Anyone NOT counting calories every single day?

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daisyflowers

10:13 pm
28 Jun 14
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Hi, I am starting tomorrow.

Is anyone NOT counting calories every single day? I have the Fast Diet book and counting only 2 days a week is mentioned. But I hear Dr. Mosley is revising his book for 2015. So, do we count calories every single day now? (Yes, I saw the TDEE article on the home page).

Do any of you just count two days a week and eat mindfully on the other days?

I honestly can’t do this if I have to count every single day.

Feedback appreciated.

simcoeluv

10:30 pm
28 Jun 14
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Hi daisy:

Well, I’m not, never have.

The only time you need to count calories every single day is if you have done your diet days correctly for more than a month and not lost any weight. That is an indication you are eating too many calories on your non diet days. Unfortunately, on any diet, the only way to lose weight is to restrict your caloric intake. So if you have not lost weight, you count calories every single day – for a week. That will tell you by how much you are overeating, and the foods that are doing it to you. You then must make a personal decision on whether you want to cut back on your calories, or continue eating the way you were. The way that got you on a diet in the first place.

Good Luck!

daisyflowers

2:45 am
29 Jun 14
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simcoe, thank you very much for your answer. Yes, I do realize the only way to lose weight is to cut those calories. But I just can’t do it every day. I’ve tried in the past, and it was never sustainable. I am hoping that 2 days a week with mindful eating the rest will do the trick.

What a great explanation you gave. I appreciate it.

simcoeluv

3:16 am
29 Jun 14
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daisy:

You are welcome.

To give you something to think about for the future, if you do not like counting calories, many of us (including me) do not eat any calories on our diet days.

Makes calorie counting very easy.

HappyNow

6:47 am
29 Jun 14
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Hi Daisy,

I’ve lost 28lbs since January, and am now maintaining.

I didn’t count calories at all, not even on fast days. I got an idea of what 500 calories looked like from the menu ideas at the back of the book and then cycled through a few on fast days. On non fast days I was mindful about portion size and food choices. I did pretty much cut out processed carbs and sugar, during the week at least, and I think that really helped (hunger more manageable, nothing to binge on). Portion sizes reduced naturally over time, and I lost my craving for sweet stuff and carbs.

Good luck.

daisyflowers

1:58 pm
29 Jun 14
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Thank you very much.

I won’t mind counting calories for two days a week, but that’s about it.

I know I have to change the way I eat. I have about 70 lbs. to lose, and it’s horrifying. First it was 20, then 30, then 40 then 50, then 60 and now 70. It has to stop.

I totally need to revamp the WAY I eat. I eat very quickly and I eat too much. So that will definitely change. I eat healthy food, but WAY too much of it! I was reading an article that said that just slowing down considerably forces you to eat less calories. It was from a study that was done.

I am starting my first fast tomorrow. Thank you for your helpful answers.

patsykona

1:23 am
9 Jul 14
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Hi Daisy,
I started off counting calories every day so that i could get an idea of how much i was actually taking in. I’ve been using a calorie counting app. For the first month or so, i literally counted everything, now i only count calories on my fasting days .I lost 3 kgs in the first two and a half months. It depends on how quickly you want to lose it – now i’m a little haphazard with my counting so my loss has slowed slightly. Hope that helps.

dlroseberry

4:25 am
9 Jul 14
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I also couldn’t count every day. I think we’re normal people, those of us who can’t do that. I even quit counting on fast days after I figured out what I was doing pretty well. I still weight some things and I keep a postal scale in the kitchen so if I need to I can easily weigh something on fast days. It’s a bad idea to constantly restrict calories because it’ll lower you base metabolic rate and make it harder to lose weight. Intermittent is crucial to making this work, so for me, I’m not going hungry on non-fast days. But I do try to avoid obvious no-nos most of the time (beer is terrible, but I’ve been known to drink a pint or two with friends), and eat fruit and veggies, not too much junk, on non-fast days to control my appetite, but I don’t go hungry and I don’t count because I think it’ll backfire. And I’ve lost 65, maybe 70 pounds, counting from my probable heaviest weight. It’s doable. It takes a while.