Found a great appetite suppressant.

[multigraincracker]

All most free, no side effects and works great.
Keep a 3x5 card in my pocket and write down everything I eat and how many calories.
Have to think about what you are eating. That’s half the battle.

[Ocelot II]

1. Photos of Trump work pretty well, too.

[multigraincracker]

2. Another great

Cognitive Strategy.

[LymphocyteLover]

13. that's what I thought was the gag here

[Ocelot II]

15. "Gag" is the operative word...

[LymphocyteLover]

21. LOL, indeed! And it's the honest truth! He is truly gross.

[DBoon]

3. my theory about why so many different diets seem to work

It's not so much what you eat, and the fact that you are forced to think about and evaluate each bite before you eat.

Of course, I've never heard of a credible diet that allows donuts or french fries either.

[multigraincracker]

6. Great book to read.

Ultra-Processed People
The Science Behind Food That Isn’t Food.
Kind of follows the money behind the crap we eat.

[DBoon]

8. ultraprocessed food relies on people eating on impulse

[multigraincracker]

9. The ingredients, like cotton seed oil

are addictive and cheap. Unhealthy oils and ingredients you can’t pronounce.

[claudette]

4. One time I read

that deliberately thinking about a disgusting item (vomit or blood was suggested) which would turn one away from eating. It was too much for me. Couldn’t do it more than once.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Wean down to a no added sugar diet

That includes ice cream, cookies, and most donuts.

Poof! Hunger is gone. Cravings are brown rice and vegetables. After awhile even apples and bananas are too sweet.

[multigraincracker]

7. I only drink water and decaf coffee.

Between 60 and 80 oz of water. Had to cut out caffeine. Never realized how much caffeine in chocolate.
Lucky I have great well water that’s free.

[Scrivener7]

10. I was doing the "intermittent fasting" stuff for a while. Was starving at lunch and then still

so hungry that I would have a big dinner.

I quit that and added a small breakfast. (250ish calories) I find that I still need the big lunch, but now I'm still stuffed at dinner and am consuming much fewer calories without any difficulty.

I also write down everything I am eating.

[Warpy]

11. Stopped doing that many years ago

after the second diet in a row made me fatter. I stopped dieting and changed my diet to whole foods, followed Michael Pollan's prescription 35 years before he said it. I did go vegan for 10 years in the 70s because hello double digit inflation and I couldn't afford meat any more.

The only thing calorie counts are any good for is when you're trying to sort out a lousy diet and need to know why some foods make you fatter while leaving you hungry for more of the same.


"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."==Michael Pollan

[Midnight Writer]

12. I started a "food diary", logging what I eat and the calories, protein, carbs, added sugar and fiber content

It really does work. It makes you think about your food choices.

A financial diary listing your income and spending is also helpful. Again, it puts things in black and white in front of you and makes you think about your choices.

[AverageOldGuy]

14. After reading this thread . . .

. . . I’m headed to the fridge for a quart of vanilla ice cream then to the pantry for a dozen Oreos to crush on top.

[usonian]

16. Try not to eat anything with more than 3 ingredients.

Usually means healthier food, and eliminates about 99% of items for sale.

[multigraincracker]

17. That book said to only shop the

outside rows at the store. Fresh food. All the other rows are packaged with ingredients you can’t pronounce.

[yellowdogintexas]

18. Basically this is the same principle as WeightWatchers.

You count points which is much easier because WW has already prefigured the points. Plus there is a phone app which will instantly tell you the points value, and you can scan barcodes on canned items.

So many foods are zero point value foods it is quite easy to eat a very healthy and satisfying variety of foods.

All veg except potatoes and sweet potatoes: zero points
Beans and legumes: zero points
All fruit: zero points
Fat free cottage cheese, plain Greek yogurt zero points
Eggs zero points
Chicken breast and turkey breast: zero points
other meats estimate 1 point per ounce.

Pinterest has tons of WW recipes with points already figured.

[multigraincracker]

19. Sounds like it.

I never looked into it.
It’s those last 15 pounds that I never see able to lose.

[yellowdogintexas]

20. I lost 65 pounds back in 2005 and have kept my weight under control

quite well using the point system. The current point system is wonderful because it is so easy. These days I only worry about the foods with points because there are so many great options with no points.

WW does have a monthly charge, which you can have billed to a card, but it isn't that high and when you make lifetime you don't have fees. You can do it online and there are tons of online meetings you can visit.

That last 15 pounds are the worst, everyone agrees on that. Good luck with getting them off. I thought I would never get rid of that last 10 pounds.