What is the best way to lose weight?

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Hey girls, 
A year ago I tried low-carb diet and lost around 40lbs. I was happy, i was healthy and satisfied. But I started eating carbs again, at first from bread, then starches, and then became addicted to junk food and binge eating. So again, I gained all that weight back (approximately 30lbs) and now I’m struggling to lose it again. 
I can’t try high-protein diet, because my body already can’t cope with that many protein. I implemented evening walks (walking fast for an hour after work). I lost 5 pounds in 2 weeks just by doing that and eating as usual. 
Now it has stopped, and i can’t lose a single pound. I’d love to hear from your experiences. I want to know what are the long-term effects of such diets and how were you able to change your lifestyle and approach to eating?

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Temporary changes mean temporary results, as you have already learned, which is why none of these methods is best for weight loss.
The best way to lose weight AND keep it off is to build a healthy lifestyle you can live with for the rest of your life based around healthy, good quality foods and an appropriate amount of activity each day.

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I’m down 83 pounds in a year just walking and eating better. I have found that it’s more psychological than anything. When you feel deprived or starving or a bad day or a bad day of eating. We al have things that trigger us to want to binge or seek comfort in food or rewarding yourself with food etc. Mine is my mother. She loves to piss me off and make me feel like crap. I have to catch myself and repeat she’s not worth it, it’s not worth it. After all the hard work that I already put in. You have to be in the right mind set and stick with it. It’s not a diet it’s a lifestyle change. A commitment. Same how you have relationship with people, it’s a new relationship with food. My best advice is to keep junk food out of the house and always have healthy snacks with you so you don’t feel tempted. Yes it sucks going out with friends bowling and they are eating pizza and wings and you are eating an apple and raisins and a protein shake. But you sacrifice for the long term goal. Yes I still eat out once in a while. But when I don’t it’s easier to control what you eat. I do high protein high fiber and low sugar low salt and mostly granola for bread carbs. I’m not vegan or vegetarian or anything else I just save meat and dessert for eating out once in a while. I attached a list of some of the things that I have, not all they are just examples. I use a Fitbit Alta hr and MyFitnessPal app which I love. It tracks everything. You get a set number of calories and when you exercise you get extra calories to eat or save towards the end of the day which is your calorie deficit and equates to weight loss. In all honesty I haven’t been exercising at all since January began, I used to walk anywhere from 1-13 miles a day. Just whatever regular walking from running errands. But I’m still losing from my eating. What You eat is mostly how you lose. The exercise is additions but your eating is most important. When you plateau you have to do what you haven’t done before to get you the results that you haven’t gotten before. I had to walk 13 miles a day for like 2-3 weeks to break mine once. 30-40 pounds was always when I would plateau. You gotta change things up. Your body gets used to things. It’s frustrating waking 13 miles having 1500 calories left at the end of the day and gaining weight. Th scale can suck sometimes. If it doesn’t move stop weighing yourself for a bit so you don’t feel discouraged. Give it a week and check again. The biggest thing I have learned is not to be so hard on yourself. If you gain it’s not like you have not weighed that before. If you have a bad day or bad meal it doesn’t mean it’s over, tomorrow is another day to try again. It’s a journey. You didn’t put it on over night and aren’t going to lose it over night. Don’t we all wish we could go to bed fat and wake up skinny. But that’s not happening. Set 5 pound goals not huge ones that seem far away so you don’t feel discouraged. Sometimes I can be stuck at that same 5 pounds for a month or two sometimes holidays and birthdays Happen and you recycle the same 10 pounds up and down over and over again. That’s ok too. You just can’t quit. You will figure it out. One day at a time. You’ve got this.

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I would do the low carb again but just cut out things like bread and pasta but keep on your veggies that have carbs like potatoes etc.

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None of those options really, though if I had to pick one I guess it'd be counting calories and exercising. But even then I don't personally like the idea of counting calories as it can lead to obsessive & unhealthy thought patterns around food. 
The best option for you would be a lifestyle change rather than a crash diet. I would second seeing a nutritionist who can help you figure out a long term plan with a healthy and gradual timeline.

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You took away all the junk which is great but to prevent binging you should keep a small portion in your diet count calories and maybe make meals with lighter calories one day a week so you can have dessert without busting your diet

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Try talking to a nutritionist. Cutting gluten, dairy and sugar from your diet will absolutely change you from the inside out, but it’s important to know what to replace these foods with to still get the nutrients your body needs.

What is the best way to lose weight?

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