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Originally Posted by cosmokindra
I have decided the best way to start my weight loss is to research diets and figure out what the heck I am doing! I came across a book that had very good reviews called the body type diet.. I am the A-type and basically need to avoid red meats it also gave me an exact diet to follow. I was a little shocked as by judging by my body type it knew what I crave (pasta, meat no sweets!), where I gain weight at (my stomach with a flat butt!!) even that I am night owl! I want to do a little more research but I Think this diet is def going to be what I start out with.. Has anyone ever done this diet or heard of it? IF not what kind of diet do you use? Is it very specific ect? I just need all the info on dieting I Can get! Thanks everyone
Realize though that it's just as likely that the author is just guessing - and you just happened to fall within his guesses. Even if he's right only 20% of the time, it will seem "amazing" to those 20%.
The body-type and blood-type diets have been around for decades - unfortunately the diet authors don't seem to agree on which diets are right for which body types.
I've been dieting most of my life, and "this time" you could say that I've lost my weight on one diet, or you could say also say that I've lost my weight on a dozen different diets. That's because I've used an exchange plan from the beginning, but I've distributed those exchanges differently, based on my best-guess theory in the moment.
You could say that I chose to "translate" popular diets into an exchange plan.
When my doctor recommended that I try low-carb, but not "too low" I chose South Beach, but I stalled fairly early because I can gain weight on the healthiest diet if it doesn't have a portion/calorie control element.
I like exchange plans, because they insure some balance and are calorie-controlled. I found a reduced-carb exchange plan online (like those on frugalabundance.com) and have modified it in several ways (mostly in the guidelines I chose for choosing foods to fill the exchanges).
There is no magic to the exchange plans though - or to any food plan. I don't think the food plan itself is the biggest factor for most folks. Although I am much hungrier on high-carb eating, so carb-control is a necessary component for me, but of all the restricted carb plans I've tried, they all work fairly well - if I translate them into an exchange plan (that is - if I control the calorie intake).
I think the biggest challenge for most dieters isn't the food - it's all the rest. Dealing with frustration (preventing frustration), learning to see the "big picture," and not defining slow success as failure, and not punishing/rewarding mistakes with bigger mistakes (getting rid of the "I've blown it, so I might as well eat everything in sight until I lapse into a food coma and can start fresh tomorrow).