Diet plans that don't work, but which are still a good idea

[core_opsis]

I need to lose ten to fifteen pounds.  I have no interest in counting calories, or points, or whatever else that people "on diets" are supposed to do.  I just want to be healthy and to not have to think about what I'm eating.  Gaining unwanted fat comes from habits over long periods of time.  Throughout my life, the first excess came from the year

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[asakiyume]

How did you decide you needed to lose the weight? You looked so perfect to me when I saw you--vibrant and full of energy, radiating health. Was it that clothes that had been fitting weren't fitting?

You've also got fantastic habits, and you guys don't eat sugar--I mean, I can't imagine people with more healthy eating habits, really.

Good luck, though. I think you'll accomplish what you're setting out to do.

[core_opsis]

Yeah...clothes not fitting....gaining ten pounds over two years. I do feel pretty darned good. It's not something I'm obsessing about, just something I'd like to change in my life...you know, for the long haul.

And it's Quixote who doesn't eat sugar. I manage plenty away from him.

[nutmeg]

I think a good first step doesn't even need to be counting calories, but simply writing down everything you've eaten in a day and being really honest with yourself about it. Just doing that forces you to be accountable to yourself about what you are eating. And knowing during the day that you are going to face yourself about it at the end of the day makes you reconsider your choices

[core_opsis]

Well, they do say that as you get alder your metabolism slows down some, so that's probably it.

And right now I'm making biscotti. I think I'll manage to give most of them away.