I kept to my limit. I think I lost about a pound a week.

It needed a lot of discipline, but had the advantage I could eat ANYTHING, but I knew if I binged on doughnuts (and I did) I would not be able to eat much else that day.

I still weigh some items eg I love my breakfast cereals (I have a mix of about 3 different ones together) and would eat a whole packet if I didn't weigh them and stick to 100g.

I was never that strict; used estimates sometimes for a spoon full of this and that and never weighed vegetables (if just plain). I listerned to a food programme a few weeks ago on radio 4 about calories and some schools of thought believe it is a more complicated issue; picking calories from healthier foods will help you loose weight better and keep it off.

I couldn't eat ready meals like diet chef, after a while I suspect the thought of eating some of it would make you feel sick. Doing your own thing you can fit in better with others you live with and easier when going out I suspect.

 

[Paul_s]

How are people doing with the New Year weight loss?

Food for thought if you think Diet drinks are going to help! : http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/299327/Heart-danger-in-diet-drinks

 

[ERICS MUM]

I lost about 2 stone some years ago by calorie counting. I ate whatever I liked, some meals I just had chocolate!

But, as an ex-scientist, I weighed EVERYTHING on accurate digital scales. Even if I had tomato sauce on something, I weighed the bottle before and after to work out the calories.

As a man I was allowed 2500 calories to maintain my weight, so I limited myself to 2000 as far as I remember. I wrote down EVERYTHING I ate (weight and calories) to make sure I kept to my limit. I think I lost about a pound a week.

It needed a lot of discipline, but had the advantage I could eat ANYTHING, but I knew if I binged on doughnuts (and I did) I would not be able to eat much else that day.

I still weigh some items eg I love my breakfast cereals (I have a mix of about 3 different ones together) and would eat a whole packet if I didn't weigh them and stick to 100g.

This approach really appeals to me. I'm (slightly) embarrassed to say that I run a big chunk of my life with the help of spreadsheets/graphs and I could have fun with this sort of diet.

Linda xx