Hi! Everyone I am new here.
I have tried various diets and portion control. But I have a major issue with determination about my diet plan. I can only maintain my diet for 4 days max and the next day I start dumping down food in my stomach.
I am now starting this amazing NHS diet plan for weightloss *fingers crossed*. I hope hope that this time the table do turn.
It would be of great help if someone can help me or give me tips or tricks to maintain my diet plan.
Hi Medico welcome aboard. I've been struggling with weight issues for years yoyoing and started on here a couple of weeks ago.
This time around I'm concentrating on looking after myself rather than trying to lose weight and getting into the whole vicious cycle!
I'm finding that intermittent fasting is really helping, combined with aiming to eat clean and get out of the house more walking and biking (I suffer from depression and anxiety so this isn't always easy).
Good luck on your journey and finding what works for you!
Thank you so much! Your response has sent nothing but positive and motivational vibes.
I would definitely try intermittent fasting. I couldn't agree more about the outside activities they help you connect with nature, a clear mind and is really good for health.
Thanking you for your kind words
Hi and welcome, medicoforlife 
I think you need to stop thinking 'diet', what you should be aiming for is a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, as I presume you want any weight loss to be for life too.
As a young person, the best advice I can give you is to eat home cooked meals from scratch, using fresh produce. Steer clear of highly processed foods and anything labelled low fat, fat free, diet, or light and stop snacking.
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Give yourself goals and incentives eg. I will stick to my diet and record my food intake for 7 days.... For that I will buy a new lippy. For the month you could get your nails done. Put money into a box for each pound you lose, or money saved by attending a slimming club to fund your treats. Hope this helps.
This really helps me! Its kind of a way to trick your mind and I love the idea!
Thank you
Make sure you don't get your treat though till you've achieved your goal! If you don't make seven days then go to the 8th......
If you can only stick with a diet for 4 days, maybe you could look for a different diet that is not so stressful for you? Better yet, as moreorless suggests, focus more on finding a healthy lifestyle that you can sustain for the rest of your life instead of a temporary diet that you stop and start.
The secret for me was finding foods that I enjoy that don't leave me hungry two hours later. I got there by cutting out junk calories in foods that I didn't really enjoy anyway. For me, that was chips and bread and gradually cutting down on sugar in my tea. Don't even have the junk calories in your house so you aren't tempted to binge.
It's much less stressful to ease your way into a healthy lifestyle than to jump into a diet that is inevitably going to fail you a few days later.
I feel because you don't stick to this for long then you have seen nothing yet to encourage or motivate you . My motivation is the weight loss together with actually feeling physically better .
Give yourself a detailed 2 week plan then weigh yourself . When I look at 1kg bags of sugar - then I see how much I have lost.
Definitely! Whenever I shed some weight I feel relieved, healthy and happy that I achieved something. My metabolism is surprisingly quick but has its side effect that it gains easily too.
Hi, medicoforlife , welcome.
Weight loss is not all about determination, motivation and masochism - if you "slim smart" it is not so hard!
Many of us here find that what works is a combination of The Low Carbohydrate, High-Fat (LCHF) diet (see the forum here on Health Unlocked) and Not Snacking All Day AKA Intermittent Fasting (IF). See:
Merry Christmas everyone 
Now to Stablise
times of meals
Anyone not following LCHF
Another diet fad or does it work?
